So...that interview...
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So is everyone in uproar/all tingly over the new Colin + Johnny Capps interview1. I LOVE JOHNNY! I think at lot of my fears for the future of Merlin have been alleviated ( Read more... )
So is everyone in uproar/all tingly over the new Colin + Johnny Capps interview1. I LOVE JOHNNY! I think at lot of my fears for the future of Merlin have been alleviated ( Read more... )
2. Yes, poor Colin! But he has to grow up and get his eyes opened at some point, right? Every once in a while I get so engrossed in fandom that I say something to a 'normal' person (like a friend or relative) and its kind of embarrassing. But even my non-fandom friends saw the slash in Smallville and I think they would see the same in Merlin because its way worse better!
3. I agree that he is probably put on the spot a bit, but this isn't the first time he's been asked about it. I also think that a lot of these interviews are edited and answers may not come off quite the same. Also, I doubt he realizes all of the fangirls are analyzing every single word of his interviews!
4. Its possible that, since he takes his acting very seriously, he is a bit annoyed/perplexed that his depiction of Merlin comes that way. But I think he must do it a bit on purpose, come on! Maybe he is playing him as really innocent and in awe of Arthur a bit and it comes off as total devotion? Yes, we know he can flirt off camera!
5. Sometimes I think maybe he is conservative, with his upbringing and all, but he can't be that innocent of it all going to drama school, living in big cities in Scotland, working in London theater scene... I'm thinking maybe his comment about the internet comes off as a bit much but I'm going to read it as poor phrasing. I don't think he pauses to think about everything he's saying as much as the rest of the cast.
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3. Yeah he has no idea just how many slashers there are...poor baby would be even more scared. And yeah I think he had a difficult time answering the question, probably never realised how he phrased it or how it could be interpreted.
4. He was definitely flirting with Bradley, even if it was just mock flirting.
And it could well be that he thinks it's innocent awe that he's portraying. Probably doesn't realise how much chemistry comes across on screen.
And he seemed kinda bashful talking about it on the Moment of Truth commentary.
5. I'm dying to know what Bradley meant with noticing Colin's Catholicness in his behaviour. And no, I don't think he can be that conservative either, especially if he was part of the theatre crowd.
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Like I said before, being a Catholic is Northern Ireland is as much a political thing as a religious thing. Being a Catholic usually means being brought up a Nationalist who wants the Six Counties of the north to be untied with Eire and resents British rule. The most extreme Nationalists are supporters of the IRA. I'm certainly not saying Colin would be anything like this, but his Catholic background could mean that he has certain political views or perhaps was brought up to mistrust/resent people like Bradley (who is very English and bombastic lol) and perhaps their relationship got off to a shaky start because of this. Colin didn't wear a poppy on Something for the Weekend (poppies are worn in honour of the dead of Remembrance Day, and Most Catholics/Nationalists in NI won't wear them as they see the British Army as "The Enemy", its rare to see someone on the BBC not wearing a poppy in the run up to Remembrance Day). This said a LOT to me about the way he might have been brought up . . . ) so I'm not seeing his Catholicism as a purely religious thing, there may have been a political/cultural side to it too . . .
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He said in Scotland it's become rather a new thing for Catholics andCatholic supporters not to wear them./
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Apparently, wearing a poppy in a Catholic area of NI can get you beaten up, so even if Colin doesn't have strong political views himself I can understand why he wouldn't wear one.
That kind of upbringing would influence the way he maybe interacted, especially with someone like Bradley.
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