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Mr. Headstone is dreamy

posted 14 years ago by onepotato2
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Hot sideburns, nice deep voice, good looks.

Yeah he's troubled, but Morrissey makes you feel quite bad for him.

Agreed! Morrissey is so handsome. Too bad Headstone turned out to be a nutjob - he and Lizzy would have made a beautiful couple.

...rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell...

[–] brilliantholmes 14 years ago

For whatever reason, I found him even more attractive when he was beating himself up over Lizzy

[–] Ilario1 14 years ago

too bad he was a psycho.

[–] Jenn25 13 years ago

I disagree that he was dreamy. I found him scary!

[–] ArenaSkies 13 years ago

I found the actor dreamy is Sense and Sensibility, but here he scares me!

Certainty of death, small chance of success... What are we waiting for? - Gimli

[–] Amalia_F 13 years ago

The actor is fine but the character is terrifying. I can't imagine how awful it must be to be pursued by someone so completely obsessed and jealous.

[–] jaustengirl 12 years ago

Mr. Headstone is, by all accounts, not very dreamy. More like nightmare-y.

I've only seen David Morrissey in a few productions (Doctor Who: The Next Doctor, Sense and Sensibility, and South Riding) and I personally find David VERY attractive (especially as Colonel Brandon!)

And when I watched OMF, I was expecting him to be the main love interest, with Charles McGann as the mustachioed villainous suitor. I was even feeling sorry for Mr. Headstone when he was having trouble speaking, and later proposing, to Lizzy. That is, until he charged at her in a violent fury and started shaking her. Then I was like, "yeah, you're kind of cray cray Mister."

And he just got more and more disturbing, especially stalking McGann's character.

At the end, he does make you emphasize with him, but Mr. Headstone - if in modern times - would be the sort to start shooting up a public place. He's crazy.

[–] BlueeyedSara (90) a year ago

I was impressed with both Michael Morrissey's performance as a dangerous stalker and Charles Dickens nailing the dangerous obsessed stalker in the book.

[–] Celebrianna 9 years ago

I didn't feel bad for him at all. I think the actor is good looking but for me character trumps looks and Mr. Headstrong is quite off his rockers. I was in no way attracted to such a deeply disturbed man. He couldn't even control his passion or even struggled against it. To me he was not only obsessed with Lizzy but also Eugene.

I saw the actor afterwards in Sense and Sensibility but I confess I still prefer Alan Rickman's rendition of Colonel Brandon.

[–] kaydenpat 8 years ago

He's good looking but much too violent to be attractive. He appeared to have no respect for Lizzie's feelings. Once she turned down his proposal, he should have left her alone and moved on.