tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024572182015008955.post8806309101470037480..comments2024-02-22T19:09:24.336-08:00Comments on Sent from my iRon: DiscWorld CastingMrsC (Maryanne)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024572182015008955.post-28407096316571518172014-06-25T12:50:06.517-07:002014-06-25T12:50:06.517-07:00They were! Apparently, the play is definitively ov...They were! Apparently, the play is definitively over now, but it was up for 14 years! because it was so perfect. It managed wonderfully to combine Pratchett's style with just a little bit of Czech style for it to work even for those who are not familiar with the books (so my father, who's never read the books, loved it, too, and still occasionally quotes some bits from it).<br />Same here with the searching. Thanks to this, I've discovered some new favourite actors - some actors are so versatile that you can't place them, but that's exactly what makes them so good, too.Hana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024572182015008955.post-140250400630732592014-06-22T12:56:19.868-07:002014-06-22T12:56:19.868-07:00So true! But he is very tall, which may not work. ...So true! But he is very tall, which may not work. Interestingly, to me anyway, I always think of Nobbie Nobbs as Tony Robinson, only as he was in Blackadder, Baldrick being very Nobblike. But by the time the books were written, famous and made into movies, he was too old and ended up playing a shop manager in HogFather, talking to the actor who ended up playing NN, whom I didn't like. Ah well!MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024572182015008955.post-22117662556439817612014-06-22T12:53:56.239-07:002014-06-22T12:53:56.239-07:00Hana I thought I had replied earlier, sorry! I wat...Hana I thought I had replied earlier, sorry! I watched some of the play, it's fab!!! I directed it myself many years ago and I love it. I think the witches were just bang on :) And where would we be without IMDB, and Google image search? SO many of the actors I want to look up (familiar face, no idea of name) have no photo so I jump between IMDB and Google looking them up. It's changed my life! ;-)MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024572182015008955.post-84017803138758100222014-06-14T13:44:10.152-07:002014-06-14T13:44:10.152-07:00Heh. Fancasting. I do that occasionally, but I nev...Heh. Fancasting. I do that occasionally, but I never get into the online fancasting game.<br /><br />Anna Massey! She's the big name with a small role in Dark Blue World; the one scene from a mostly forgettable film that still gets occasionally quoted in this household. She's the Czechoslovak pilots' firm English teacher who insists on proper pronunciation of "to land". :D (It's an ingenious scene, especially if you're a Czech student of English.)<br />I mostly remember her, as her, from Poirot's Clocks, though.<br /><br />I'm strongly influenced by the fantastic and hugely popular (Pratchett liked it!) theatre production of Wyrd Sisters by Divadlo v Dlouhé in Prague for these three. So my Granny Weatherwax in particular is a mix between their Naďa Vicenová and Maggie Smith's Professor MacGonnagal (probably mostly because of the equivalent pointy hat, but not only).<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF3sx0zJqf4<br /><br />Carol MacReady feels oddly familiar and quite perfect for Nanny Ogg. I can't place her, but I must have seen her before. Her IMDb resumé does give me several things I've seen.<br /><br />I'm not suffieciently versed in the Unseen University to comment on the Bursar, though. I'm sorely behind on my Pratchett reading. And unfortunately, I have a terrible head for actor names, so I forget a lot of them. But yes, Midsomer Murders are great for actor-spotting. :DHana - Marmotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532515160608083460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024572182015008955.post-68753049471889402922014-06-12T13:33:02.735-07:002014-06-12T13:33:02.735-07:00I agree. Just looking at Roger Frost makes me want...I agree. Just looking at Roger Frost makes me want to roar, "BURSAAAAR!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com