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Current Talk '06 I / Re: Barnabas is one strange vampire
« on: May 30, 2006, 07:44:16 PM »
For quite some time, whenever watching the Summer 1970 episodes, I found it quite strange that Barnabas not only never fed, he never even really alluded to his bloodlust. I've sort of put it together that Jonathan Frid really hated what he called "the fanging" and I think that DC agreed to let the writers ignore this aspect of Barnabas' character for entire periods. They did bring it back in high style with his arrival in 1840... apparently, this was followed by his walking off set one day and having to be talked into coming back on the show.
In a March 1973 interview, some fans asked Grayson Hall if it was true that Frid no longer wanted to play Barnabas. She corrected them and said that what was true was that he no longer wanted to play a vampire and was adamant about that. The role of Bramwell was created for the actor in Parallel Time 1841 to satisfy his desire to play "something other than Barnabas." The original script for the second DS movie was a Return-of-the-Vampire scenario featuring Barnabas again, and Frid flatly refused to do it, which resulted in the story involving Quentin, Tracy, and the Jenkins battling Angelique's spirit.
I thought DS was just as interesting when Barnabas wasn't an active vampire, but as usual, I am in a minority.
cheers, G.
In a March 1973 interview, some fans asked Grayson Hall if it was true that Frid no longer wanted to play Barnabas. She corrected them and said that what was true was that he no longer wanted to play a vampire and was adamant about that. The role of Bramwell was created for the actor in Parallel Time 1841 to satisfy his desire to play "something other than Barnabas." The original script for the second DS movie was a Return-of-the-Vampire scenario featuring Barnabas again, and Frid flatly refused to do it, which resulted in the story involving Quentin, Tracy, and the Jenkins battling Angelique's spirit.
I thought DS was just as interesting when Barnabas wasn't an active vampire, but as usual, I am in a minority.
cheers, G.