actor for movie?????

I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.

My vote is for Richard Armitage




________________________________
From: Carol Darling <cdarlingart1@...>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
Subject: actor for movie?????

I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.

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My vote goes to Rowen Atkinson as Henry Tudor

--- In , Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...> wrote:
>
> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <cdarlingart1@...>
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
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>

If height isn't a consideration (Gosling is 6'1",) I'd go with Aiden
Turner.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2636108/resumephotos

Gilda




On Oct 24, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Carol Darling wrote:

> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan
> Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I
> saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait
> of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit
> to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical
> characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him
> on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding
> Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Starz movie channel has acquired the movie rights to PG's Cousin's War series and a 10 part miniseries will be aired in 2013 called The White Queen. Young Richard will be played by ANEURIN BERNAR (Ironclad, Spring Awakening). As an actor he is a complete unknown I think but at least they have not cast a hunchback monster for the role! Here's a link

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-white-queen-starz-24212/



- In , Carol Darling <cdarlingart1@...> wrote:
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>

Starz movie channel has acquired the movie rights to PG's Cousin's War series and a 10 part miniseries will be aired in 2013 called The White Queen. Young Richard will be played by ANEURIN BERNAR (Ironclad, Spring Awakening). As an actor he is a complete unknown I think but at least they have not cast a hunchback monster for the role! Here's a link

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-white-queen-starz-24212/

Ishita

- In , Carol Darling <cdarlingart1@...> wrote:
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>

Carol Darling wrote:
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
Carol responds:

Why "as a younger man"? He's about to turn 32, just the right age to play Richard as king and Protector but not necessarily a younger Richard in his teens and early twenties. (I know--makeup, computerized cinematography, and all that). I do see some resemblance, especially in this shot http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2910764288/nm0331516, but Gosling is 6'1" (and American).

I don't know. I'll keep an open mind.

Carol (T)

Oh please stop it with the Richard Armitage obsession. Too tall, too old, one performance pony..
Worst of all in my book, the lack of acting talent apart, in photo, and in many of his tv roles, he looks like Olivier in that film. Last thing we want is a Richard who resembles the Shakespearean one!
Paul
[yes I know I should duck for cover]
As for Carol's suggestion, if an American were insisted on, not a bad choice.

On 24 Oct 2012, at 20:30, Brittany Wynter wrote:

> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <cdarlingart1@...>
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Richard Liveth Yet!

My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!


From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...>
To: "" <>
Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
My vote is for Richard Armitage

________________________________
From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
Subject: actor for movie?????

I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.

------------------------------------

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My vote i

Aneurin Barnard looks good to me as a young Richard (and he's Welsh - the irony).    http://aneurin-barnard.com/
Shame he's going to be appearing in such a clunker.
 
Gosling  just doesn't do it for me at all and I hate to upset anyone on here but the fact that he's an American bothers me (much as I love y'all).  Can he do a proper English accent - not a toff or a cockney but a PROPER one?
 
Liz
 
 

From: bandyoi <bandyoi@...>
To:
Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012, 1:07
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
Starz movie channel has acquired the movie rights to PG's Cousin's War series and a 10 part miniseries will be aired in 2013 called The White Queen. Young Richard will be played by ANEURIN BERNAR (Ironclad, Spring Awakening). As an actor he is a complete unknown I think but at least they have not cast a hunchback monster for the role! Here's a link

Well Paul we know you don't like Armitage but to say he looks like Olivier in that film is just insulting!
 
Liz
 
 
From: Paul Trevor Bale <paul.bale@...>
To:
Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012, 11:31
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

Oh please stop it with the Richard Armitage obsession. Too tall, too old, one performance pony..
Worst of all in my book, the lack of acting talent apart, in photo, and in many of his tv roles, he looks like Olivier in that film. Last thing we want is a Richard who resembles the Shakespearean one!
Paul
[yes I know I should duck for cover]
As for Carol's suggestion, if an American were insisted on, not a bad choice.

