Reply With QuoteOh, shame. Brian Cox looked terrific as Brando and that saucy old bird from "Grease" ("Stockyard" Something?) seemed to work well as late-vintage Elizabeth Taylor, imo.Originally Posted by Burney
Oh, and Eddie Marsan!
Not sure when we got so sensitive about the depiction of dead páedophiles, but there you go.
As a compromise I would propose they do one about Jimmy Savile and have Lenny Henry play him. Then it's all fair.
Oh, shame. Brian Cox looked terrific as Brando and that saucy old bird from "Grease" ("Stockyard" Something?) seemed to work well as late-vintage Elizabeth Taylor, imo.
Oh, and Eddie Marsan!
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
It does seem incredibly spineless to have gone to all the trouble of making it and publicising it only to pull it a few days before it airs.
Americans don't like it up 'em clearly.
Fiennes is British, of course, but how many of *our* icons have been portrayed by Yanks, like that Streep shrew playing Lady Thatcher.
And do you hear us complaining.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Probably replace it with some Andre Rieu *******s.
OK, what have you got against him? Arsenal legend, imo. Is it because he's English?
Or German?
Dutch even?
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
I have nothing against him, he just seems to be on Sky Arts an awful lot, too often some may say.
I was just trying to be funny. They both look the same, to me
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Tyrion Lannister*.
(*made-up character, but still English)
Last edited by Ash; 01-13-2017 at 04:18 PM. Reason: Spazzed it up first time
Heimdall too. Made-up Scandanavian, ruined by Hollywood.
And the British obviously.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
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