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Rose-tree Dryad, yes you are right. Much depends on the script of course, but Shakespearean acting probably is a requirement at NIDA, where most Australian actors get to spend time if they want to make a career in acting. But I'd also include reading Chaucer aloud if you think it would get the sort of way of speaking LOTGK uses.
Rose-tree Dryad wrote:One that I have recently run across is Australian actress Kate Mulvany. She has a lot of experience appearing in productions of Shakespeare and she has appeared in film as well (she had a minor role in 2013's The Great Gatsby). However, while I've thought that an LotGK in her thirties would work best for the character, she's still a bit old for the role at 39.
Well maybe....But age should not be a major issue with casting someone of allegedly "divine" race, like LOTGK, female or not. Recently another Australian actress won a court case for defamation against a media group, age issues, ageism and the need to keep working being central to the actress's accusations against the way that group portrays women. It doesn't matter at what end of the 30's an actress may inhabit currently - older actresses in their forties might still do a convincing LOTGK performance, so long as they have the speaking voice, can still be done up to appear as if their ageing mechanism stuck on their 35th birthday and thereafter worked backwards as required, and can also ride side-saddle on a horse whilst wearing a long, flowing dress. It is whether an actress can do the job which counts.
parableproductions wrote:In my imagination, the Lady was blonde (and Jadis had black hair). She isn't as imposing as Jadis. She's powerful and deadly, but looks sweet and innocent.
Yes Cate Blanchette would do a good job if cast, for sure. If she could play Galadriel, LOTGK would be easy for her. But there must be other suitable people who are not quite as famous, and who might be able to do a better job. If you want someone who could play a witch, Emma Watson might do the trick, though I've only seen her as being on the good side. I've seen few other well-known Australian actresses, the most prominent being Nicole Kidman, but for that very reason, I wouldn't suggest her, either. I'd think that Kylie Minogue would be a better choice, if she could act as well as sing. What is needed is someone who can deliver sweet and cooing accents and lines to tired, cold and hungry children. LOTGK seems to speak with a Scottish Highland accent, so which actress, other than Barbara Kellerman or Tilda Swinton would suit such a description do you think? And how should she look wearing green?
A word of how LOTGK, whoever undertakes the role, ought to be dressed: I'm thinking that if everything she wears is green, and green is almost her signature colour, how about varying shades of green? From chartreuse to turquoise there are many shades of green, including olive green, lime green, khaki, viridian, emerald green, teal, jade, mint, fluorescent green etc. etc. This would help disguise appearances a bit when necessary, so that suspense can be maintained. Or maybe some of LOTGK's clothes might even change colour in differing lights?