Post by Lane of Magic on Jul 14, 2008 17:19:04 GMT
Well, the man’s got his own board, I may as well make use of it (thank you, again, Megz, for creating it 
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He hasn’t really been discussed in that much detail – partly, because his initial thread got off-topic, partly because he didn’t really get that much screen time either. BUT this may be a good opportunity to give this another shot, and I for one am quite curious to see what more I can learn about him.
This time, I’ll also include a bit of an interview which Rutger gave, regarding the character.
“Though he's played similar parts before, Hauer was drawn to Merlin because of the superb cast and crew - the miniseries features Sam Neill, John Gielgud, Helena Bonham Carter, and Miranda Richardson, with whom Hauer had worked previously in Fatherland. "I thought the role was funny - I loved the script," he said, noting that he is also interested in the historical period during which the drama takes place. "Vortigern, the character that I play, is a big king, he's been a king for 25 years, and he has no qualms about it - in those times, you didn't become king by voting, you became king by grabbing the crown!"
Hauer said he researches his roles, but Lord Vortigern was difficult to find accurate information about. "It was kind of rough, because there's not a whole lot written about that period. At the same time, there are seven different versions of the same events." He read up on the various legends and met with director Steve Barron so that together they could come up with the most interesting version of the character. "It was very nice to see how much craft went into it - into the costumes and the horses and the sets and all that kind of stuff. Everything had to be built, of course, and it was very nice; I think it's going to be great," he added.”
So we all agree that Vortigern can be quite funny at times, although it’s not how he’d like to come across to people. And obviously, I liked him rather a lot in the movie. I found him… interesting in the books, too (although I still owe James Mallory a good smack for messing up his character at the beginning, and failing to bring that up later on).
Also, before this thread also goes on a pairing tangent, seeing it happens a lot lately, feel free to skip over to this other new thread, which is totally dedicated to just that.
).He hasn’t really been discussed in that much detail – partly, because his initial thread got off-topic, partly because he didn’t really get that much screen time either. BUT this may be a good opportunity to give this another shot, and I for one am quite curious to see what more I can learn about him.
This time, I’ll also include a bit of an interview which Rutger gave, regarding the character.
“Though he's played similar parts before, Hauer was drawn to Merlin because of the superb cast and crew - the miniseries features Sam Neill, John Gielgud, Helena Bonham Carter, and Miranda Richardson, with whom Hauer had worked previously in Fatherland. "I thought the role was funny - I loved the script," he said, noting that he is also interested in the historical period during which the drama takes place. "Vortigern, the character that I play, is a big king, he's been a king for 25 years, and he has no qualms about it - in those times, you didn't become king by voting, you became king by grabbing the crown!"
Hauer said he researches his roles, but Lord Vortigern was difficult to find accurate information about. "It was kind of rough, because there's not a whole lot written about that period. At the same time, there are seven different versions of the same events." He read up on the various legends and met with director Steve Barron so that together they could come up with the most interesting version of the character. "It was very nice to see how much craft went into it - into the costumes and the horses and the sets and all that kind of stuff. Everything had to be built, of course, and it was very nice; I think it's going to be great," he added.”
So we all agree that Vortigern can be quite funny at times, although it’s not how he’d like to come across to people. And obviously, I liked him rather a lot in the movie. I found him… interesting in the books, too (although I still owe James Mallory a good smack for messing up his character at the beginning, and failing to bring that up later on).
Also, before this thread also goes on a pairing tangent, seeing it happens a lot lately, feel free to skip over to this other new thread, which is totally dedicated to just that.
The only common denominator between the two is Alan Rickman, so you might have made a little confusion there.