I just watched "Texas Rising" and there was old Dickie Bennett himself, in the role of Ephraim Knowles. His mannerisms are distinctive and carry over from one character to the next.
The mini-series itself is a soap opera set just post-Alamo. Fine way to kill time during house arrest.
I liked the cut of one character's jib - he was called Lorca and he was, shall we say, driven by fervor and he could not be swayed from his task. Intense as hell. Then he shaved off his beard and what do you know - he turned into Ray Liotta. There you go.
Justified had a ton of memorable characters, most of them up to no good at all but I still liked them or at least appreciated the authenticity. Boyd, for instance, and Ava, Arlo, Limehouse, Colton, Cousin Johnny, Shelby. Dickie Bennet was awful (as was the entire Bennet clan) but when he came limping onscreen you knew it was gonna be good. Robert Quarles (3d season), also horrific, but you could get why. One of the tag lines for the show was "this was the life we have chosen" and maybe the autonomy is why the awful characters are interesting. The 5th season dragged but they brought it home respectably. In contrast, the characters on Yellowstone seem like such a bunch of creeps, living out there in God's very own backyard like feudal feuding robot overlords. I just don't get why they all are such wretched humorless assholes all the time. I watch for the scenery and the occasional human being who wanders onto the screen and is promptly squashed by these merciless dead behind the eyes "cowboys."
Good advice based on empirical knowledge. They're all stuck with each other to there's a certain amount of collegiality. Now THAT is the Wynn Duffy I remember!
I never saw that one, Nick, what was he translating - Kaintuck to English? Ha!
Were his gestures and mannerisms different from the ones he used in Justified? If so, then perhaps he really is an actor. In Texas Rising there was no doubt about who was playing that role, just sayin'.
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Mags was a great character..so many on that show.
I just watched "Texas Rising" and there was old Dickie Bennett himself, in the role of Ephraim Knowles. His mannerisms are distinctive and carry over from one character to the next.
The mini-series itself is a soap opera set just post-Alamo. Fine way to kill time during house arrest.
I liked the cut of one character's jib - he was called Lorca and he was, shall we say, driven by fervor and he could not be swayed from his task. Intense as hell. Then he shaved off his beard and what do you know - he turned into Ray Liotta. There you go.
Justified had a ton of memorable characters, most of them up to no good at all but I still liked them or at least appreciated the authenticity. Boyd, for instance, and Ava, Arlo, Limehouse, Colton, Cousin Johnny, Shelby. Dickie Bennet was awful (as was the entire Bennet clan) but when he came limping onscreen you knew it was gonna be good. Robert Quarles (3d season), also horrific, but you could get why. One of the tag lines for the show was "this was the life we have chosen" and maybe the autonomy is why the awful characters are interesting. The 5th season dragged but they brought it home respectably. In contrast, the characters on Yellowstone seem like such a bunch of creeps, living out there in God's very own backyard like feudal feuding robot overlords. I just don't get why they all are such wretched humorless assholes all the time. I watch for the scenery and the occasional human being who wanders onto the screen and is promptly squashed by these merciless dead behind the eyes "cowboys."
Good advice based on empirical knowledge. They're all stuck with each other to there's a certain amount of collegiality.
Now THAT is the Wynn Duffy I remember!
Dickie Bennett played a much different character as Upham, the translator in Saving Private Ryan.
I never saw that one, Nick, what was he translating - Kaintuck to English? Ha!
Were his gestures and mannerisms different from the ones he used in Justified? If so, then perhaps he really is an actor. In Texas Rising there was no doubt about who was playing that role, just sayin'.
Upham spoke French and interpreted for his squad as they traveled through France right after D-Day.
Upham was soft spoken like Dickie but somewhat sissified. The guys busted his balls. Mannerisms were kinda different.
Maybe I should watch that movie - I mean who doesn't like a happy ending - Tom Hanks gets popped, right?
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