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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by RedRamage   » Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:27 am

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Honestly, I think I would be a pretty guy option to play Harrington.

Okay, okay... I know there would be some problems. For instance, I have blue eyes, blond(ish) hair, no Asian heritage, and I'm slightly overweight. Oh, also I'm not an trained actor plus I'm a guy.

BUT... we are about the same height, so I've got that going for me.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by enkidu   » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:09 pm

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Well due to the nature of the books being a ROYAL navy and the ships entitled HMS (esp with fearless) then by rights the role should go to a BRITISH actress. Please no american ones (with the fake English Dick-van dyke school of cockney accents please heheh)

Lets face it only a British acress can project the right ambience suitable for the whole theme of the series.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by rdt   » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:22 pm

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So what current British actress do you suggest? And who says that just because there is a constitutional monarch it has to be a British actress (and a British cast, in that case)? There are several nations that have that kind of government. Maybe she should be Swedish or Nowegian, or Dutch, or Danish, or Spanish, or Japanese? Thai, too?

enkidu wrote:Well due to the nature of the books being a ROYAL navy and the ships entitled HMS (esp with fearless) then by rights the role should go to a BRITISH actress. Please no american ones (with the fake English Dick-van dyke school of cockney accents please heheh)

Lets face it only a British acress can project the right ambience suitable for the whole theme of the series.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by enkidu   » Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:44 am

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rdt wrote:So what current British actress do you suggest? And who says that just because there is a constitutional monarch it has to be a British actress (and a British cast, in that case)? There are several nations that have that kind of government. Maybe she should be Swedish or Nowegian, or Dutch, or Danish, or Spanish, or Japanese? Thai, too?

enkidu wrote:Well due to the nature of the books being a ROYAL navy and the ships entitled HMS (esp with fearless) then by rights the role should go to a BRITISH actress. Please no american ones (with the fake English Dick-van dyke school of cockney accents please heheh)

Lets face it only a British acress can project the right ambience suitable for the whole theme of the series.



1.) The books are high influenced by C.S forrester and the Horatio Hornblower series.
Tactics and language used were employed by the British navy.
HMS Fearless has been a British ship of the line for a long time (awaiting the next incarnation though)

An American would never and could never fufill this role. However having said that there could always be the usual Hollywood racist statement that the bad guys are always British? :(:( and the last brasses me off a little:D hahaha
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by VRW   » Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:59 am

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enkidu wrote:Well due to the nature of the books being a ROYAL navy and the ships entitled HMS (esp with fearless) then by rights the role should go to a BRITISH actress. Please no american ones (with the fake English Dick-van dyke school of cockney accents please heheh)

Lets face it only a British acress can project the right ambience suitable for the whole theme of the series.



I would say Rachel Weisz. She smart, gorgeous, and can act. Sure she's too short, but no actress is going to be perfect.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by rdt   » Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:20 pm

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VRW wrote:
enkidu wrote:Well due to the nature of the books being a ROYAL navy and the ships entitled HMS (esp with fearless) then by rights the role should go to a BRITISH actress. Please no american ones (with the fake English Dick-van dyke school of cockney accents please heheh)

Lets face it only a British acress can project the right ambience suitable for the whole theme of the series.



I would say Rachel Weisz. She smart, gorgeous, and can act. Sure she's too short, but no actress is going to be perfect.

And Daniel Craig as White Haven? As rfc would say, "snort."
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by VRW   » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:53 am

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rdt wrote:And Daniel Craig as White Haven? As rfc would say, "snort."


Craig? Never. Hugh Laurie perhaps.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by rdt   » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:20 pm

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VRW wrote:
rdt wrote:And Daniel Craig as White Haven? As rfc would say, "snort."


Craig? Never. Hugh Laurie perhaps.

VRW: sorry I was a bit oblique. Craig is Rachel Weisz' husband. In real life, as they say. So I was kidding, but hmmmm.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by VRW   » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:13 pm

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rdt wrote:VRW: sorry I was a bit oblique. Craig is Rachel Weisz' husband. In real life, as they say. So I was kidding, but hmmmm.


:lol:

I have no idea about the lives of actors and wot.
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Re: Who would make a good Honor Harrington in a Movie/TV rol
Post by Spacekiwi   » Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:01 am

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Welcome to the forums VRW. hope you have a good time around here, and i hope you bought shark repellent..... =D
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