Re: How's About Prince Rilian?
Posted: Sep 24, 2014 1:00 pm
Any thoughts on Daniel Vincent Gordh [Darcy in "Lizzie Bennet Diaries"]? He's 29.
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fantasia_kitty wrote:
The cool thing about having Rilian look like Lilliandil, I don't think Eustace would be as likely to recognize him as he spent so much time with Caspian. But perhaps it wouldn't make a difference.
Thoughts?
Lake Lachrymose wrote:In other news, people on tumblr seems to love the ideia of Eddie Redmayne, haha.
ChristProclamer wrote:Other suggestions? I know that Richard Armitage was a fave for a while.
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/12/05/66668-richard-armitage-talks-to-theonering-net/GD: Characteristics of your Thorin remind me of Shakespearean monarchs; did you look to Shakespeare or other theatre and literature for inspiration?
]RA: You know, I looked mainly through Tolkien – I looked at all of his work, looked to mainly the dwarves, coz he writes about dwarves in general … In terms of preparation, it kind of happened by accident coz I was doing vocal work, coz I wanted him to sound a certain way. I wanted to pitch my voice lower, I wanted him to be able to speak quietly but resonantly … and I ended up using Henry V, Richard III and Macbeth as soliloquies that I could use to get some vocal production going. But I found in all three of those characters [aspects of Thorin] … the whole idea of the rallying cry of a leader on the battlefield is very much Henry V; the self hating deformity of Richard III was sort of relevant; and also the Macbeth figure when it comes to the gold lust – this man who believes he is doing the right thing and gets corrupted by something which ultimately destroys him … I just felt that those three figures were all going to be pretty useful for me to have in my head.
Philippa really writes … the writing really evolved around both of our work – so she did take that character into a kind of Shakespearean tone. I mean, Tolkien is kind of a bit cheeky with Thorin … you know, when Thorin speaks at Bag End Tolkien kind of has a go at him and says, ‘That was his way’ – that Thorin could be kind of … overly verbose as a speaker! He’s almost like, ‘Get on with it!’ … So I wanted to be amused by that, but at the same time, Philippa and Fran really wrote a tone for Thorin which I just enjoyed – they gave me some great lines to say, great phrase structures. So you’re right – the Shakespearean stuff was really useful.
The Rose-Tree Dryad wrote:He's a big name, but Rilian likely wouldn't be in the film very much, so perhaps the filmmakers could swing it. His involvement would definitely draw people to the theater, I would think.