> From: [email protected] [mailto:bounce-61053942- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond Feist > Sent: 10 June 2012 18:46 > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: James Mason > > > 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.
I just read this Ray - some great choices and a fantastic insight. So who do you see as Fantus? :) Mike -- Gibfish of the West
