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Lil_Mcgee t1_iwzgjew wrote

Reply to comment by wongo in TVLine Performers of the Week: Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West in 'The Crown' by MarvelsGrantMan136

Definitely but I'd take a good performance over scouring the planet for an actor who looks as goofy as Charles.

They've done a good job with the hair and makeup, accentuating his ears etc. It works for a dramatised show.

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NoNefariousness2144 t1_iwzim2n wrote

The actor who feels the most off to me is Tony Blair. He really doesn’t look like him at all even if they sound similar.

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ChronosBlitz t1_iwzvwz4 wrote

Yeah, Blair’s actors a little too stocky when the actual man was quite wiry.

They also made him a little too openly car salesman sleazy, I know a lot of us know that he IS that sleazy but it doesn’t change the fact that he WAS extremely charismatic and people initially liked him until he mass murdered innocents when he became Bush Jr’s Bitch.

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J__P t1_ix0ydcx wrote

were you paying attention to the rest of the season lol. they got jonny lee miller to play john major.

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Tundraspin t1_ix14b70 wrote

I luv Jonny Lee Miller, in this role.

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J__P t1_ix19e7i wrote

he was very good as am image of a fictional prime minister, but he wasn't john major.

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ChickenInASuit t1_ix1l5qv wrote

Johnny Lee Miller as JM was a hell of a lot more believable to me than the guy they got to play Blair.

I walked into the living room while my family was watching the show and I knew from just looking at him without hearing his name who he was supposed to be. I doubt I'd have recognized Blair that easily.

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jmt2589 t1_ix07qnx wrote

He looked like a British Bill Clinton to me

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ChickenInASuit t1_ix1lbs3 wrote

Agreed, he was way too big. Blair is tall and thin.

Credit where credit is due though, he absolutely nailed the voice and mannerisms.

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FangornOthersCallMe t1_ix072c6 wrote

They got way closer than I ever thought they could have with Josh O’Connor as young Charles, would be hard to get that lucky a second time. Also the ears do a lot of the heavy lifting.

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NamisteHome t1_ix0c0jr wrote

> an actor who looks as goofy as Charles.

David Thewlis would have been an impeccable choice.

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