UdeMan: Ian McShane
My favourite f--kin' bad boy!His role as Al Swearingen in Deadwood made McShane an indelible presence, Shakespearean in tone, Machivellian in bearing.
Menace leavened with occasional flashes of humour and heart.
Except for his animated-film voice work, McShane is rarely sought for nice-guy roles, usually playing gangsters, detectives or conflicted characters. Most recently, he's appeared on Broadway in the 40th anniversary of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming,
to rave reviews. (Seeing Ian McShane on stage is one of those Bucket List things for me.) "The bad boy: always more fun. It's funny. When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything,... you're playing a 60-year-old in Russian plays, and you get criticized, and you say, 'What the hell, I'm an 18-year-old trying to be a 60-year-old Russian?'
But the bad boy, I had a knack for it from the start."
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I wish they hadn't cancelled Deadwood. HBO has lost it's way lately.
Anonymous: Rented "Lovejoy" and found it pallid... probably because he was merely scruffy.
Belette: Run by and pant for me! Maybe you'll spot him in the cafe you and Pseu visited.
Never seen Deadwood - not been on telly here yet.
I am still recovering from the Tom Cruise gay rumors.
Imogen: Deadwood, and HBO series, is no longer on tv but available on DVD at good movie rental stores, or for sale (check eBay)as a boxed set by season.
By the way - I've given you an award - come by and pick it up.