Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 19:16:24 GMT
... on the London stage in 2002.  Reviews were decidedly mixed, with the overall consensus being that Close lacked the vulnerability and fragility of Blanche, while Glen was too patrician and too "British" to convince as Stanley... Can you see these two actors in these roles? |
|
|
|
Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 4, 2017 19:31:55 GMT
Not at this stage in their lives.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 19:39:43 GMT
I could see Close as Amanda Wingfield or as Alexandra Del Lago, but she seems a very odd choice for Blanche DuBois... The reviews tend to bear that out. Glen isn't the kind of actor I personally associate with Tennessee Williams... Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, yes. He is very, very British - I don't see him convincing as a working-class American at all.
|
|
|
|
Post by HELENA MARIA on Dec 4, 2017 19:56:41 GMT
Close as Blanche Dubois ?!? Meh
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 0:47:26 GMT
Close as Blanche Dubois ?!? Meh I'm sure she was better than Lange... |
|
|
|
Post by HELENA MARIA on Dec 5, 2017 7:26:03 GMT
Close as Blanche Dubois ?!? Meh I'm sure she was better than Lange... I think Lange did a terrific job in that TV version . |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2017 16:14:06 GMT
I'm sure she was better than Lange... I think Lange did a terrific job in that TV version . For me, Alec Baldwin as Stanley was the true take-away - the best performance of the character outside of Brando. |
|
|
|
Post by HELENA MARIA on Dec 5, 2017 17:17:52 GMT
I think Lange did a terrific job in that TV version . For me, Alec Baldwin as Stanley was the true take-away - the best performance of the character outside of Brando. He was OK , I guess but he sure ain't Brando  MVP : Jessica Lange , quite easily . Diane Lane as Stella and John Goodman as Mitch gave good performances as well. |
|
|
|
Post by marvelass on Dec 7, 2017 17:21:48 GMT
Lange got bad notices for the 1992 Streetcar revival, whereas Alec was praised to the high heavens and received the production's only Tony nomination.
|
|
|
|
Post by ingmarhepburn on Dec 8, 2017 0:34:41 GMT
Awful casting choices  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 0:46:25 GMT
Awful casting choices I love both of them, but I have to agree... I'd love to see a filmed version of this adaptation, though! |
|
|
|
Post by cheesecake on Dec 8, 2017 3:51:02 GMT
Close as Blanche Dubois ?!? Meh I'm sure she was better than Lange... Have you seen the Gillian Anderson/Ben Foster version? |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Likes:
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 14:12:26 GMT
I'm sure she was better than Lange... Have you seen the Gillian Anderson/Ben Foster version? I haven't! Do you recommend? |
|
|
|
Post by cheesecake on Dec 9, 2017 20:09:59 GMT
Have you seen the Gillian Anderson/Ben Foster version? I haven't! Do you recommend? I haven't either but want to see it. A recording of it played at my local theater years back but there was a huge snow storm and I didn't wanna risk it. I heard good things though. |
|
|
|
Post by marvelass on Dec 10, 2017 16:32:35 GMT
No worse than John C. Reilly in the 2005 Broadway revival.  |
|
|
|
Post by stephen on Dec 10, 2017 16:35:15 GMT
No worse than John C. Reilly in the 2005 Broadway revival. Reilly wasn't as bad as his rep suggests, but the guy was perfect for the role of Mitch and they put him in the wrong role. |
|
