--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > No, this is not a rap about Judy. :-) It's just musings about the > Archetypal Evil Bitch, as personified by Morgan Le Fay from the > Arthurian legends. > > Morgan has always been one of my favorite characters in books and > movies. She is just *deliciously* evil, in ways that make other evil > bitches pale by comparison. Thus her character provides a challenge to > writers of Arthurian fiction, but even more so to actresses portraying > Morgan in films. Many actresses have tried to capture Morgan's high > evilbitchnessitude in movies or on TV. And failed. To date, only one has > succeeded -- the great Helen Mirren, in the film "Excalibur." She > basically "set the bar" for portrayals of Morgan Le Fay, the standard > that any actress in the future has to try to match or exceed.
Really, I think this is very unfair to Cruella DeVille, and I take exception to it. I for one > thought that no actress would ever even get close. But then I heard > about the "casting coup of the year," and the fact that the STARZ > network had cast Eva Green in the part. > > If you don't know the name, try to remember back to the most recent > "Casino Royale" film, and literally the first "Bond girl" ever to be a > match for James Bond. Better, remember back further to Bertolucci's "The > Dreamers," which she starred in at age 22. Bertolucci, who knew Eva > growing up because he knew her mother (French actress Marlène > Jobert), > described her as "so beautiful it's indecent," which is an > understatement. She carried her first film off well, and even wrote > several songs for the score. She's not only beautiful and a talented > actress, she's smart. > > So if any actress had a shot at being as interesting as Helen Mirren in > the part of Morgan Le Fay, it was Eva Green, and I found myself looking > forward to seeing the TV production. Today I got to watch a reviewer > version of the first episode. > > Sadly, given that first episode, STARZ is not giving her a lot to work > with except some lovely costumes. Suffice it to say that the writing is > not up to the level of the network's "Spartacus: Blood And Sand." Jamie > Campbell Bower is far too pretty as Arthur and Joseph Fiennes is far too > wussy as Merlin. At least so far. I'm hoping for more in future > episodes, both from them and from the writing, but I may be hoping in > vain. > > So far, there's not a great deal more to Eva Green's performance as > Morgan Le Fay than just being able to look at her. Then again, that's > almost enough. :-) > > [Eva Green Camelot] [Eva Green in Camelot TV Series Season One Image] > <http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2011/01/camelot-tv-series-1.jpg> >
