David Tomslinson.
He wasn't classically handsome but, he looked decent enough, except for that mustache, he needed to wax it.
shareMr. Banks wasn't even supposed to have a moustache. Disney destroyed him. His personality and his looks. He was supposed to be a kind, sweet man like Travers' father. Not a bossy, child despising Man.
sharemr banks is more of a background figure in the books, doesn't really feature much in the stories. but the problem with the books is, they are just a series of short episodes, no real plot, and i suppose they needed to think of a way of giving the film a stronger storyline. m aking the parents unsatisfactory and in need of reform was the way they chose. but i don't think he despises his children, he is just a bit remote. this was not unusual for Edwardian upper middle class parents.
shareHe's portrayed all wrong in the film. Wrong wrong wrong. He was supposed to be like the authors' father, not Disney. Disney have him a mustache too look like HIS father. That ruins the purpose of Mr. Banks. Also he is way way too cruel. Mr. Banks is meant to be a sweet man. Not a man who was hard on his children
shareReminds me of another Julie Andrews as a nanny movie- The Sound of Music. The real Georg Von Trapp was a sweet, passive man who loved his children, but in the movie he was ornery and distant from his children. In reality Maria was the aggressive one and Georg was the passive one.
shareSame thing- both George and Georg were presented as pompous but good hearted stuffed shirts softened by Mary and Maria!
shareThis was supposed to be Edwardian London, the moustache was very much part of the English gentleman's fashion of the time.
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