| re: Brian d'Arcy James |
| Posted by: AlanScott 10:40 pm EDT 04/07/18 |
| In reply to: re: Brian d'Arcy James - Michael_Portantiere 08:38 pm EDT 04/07/18 |
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I'm tempted to plead the fifth, but that perhaps sounds worse. I just never saw him as having had looks that would make the local ladies swoon. And he doesn't seem physically intimidating in any way. I'm not saying he couldn't make up for these things. Hayden made up for the latter to some degree, as I presume Burgess Meredith did when he won high praise for playing Liliom and as Charles Boyer certainly does in the Lang film of Liliom. But perhaps the text of the musical ups the need for an actor who is both very good looking and has a physicality that looks like people would be a bit afraid (or a lot afraid) to get on his bad side. Anyway, I do think that James could have made up for the latter but not so much for the former. I'm not saying he's unattractive, but I also don't see him as having the exceptional good looks that Billy should have.
If he had played the role, perhaps I would have felt that he pulled it off. But he hardly seems ideal or a natural for it to me. |
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