Elijah the Unreader - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HCIsland · 03-18-2003, 04:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> They all read the books once they got the part. I mean that would be incredably stupid not to, but they did. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It's great that these guys cared as much about the book as they did, but many a great actor have played rolls based on books and never read them. Some have even made a point not to, wanting to make the roll their own.<P>There was obviously a sense of responsibility to the book that was impressed upon these actors, but I wouldn't have called them stupid if any of them choose not to read the book.<P>H.C.

03-18-2003, 04:37 PM	#6
HCIsland Zombie Cannibal Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,000	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> They all read the books once they got the part. I mean that would be incredably stupid not to, but they did. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It's great that these guys cared as much about the book as they did, but many a great actor have played rolls based on books and never read them. Some have even made a point not to, wanting to make the roll their own.<P>There was obviously a sense of responsibility to the book that was impressed upon these actors, but I wouldn't have called them stupid if any of them choose not to read the book.<P>H.C. __________________ "Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs." -Denethor