Okay HP must be one of the most iconic literary characters ever played. Many say that Suchet's depiction is unbeatable, with Usinov's being the most humorous and Finney's being the most intense....
If you were KB,how would you play Poirot to make him familiar yet different enough to make him your own?your
I haven't seen Suchet's and Ustinov's but I read about how good their takes on the character are. I have only seen the one with Finney as Poirot and I thought he was terrific in the role. It seems like much of the movie's would be success will depend on how people will receive Brannagh's portrayal of the character. Perhaps he could draw bits and pieces from the other takes on the character and see what could make a fresh yet faithful characterization.
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GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT
JOHNNY DEPP IS PIOROT
BRANNAGH IS PLAYING THE MURDERERS... DUHH.. IDIOTS
Thinking is the conversation of the soul with itself- Aristotle
Brannagh should do with Poirot what Robert Downey Jr. did with Sherlock Holmes - make him modern, cool, hip, let him use not only his brains but also his muscles, put him in action and fight scenes, etc...
sharePoirot in a fist fight? Wow, what a terrible idea. It just wouldn't be Poirot, so why bother keeping the names? Just change the title of the movie and characters and go with something else entirely.
sharePoirot in a fist fight? Wow, what a terrible idea.
It just wouldn't be Poirot, so why bother keeping the names? Just change the title of the movie and characters and go with something else entirely.
I'd just like him to avoid sliding into Wallander mode. Poirot may have his serious side but he is nowhere near as glum as Wallander is.
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shareWell Holmes is Holmes and Poirot is Poirot. Poirot is a well-mannered Belgian GENTLEMAN, let's keep him that way.
shareWell Holmes is Holmes and Poirot is Poirot. Poirot is a well-mannered Belgian GENTLEMAN, let's keep him that way.
It'd run the risk of making him unlikable but he could play up his vanity or emphasis more on his deductive skills.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
He's also directing the movie.
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Having only seen five seconds of the finished performance, I can only advise him to...
CGI THAT COWBOY FACIAL HAIR OFF YOUR FACE AND PUT POIROT'S POINTY BLACK MOUSTACHES WHERE THEY BELONG!!!
Seriously, the stache and beard are SO wrong, Poirot just isn't Poirot without the proper dyed, waxed, pointed, out-of-style black moustache. Of a thin black moustache would look ridiculous on Brannaugh's pale square face, but the thing about Poirot is that he DID look ridiculous and didn't care. If his femme little waxed moustache and patent-leather shoes made people underestimate him, well, he liked being underestimated and he had the guts to look like he wanted to look without caring what other people thought. And what Brannaugh's moustache choice is showing is a fear of looking ridiculous... which IMHO means he doesn't really get the character.
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