GR Sketchathon #5: Stephen Price
Here’s sketch #5 in my GR Sketch-a-thon challenge, where I’m counting down to Geoffrey Rush's 70th birthday in July by trying to doodle as many of his roles as possible: it’s Stephen H. Price, a role which plays homage to the great Vincent Price, in the remake of “House on Haunted Hill”. As a horror movie, it’s underwhelming, you’ll jump once or twice, but any Rush fan will enjoy the sheer amount of screen time he has and rejoice in seeing the amount of fun he has in this hammy role.
Sketch of Geoffrey Rush as Stephen H. Price from the remake of "House on Haunted Hill" (1999)
“Sure is a funky old house, ain’t it?” - Stephen H. Price, "House on Haunted Hill" (1999, dir. William Malone)
I really struggled getting this drawing right which I’m sad about as I love his Stephen Price; he looks beaut in so many stills and I wanted to capture that but... failed. Sometimes I just can’t get my artistic shit together. I may draw him again at some point and try to do better. He’s too lush not to, I mean, look at him! 😘
And is it some kind of mystical dyad if you’re fave actor plays a tribute to another of your fave actors? I really love Vincent Price so HoHH is a total guilty pleasure. There are some shots that you glance at Geoff and you’re like “daaaamn, he looks like Vincent!”
(And if you’ve not seen the original, it’s definitely worth a watch - it wasn’t what I was expecting, and it honestly made me jump at least once, which is as much as the remake managed to do. Plus you get to see Vincent in all his tall, handsome, hammy glory…)
Vincent Price and Carol Ohmart in the original 1959 movie
And the rest of the Countdown-to-Geoff’s-70th-birthday sketches I’ve done so far:
- Leon Trotsky from "Frida" (2002)
- The Marquis de Sade from "Quills" (2000)
- Harry Pendel from "The Tailor of Panama" (2001)
- David Helfgott from "Shine" (1996)
If you have any requests for future sketches, lemme know! Especially if it's an obscure role.