Andrew-Lee Potts in 'New Years Day'

[deinonychus_1]

I know there are surprisingly few people on my Primeval f-list who share my squee over Andrew-Lee Potts, but I've just watched a film he was in - New Years Day - and felt the need to comment.

Comments

[lukadreaming]

It sounds worth watching out for! I think he's a terrific actor, even if Connor isn't my favourite character *g*.

[deinonychus_1]

He is an amazing actor, and having now seen a couple of other things that he's been in, I'm starting to think that Primeval really isn't stretching his abilities anywhere near as much as it could do. Which is worrying, because with two or three series of being a main actor on Primeval to add to his already extensive cv, I have a horrible fear that unless they give him some good plot and stuff to work with he might start looking for new and fresh acting challenges elsewhere. And I'd really rather like him to stay playing Connor for the forseeable future thank you very much.

[lukadreaming]

Danger is, as well, of him getting type-cast in that sort of role. Which is why I'm a bit nervous about what they'll do with the character in S3.

[deinonychus_1]

*crosses fingers and hopes for good, dramatic Connor-plot in S3*

I see what you mean about the typecasting thing. Which is why I'm very afriad that Primeval might not keep either A-LP or Dougie Henshall for more than three of four years. Which would be a terrible shame for the programme, and for the fans.

[mysteriousaliwz]

I think ALP is adorable, actually, so I share your squee :)

If I ever see it scheduled on tv I'll look out for it (and try to be brave when it comes to the weepie bits - I wouldn't want to see him top himself so I might need to hide behind the sofa if it comes to that!)

[deinonychus_1]

You may not find it weepie, I really am a complete girlie softy with stuff like that so it may just be me.

And he is so cute in it, especially with the fun spiky haircut. But he just looks so *young*, it feels wrong to be thinking that about him even if he was 20, and therefore legal at the time.

[telperion_15]

I'll share your squee too!

That sounds like the kind of movie that's funny and heartbreaking at the same time. And I admire your restraint in not crying - if that had been me I would have been in floods all over the place!

[deinonychus_1]

It is - it's hilariously funny in places, and yet heartbreaking and angry in others. And A-LP (and the other actor, for that matter) plays every emotion brilliantly.

See what I said to MysteriousAli - I'm a complete girlie wuss when it comes to weepies, and will cry at anything!

[alyse]

I do love that movie, dark as it can get, and you're right about Andrew-Lee's acting in it. It's not just that Primeval doesn't stretch his acting muscles - although Season 2 was better in that respect. A lot of the other things he does don't seem to.

You need to watch Rose and Maloney, if you haven't yet :) He's also really, really good in that - blows everyone else off the screen, except maybe the two leads.

[deinonychus_1]

Thanks for the rec of this one. I'll be watching it more than once, i suspect. So far the only other stuff I've seen are Stranded, and that very short thing - The Dipper - which i found a link to from your lj. I *want* to see him in Rose and Malony after that review you did, but even i won't buy an entire series just for a couple of eps of A-LP.

I really hope series 3 of Primeval gives him more to do. He does the comedy stuff so well, but he can do so much other good stuff as well as comedy, it seems like a waste to only give him just a couple of dramatic scripts in an entire series.

[alyse]

Unfortunately, Rose and Maloney isn't available on DVD. But there may be other ways you can get it.

[deinonychus_1]

Heehee. Will do.

I was just thinking this morning, I first came across him playing Connor, who is obviously a good and heroic character, but now having seen him in other stuff I'm really starting to appreciate his ability when playing morally ambiguous or morally conflicted characters. And more to the point, playing morally ambiguous characters and still managing to make them largely sympathetic.

So I started thinking; wouldn't it be good if there was an episode of Primeval that gave him the chance to do something really evil - like say some sort of mind altering chemicals come through an anomaly via plants or a creature, and Connor gets infected, and then he gets to spend most of an episode being really scary and nasty and evil. And of course have lots of angst afterwards when he realises what he has done.

Ooh, I like this visual place. In fact, I think I may have just plot bunnied myself. Oh, meep.

[fredbassett]

Sounds interesting. I actually got a lot keener on A L-P after reading your Ryan/Connor stuff and then I started taking more notice of him. He's way too young for me, but definitely quite attractive, when you get past the hair and the hat and the crappy clothes!!

[deinonychus_1]

Series one did absolutely nothing for him, looks wise. To be honest I didn't really start taking notice of him in an 'oh, he's kind of attractive' way until S2 and the wardrobe change and the shorter hair.

If you think he's too young as Connor, you'll think he's practically a baby in this film - I really could believe that he was about fifteen or sixteen in it, even if the actor was actually 20. He seems to be making a fairly good career out of playing characters that are at least five years younger than he actually is.