On 24 Oct 2012, at 20:30, Brittany Wynter wrote:

> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
>
>
>

Hi, Paul --

I am not particularly fond of Gosling (I think of him as a bit of a cold
fish, whereas I think of Richard as being quick-witted, sensitive and
passionate) but don't know enough to completely rule him out. However, one
good thing (from my point of view) he's Canadian, not American. Which is a
bit closer to British, LOL!



Johanne



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-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Paul Trevor
Bale
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:31 AM
To:
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????



Oh please stop it with the Richard Armitage obsession. Too tall, too old,
one performance pony..

Worst of all in my book, the lack of acting talent apart, in photo, and in
many of his tv roles, he looks like Olivier in that film. Last thing we want
is a Richard who resembles the Shakespearean one!

Paul

[yes I know I should duck for cover]

As for Carol's suggestion, if an American were insisted on, not a bad
choice.

I personally think Mr. Armitage is perfect and do not see the resemblance to Olivier who was whether we wish to admit it or not, was a fine actor.




________________________________
From: Paul Trevor Bale <paul.bale@...>
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

Oh please stop it with the Richard Armitage obsession. Too tall, too old, one performance pony..
Worst of all in my book, the lack of acting talent apart, in photo, and in many of his tv roles, he looks like Olivier in that film. Last thing we want is a Richard who resembles the Shakespearean one!
Paul
[yes I know I should duck for cover]
As for Carol's suggestion, if an American were insisted on, not a bad choice.

On 24 Oct 2012, at 20:30, Brittany Wynter wrote:

> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <cdarlingart1@...>
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Richard Liveth Yet!





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Richard III--King in Tights? (only joking) --the one with the real English accent.


Sheffe





>________________________________
> From: liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...>
>To: "" <>
>Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:53 AM
>Subject: Re: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>
> 
>Aneurin Barnard looks good to me as a young Richard (and he's Welsh - the irony).    http://aneurin-barnard.com/
>Shame he's going to be appearing in such a clunker.
> 
>Gosling  just doesn't do it for me at all and I hate to upset anyone on here but the fact that he's an American bothers me (much as I love y'all).  Can he do a proper English accent - not a toff or a cockney but a PROPER one?
> 
>Liz
> 
> 
>
>From: bandyoi <bandyoi@...>
>To:
>Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012, 1:07
>Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
> 
>Starz movie channel has acquired the movie rights to PG's Cousin's War series and a 10 part miniseries will be aired in 2013 called The White Queen. Young Richard will be played by ANEURIN BERNAR (Ironclad, Spring Awakening). As an actor he is a complete unknown I think but at least they have not cast a hunchback monster for the role! Here's a link
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Blinkers off would be better Liz!
Nobody can play anything well.
See Benedict Cumberbatch, marvellous as Sherlock, and Frankenstien, man and monster, staggering around the First World War trenches with dyed blonde hair looking lost in Parade's End!
Or Peter O'Toole as Macbeth. Katherine Hepburn as Mary Queen of Scots, Richard Briers as Shakespeare's Richard, Robin Williams as the gravedigger in Hamlet....
The list of miscasting is endless.
And as a professional working with actors for 30 odd years there is not one I have met who could just stand there reading the phone directory and make me happy to pay a ticket to see!
No prizes for guessing you would pay to see your beloved RA doing exactly that! :-)
Paul


On 25 Oct 2012, at 12:36, liz williams wrote:

>
>
> My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
>
>
> From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...>
> To: "" <>
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>
> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
> My vote i
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Richard Liveth Yet!

Paul,
 
I am shortsighted ......
 
I'm not saying he could play everything well - in fact my tongue in cheek comment had less to do with his acting ability than his looks ......

From: Paul Trevor Bale <paul.bale@...>
To:
Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 11:35
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

Blinkers off would be better Liz!
Nobody can play anything well.
See Benedict Cumberbatch, marvellous as Sherlock, and Frankenstien, man and monster,  staggering around the First World War trenches with dyed blonde hair looking lost in Parade's End!
Or Peter O'Toole as Macbeth. Katherine Hepburn as Mary Queen of Scots, Richard Briers as Shakespeare's Richard, Robin Williams as the gravedigger in Hamlet....
The list of miscasting is endless.
And as a professional working with actors for 30 odd years there is not one I have met who could just stand there reading the phone directory and make me happy to pay a ticket to see!
No prizes for guessing you would pay to see your beloved RA doing exactly that! :-)
Paul


On 25 Oct 2012, at 12:36, liz williams wrote:

>
>
> My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
>
>
> From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...>
> To: "" <>
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
> 
> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
> My vote i
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Richard Liveth Yet!





------------------------------------

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While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.

Currently Mark Gatiss is portraying Charles I on stage, which IMHO is all wrong as he is far too tall, and one of the notable points about Charles was that he was very short; this probably had its effects on his personality, just as it did with other famous short people.

I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.

Richard G

--- In , liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
>
>
> From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...>
> To: "" <>
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
> My vote i
>
>
>

From: Richard <RSG_Corris@...>
To:
Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 13:43
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????


> Currently Mark Gatiss is portraying Charles I on stage,

> which IMHO is
all wrong as he is far too tall, and one of the

> notable points about
Charles was that he was very short; this

> probably had its effects on his personality, just as it did

> with other famous short people. 


Like Napoleon, Ronnie Corbett, Gandhi and Sachin Tendulkar?  That's close to a dangerous generalisation, extrapolating behaviour from just one physical characteristic.  We'll be saying that villains have to have hunchbacks and withered arms next.  :-)  But, I agree, Mark Gatiss, fine actor though he his, is too physically dominating to make an ideal Charles.  But he's fine played as average height (e.g. Alec Guinness was about 5/10, Peter Capaldi 5/11).

Jonathan

--- In , "Richard" <RSG_Corris@...> wrote:
>
> Currently Mark Gatiss is portraying Charles I on stage, which IMHO is all wrong as he is far too tall, and one of the notable points about Charles was that he was very short; this probably had its effects on his personality, just as it did with other famous short people.
>
Quite right...never trust a short man...brains too near bottom...Eileen
> >
> >
> > My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
> >
> >
> > From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@>
> > To: "" <>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> >
> >  
> > My vote is for Richard Armitage
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> > Subject: actor for movie?????
> >
> > I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > My vote i
> >
> >
> >
>

Was Buckingham tall?  The other thing to bear in mind is that most people in those days were probably shorter than people are now so Edward must have been a bit of a giant compared to others.


From: Richard <RSG_Corris@...>
To:
Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 13:43
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.

Currently Mark Gatiss is portraying Charles I on stage, which IMHO is all wrong as he is far too tall, and one of the notable points about Charles was that he was very short; this probably had its effects on his personality, just as it did with other famous short people.

I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.

Richard G

--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
>
>
> From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...>
> To: "mailto:%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> Subject: actor for movie?????
>
> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES⬦I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
> My vote i
>
>
>

It's good to think, and pretty amazing, that if we get confirmation that this is our King Richard, at long last one question will be answered....how tall\short was Richard....Eileen

--- In , liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Was Buckingham tall?  The other thing to bear in mind is that most people in those days were probably shorter than people are now so Edward must have been a bit of a giant compared to others.
>
>
> From: Richard <RSG_Corris@...>
> To:
> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 13:43
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
>
> Currently Mark Gatiss is portraying Charles I on stage, which IMHO is all wrong as he is far too tall, and one of the notable points about Charles was that he was very short; this probably had its effects on his personality, just as it did with other famous short people.
>
> I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
>
> Richard G
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
> >
> >
> > From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@>
> > To: "mailto:%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> >
> >  
> > My vote is for Richard Armitage
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> > Subject: actor for movie?????
> >
> > I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.  Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES…I think I saw something there,  whereby he had  similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.  Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.  Let me know what everyone thinks.  We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > My vote i
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Richard" <RSG_Corris@...> wrote:
>
> While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
<snip>
> I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.

Carol responds:

If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.

Carol

It's interesting someone pointed out to me yesterday, that because I have scoliosis, I was probably meant to be taller (I'm 5'1").  I immediately thought of Richard and that it was probably in his DNA to be taller too.
Vickie
 

 
From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
To:
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
It's good to think, and pretty amazing, that if we get confirmation that this is our King Richard, at long last one question will be answered....how tall\short was Richard....Eileen

--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Was Buckingham tall?  The other thing to bear in mind is that most people in those days were probably shorter than people are now so Edward must have been a bit of a giant compared to others.
>
>
> From: Richard <RSG_Corris@...>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 13:43
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
>
> Currently Mark Gatiss is portraying Charles I on stage, which IMHO is all wrong as he is far too tall, and one of the notable points about Charles was that he was very short; this probably had its effects on his personality, just as it did with other famous short people.
>
> I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
>
> Richard G
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
> >
> >
> > From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@>
> > To: "mailto:%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> >
> > à
> > My vote is for Richard Armitage
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
> > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
> > Subject: actor for movie?????
> >
> > I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling.à Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGESââ¬Â¦I think I saw something there,à whereby he hadà similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man.à Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics.à Let me know what everyone thinks.à We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > My vote i
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

On 26 Oct 2012, at 11:56, liz williams wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I am shortsighted ......
>
> I'm not saying he could play everything well - in fact my tongue in cheek comment had less to do with his acting ability than his looks ......

I realise that Liz :-)
Paul


>
> From: Paul Trevor Bale <paul.bale@...>
> To:
> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 11:35
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
> Blinkers off would be better Liz!
> Nobody can play anything well.
> See Benedict Cumberbatch, marvellous as Sherlock, and Frankenstien, man and monster, staggering around the First World War trenches with dyed blonde hair looking lost in Parade's End!
> Or Peter O'Toole as Macbeth. Katherine Hepburn as Mary Queen of Scots, Richard Briers as Shakespeare's Richard, Robin Williams as the gravedigger in Hamlet....
> The list of miscasting is endless.
> And as a professional working with actors for 30 odd years there is not one I have met who could just stand there reading the phone directory and make me happy to pay a ticket to see!
> No prizes for guessing you would pay to see your beloved RA doing exactly that! :-)
> Paul
>
>
> On 25 Oct 2012, at 12:36, liz williams wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> My vote is ALWAYS for Armitage - for anything!
>>
>>
>> From: Brittany Wynter <brittania97@...>
>> To: "" <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 20:30
>> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>>
>>
>> My vote is for Richard Armitage
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Carol Darling <mailto:cdarlingart1%40mac.com>
>> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:16 PM
>> Subject: actor for movie?????
>>
>> I just saw a movie trailer for the American movie actor Ryan Gosling. Go to Google.com and look at his page of IMAGES&I think I saw something there, whereby he had similarities to the portrait of Richard III, as a younger man. Also, he seems to be a good fit to portray Richard due to his acting skill, and basic physical characteristics. Let me know what everyone thinks. We can put him on the back burner, thinking about all the many projects regarding Richard, for the future.
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> My vote i
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>
> Richard Liveth Yet!
>
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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Richard Liveth Yet!

Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?

Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...

Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...

Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?

greetings
Marion Z
--- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@...> wrote:
>
> "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> >
> > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> <snip>
> > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
>
> Carol responds:
>
> If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
>
> Carol
>

Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen

--- In , "marionziemke" <marionziemke@...> wrote:
>
> Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
>
> Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
>
> Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
>
> Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
>
> greetings
> Marion Z
> --- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> >
> > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > >
> > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > <snip>
> > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> >
> > Carol responds:
> >
> > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> >
> > Carol
> >
>

OMG!YES YES YES!
(Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)

I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?

--- In , "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@...> wrote:
>
> Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
>
> --- In , "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> >
> > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> >
> > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> >
> > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> >
> > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> >
> > greetings
> > Marion Z
> > --- In , "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > <snip>
> > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > >
> > > Carol responds:
> > >
> > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > >
> > > Carol
> > >
> >
>

I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him.  He's not very nice in it.



________________________________
From: bandyoi <bandyoi@...>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
OMG!YES YES YES!
(Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)

I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?

--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@...> wrote:
>
> Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> >
> > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> >
> > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> >
> > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> >
> > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> >
> > greetings
> > Marion Z
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > <snip>
> > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > >
> > > Carol responds:
> > >
> > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > >
> > > Carol
> > >
> >
>

Hahaha. He is a good actor to make you think that he is not " nice".

Ishita Bandyo
www.ishitabandyo.com
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www.ishitabandyoarts.blogspot.com

On Nov 13, 2012, at 3:20 PM, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:

> I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him. He's not very nice in it.
>
> ________________________________
> From: bandyoi <bandyoi@...>
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>
> OMG!YES YES YES!
> (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
>
> I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@...> wrote:
> >
> > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
> >
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > >
> > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> > >
> > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > >
> > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > >
> > > greetings
> > > Marion Z
> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > > >
> > > > Carol responds:
> > > >
> > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > >
> > > > Carol
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>

True....not to worry though because they have deaded him....I think...Eileen

--- In , liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
> I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him.  He's not very nice in it.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: bandyoi <bandyoi@...>
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> OMG!YES YES YES!
> (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
>
> I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
> >
> > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
> >
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > >
> > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> > >
> > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > >
> > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > >
> > > greetings
> > > Marion Z
> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > > >
> > > > Carol responds:
> > > >
> > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > >
> > > > Carol
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

Yes he is deaded now - that was a bit of a shocker!
 
Off topic - we had better stop and revert to the 15th century.


________________________________
From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:05
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
True....not to worry though because they have deaded him....I think...Eileen

--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
> I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him.  He's not very nice in it.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: bandyoi <bandyoi@...>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> OMG!YES YES YES!
> (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
>
> I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
> >
> > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
> >
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > >
> > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> > >
> > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > >
> > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > >
> > > greetings
> > > Marion Z
> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > > >
> > > > Carol responds:
> > > >
> > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > >
> > > > Carol
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

Off Topic - Okey Dokey....Can I just say something quickly here though..Im rather miffed that just when I realised who he was and just as I begun to study him closely...in relation to him playing Richard...he goes and snuffs it...Eileen:0(

--- In , liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
> Yes he is deaded now - that was a bit of a shocker!
>  
> Off topic - we had better stop and revert to the 15th century.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:05
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> True....not to worry though because they have deaded him....I think...Eileen
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
> >
> > I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him.  He's not very nice in it.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: bandyoi <bandyoi@>
> > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> >
> >  
> > OMG!YES YES YES!
> > (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
> >
> > I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
> >
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
> > >
> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > > >
> > > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> > > >
> > > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > > >
> > > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > > >
> > > > greetings
> > > > Marion Z
> > > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > > > >
> > > > > Carol responds:
> > > > >
> > > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> > fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Carol
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

I don't mind but those who don't watch Homeland wil get bored.  You could watch it again on the internet ......



________________________________
From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:37
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????

 
Off Topic - Okey Dokey....Can I just say something quickly here though..Im rather miffed that just when I realised who he was and just as I begun to study him closely...in relation to him playing Richard...he goes and snuffs it...Eileen:0(

--- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
> Yes he is deaded now - that was a bit of a shocker!
>  
> Off topic - we had better stop and revert to the 15th century.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
> To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:05
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> True....not to worry though because they have deaded him....I think...Eileen
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
> >
> > I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him.à He's not very nice in it.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: bandyoi <bandyoi@>
> > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> >
> > à
> > OMG!YES YES YES!
> > (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
> >
> > I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
> >
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
> > >
> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > > >
> > > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasnôt necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesnôt fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> > > >
> > > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > > >
> > > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > > >
> > > > greetings
> > > > Marion Z
> > > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > > > >
> > > > > Carol responds:
> > > > >
> > > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> > fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Carol
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

Yes....your right....

--- In , liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
>
> I don't mind but those who don't watch Homeland wil get bored.  You could watch it again on the internet ......
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:37
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>  
> Off Topic - Okey Dokey....Can I just say something quickly here though..Im rather miffed that just when I realised who he was and just as I begun to study him closely...in relation to him playing Richard...he goes and snuffs it...Eileen:0(
>
> --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes he is deaded now - that was a bit of a shocker!
> >  
> > Off topic - we had better stop and revert to the 15th century.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@>
> > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:05
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> >
> >  
> > True....not to worry though because they have deaded him....I think...Eileen
> >
> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him.  He's not very nice in it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: bandyoi <bandyoi@>
> > > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> > > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
> > >
> > >  
> > > OMG!YES YES YES!
> > > (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
> > >
> > > I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
> > >
> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
> > > >
> > > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
> > > > >
> > > > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > > > >
> > > > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > > > >
> > > > > greetings
> > > > > Marion Z
> > > > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
> > > > > > <snip>
> > > > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Carol responds:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> > > fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Carol
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

OMG, it’s Richard!!!!



(Be still, my beating heart)



Johanne



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Johanne L. Tournier



Email - jltournier60@...

or jltournier@...



"With God, all things are possible."

- Jesus of Nazareth

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of bandyoi
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 4:01 PM
To:
Subject: Re: actor for movie?????





OMG!YES YES YES!
(Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)

I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy.
Too tall but then who cares?

--- In
<mailto:%40yahoogroups.com> , "EileenB"
<cherryripe.eileenb@...> wrote:
>
> Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert
Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent
Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely
perfect....Eileen
>
> --- In
<mailto:%40yahoogroups.com> , "marionziemke"
<marionziemke@> wrote:
> >
> > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> >
> > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height
that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people
and last but not least his luck.
> > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how
the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when
the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at
least I expected so...
> >
> > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is
only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big
part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I
think modern day people look certainly younger...
> >
> > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> >
> > greetings
> > Marion Z
> > --- In
<mailto:%40yahoogroups.com> , "justcarol67"
<justcarol67@> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent
choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version),
he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not
getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much
doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward
IV.
> > > <snip>
> > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's
personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to
people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and
Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out -
if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would
need to be taller.
> > >
> > > Carol responds:
> > >
> > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the
researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in
life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was
around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six
feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the
investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's
adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with
Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March,
Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also
suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as
children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the
eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute
for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed
and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I
doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > >
> > > Carol
> > >
> >
>

Steady girl, steady!..;0)



--- In , Johanne Tournier <jltournier60@...> wrote:
>
> OMG, it's Richard!!!!
>
>
>
> (Be still, my beating heart)
>
>
>
> Johanne
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Johanne L. Tournier
>
>
>
> Email - jltournier60@...
>
> or jltournier@...
>
>
>
> "With God, all things are possible."
>
> - Jesus of Nazareth
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of bandyoi
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 4:01 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
>
>
>
>
>
> OMG!YES YES YES!
> (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
>
> I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy.
> Too tall but then who cares?
>
> --- In
> <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com> , "EileenB"
> <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
> >
> > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert
> Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent
> Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely
> perfect....Eileen
> >
> > --- In
> <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com> , "marionziemke"
> <marionziemke@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
> > >
> > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height
> that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people
> and last but not least his luck.
> > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how
> the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when
> the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at
> least I expected so...
> > >
> > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is
> only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big
> part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I
> think modern day people look certainly younger...
> > >
> > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
> > >
> > > greetings
> > > Marion Z
> > > --- In
> <mailto:%40yahoogroups.com> , "justcarol67"
> <justcarol67@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > "Richard" <RSG_Corris@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent
> choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version),
> he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not
> getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much
> doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward
> IV.
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's
> personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to
> people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and
> Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out -
> if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would
> need to be taller.
> > > >
> > > > Carol responds:
> > > >
> > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the
> researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in
> life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was
> around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six
> feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the
> investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's
> adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with
> Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March,
> Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also
> suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as
> children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the
> eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute
> for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed
> and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I
> doubt that height had anything to do with it.
> > > >
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I watched last Sunday. He is alive and well. Albeit shot in the belly. But scowling with aplomb:)

