Now, little knight, off with your head
[ID: A digital portrait of Sir Gawain as portrayed in film The Green Knight (2021). He’s in profile, shadows melting into the plain black background. His hair has blue hues and dissolves into flames that curl upwards. His skin is done in red and yellow tones while his armour is grey and pink, the scales scattering off to the side. End ID.]
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im so obsessed with A Court of Fey and Flowers, you have the A plot which is filled with political intrigue, tensions between fey courts and the whole mortal and faerie realm at stake with sweeping, angsty romance and tense family dynamics and then the B plot where is just an ongoing debate as to whether Jeremy Renner should play the titular character of a book made up as a bit that turned a little too serious
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my beloved @sesamestreep tagged me to do this and I was going to wait to stagger these tag game posts but I'm a profoundly impatient creature, so...that did not happen
If you're seeing this, consider yourself tagged, because this is a fun thing! But just to be specific I'll tag @sylvia-morris @bisamwilson @flapperwitch @bhavvyyy @apatheticjoy @hot2go
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extremely self-indulgent fanart doesn't go on the art blog, it goes here. Tawny Man era Lord Golden & Fitz!
the design for Beloved is very much based on my partner @prawnlegs', which is truly the only one for me (though mine leans just a little more towards my fancast, which is a young Jaye Davidson with light hair. the Fool may be "a White" but he isn't white!). for Fitz i was looking at both Dev Patel & Rahul Kohli. he has to be pretty so anyone will put up with his shit.
these were done in pencil in my sketchbook & then digitally colored, which is something i haven't done in years. i'm a MESS i can't SLEEP i HATE ROBIN HOBB
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Ohh, if you're doing recasting of things, any thoughts on The Philadelphia Story and/or The Big Sleep? Rewatching TPS for the nth time the other night got me pondering
Ooo, those are both hard ones! I find a lot of Old Hollywood classics a challenge, probably because they're so iconic and engrained in pop culture, but also because acting styles have changed so much since the 1940s and 50s. To try and fit actors into the roles kind of feels like it fundamentally changes the tone and style, but that's not necessarily always a bad thing, haha.
Still! Let's have a go.
(Quick note: since all the actors in The Philadelphia Story were in their late 20s to mid 30s when they shot it, I've tried to cast actors in that age window, even though I think you could age all of them up given the nature of the story.)
Mia Goth as Katharine Hepburn's Tracey Lord
I kinda just think Mia Goth can do most things, haha, but I actually think she was a revelation in Emma, which is - I'm pretty sure - her first foray into a genre outside of horror and sci-fi. She's got such a warmth in it, especially opposite Anya Taylor-Joy who I mmm, Struggle With as an actress. I feel like she could deliver just the right amount of chaos as Tracey, while also holding her own charisma-wise against Hepburn's boundless screen presence.
Paul Mescal as Cary Grant's Dexter Haven
This was actually the one I struggled with the most, because it's hard to find an actor who could balance dickishness with genuine charm these days in the way that Cary Grant (and a lot of the Golden Age Hollywood men) could. If anyone can do it though, I feel like it'd have to be Paul Mescal.
Dev Patel as Jimmy Stewart's Mike Connor
Funnily enough, I've actually thought Dev Patel and Jimmy Stewart have a similar energy on screen for a while? I'm not sure how to describe it, but there's a sort of warmth and affability to them even when they're playing characters that should feel - - I don't know. Harsher maybe. Anyway, I love them both as actors, and I think Dev could make Mike as easy to fall-in-love-with as Jimmy did.
Molly Gordon as Ruth Hussey's Liz Imbrie
I suddenly realised that everyone I've recast so far is either British or Irish, haha, so let's add an American to the mix! I have a big soft spot for Liz, and a big soft spot for Ruth Hussey too (The Uninvited, my beloved). Having her sort of wry, gentler energy to offset Katharine Hepburn's and the rest of the cast's highly strung chaos has always been something I've really liked, and I think Molly Gordon could bring something unique to the part.
Harris Dickinson as John Howard's George Kittredge
Can you believe John Howard was only 27 when they shot this? WILD. The George role is a pretty thankless one, especially between Cary Grant's scene chewing and Jimmy Stewart's effortless warmth, and I think it's a testament to Howard that you can see him as a viable option for Tracy at all. I've seen Harris Dickinson in quite a few things now, and think he can have a pretty grounding presence in a lot of more absurd premises (Triangle of Sadness and Scrapper spring to mind), and I feel that's what a role like this needs.
The Big Sleep feels a bit harder, but I'll have a think! Bogie and Bacall are just so iconic, haha.
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