Was Cathy cross-eyed?
Was it me, or did it look like Cathy (Charlotte Riley) was cross-eyed in most of her scenes? She is absolutely beautiful, but I couldn't get passed that!
shareI've heard a few other people mention this and to be honest never noticed her looking cross eyed.
shareI'd be cross eyed too if I had those scenes with Tom Hardy. I saw it, but it was the camera angles,plus she hasn't quite mastered control of her eyes at close range yet. obviously she is not really cross eyed, or she'd look like that from any angle. On that note [I wanted to post a separate thread about this, but thought it might be too silly] Did anyone notice that in some very moving scenes, notably any involving Charlotte/Cathy,that Toms face turns bright red, or he blushes? It is definitely NOT makeup, because you can see it happening. Charming. As if I needed another reason to love the guy.
shareMy guess would be strabismus, or lazy eye. It's only noticable sometimes, which is how strabismus goes. I thought it made her seem a little more real, since she's so beautiful.
Happiness is not a potato... -Charlotte Bronte
solielvert, I would love to know which scenes you're talking about where Tom blushes-I didn't notice it before and I want to see it now :)
shareIn the reunion scene where she is kissing him all over the face,and where she is dying and he is laying over her. He just sort of turns red starting with his ears. In the last 7 seconds of the love scene on the rocks[That might just be the shadow of Charlotte's hair falling over him]At some point when he is confronting her over her decision to marry Edgar, and in the barn; you can't see his face because of all that hair, but again, kissing her, his ears turn red. It does seem pretty random. In high definition it's fairly obvious, but when I watch the same scenes on my computer I can't really see it as much. I think he is just an incredibly emotional actor, who probably identifies and connects very intimately with his character.If you are into over analyzing things for fun,[as I am obviously] you'll find dozens of charming little idiosyncrasies and sleights in his performance, which altogether made him so believable, and fun to watch.
shareI need to watch again to see what you're talking about it. Love his performance.
shareI went back and watched these scenes and you are right, he does blush! I don't think it was his acting ability so much as his natural reaction to Charlotte. Their chemistry was wow.
shareYeah, I noticed his face get a bit red in some of the scenes too. Another thing I saw was in the scene where Heathcliff and Isabella are talking to Cathy about how Isabella loves Heathcliff and wants to make him happy. After Cathy drags Heathcliff inside to the other room and starts yelling at him she pushed him back against a table or something. Tom laughs for a few seconds right when she pushes him (almost like he's taken off guard by her fiestiness but is enjoying it) then his face becomes serious again. You might not notice if you're not paying attention too closely but I thought it was funny. Anyone else see it?
shareDefinitely saw that. He does laugh when she says 'you clearly prefer the bliss of inflicting misery.' But in the hallway before, he does it too to a lesser degree when she yells "answer me!" He sort of laughs [he does that funny sniff thing first]..I don't know what you would call it,like a gasp or something or a snigger? It may have been ad lib, because this tiny girl is yelling at him so furiously, maybe he was trying not to bust up laughing and it turned into something else. I don't know, but it was great whatever it was. I love that crazy incredulous look on his face when Edgar is telling him he is a moral poison.
shareThat whole scene is brilliant. How she drags him into the room and he grabs her up in his arms. I think he was laughing because he was amused at how jealous and crazed he was making her, which of course was his plan. I think what is a great touch is how she's yelling at him in the hallway and then tows him into the room-- you see him closing the door behind them so as to be alone with her, even though he knew Edgar was coming up the drive.
shareToo bad Edgar interupted..
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crossed eye no I didn't notice that.
sharei didn't really think she was cross eyed...but did anyone else think she looked like the brunette version of kristen bell when she had her hair all piled up on her head? and kristen bell has sort of lazy/crossed eyes. anyone else think so.....or just me? :p
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