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Just saw that article on Cracked about 5 Celebrities Who Got Famous by Being Obsessed Fan Boys. Interesting, I did not know that was the origin of the Seth character in SF. Also, that Evanna Lynch was just some random obsessed HP fan who managed to parlay that into the role of Luna Lovegood. Same for Sharlito Copley- I realized he wasn't an actor before District 9, but I thought he played Murdock in the reboot because he caught the acting bug, not because he specifically wanted to play Murdock. I also did not know David Tennant was such a Doctor Who fan boy.
Its always interesting to read stories like those, where random people are so determined to be part of the TV/movie version or reboot of some book or TV thing they think is awesome, and managed to actually win a role on it. Like on Game of Thrones, I think the people who played both Brienne and The Mountain were just big-ass people who related to the characters in the book, and when they heard about the show, they were all, "I need to play this character!"
TV commentary:
Fairly Legal- Call me lame, but I'm eating this Kate/Ben shit up. Its like, finally, something interesting on this show!
SNL- Lazy Sunday 2, in case you missed it:
You know, I just realized the "That's So Raven" joke at the end makes no sense to anyone who doesn't know the recently outed Raven Symone is currently playing the lead in the Sister Act musical. (well, last I heard)
Family Guy- Do people not like the Peter vs Chicken fights? I think they're hilarious! I loved how they incorporated back to the future 3 into this last one. Its all about the little touches they have going on.
Also, what the hell are they referencing when they have a guy in a white suit smash the vase of roses against the wall when they did Toto's "Africa". I thought maybe they were referencing the original video, but I watched it, and no such thing happens in the video. But they were obviously making a specific reference, since they did it twice.
Game of Thrones- Heh, when Jamie was all, only three people are in his league in terms of fighting ability, to Brienne, I was curious who he was referring to. Because if its one thing I obsess over in works of fiction its who would win in a fight. Barristan Selmy is one of them obviously. But who were the other two? The Mountain? The Hound? Loras Tyrell?
But heh, the show can telegraph things too easily sometimes. Like I said last week, it was so obvious the corpses were the farm boys. This week, I knew Cersei had Ros, and not Shay. Its like, they spent so much time deliberately using "she" and "your whore" and never once referring to her by name, it was obvious Cersei had the wrong girl. And, because there are no other significant whore characters in King's Landing, it would be Ros.
Also, Talisa keeping her boots on during sex? Kinky! Speaking of, the way Ygritte stuck up for Jon Snow and didn't let him get executed, maybe there's hope for him to get some from her yet!
Its always interesting to read stories like those, where random people are so determined to be part of the TV/movie version or reboot of some book or TV thing they think is awesome, and managed to actually win a role on it. Like on Game of Thrones, I think the people who played both Brienne and The Mountain were just big-ass people who related to the characters in the book, and when they heard about the show, they were all, "I need to play this character!"
TV commentary:
Fairly Legal- Call me lame, but I'm eating this Kate/Ben shit up. Its like, finally, something interesting on this show!
SNL- Lazy Sunday 2, in case you missed it:
You know, I just realized the "That's So Raven" joke at the end makes no sense to anyone who doesn't know the recently outed Raven Symone is currently playing the lead in the Sister Act musical. (well, last I heard)
Family Guy- Do people not like the Peter vs Chicken fights? I think they're hilarious! I loved how they incorporated back to the future 3 into this last one. Its all about the little touches they have going on.
Also, what the hell are they referencing when they have a guy in a white suit smash the vase of roses against the wall when they did Toto's "Africa". I thought maybe they were referencing the original video, but I watched it, and no such thing happens in the video. But they were obviously making a specific reference, since they did it twice.
Game of Thrones- Heh, when Jamie was all, only three people are in his league in terms of fighting ability, to Brienne, I was curious who he was referring to. Because if its one thing I obsess over in works of fiction its who would win in a fight. Barristan Selmy is one of them obviously. But who were the other two? The Mountain? The Hound? Loras Tyrell?
But heh, the show can telegraph things too easily sometimes. Like I said last week, it was so obvious the corpses were the farm boys. This week, I knew Cersei had Ros, and not Shay. Its like, they spent so much time deliberately using "she" and "your whore" and never once referring to her by name, it was obvious Cersei had the wrong girl. And, because there are no other significant whore characters in King's Landing, it would be Ros.
Also, Talisa keeping her boots on during sex? Kinky! Speaking of, the way Ygritte stuck up for Jon Snow and didn't let him get executed, maybe there's hope for him to get some from her yet!