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Tom Sturridge

posted 8 years ago by alexanderreid19
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To paraphrase Chris Rock: If you want Eddie Redmayne, and all you can get is Tom Sturridge,...WAIT!!!

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[–] alexanderreid19 8 years ago

Ok, he's better in Part 2, but still overshadowed by most of the rest of the cast.

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[–] cmy13 8 years ago

I think he's the stand out in Part II.

[–] alfa-16 8 years ago

Henry VI can almost vanish once the Wars of the Roses get into their stride. He did rather well, I thought, maintaining a focus on himself and I liked what they did with his mad soliloquy, with its cheeky forward references to Hamlet and Lear on the heath.

[–] Squeeth2 8 years ago

Henry V is supposed to be a bit anonymous, he's an official goody so Shakey satirises him by making him bland.

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[–] alexanderreid19 8 years ago

Henry V was far from bland

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[–] supergran 8 years ago

I think Squeeth meant Henry VI.

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[–] alfa-16 8 years ago

That smartalec alfa teed him up and then altered his own typo.

[–] hilaryjrp 7 years ago

Henry V was far from bland

Henry as Hal wasn't bland. Henry as Henry V ("uneasy lies the head that wears a crown") was bland as all get-out.

[–] syntinen 8 years ago

Hamlet, Lear... and Gollum. Didn't you see what they did there?

[–] HalfBloodPrincess1967 8 years ago

Lol! I'm watching series 2 right now, and I have to say, he leaves something to be desired. Does anyone think he says his lines weird?

It's like he has a mouthful of marbles.

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[–] AtoZ2014 7 years ago

Tom Sturridge's performance "fits" the role very well. Shakespeare's version of H6 is supposed to be a bit dim, well meaning but awkward and ineffective. A cleverer actor like Eddie Redmayne wouldn't have worked as well in the role.