DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '26 I => Current Talk '05 I => Topic started by: Connie on March 25, 2005, 10:43:36 AM
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Here's one:
If you could go back in time and play any character you wanted on the show, who would it be and why? Or, it doesn't have to be an existing character. Maybe there's a certain type of character you think a particular storyline might have benefited from.
;D
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I just realized "No Acting Please" may be a dumb title for this thread. LOL
It just popped into my head. It's the title of a book of acting exercises by Eric Morris that
"teach the actor to systematically eliminate his or her instrumental obstacles -- tensions, fears, inhibitions -- and explore the being state, where the actor does no more and no less than what he or she feels." ::)
Okay....[idontknow]
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lol. It's cool. I think I'd play Maggie Evans just b/c she's one of the deeper characters on the show. That and her downward spiral into regression and then, perhaps, insanity, intrigued me. She went a little nuts, the poor girl, but she made it through. I just wish she would have gotten her memories back.
If KLS beat me out for the role (don't all insult me at once :P) then I'd definitely want to be a writer. I think in order to be a good writer, you have to also be a fan of the show. I'm not sure that the writers DID watch the show, from what I've seen. There are a lot of potholes in the storylines and not enough character development. Wow, and this is my favorite show I'm beating up. lol. ~DJ
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Vicky, for the chance to explore Collinwood and the Old House with their spooky locked doors, abandoned wings, basements and ghosts.[/font][/size][ghosty]
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Despite her fate, I would be Josette. She's my favorite female character, and I would love to play a character set in another time to be able to wear all of those dresses. It doesn't hurt that she's Barnabas' love either. ;) Kitty Hampshire would've been fun to play, especially if she would've retained her early personality.
Victoria would've been a great character to play on the show in the pre 1795 days, for the reasons Maria stated. But I couldn't handle playing her after 1795, during the Adam storyline and of course there's Jeff Clark. So she's out of the question due to those factors.
Like Maybellique, I wouldn't have minded being a writer. While I watch the show I sometimes think to myself "What if they had done this, instead of doing that?" or "They're passing up a great opportunity here". DS is my favorite show, but I have to admit that if I'd been writing, certain things would've been done differently... : )
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I always wanted to be David because we were the same age. He had so many "adventures," was always the center of attention, was a kid with a trust fund (even then I fantasized about being loaded to the hilts), and had Maggie for a governess. What more could any red-blooded American boy want?
Gerard
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I would love to play the role of Angelique! Villains are always the most fun to play. >:D
~Penny Dreadful~
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Naturally, I would want to play the role of Julia - with a few modifications. First, I'd burn her entire wardrobe and get thee to Calvin Klein and Carolina Herrera. Most important, I wouldn't take any of Barnabas' crap. I chose Julia for her brains, her confidence, her bravery, her compassion and her cheekbones!
Countess
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I have always wanted to be a new character on the series. Someone who doesn't seem to remember who he is or how he came to Collinwood, but yet somehow knows all the other characters and their situations. Maybe another of Charles Delaware Tate's creations with a portrait that give me some protective powers.
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I'd play Roger. It wouldn't be much of a stretch for me, lol. Early Roger would have been a hoot to play.
Aristede is also a chartcer that looks like lots of fun to play.
Put me in drag and (hands-down) I'd play Liz. (Wink to Gothick -- the only living being who's seen my Liz immitation).
Julianka would be too much fun too. And Laura as well.
As to why, well, not only do these parts look like a lot of fun but in the case of Roger and Liz, they are really good parts (early years). I love Liz and how she manages to be a different person with each character she faces. There is like 10 different Liz's. A really juicy role. It's why Liz is my favorite character. Her interaction with all the characters (pre Barn) is priceless.
It's Roger's dialogue that draws me to that role -- Though I wonder if I could keep a straight face (no pun intended).
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dom's impersonation of Liz is thespian perfection incarnate. You've got the model stance, the annoyed look, and the tilt of the chin down to a flawless T.
