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My apologies to Mr. Costner

posted 12 years ago by crazybabiesmom
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Some of you may remember back before this was aired - when it was still being filmed, I had posted that I was NOT happy with the thought of Kevin Costner as Devil Anse Hatfield. I find Mr. Costner to be quite bland as an actor and was a touch insulted by him trying to portray my kin. While I have not had a chance to see the entire mini-series yet (school starts Weds!!! WOOHOO Then I can watch it) I was able to see an hour or so of it. Except for the accent, what I have seen so far of Mr. Costner's portrayal of Devil Anse is , in fact, quite good. As for the accent, there are only 2 types of people who can pull off an Appalachian accent 1) those born and raised there; and 2) Meryl Streep (though she's never done one I know she could pull it off flawlessly). For those who commented previously on my complaint about the casting, you were right and I, happily, was wrong.

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[–] one189teen50five 12 years ago

Told ya so...told ya so...just kidding but I did, didn't I? The thing with accents is that there seem to be as many of those as languages themselves. So, I would not judge a performance on an accent alone. Meryl Streep is brilliant with that but to me, it seems like that comes natural with her. Try doing accents. I do them and English is the hardest while I find the Irish brogue quite easy. Southern is a walk to Dixie. But, like I said, there are so many different ones.

[–] crazybabiesmom 12 years ago

You did tell me so! I'm happy to be wrong!!! I never expected him to pull off the accent. Hell, I was raised by an Appalachian Hillbilly and I can't do it!!!!

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[–] one189teen50five 12 years ago

hey, crazy...no congrats for Kevin for the Emmy win? I think he well deserved it. Let's get the ball rolling, yeah?

[–] crazybabiesmom 12 years ago

I don't have tv so I didn't even know he did! Coolness!!! I'll do the first roll!
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[–] one189teen50five 12 years ago

How did you see the show if you have no tv? THanks for adding your "roll"!!!

[–] crazybabiesmom 12 years ago

Bought the DVD. I got rid of satellite tv last spring and got netflix THEN remembered this was coming out, so I got the dvd as soon as I found it (Walmart $20)
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[–] crazybabiesmom 12 years ago

Nevermind! Just saw your post on it and added to!
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[–] brokedickdog7 12 years ago

Kevin Costner seems to excel at playing 19th century characters. I just finished this series and I thought he (and the Hatfields/McCoys docudrama) were very good.

[–] Janip31 11 years ago

And tonight he's up for a Golden Globe! And so is the whole mini-series! Hey I'm no expert but he scared me playing Devil Anse. He was scary! I am fascinated by the entire story! I hope The series wins, I enjoyed it. :)

[–] orangewarm 11 years ago

Kevin Costner was also excellent in Open Range and Wyatt Earp - he can play dark/conflicted characters

[–] crazybabiesmom 11 years ago

Open Range was one I was never interested in seeing, but I did enjoy Wyatt Earp!

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[–] boodog108 11 years ago

You need to see Open Range. Even if you're not a huge Costner fan (I'm mixed on him, some good, some really bad) it's a really fine movie. Of course, since Robert Duvall is my favorite actor of all time, I might be a bit biased!

[–] crazybabiesmom 11 years ago

I do love Robert Duvall!!!!Esp in Second Hand Lions (he sooo nailed my dad in that!!LMAO) and Joe Kidd

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[–] Rena_Mahone 10 years ago

I think he did a very good job as Anse Hatfield. Perfect casting overall.

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