Stoic wont play to modern audiences in the way they wanted. Unless your making a Merchat Ivory film....complicated is the way to go. The protag needs to be vulnerable and unstoppable.....Downy is perfect.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > But back to my point, is Holmes in the books as emotionally complicated as > Downey's portrayal? The movies I've seen all have Holmes are more stoic than > Downey. Not a Vulcan or anything, but more controlled. So, do you think Law > in the role would have dictated a less demonstrative Holmes? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Omari Confer" <clockwork...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 3:03:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] What if Actors' Roles were Switched in "Sherlock > Holmes"? > > > > Law doesnt have the emotional depth to pull off Sherlock. Plain and simple. > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net > > wrote: > >> >> >> After seeing the movie last Sunday, I was wondering about the casting. >> Downey and Law are really good, but why did Ritchie cast them that way? Law, >> who's taller, a bit leaner, and has a bit more of an intensely thoughtful >> look, would seem at first glance to be the natural choice to play Holmes. At >> least, he probably on the surface appears closer to the tall, lean, serious >> Holmes of all those movies i saw as a kid. Downey, with his shorter stature, >> lined, worn face, large expressive eyes, and tendency to look comical, >> serious,and slightly "off" all at once, would seem to be a good fit for a >> slightly comedic Watson--the guy who comments/critiques/jokes from the >> sidelines as the oh-so-serious Holmes goes about solving the crimes. >> >> Indeed, i can see a time before Downey's return to such lofty heights, >> where another director would probably think it natural to cast the dapper >> and handsome Law as Holmes, and the quixotic Downey as his funny sidekick. >> Wonder how such a movie would have turned out? Would the casting have >> dictated a more traditional take on the characters? Would Rithie's slight >> twist on the traditional movie treatments of the characters still have >> worked if the roles had been switched? >> > > > > -- > READ MY BLOG > http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com > STRING THEORY > http://stringtheory.podbean.com > > > -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
