scene (and heart!) stealer
Once upon a time, I was but a high school girl watching The Count of Monte Cristo with my friends, expecting to fall madly in love with Jim Caviezel. (You know the story--innocent man betrayed by his best friend, sent to jail in Marseilles for several years until an inmate helps him escape and find loads of hidden wealth, then goes back to seek revenge and win back his girl. How can you not root for the good guy?) Excellent, excellent movie, seriously, and Jim Caviezel was intense, brooding, and really quite amazing as Edmond Dantes.
Instead, I fell in love with Albert Mondego--his son. The moment we saw him, all of us girls sat up a bit straighter. He was so painfully adorable that he completely stole all the attention. The movie was beautiful, but I could never, ever forget how good-looking Albert Mondego was.
Many years later, Kich introduced me to The Tudors, a Showtime series about the life and times--and wives!--of Henry VIII. Another excellent series, especially since I have a thing for history (and, you know, hot guys). Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Henry VIII, and he made Henry VIII SO EASY ON THE EYES. <3 But Henry's best friend Charles Brandon (who he later made into the Duke of Suffolk), played by Henry Cavill, wasn't too bad to look at either. In fact, I started to like him more because Henry was an ass and Charles was such a kind-hearted, loyal, and noble person--not to mention he was boyish and did I mention hot?
After four seasons, I'm still very much in love with him. He remains my favorite character, and I have loved how he has developed and changed over the seasons, from his carefree, playboy kalbo days to his aging, morally-conflicted but eternally obedient end.
(Oo, thundercat na siya dito but love ko pa rin siya! Haha!)
Today news broke all over the world that Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman in the Christopher Nolan reboot. I was so excited for Henry Cavill because, as I said, I LOVE him. The Tudors was on cable and not very mainstream, and so I know that this is big break into Hollywood. I browsed through some of articles written about him, explaining the projects he's worked on and got the shock of my life when I realized that he of The Tudors and The Count of Monte Cristo were the same man.
My mind just splattered all over my bedspread. I never knew it, but I've ALWAYS loved him. I feel as if I just found out that the guy I'm about the marry was the little boy I fake-married in the playground. Haha, I'm so kilig!
While he's never been the bida, he's always been able to steal my attention and my (yikee!) heart. I'm glad he's finally gotten the lead role...and what a role it is! The thing is, I can TOTALLY see him doing Superman. He's got the handsome, noble good guy thing down perfectly. He's going to rock.
Not excited to share him with other girls though. I was expecting that a lot of other girls would say they watched The Tudors too, but apparently, I REALLY was first haha!