Thirteen of My Favorite Movie Characters
1. Let’s get the obvious of of the way first, Professor Snape from the Harry Potter movies. I know he’s supposed to be a not so nice character…but oh my, that voice! I can see why Alan Rickman was Ms. Rowling’s first choice for this character. I also really like the character of Professor Lupin, as portrayed by David Thewlis and the original Professor Dumbledore. RIchard Harris nailed that part…the new Dumbledore, not so much…not so much at all. A bit of advice to him: Read the books.
2. Aragorn from the LOTR Trilogy. A loner, with vast responsibilites weighing heavily on his shoulders. Not to mention Viggo Mortensen was tossed into the movies at the last second, and did a fantabulous job! My other favs from this movie are Orlando Bloom as Legoas, Karl Urban as Eomer (YUM!), Ian McKellen as Gandalf & Elijah Wood as Frodo.
3. Doc Holiday, from the movie Tombstone, as portrayed by Val Kilmer. Snarky wit does it for me every time! I also loved Val as Jim Morrison, in the movie The Doors and of course, Iceman from Top Gun.
4. Captain Jack Sparrow! No need to say anything more about this one
I also loved Depp’s performance as Roux in Chocolat, Don Juan in Don Juan DeMarco, William Blake in Dead Man and Edward Scissorhands, the role that made me a Depp fan.
5. Maude from the movie Harold & Maude, as portrayed by Ruth Gordon. She made me laugh, she made me cry, she made me think.
6. Casanova, as portrayed by Heath Ledger, from the movie Casanova. Mmmmm…yummy!
7. Renton, as portrayed by Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting. The accent alone was enough to do it for me!
8. Katsumoto, as portrayed by Ken Watanabe, in The Last Samurai. His role intrigued me…and I wanted the camera to linger more on him then on Tom Cruisin’ for a bruisin’.
9. Josephine ‘Jo’ March, as portrayed by Katherine Hepburn in Little Women. I wanted to be just like Jo!
10. Andrew Beckett, portrayed by Tom Hanks, and Joe Miller, portrayed by Denzel Washington, in the movie, Philadelphia. The emotion in both their characters…amazing. What an awesome movie!
11. Captain Daniel Gregg, portrayed by Rex Harrison in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Stubborn ghost!
12. The Ghost of Christmas Present, as portrayed by Carol Kane in the movie Scrooged. She is so damn funny!
13. Finally, Count Dracula, as portrayed by Frank Langella, in the movie Dracula. That was one sexy vampire!
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