Oldman is very, very good. I’m sure he’s up to the job. From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon Lellenberg Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 11:14 AM To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Another Churchill movie in the works
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 8:56 AM, PatFinn1940 <pfinn2...@gmail.com <mailto:pfinn2...@gmail.com> > wrote: Jon-- This is an odd bit of casting, indeed. The only film I've seen Oldman in is Air Force One, where he played a nasty Russian ultranationalist terrorist. I'd have to see a trailer for Darkest Hour first, before deciding if he's any good or not! Searching for the actor on Google Images produces many photographs of Gary Oldman, in his own persona and in many different movie roles, and none of them bring Winston Churchill to my mind at all. Maybe he'll surprise us, but I'd like to see this chapter in Churchill's life done memorably by some actor who captures the historical person. I've mourned for many years that Robert Hardy's Wilderness Years series ended with his appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, instead of continuing two more episodes to cover the "phony war" period in 1939-40, and then the German attack in the West, his appointment as Prime Minister, and his struggle against Halifax etc. to fight on. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