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On Nov 13, 2012, at 4:37 PM, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@...> wrote:

> Off Topic - Okey Dokey....Can I just say something quickly here though..Im rather miffed that just when I realised who he was and just as I begun to study him closely...in relation to him playing Richard...he goes and snuffs it...Eileen:0(
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> --- In , liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@...> wrote:
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> > Yes he is deaded now - that was a bit of a shocker!
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> > Off topic - we had better stop and revert to the 15th century.
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> > ________________________________
> > From: EileenB <cherryripe.eileenb@...>
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:05
> > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
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> > True....not to worry though because they have deaded him....I think...Eileen
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> > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, liz williams <ferrymansdaughter@> wrote:
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> > > I watch Homeland but didn't realise that was him. He's not very nice in it.
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> > > From: bandyoi <bandyoi@>
> > > To: mailto:%40yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 20:00
> > > Subject: Re: actor for movie?????
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> > > Â
> > > OMG!YES YES YES!
> > > (Do we use omg, in this forum??! I am from texting generation...)
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> > > I watched him in the series Homeland and kept thinking he might be the guy. Too tall but then who cares?
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> > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "EileenB" <cherryripe.eileenb@> wrote:
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> > > > Ive rather belatedly (last night actually) realised who the actor Rupert Friend is......who someone on here suggested would make an excellent Richard....All I can say is ditto, ditto, ditto...He would be absolutely perfect....Eileen
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> > > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "marionziemke" <marionziemke@> wrote:
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> > > > > Height is everthing. What would Napoleon have been without it?
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> > > > > Just kidding. I agree wit Carol that it wasn´t necessarily the height that made Edward great but his esprit, the character, his talent with people and last but not least his luck.
> > > > > I think it is just as important who might play Edward and then see how the two actors would harmonize. It is of no use to ponder upon a detail when the whole picture doesn´t fit. This is art after all and no documentary, at least I expected so...
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> > > > > Yay for Armitage. Because he has the knowledge and skill but this is only half the rent. Who for Edward (assuming that his person will play a big part in the film)...Colin Firth? Now before the argument of age comes in, I think modern day people look certainly younger...
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> > > > > Erm, do we actually have a say in the matter?
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> > > > > greetings
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> > > > > --- In mailto:%40yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
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> > > > > > > While I agree that Richard Armitage would have made an excellent choice to play the true Richard III (as opposed to the Shakespeare version), he is now nine years older than Richard was at Bosworth, and obviously not getting any younger. I also suspect he is too tall - there doesn't seem much doubt that Richard was slight of figure, especially when compared to Edward IV.
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> > > > > > > I suspect that his height was also a factor in Richard's personality, particularly as he seems to have been in thrall at times to people who were taller and more outgoing, such as both Edward and Buckingham, and an accurate portrayal would require that to be brought out - if the actor playing Richard was fairly tall, then those around him would need to be taller.
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> > > > > > If the skeleton found at Leicester turns out to be Richard, the researchers can tell us within an inch or two how tall he would have been in life. So far, they haven't mentioned his height, which suggests that it was around average for the period. (Edward, BTW, might not really have been six feet four. I don't recall when his skeleton was measured, but the investigators may have exaggerated.) At any rate, I suspect that Richard's adulation of Edward had less to do with height than with age and with Edward's blond good looks in his youth and the fact that, as Earl of March, Edward "came every day to see them" (Richard, George, and Margaret). I also suspect that his feelings for George traced back to their time together as children, the eleven-year-old perhaps setting a brave example for the eight-year-old. Many people have theorized that Buckingham was a substitute for George, with personality being more important than height in Richard's
> > > fascination with him. That's not the right word, but he seems to have needed and wanted a brother figure and thought he found it in Buckingham. But I doubt that height had anything to do with it.
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