Richard Armitage tangentially related
Richard Armitage and Natalie Gavin behind the scenes during The Crucible, summer 2014, from Gavin’s facebook on October 12, 2014.
Past projects:
- Arden’s Wake: Tide’s Fall wins a prize.
- Wolverine: The Long Night will get a comic book treatment.
- (Ocean’s 8): A scholarly discussion of the clothing exhibit that is actually at the Met at the moment.
Collateral attractions:
- One of Armitage’s LAMDA classmates writes about the experience of playing a small role on a big film set. I wonder how this compares to Armitage’s experiences on Ocean’s 8 (although I saw a tweet somewhere recently that he got $1.5M for that role, I find that hard to believe). I also saw somewhere else that Mark Atkin, who was Armitage’s scale double on The Hobbit, has been cast in the upcoming Elton John biopic, so he might be having just these experiences quite soon as well.
Fandom:
- BTS fans, camping out.
Things we’ve talked about:
- Again on the empathy question: an argument for compassion (that I find a lot easier to swallow).
- James Bond will never be a woman, according to the producers.
Me + Richard Armitage 
The Day Tripper post is fantastic. Who is the actor or actress writing the blog? I think Richard probably learned a lot of the mechanics of making a movie and tv show/ series this way by observing and taking mental notes of who did what and why behind the scenes. He seems very sweet and that he would get along with fellow cast members and crew so even on O8 where he was a supporting actor he probably got along splendidly with the gals as well as Corden. Case in point when he tweeted happy birthday to Sandra Bullock and commented about her picking up her kids from school. I gathered that might have been learned by him from conversations w her between takes.?
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Chris Naylor, who is still working in theater / film etc. He wrote several posts a year or two back in which he polls his classmates about their experiences, and those were really interesting.
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Thank you for the info. I really like his honest reflections and I like when I can get a sneak peek at another’s perceptions of their jobs. Actors always seem to make it look easy on the big screen and it is nice to know that actors have insecurities and sometimes don’t know what is going on just like everybody else in their daily lives and jobs.
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…BTS sold out Citi Field in less than 10 minutes. Now all the fans can buy tickets from brokers for three times the actual cost. Grrrrrrrrrr!
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The secondary market is confusing / corrupt / horrible. I don’t know why, with all our tech, that we can’t figure out a way to do it more fairly.
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I’m sure the artists would appreciate it too!
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This is how old I feel. I had to google who this band was after I saw that headline about selling out Citi Field in 10 minutes. I’m clearly behind the times now!! Are they the One Direction of 2018?
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With ever so much more talent, class and humility. lol I made the mistake of reading the lyrics to Magic Shop in English. I haven’t been the same since. Proceed at your own risk.
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Carly mind you I was not a One Direction fan to start with but thanks I’ll take a toe dip in. They seem to send positive vibes which today w the type of crappy music out there would be a breath of fresh air in my opinion.
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I held out all summer….Tonight I’m blogging about a song of theirs that changed some things in my heart. If I think about it, it’s ridiculous. Boys from Korea. But something deeper inside me won’t let it go.
It’s a curious journey I think I’ve started.
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I thought this was interesting: http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/bts-and-the-army.html
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Exactly! What he said!
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I am glad Barbara Broccoli clarified this. I am on board for more great female heroes on screen but why transform an male character and not write an original story for a female lead?
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I honestly don’t care either way — I like both genderswaps and new stories. To me the dividing line is whether a role is archetypal or somehow rooted in history at a point at which messing with specificity would damage the narrative significantly. To me, e.g., Doctor Who is archetypal and it doesn’t matter who plays him, but James Bond is a Cold Warrior. (Admittedly I haven’t seen most of the movies since about 1987 or so). It’s hard to see a woman playing that kind of Cold Warrior. But then again I think it’s a character that’s bound to disappear precisely for that reason.
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I have no problem with genderswaps when the story allows it but in the case of James Bond it doesn’t make any sense
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I think it’s just too rooted in its own time period. (I don’t buy a female M, either, for the same reason.)
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Chris Naylor’s posts are always interesting and insightful. Thanks for linking to this one – the experience sounds like the sort of feeling that hits you on your first day in a new company…
Re. Arden’s Wake – wasn’t there some sort of event in London last week, too, where the piece was shown?
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yeah — I think Yve was planning to go.
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