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The Casting Game No. 76
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Monica Vitti (L’Eclisse 1962)
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Princess Diana
The Casting Game No. 127 Take 2 – moody with big chin
Filed under: Actors, casting | Tags: actor, casting, morrissey, stanley holloway, the smiths
Leave a comment I was struggling to figure out who actor Stanley Holloway looks like and think I may have put my finger on who wouldn’t quite come to the surface on my original attempt…
Stanley Holloway (in Eva – 1962)
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Morrissey of The Smiths
The Casting Game No. 127 – moody 60s male leads
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Sean Connery
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Stanley Holloway (in Eva – 1962)
The Casting Game No. 288
Filed under: Actors, casting, Reflections | Tags: albert camus, casting, humphrey bogart, the casting game
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Humphrey Bogart
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Albert Camus
The Casting Game No. 403 – bushy eyebrows
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John Cassavetes
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Martin Landau
I was watching John Cassavetes’ Opening Night (1977) at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square last night when this one occurred to me. I’m looking forward to seeing one of my new Red Bull Media House commissions in the same cinema later this week.
As a bonus casting prompted by the same film I offer…
Ben Gazarra
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Liev Schreiber
(This one’s a bit harder to capture in photos, it’s attitudinal as well.)
The Casting Game No. 402 – Six Nations Special
Filed under: Actors, casting, films, Movies, Reflections | Tags: casting, ewen bremner, liam williams, rugby, trainspotting, wales
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Liam Williams
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Spud in ‘Trainspotting’
(I worked with Ewen Bremner in one of his very first roles at Melrose Film Productions around 1989)
The Casting Game No. 58 – Messiah Complex
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Michelle Monaghan (Eva in Netflix’s Messiah)
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Michael Jackson (singer of Earth Song)
Earth Song at The Brits Awards 1996 where Jarvis Cocker of Pulp accused him of “pretending to be Jesus”
The Casting Game
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Gemma Arterton (Vita & Virginia – Vita Sackville-West)
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Audrey Tautou (Amélie)
The Casting Game: Reservoir Dogs
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Leave a comment To celebrate the arrival of Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (which has grown on me since watching it last week) I’ve recast where it all began for Quentin, Reservoir Dogs
Jonah Hill
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Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn)
Joss Ackland
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Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney)
Dominic West
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Marvin (Kirk Baltz)
Chris Isaak
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Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen)
Malcolm Allison
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Mr White (Harvey Keitel)
Paul Weller
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Mr Orange (Tim Roth)
The Casting Game No. 55
Filed under: casting, Reflections | Tags: Actors, benedict cumberbatch, casting, kenneth williams
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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Kenneth Williams
