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s4tch

s4tch

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[video=twitter;821823812387753984]https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/821823812387753984[/video]

[video=twitter;821825239629692928]https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/821825239629692928[/video]

look at that guy. :baus:

also, fake news vs refutations.
 
Osman

Osman

Koul Khara!
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The show has more layers then first realized for sure. The will he wrote in the EP was ingenious.


Any scene with the East India company fascinates me, used to write more then few papers about them throughout school days.


P. S starting to wonder if the winter character isn't just his imagination.

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Post Ironic

Post Ironic

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Pretty gosh darn excited for these two...

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Osman said:
The show has more layers then first realized for sure. The will he wrote in the EP was ingenious.


Any scene with the East India company fascinates me, used to write more then few papers about them throughout school days.


P. S starting to wonder if the winter character isn't just his imagination.

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Been wondering the same thing.

Yeah. The first two episodes were a nice slow-burn, but at the same time, kind of helter-skelter, all-over-the-place (which I love but can understand the issues with)... kind of labyrinthine in a sense, so densely packed, especially with how slowly it was developing the connections between the various pieces... but that third episode really started to draw it all together.

I found this interview interesting:

TheWrap: From where did you draw inspiration for your character?
Tom Hardy: I drew inspiration from all sorts of places really, from all these historical parts I’ve always wanted to play. I’ve always loved period dramas and I’ve never been able to settle on a novel I wanted to play. My father is also into literature and we wanted to have a collage of all of these different elements that would make up a new story — familiar but traditional storytelling in new writing. It’s drawing on a lot of a old pieces and characters. There isn’t one in particular that it’s based on. There’s something interesting about playing with the concept of having complex, paradoxical characters that don’t quite fit right, that aren’t likable people but they can become quite compelling — you go on this journey with people. All the characters are pretty dislikable but once you get into the tone of the piece, the world becomes immersible and you slip into that world. And that’s what we wanted to do.”

Your character has this immense power over everyone he meets. Did the character have any impact on you personally?
Not really, I was working [executive producing] with Steve [Knight] and [my father] Chips, and acting was the last thing I had to do. I said, 'Oh I have to go act now!’ Because I was so immersed in the character, I felt like I knew where I had to be. You don’t really know if he’s in control or not — he comes across like that now, but that can change. There are elements of torment — is he spooky or is that just something he sees and no one else does? Playing with that adds to the tone of the piece. Does he actually talk to the ghosts or is he just bonkers? There is something quite still and opportunistic about him. I don’t know if he’s entirely in control. The show kind of backtracks in the end. There is a lot going on — corruption, government greed, you know, not a lot of likeble stuff.


What drew you to the show? Is there anything you found unique?
What was unique was the wickedness in the subversion of playing with what is often the telling of classic stories. The period drama has been done to death and we really enjoy it in Britain, and we have lots of different ways to do it, so what was nice for us was when we asked, how would we do it if we had the opportunity? We got a lot of grime and we have some beautiful design elements and the art direction is really beautiful. We wanted to put a new level of filming on a storytelling narrative, in a period drama that you usually see on TV and see how that works, and that’s new for me.

Was Delaney one of the most difficult characters you’ve ever had to play?
Delaney is probably one of the most tortured characters I’ve played because for me, he’s connected to everyone in the piece in a very personal way. It wasn’t just about playing James Delaney but also about really immersing myself in everyone else. As an actor, I felt tortured because everyone in the piece is really important to me.

Do you think the show mirrors the political or economical climate of the world today?
We finished it before Brexit and Donald Trump’s election so it definitely had a different feeling after. We were like, 'does this still make sense now?’ There are some things in there that are universal themes. For example, I do think the concept of corruption is a key factor, especially in the environment of brutality and power that comes with business. Just in the ethics of the people that are in power and the question of, what is power?
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I love that second last answer.. about how playing Delaney was so much about immersing himself in everyone else, and how tortured that made the character and by extension, himself, feel.
 
Osman

Osman

Koul Khara!
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:tup:

He is an incredibly intense actor so I understand if that would get to him.


American Gods tup: I had no idea it was so soon, I mentionned this Series couple times here, it has gone through a limbo state for years and Gaiman wasn't sure it was being made. Until it was confirmed sometime 2017, nice its early in the year. Liked the book and Anansi Boys novel too (this one is being produced by BBC)
. Looking forward Ian McShane lol. And all the creative ways Gaiman played with different mythologies and fantasies in unique blend.


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