I know, right? I totally did the same thing. I channel Charles Bush in Die Mommie Die when I see him. "That is a Man!"
Reggie, oddly, Barrow is more attractive to me when he's out of Downton Garb. Jimmy reminds me a little bit of the lead singer of fun. so therefore I find him very f-able. Updated On: 2/20/13 at 04:51 PM
You can all share them out amongst yourselves. I'm in love with Mr Selfridge (Jeremy Piven), who now occupies the Downton slot and was previously unknown to me. Where have you guys been hiding him?
That beard is so magnificent I could polish my Loakes with it. Though there may be better applications for it of course.
The show itself is not in the Downton league but there are good things in it. It looks good and moves well, shimmying and sashaying in the first two episodes like it should be a musical. Piven has been criticised by snobby TV critics here for waving his arms about like he is about to burst in to song, but maybe that's why I like it.
And when Mr Selfridge goes to the Music Hall, he doesn't have to listen to twee, period ditties. Instead they're channeling a good Kanderesque vamp 70 years ahead of time.
Scripps, once upon a time I think many of us felt the way you do now about Mr. Piven. He lost some of his appeal over the years.
Apart from his hasty decampment from a Broadway show (which he blamed on mercury poisoning via an excess of sushi), he's best known for his role on HBO's "Entourage."
I tried watching the first episode of Mr. Selfridge and found Piven to be completely unwatchable. He simply can't do period and seems to be relying on the costumes and makeup to do the work for him.
I really had no problem with Piven before the whole Mercury poisoning shenanigans, but he is just awful in this. It's attempting to be a more mature and gritty version of The Paradise, but Piven can't hold a candle to Emun Elliott. YUM!
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
He's really excellent. It's not one of the showier roles, but it's key to the whole upstairs/downstair dynamic. He's had some subtle and difficult stuff to navigate (both the character and the actor, actually), and he's pulled it off beautifully. Along with his shirt.
Martine McCutcheon needs work and the role that Pauline Collins played on Upstairs, Downstairs is the only thing you haven't stolen from that show. I think it's a match made in Downton Heaven.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
I know I said earlier that Dan is going to have a tough go of it, but that has more to do with him being in a very tough category of "British Ken Dolls," (waiting for the heat for that one), but Allen Leech isn't like that. He's got leading man looks, but he's not really a leading man. He's a character actor, able to be tough and vulnerable, almost within the same sentence. Sexy, yes, but not a "Ken doll." I could see his career going on for decades if he wants it, and if it plays his cards right.
He's more of a star than many of them.
Talent, beauty, and a unique quality.
That's what "Lady Sybil" had, too, and I think we'll be seeing a lot of her on the big screen very soon (IMDb.com confirms that).
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Backing up--I was into watching Mr Selfridge until I realized Piven was in it. I've had a hard time with him from some time after Ellen. Too bad--it looks fun enough, I remember liking the book and Andrew Davies period adaptations are usually at the very least watchable.