New Wizarding Wireless Feature, Actor/Actress of the month |
 Nov 5 2009, 03:54 PM
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Grand Pooh-Bah of the Poking Sticks Emporium  Posts: 6,834 Joined: 3:53pm January 4, 2008 Location: Fine-tuning her Spambot Magnet  |
I think Colin Firth would be a wonderful actor to explore
 He's wonderfully talented, and great looking to boot. I've loved every movie he's been in. He has great scope as an actor; he can do drama and comedy 
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Nov 5 2009, 04:20 PM
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One Half of the DDD  Posts: 8,476 Joined: 5:31pm August 30, 2006 Location: Siriusly Dreaming Somewhere  |
I suggest Kenneth Branagh, he was wonderful as Gilderoy Lockhart, but I've seen him play so many good and believable characters, in The Boat That Rocked he was soooooo unpleasant as Sir Alistair Dormandy and Sir Arless Loveless in Wild Wild West, just horrible, but both were so well portrayed. I love his Shakespeare films, he did a great job with Loves Labours Lost which used lots of old songs by the likes of Cole Porter to tell the story, I loved it, Much Ado About Nothing he was really funny, Henry V, Hamlet. He's also good playing more up to date people such as Ernest Shackleton in Shackleton and Wallender, a grumpy, depressed Swedish detective, nothing like Lockhart. He's an actor who's involvement in a film practically guarantees its quality.
If you've only seen him as Gilderoy Lockhart you really need to see some more of his work, you won't regret it. This post has been edited by Dreamteam: Nov 5 2009, 04:30 PM --------------------  November's book is The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!" |
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Nov 12 2009, 05:48 AM
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Triwizard Champ of the Lily and Stag Inn Posts: 2,040 Joined: 8:34am April 9, 2008 Location: Swimming in lunacy   |
I nominate Michael Sheen. First saw him as Colin in the indie British film Heartlands. A beautifully shot film with a heartwarming performance by Michael. Since than I've sought out films staring him, your almost always guaranteed a great film.
He gets a lot of praise for the roles he plays as he really becomes the character (Tony Blair in The Queen. Brain Clough in The Damned United) He'll also be switching teams this month when, instead of playing the leader of the werewolves, he'll be playing Aro the leader of the Volturi vampire coven in the Twilight Series. I'm not much of a Twilight fan but with the month that's in it I think Michael Sheen would be a good actor to discuss. -------------------- |
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Nov 12 2009, 01:20 PM
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The Other Half of the DDD Posts: 4,941 Joined: 10:10am March 16, 2007 Location: Marauding with Moony, Padfoot and Prongs |
I'd like to nominate Ralph Fiennes. I've been an admirer of his long before he "became" Voldemort, and have always been impressed by his versatility. Some highlights of his career include Schindlers List, The English Patient and The Constant Gardener. I also enjoyed his voice over as Victor Quartermaine in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-rabbit, which proved that the man known for playing mostly intense characters can indeed do comedy. I thought he made an excellent Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights (1992). I know this version didn't do too well with the critics, but I still fell in love with his Heathcliff.
  Also worth watching is The End of the Affair, where he plays an embittered writer during and after the Second World War. I recently saw him in The Duchess, alongside Keira Knightley. He played a chauvinistic 18th century Duke (completely normal for that time, lol), and although he could have come across as a villain, he still managed to make you feel sorry for the character in some small way. You could (very slightly) sympathise with him.So I'd love to discuss Ralph Fiennes' career some time.
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 Nov 17 2009, 09:50 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 1 Joined: 10:53am June 21, 2009 |
I would like to nominate Emma Watson
 as from the 1st film she had been acting gracefully  and according to me she deserved the role of Hermione.  She was great in Goblet of fire and Half-blood Prince. Her pair with Ron is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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