I'd play Tom Jennings' secret boyfriend. All my most significant scenes would be played off camera, however. *pout*
G.
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Gothick -- the only living being who's seen my Liz immitation
But I'm not bitter. ;)
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dom's impersonation of Liz is thespian perfection incarnate. You've got the model stance, the annoyed look, and the tilt of the chin down to a flawless T.
It's a shame I don't have the hair anymore. :( ;)
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Gothick -- the only living being who's seen my Liz immitation
But I'm not bitter. ;)
LOL!
:-*
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Gothick -- the only living being who's seen my Liz immitation
But I'm not bitter. ;)
LOL!
Well, I am.....you never did it for me either!!
[bawl]
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It's Roger's dialogue that draws me to that role
Definitely! Same with Edward. And Petofi and Prof. Stokes would be fun to play for the same reason, particularly the latter when he's frustrated with Julia and/or Barn and calls them on their behavior. I seriously doubt I could come close to what Louis Edmonds and Thayer David did with the roles, but it would be fun to try.
Julianka would be too much fun too.
Umm - are you sure you could pull off her particular brand of gypsy chic? Magda's outfits were one thing, but with Julianka's we're talking a whole different universe. ;D
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Gothick -- the only living being who's seen my Liz immitation
But I'm not bitter. ;)
I'm sorry I missed that too. :D But apparently you "choose" not to include us. [wink2]
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I'd play Tom Jennings' secret boyfriend. All my most significant scenes would be played off camera, however.
Sorry, Goth baby, but that role has already been cast - and yours truly is playing it! Hands off my Briscoe. Go help Dom find a decent Liz Stoddard wig. It's time he shared his inner Joan Bennett with the rest of us.
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I'd play Tom Jennings' secret boyfriend. All my most significant scenes would be played off camera, however.
Sorry, Goth baby, but that role has already been cast - and yours truly is playing it! Hands off my Briscoe. Go help Dom find a decent Liz Stoddard wig. It's time he shared his inner Joan Bennett with the rest of us.
I second that... Sandor gets first dibs. Not to say there couldn't be a second... ;) >:D
So could i play one of Julia's long lost, oddball relatives?
Chortingly,
Heather
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Maybe it's a little "off" -- or maybe not! -- but when I created Thomas Rathburn for Dreams of the Dark, I wrote him as a character I would not only have liked to have seen but have gotten inside of if I could be an actor (I have all the acting prowess of a ventriloquist's dummy on a skateboard.) He's an outsider, looking in on the people and places of the Dark Shadows world; but as events progress, he is drawn into an ongoing drama, eventually becoming an integral part of it.
That said, I've never seen myself in Rathburn's physical shoes (mine are more like Danny DeVito's). When I was writing the character, I envisioned Gary Cole (Night Caller, American Gothic) as the perfect actor to portray him.
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(I have all the acting prowess of a ventriloquist's dummy on a skateboard.)
Mark...I think if other people can breathe yet....everyone is laughing!!!!
Thanks!!
Patti
It's a shame I don't have the hair anymore.
Who does dom, who does?
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I'd play Tom Jennings' secret boyfriend. All my most significant scenes would be played off camera, however.
Sorry, Goth baby, but that role has already been cast - and yours truly is playing it! Hands off my Briscoe. Go help Dom find a decent Liz Stoddard wig. It's time he shared his inner Joan Bennett with the rest of us.
I second that... Sandor gets first dibs. Not to say there couldn't be a second... ;) >:D
So could i play one of Julia's long lost, oddball relatives?
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Well, since no one has mentioned the role of Chris Jennings' secret boyfriend, I'll happily snap up that role! Of course, I'd get killed off when Chris makes his transformation at a most inconvenient moment, and then I'd be recast as a mysterious stranger in 1970 PT who makes Claude North forget all about that pesky Roxanne.