MY MIND IS BLOWN
So I love love love the version of The Threepenny Opera I have. It's a 'relentlessly modern' translation set in a future 2001, in the run up to Prince William's coronation (this was 1994, bear in mind).
I can only think of Mac the Knife the way my friend Graham played him: runty and sleazy and creepy and weasley and absolutely terrifying. (The guy is a terrific actor, being absolutely none of the above himself.) And although they have completely different accents, the voice of the actor on my CD fits perfectly to my idea of How Mac Should Be. (Oddly enough, the Polly has my exact same accent.) And I've known for a while, vaguely, that the actor's name was Tom Hollander - but just now I realised, HOLY CRAP THE GUY PLAYING MAC IS TOM HOLLANDER
Like, Mr Collins from the new Pride and Prejudice. The evil Navy dude from Pirates of the Carribean. The drunk, bitter one from The Cambridge Spies. And just - yes.
BRB listening to the Knocking Shop Tango over and over and over and over
I can only think of Mac the Knife the way my friend Graham played him: runty and sleazy and creepy and weasley and absolutely terrifying. (The guy is a terrific actor, being absolutely none of the above himself.) And although they have completely different accents, the voice of the actor on my CD fits perfectly to my idea of How Mac Should Be. (Oddly enough, the Polly has my exact same accent.) And I've known for a while, vaguely, that the actor's name was Tom Hollander - but just now I realised, HOLY CRAP THE GUY PLAYING MAC IS TOM HOLLANDER
Like, Mr Collins from the new Pride and Prejudice. The evil Navy dude from Pirates of the Carribean. The drunk, bitter one from The Cambridge Spies. And just - yes.
BRB listening to the Knocking Shop Tango over and over and over and over