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sometimes I sit there and think about how so very easily both Booker and Copley as characters could have been generic and paper-thin and one dimensional as we often find these kinds of characters to be in action films, but the writing for both characters actually gave them depth and understandable motivation for their actions and even if we are angry we can also understand what drove them to do the things that they did
and then this movie went one step further in convincing us by casting actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthias Schoenaerts who are known to be able to deliver emotionally powerful and complex performances as actors, and really gave them both scenes that allowed them to deliver and let that depth and complexity shine
this movie didn’t have to go the extra mile to do that, Booker and Copley could have easily in any other film just fell by the wayside, but this movie cared and it wanted us to care about these characters so they did amazing writing and then got two great dramatic actors to firmly smack us all in the face
thanks :)
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Old Guard (Movie 2020), The Old Guard (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Booker | Sebastien le Livre/Reader, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Andy | Andromache of Scythia & Quynh | Noriko
Characters: Andy | Andromache of Scythia, Booker | Sebastien le Livre, James Copley, Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani, Nicky | Nicolo di Genova, Nile Freeman, Quynh | Noriko, Reader
Additional Tags: Team as Family, Fun, love is love is love, Almost Everybody is Kissing Almost Everybody Else, Racism, Homophobia, Mild Language
Summary:
Andy and Copley insisted on a peaceful evening before they headed out, so instead of beating up the prejudiced assholes muttering about fags and people of color, the team instead flaunt their love for each other with public displays of affection.
#the old guard#andy#andromache the scythian#booker#sebastien le livre#nile freeman#Joe#yusuf al kaysani#Nicky#nicolo di genova#quynh#Noriko#James Copley#booker x reader#sebastien le livre x reader
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Matthias Schoenaerts photographed for ELLE Belgique (14 february 2018)
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the old guard as troubled birds
andy
nicky
joe
booker
nile
bonus:
quynh
#the old guard#andy#andromache the scythian#nicky#nicolo di genova#joe#yusuf al kaysani#nile freeman#booker#sebastian le livre#Quynh#quynh/noriko
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Nicky: It's kind of ironic; the more care you put into a murder, the harsher society judges you.
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Andy: If you ever feel safe please remember that I’m out there.
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Hands... 🖐❤🖐❤
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Andy: Why does everyone want meaning in their life?
Andy: What happened to just getting through the fucking day?!
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it’s you and me, booker. always.
#Matthias Schoenaerts#booker#the old guard#sebastien le livre#andromache the scythian#andy#charlize theron
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Booker: Where is your liquor?
Copley: At 11am?
Booker: Why, does it move around during the day?
#the old guard#incorrect old guard#sebastian le livre#james copley#Booker#Copley#source: santa clarita diet
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Rewatching The Old Guard, as one does, and now I'm wondering...
The reaction to Nile's dream/nightmare of Quynh suggests that her still being alive and drowning, is news to the team.
So, did Booker stop dreaming about her at some point? Or did he just stop talking about it, internalizing that trauma too?
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Perfection, for sure.
Like, I know we're all on about Marinelli's nose, and with good reason, but can we talk about Schoenaerts' nose? Like... Gorgeous. Beautiful. Carved by the gods. Love it. 10/10.
#the old guard#matthias schoenaerts#luca marinelli#i really have a problem with noses#and hands#and don't get me started on shoulders
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“Good Morning, Matthias”
A FILM BY BRUCE WEBER
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immortal found family as text posts (2/?)
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Headcanon
My brain refuses to accept anything other than that every character Matthias Schoenaerts has ever portrayed, was in reality Booker.
Now, I'm still working through the man's filmography, but to elaborate a little:
He built, with help, the outdoor ballroom in the gardens of Versailles as Andre le Notre. (A Little Chaos is set 88 years before Booker's birth, but, well, details right?)
Enjoyed some time in the country, going by Farmer Oak, and fell hopelessly in love with Batsheba, a woman he greatly admired and respected and wanted to protect for as long as he could stay with her. (Far from the Madding Crowd)
During WWII, he went his own way and joined the Germans because he felt increasingly unhappy, as if he didn't quite belong with the team. Lucile and the events taking place in Bussy during his stay there changed his mind, and at some point not too long after leaving Bussy, he fakes his own death. He still plays Suite Française whenever he has access to a piano, and keeps tabs on Lucile's descendents, anonymously providing assistance when any of them require it.
In his darker, more despair driven days he somewhat recklessly gets involved in situations that has a higher risk of exposure, like the time he took the name Eric Deeds and pissed off the wrong guy named Bob (The Drop). Or that time he called himself Philip, picked up a cocaine addiction, a wife, made pals with four other adulterous men and became part of a murder investigation. (The Loft)
Prison was something he hadn't experienced since before his first death. Being incarcerated, going through the rehabilitation program, connecting with the horse he trains, is a healing experience. (The Mustang)
Andy mentioned a likeness to Putin in passing, so just for the hell of it he infiltrated the SVR, rose to the rank of Deputy Director. What? Russia was a lot better than when he died there in 1812. (Red Sparrow)
#mathias schoenaerts#sebastien le livre#booker#the old guard#a little chaos#far from the madding crowd#suite française#the drop#the loft#the mustang#red sparrow
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Matthias Schoenaerts Appreciation
Matthias Schoenaerts by Stefan Armbruster for L'Express Style, 2018.
#Matthias Schoenaerts#the old guard#sebastien le livre#booker#Suite Française#rust and bone#far from the madding crowd#red sparrow#the mustang#a little chaos#the drop
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Watching Suite Française. Yes, also crying about Booker.
OH NO MATHIAS IS HANDSOME AAAAAAA
(Yes I’m watching far from the madding crowd, yes I’m crying about Booker SHUT UP)
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