Comments | mraltariel: Masterly

mraltariel

Masterly

Jun 10, 2010 08:20

For the benefit of those who are interested in the Life And Work Of Mr John Simm, Actor, I present the following screen captures from "Rumpole of the Bailey, Series 7" in which he essays the part of a juvenile delinquent. They date from 1992, and are vintage example of flippyfloppyhair.

( Snipped for pics... )

Comments 16

strange_complex June 10 2010, 07:40:54 UTC

Wow! I was doing my GCSEs in that year, and all the boys in the school adjoining ours had that hair-cut, whether it suited them or was appropriate for their hair-type or not. Even back then, most of us girls reacted by pointing and laughing...

mraltariel June 10 2010, 09:26:59 UTC

I had a classmate called Daniel who had *exactly* this hair, but about 5 years earlier.

strange_complex June 10 2010, 09:39:31 UTC

Hee - sounds like he was a bit of a trend-setter, then!

communicator June 10 2010, 07:44:10 UTC

Aw thank you; what a cutie pie

mraltariel June 10 2010, 09:24:08 UTC

You're welcome!

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mraltariel June 10 2010, 09:23:50 UTC

His craft is chiefly devoted to optimizing the pout at this stage. I don't think there are *any* unpouty frames in this episode.

sallymn June 10 2010, 10:16:23 UTC

I am now going mad trying to think who he soooo reminds me of...

mraltariel June 10 2010, 15:15:44 UTC

I did that when I was watching the episode. Turned out the answer was "John Simm".

I initially wondered if it was someone from The Bill.

kalypso_v June 10 2010, 15:38:44 UTC

I did that watching the trailer for Lennon Naked. I felt very silly when I found out the answer.

kalypso_v June 10 2010, 10:46:00 UTC

And what a dishy court official!

mraltariel June 10 2010, 15:16:34 UTC

He's doing his best.

That's Rumpole's jacket you can see in the other two. You can almost *feel* Leo McKern trying to remember his long speeches.