1) Someone who can act 2) Someone who could enunciate Shakespeare 3) Someone photogenic, who would look good when up against Antony. 4) Someone who could play a tortured hero and a noble loser. I'd go back in time to recommend Richard Burton.
shareBy 1970 would Burton have had the discipline and control over his talent (and his drinking?) to do the part well? He was good in "Anne of the Thousand Days" around the same time and in "Equus" a few years later. If Burton wasn't too far gone with the high living and hard drinking then he would have been perfect. My choice would have been the late Paul Scofield.
shareYes. Yes. If only Richard Burton had played Brutus.
shareIf it can be non-American, I'd choose Gian Maria Volonté. He was a De Niro-like cameleon, he could play all and he played Shakespeare on-stage in his youth.
And he was very, VERY hot. And he could die sooo sexy (watch the first two dollars films... ohhh!)
If he must be English-speaking, mmmmm...
Too bad Gregory Peck was a little old in 1970. He was exactly that noble, honourable, heroic, real Man type what I like for Brutus.
How about Robert Redford? Although he was blonde (I imagine Brutus withdark hair), he was a desirable kid that time and he is talented...
I never thought of Gregory Peck, but he would be a very interesting choice.
shareIMHO, Burton for Brutus. Peter O"Toole for Cassius. The young but up and coming Anthony Hopkins as Antony or Albert Finney. And Laurence Olivier for Caesar.
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shareBurton of 1970 seems to be the best choice as Brutus.
Failing that, Burt Lancaster, maybe? He sometimes displayed an admirable smattering of acting chops, e.g., the German authority-type who was tried as a Nazi war criminal in "Judgment at Nuremberg."
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shareI don't know. Burton seems like more of an Antony to me, and I'm guessing I would have preferred him to Heston in that role. I don't know who I'd cast as Brutus, although Scofield sounds like a pretty good idea.
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shareOliver Reed.
He would have been PERFECT.
Oh yes Burton would have been perfect, he was good at tortured and he had a beautiful voice. The guy they had as Brutus just seemed bored the whole time, he wasn't right for the part and he sure didn't seem noble or tortured.
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