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Who played Frenchie?

posted 18 years ago by erniehead123
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I quite enjoyed the series - don't you just love it when someone makes a fictional account of a historical figure and then go hire a serious-voiced narrator to give it documentary credo?

Little or no credit was given for the cast over here in the States, besides James Purefoy (he of the convincing beard).

The cast was quite good. The faces were ragged and salty enough to rise this docudrama above the usual refugees-from-a-Renaissance-Faire show, and the acting was quite good. As was the writing! I'd rather this have been a straight-to-DVD drama. The scenes were compelling enough without the National Geographic narration. And the effects? Damn convincing.

Who played Frenchie?

She was hot.

[–] I_Scumbag 18 years ago

I think it was Antonia Campbell-Hughes.

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[–] finite_immortality 18 years ago

Frenchie - Louis Bernard in the drama - is definetely hot - Thankgoodness he was a she!

[–] boehm2home 17 years ago

It matters not. We all are somewhat gay, arn't we? Except for Brad Pitt which isn't, but we are ...^^
And yeah, me too I really thought he was a boy, until he/she got injured during battle and vainly tried to shield from Mr Hands (muhhahaha) a partially exposed small something under the ripped shirt.

[–] coco756 18 years ago

regarding the 'serious voiced narrator' you referred to, I am pretty sure that was James Purefoy himself narrating - so its rather fitting actually!

[–] Jez32uk 18 years ago

I agree that this would have been better served as a straight drama without the droning sections of exposition which dogged the action at every turn. I'm sick of Docu-dramas, they always seem to be talking down to their audience, explaining things several times over that only need a skilled writer to weave the facts into the dialogue.

[–] gtasg71 17 years ago

I dont wholly disagree with your statement about the narration. But might I suggest Krakatoa, or Supervolcano, and the Pompeii:The Last Day. All 3 had narration but were very informitive. My 8 yr old son and 14 yr old(to cool for school) daughter have both become volcano nuts, and active viewers of the Discovery Channel, and National Geographic.

[–] teacher_tom516 17 years ago

It depends on how it's handled. I would have wanted more intelligent narration, not just expository ones. You can have an UNRELIABLE narrator (and certainly Israel Hands should have been this) in that he is trying to justify himself and make himself look better - see movies like Rashomon or Courage Under Fire for this type. You can have a narrator that provides ironic counterpoint such as in Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.

The problem with this one (and it's a minor one to be sure against all the pluses that this has) is the narrator is too intrusive and there's a lot he SAYS that could and by rights SHOULD have been shown. Cinema is SHOW DON'T TELL, otherwise let's just read it in the history books.

I guess if they showed more the film would have gone on for maybe another episode, still, it would have helped the narrative.

Tom516

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[–] monophonic 16 years ago

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