Even though Christian McKay did a fantastic job as Orson Wells and even looked a lot like the real life one but I will admit that his character was portrayed as almost unlikable and cruel.
shareThe casting couch is nothing new in Hollywood, in fact I don't understand why it is never talked about. There are many women who sleep there way into a part and it seems to slip under the radar every time.
share Perhaps you are being a bit naive. It takes baztards to make things happen. Kubrick, Steve Jobs, and a million other examples prove this.
In any case, don't worry, the Law of Karma was fully at work. Several years later, William Randolph Hearst saw to it that Welles' career was permanently ruined. He wound up fat, ugly, doing wine commercials, acting in junk films, and a wreck of a man.
But don't kid yourself- It does not take a gigantic prik to pull off momentous things.
Hearst used his power and money to make sure that Citizen Kane failed at the box office . How is that a good thing?
Welles had complete confidence in himself and always knew exactly what he wanted to do. He was a huge radio star before the time period this story is set in, and his ego was already high. Yes, I think he was a prick to a lot of people. A few years later he would launch a blatant attack on Hearst, one of the wealthiest, most powerful people in the country. He was larger than life and a perfectionist. Those kinds of people can seem unlikeable and cruel.
shareYeah, he did but he was an interesting prick. What a great character!
shareYes, McKay was outstanding.
Based on everything that I've read about Orson Welles, yes, he could be quite a pompous d--k.
I agree, he was kind of a jerk, but a brilliant jerk who knew exactly what to do and how to do it in the motion picture business. And to think he did this all when he was 25 years old. That's pretty amazing!!!
shareIn later interviews Welles admitted that he had been arrogant and know-it-all when young. However I was intrigued that, although it was filmed in a theatre on the Isle of Wight, the programmes all read Mercury Theatre, rather than Theater, which surely would have been the case.
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