Everyone gives Sherlock Holmes a hard time about being mean about Watson's writing, but honestly imagine you told your roommate "sure, you can write up an account of my work for the newspaper," thinking it would be like, about the murder, but then he publishes it and it's 90% about you, as a person, and it's a huge hit and now everyone in London knows that you hoard newspapers and do cocoaine when you're depressed. Because I think you'd be little miffed too.
every time i eat one of these fucking things my soul goes away and i become a mafia boss smoking a fat fucking cigar pondering the next sap on my hit list
Here's where I admit to (previously!) being entirely unimpressed by Sam Reid.
I've been vaguely familiar with him for about a decade. I'm Australian, so I've seen him pop up in bunch of different things. And honestly, he never struck me as having much more to offer than a very nice jawline (I've never been so wrong).
But seriously, these were the kind of looks/roles we'd all come to expect from him:
And something about how they always dressed and posed him screamed rich, white, private school educated, straight man.
And (Sorry Sam!) but that's sooo boring!!
Yes, I admit, I was clearly wrong.
But in my defence, who expected this man in 2021:
To become this man in 2022:
Let alone this man!!
He's practically chewing the scenery!!
Sam! I have to know!!
Was this a journey for you?
Or were you always, secretly this gloriously Extra?!!?
Did entering Lestat's character free up something beautiful and new inside you?
Or
Have have you been denying us this intoxicating extravagance this whole time?!?
I never thought I'd say this, but I've finally learned to appreciate Sam Reid....Actually, I adore him!!
I'm so pleased he's finally getting an opportunity to demonstrate his capacity and range. But I'm also utterly perplexed... How did no one realise he was so ridiculously talented before?
And also completely fucking gloriously weird!?!?
Did he have a really shitty/conservative/unimaginative agent holding him back? Was he typecast?