05-13-2007, 08:43 PM
One good thing might be the BBC will actually release the TV series on DVD!
Theodosius wrote:
Are you saying your Barbarian or Provincial Jaime? :wink:
I think the nearest that happened was in 'The Fall of the Roman Empire', when Livius was the hero or perhaps it's spin off Gladiator!
Of course the 'bad guys' live north of the wall, just ask Duncan, Ross and Mike to play the extras!
Graham.
Theodosius wrote:
Quote:The author's wrong to think that English actors were used to play the villains. They were used to help differentiate the upper classes from the rabble, which I think is a great technique. American accents are only fit for barbarian and provincial roles, IMO.
Are you saying your Barbarian or Provincial Jaime? :wink:
Quote:And here's a novel idea : how 'bout casting the savage barbarians as the villains and the Romans as the heroes for a change. I know, I know, not politically correct
I think the nearest that happened was in 'The Fall of the Roman Empire', when Livius was the hero or perhaps it's spin off Gladiator!
Of course the 'bad guys' live north of the wall, just ask Duncan, Ross and Mike to play the extras!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
