First the Good News

[karadinart]

My computer is not dead. I had a bit of a scare and had to run to Best Buy, where Geek Squad found the problem and fixed at no charge. (yeah, because I can't afford anything) but I did go into some serious panic and withdrawal for a few hours)

Bad News

Robert Pattison cast as T.E. Lawrence in new film 'Queen of the Desert' the title probably referring to TEL's friend the archaeologist Gertrude Bell. (and people could use a reminder of her) Wtf Pattison as a casting choice? He doesn't seem to me to have the bearing or erudition required for the part (and bears no physical resemblance in the slightest.) I still mourn what Leslie Howard could have done with the role. And my first choice for a Brit actor to play TE would be Laurence Fox (Sgt Hathaway on the series Inspector Lewis) Oh well ...

Comments

[karadin.livejournal.com]

You can't get away from O'Toole as TEL, as a Lawrence scholar (studying his life for 20+years) his sexuality (leaning toward asexual) is difficult to pin down, and I'm not one for going backward in history to 'claim' a famous person for this or that.

but the film is about Gertude Bell, so the title shouldn't be an issue, the role is possibly (if it's accurate at all) a cameo or minor supporting role.