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Old 06-02-2008, 12:02 PM   #1
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Oh come on, he is an actor. Playing a role, seemingly very well. If you could believe in him as a heterosexual actor playing a homosexual character, and presumably don't believe him a RL serial killer for his role in Dexter, then why can you not accept him as Bilbo whose sexuality is irrelevant?
Haven't really watched Dexter. The thing is, some things are just hard to accept, often for emotional reasons that can't be supported by rationality. I've nothing against gays or Michael C. Hall (he is a very good actor), I just don't want him to see him play Bilbo for the said reason.

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d o you see Gandalf as gay?
Could be. He is unmarried. No love interests are ever recorded. Also a clever linguist who clearly takes good care of his body, looking at least half his age. Could very well be.
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Old 06-02-2008, 12:11 PM   #2
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Could be. He is unmarried. No love interests are ever recorded. Also a clever linguist who clearly takes good care of his body, looking at least half his age. Could very well be.
Well, I don't thin so, but you never know. But we never hear about Bilbo. "Could very well be" as skip spence just said.
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Old 06-02-2008, 01:22 PM   #3
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Well, I don't thin so, but you never know. But we never hear about Bilbo. "Could very well be" as skip spence just said.
Ah, but to quote the Unfinished Tales:
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Old 06-02-2008, 01:34 PM   #4
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If Gandalf looked half his age .... would he not be a pile of dust?
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Old 06-02-2008, 01:36 PM   #5
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Ah, yes, I didn't think of that Aganzir.

And from FoTR:

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Bag end's a queer place, and its folk are queerer.
All I can say is lucky for Sam (or maybe Rose, in fact) that he didn't live in Bag End at that time.

Anyway, I think we're (mostly me) getting off topic here.
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Old 06-02-2008, 01:45 PM   #6
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Don't forget "Queer lodgings"

And of course Buckland "where folks are so queer" Presumably to "live on the wrong side of the Brandywine" is a Hobbit euphemism for an alternative lifestyle.
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:40 PM   #7
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This is way, way off topic. The personal lives of actors and how they affect your view of their portrayal of characters should be discussed outside the barrow, especially when it devolves into chatty wordplay.
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Old 06-03-2008, 03:02 AM   #8
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mark! It's good to see you again too. It's been too long.

McAvoy is not only young, he looks young. This guy's almost 30, and he easily play a high-schooler. But he has an amazing chameleon aspect to him:\

"Last King of Scotland"
"The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"
"Starter For 10"
"Atonement"
"Becoming Jane"
etc.

He highly versatile. He can play a drink-addled, corrupt, cowardly doctor, a faun, a lovable nerd, a tragic hero, and a charming cad with a heart of gold, all very, very easily. I could see him as a convincing hobbit.

He may make me re-think hobbits altogether though. Everyone knows I've always preferred elves, and now this...
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