Whomever he played—soldier, cowboy, adventurer, lounge lizard, lover—Gary Cooper became that character. The artistry was seamless, so natural that it was impossible to tell where the man left off and the actor began. As Charles Laughton put it: ‘We act, he is.’ John Barrymore put it another way: ‘This fellow is the world’s greatest actor. He does without effort what the rest of us spend our lives trying to learn—namely to be natural.’ (ᴊᴏʜɴ ᴍᴜʟʜᴏʟʟᴀɴᴅ)
I’ve posted odds and ends of this project some months ago but thought I’d put together my favourite bits. Based on the Terry Pratchett book ‘Witches Abroad’ visual development.
Claudette Colbert and Cary Grant at the wedding of Carol Lee Ladd and Richard Anderson. Photographed by Nat Dillinger in California, 1955
what she says: i’m fine
what she means: stannis letting melisandre sacrifice shireen to the lord of light was not only a hideous representation of d+d’s misogyny, but grossly out of character for stannis who burned a man for treason for even suggesting shireen marry a bastard and told one of his men that, in the event of stannis’s death, he should have his army avenge his death and seat shireen on the throne
Book Stannis: Davos, if I die you will do your best to fight in my name and put my daughter on the Iron Throne
Book Stannis: *has a man killed for treason simply because he suggested Shireen should marry a bastard*
D&D: …
D&D: Let’s just have him burn her to the fucking ground, watch her scream for her life and beg him to stop with a stone fucking face.
D&D: Why do book readers hate us?????
“It may be that we shall lose this battle,” the king said grimly. “In Braavos you may hear that I am dead. It may even be true. You shall find my sellswords nonetheless.”
The knight hesitated. “Your Grace, if you are dead —”
“— you will avenge my death, and seat my daughter on the Iron Throne. Or die in the attempt.”
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