Thanks, Ray. Maybe my sanity is already gone and I'm inventing false memories. Gielgud is an awesome Tully. And Peter Finch as Bas-Tyra? He showed those Keshians he was made as hell and wasn't going to take it anymore!
---------------------------------------- > Subject: Re: James Mason > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:46:16 -0700 > To: [email protected] > > > On Jun 10, 2012, at 10:01 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My first email to the list (although I've been reading it for awhile)! > > > > First, I think it's great that Ray participates and answers readers' > > questions. Thanks so much, Ray. > > > > Second, I remember an interview with Ray many years ago when he described a > > character in Magician as being played, in Ray's mind, by James Mason. I > > think it's the same interview when Ray talked about having an "unlimited > > special effects budget" for his books and how he could blow up a city if he > > wanted. I love James Mason and I can't for the life of me remember who the > > character was. Maybe Macros? Or Borric? I've tried and failed to find this > > interview on the net. It's driving me crazy. So, Ray (or anyone else), > > please save my sanity and remind me what character you were talking about. > > > > Thank you. > > > > > James Mason? I'm trying to remember, and I think rather than peg a character > to him, in that interview I might have been talking about how I drew on > actors in my head to write dialogue, i.e. Mason had a unique cadence to his > speech. Anyway, WAY back in the day in my head Borric sounded like Sean > Connery, not Mason. Macros was Ron Moody, Kulgan was Leo McKern, Tully was > John Gielgud, Bas-Tyra was Peter Finch . . . I think I might have imagined > Mason's voice for a more minor character, but for the life of me I can't > remember. > > Best, R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > >
