#I know Peter O'Toole

[artistic-lightcycle]

The many mentally ill faces of Peter O'Toole

T.E.Lawrence: I'm depressed and have PTSD 😩

Michael James: I can't controle my desire for other women 😩

Henry II: everybody hates me and my family is shit 😩

Giacomo Casanova: Women problems x2 😩

General Tanz: *stab* 🗡

#peter otoole #lawrence of arabia #whats new pussycat #the lion in Winter #the night of the generals #casanova (bbc) #shitpost #why does he always play the mentally ill ones? #why am I asking #I know Peter O'Toole

[farminglesbian]

The Lion in Winter (1968) Anthony Harvey

#She #katharine hepburn #the lion in winter #don’t know what i expected from this movie but i didn’t think it’d be funny as fuck #anthony hopkins #peter o'toole #jane merrow #anthony harvey

[cidnangarlond]

the results are in

#huge fan of the idea of like. being in an rpg and clicking on me and getting just random trivia about chernobyl #*main character walks up to me* *interact* #''did you know that the rbmk 1000 reactors design was inherently flawed and was doomed to fail from the start?'' #''pretty depressing. some are still in use though and have had little issue. we can hope that's the case anyway'' #*interact* ''a special lens was created for omar sharif's entrance in lawrence of arabia. it's a 482mm lens developed by panavision'' #''they still have it too actually. among cinematographers it's known as the david lean lens after the director and hasn't been used since'' #''it's a real beautiful entrance the mirage effect. peter o'toole also got injured a lot during filming but that's a different story.'' #*interact* ''my lust for an actor has led me to places in their cinematography I wouldn't go with a gun'' *leave conversation*

[jackgoodfellow]

Breaking News: Another horrible man is horrible to literally everybody and is then shocked when people are not nice to him. England once again totally fucked. But I hear the monarchy is good for tourism, so

"Doomed by the narrative? Too easy! No... it is the narrative that is doomed by US! (And also, we are so so horny for each other.)"

So it turns out The Lion in Winter (1968) slaps. Katherine Hepburn somehow manages to capture the feeling of watching someone tear out a person's jugular with smiling teeth. She and Peter O'Toole in this movie are basically performing the cinematic equivalent of the song "No Children" by The Mountain Goats and it is wild.

Tagging @thirdsisfics because I associate the term "doomed by the narrative" with the positive feelings I get from talking to you about the trope!

#it is unclear to me at what point in history people think the English monarchy stopped solely churning out deeply broken entitled people #brits have SUCH a weird reverence for their monarchy but if you're existing outside of that propaganda they all look insane for it #must be like Americans and our military. where it only looks good from the inside and once you figure out how bad it is you're like #oh no. almost everyone I know believes it is socially unacceptable to criticize this institution. oh my god WE are the evil horde. #Peter O'Toole #Katherine Hepburn #Anthony Hopkins #the lion in winter #The Lion in Winter 1968 #old hollywood #alt-text #image description #see Jack talk #King Henry II #King Richard I #King John #Magna Carta #that feeling when your favorite son goes on to permanently limit the powers of the monarchy by doing such a bad job #I think what works best about this movie is even though it's all kings and queens and monarchy and history they all feel horrifyingly human #Henry is not that different from every other patriarch who has worked to ruin everyone in his life only to grow old and find he is #surrounded by people and so so alone #americans and brits are like 'yes our country definitely did horrible things in the past. even in very recent past. but that's changed now' #'not sure exactly when or what the turning point was but it DEFINITELY happened for SURE.' #the movie starts with Henry saying he intentionally raised his sons to be like this and then the rest of the movie is him like wait what #i didn't think leopards would eat MY face. says man who spent his life raising face-eating leopards. #and yet they're all still so deeply deeply sad and sympathetic. which is some good fucking acting. #shitposting #king lear #I recognize that my tags are me bouncing back and forth between movie commentary and slagging off the American Military #and i am not sorry. thank you for coming the speech I am giving on the sidewalk in front of a ted talk

[stephantom]

From Richard Burton’s diary, September 23, 1980:

I only knew by chance that [Peter O’Toole] had taken such a terrible hammering – a front-page hammering – from the British critics for his performance in Macbeth. I knew only because Onllwyn Brace came to supervise my narration in the documentary film about Welsh rugby football. ‘Your pal O'Toole,’ he said, ‘has been murdered by the English critics.’ ‘For what?’ asked I. ‘For Macbeth,’ said he. I phoned Peter that night as soon as the hours were right and managed to catch him before he'd left the Old Vic. I said, ‘a couple of boys from the BBC were over today to record my voice and they told me you've had a bit of stick from the critics.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How are the houses?’ I asked. ‘Packed.’ ‘Then remember this my boy,’ I said (he is 4 years younger), ‘you are the most original actor to come out of Britain since the war and fuck the critics.’ ‘Thank you.’ ‘Think of every four letter obscenity, six, eight ten and twelve letter expletives and ram it right up their envious arses in which,’ I said, paraphrasing Robert Atkins, ‘I'm sure there is ample room.‘ ‘Thank you.’ ‘Good night Peter. Don't give in and I love you.’ ‘I won't and it's mutual.’ ‘Good night again.’ ‘Good night Richard and thank you.’

That was the extent of our conversation but my fury at the critics took me through the night – another sleepless one – and I thought of all the things I should have said to Peter and didn't and thought I should write him a letter and didn't and prayed to God I hadn't sounded like a false sympathizer secretly rejoicing in his critical debacle. But no, I comforted myself, he knows I too have been through the fire and understand.

#richard burton #peter o'toole #richard burton’s diary #it’s just so sweet?? lmao #I have now perused a good chunk of Burton’s diary (it’s online) and this is one of only 3 days he talks about o’toole but it’s so kind #also: richard was almost 8 years older not 4 lol #maybe it’s a typo or a misprint or maybe richard forgot or never knew peter’s actual age lol #as someone who become invested in their friendship for no reason except their on screen chemistry in one movie… #this was almost like an unbelievable thing to read #and I know #they were very much just two guys. who were in many ways assholes. but I like their stories. so. what can I say. #peter and richard

[beatriceinmessina]

The ultimate (pathetic) rationale for why one should be the next leader:

The Lion in Winter (1968, wrt. James Goldman, dir. Anthony Harvey) / Succession, season four, episode ten, "With Open Eyes" (2023, wrt. Jesse Armstrong, dir. Mark Mylod)

#succession spoilers #succession #favorite films #film #theatre #(i have often thought that kendall and logan's relationship could be partially summed up in those lines) #(and i know it looks like the same picture twice for the first two but given how the subtitles were formatted) #(i needed one of peter o'toole's mouth moving as he says “you'll have what daddy gives you”) #akh.txt

[hotvintagepoll]

my mom wants to know if peter o'toole is in the tournament

(also she loves this tournament and i am voting on her behalf)

Peter O'Toole vs Howard Keel

#i love how people are getting their mom/dad/uncle/grandmom opinions in this #it genuinely brings me so much joy. please keep getting family opinions involved

[lambergeier]

2023 bookpost 🥳🥳🥳

43 books read this year! about 2/3rds of last year's number, but i fell off pace in summer and for the last two months and never actually have a target or care about my pace anyways, so 43 is a good solid number imho. as last year, full list with light commentary below, recs are bolded:

JANUARY

Neuromancer by William Gibson

The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation by Miriam Pawel (i am punished for my desire to learn more about the two governors brown's effects on the state of california with: family hagiography. should have known tbh)

Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (SOOOOOO GOOD. apocalyptic/religious horror in 1350's france during the black plauge. for fans of the terror, and fans of people who are in love but for whom the love won't alwayshelp!)

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (hilary ilu u were one of the greatest novelists of the past hundred years it was an honor to be alive at the same time as you. this could have been 200 pages shorter. ilu tho)

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Seamas O’Reilly (short, sweet childhood memoir of the irish writer/comedian who, famously, tweeted that story about meeting the president of ireland on ketamine.)

FEBRUARY

Either/Or by Elif Bautman (girls can i tell you. i didn't realize this was a sequel until like 100 pages into the book. that was on me.)

Two Doctors Gorski by Isaac Fellman (ah mr fellman. lol)

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka (really cool piece of fiction, first half told from the collective viewpoint of a group of regulars at a public swimming pool, second half about the one specific swimmer who's losing her independence to dementia. short, packs a punch)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (UNDEFEATED!)

One Man’s Terrorist: a Political History of the IRA by Peter Finn

Nightcrawlers by Leila Mottley (love to see local 22yos succeed wildly. does NOT mean this book was good god bless)

MARCH

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy

Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy (to be clear, if you are not a cormac mccarthy fan, these books will not make you his fan. they are very much about this man's incredible hopelessness regarding a world that has invented and used the atomic bomb. what can be redeemed, etc etc. i loved them, despite a major part of the plot being consensual sibling incest, they were beautiful and phenomenal, they were not light reading)

APRIL

A Smile in his Lifetime by Joseph Hansen

Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo (cannot recommend the audiobook highly enough. emma read the paper copy to catch up to where i was in the audiobook so we could listen together on a car trip, and she agreesTM that the audiobook is the way to go)

MAY

Barbarian Days by William Finnegan

The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Dianna Wynne Jones

JUNE

We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole (really really really cool nonfiction about ireland since the 1950s, part autobiography, more parts cultural history of a very quickly changing nation. fascinating to read this within 12 months of finn's one man's terrorist, which was a very leftist history of the IRA, and keefe's say nothing, which was an only very slightly leftist history of the IRA that was most interested in like, how compelling the history is (not a drag on it). o'toole not as big on the IRA as the other two! understandable!)

JULY

The Binding by Bridget Collins

The War That Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander (for all fans of the history of the story of the illiad!!! short and passionate!)

Flux by Jinwoo Chong (solid new debut scifi - who thought it could still happen!)

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

The Witch King by Martha Wells (this book sucked ass!!! have mentioned this several times already this year!!!)

An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by Eman Abdelhadi and M. E. O'Brien (some things about this book were fun, many were infuriating, absolute worst had to be the insistence that in the future: therapy would solve even more problems that it does today :))

The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt (see my beautiful wife's post on the subject)

Stay True by Hua Hsu (beautiful, deserves the pulitzer, not 100% my thing but still very good)

AUGUST

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (the voice was hard to get used to for the first 50 pages, but i ended up really liking this tbh. i've never read copperfield, so not sure if that improved the experience)

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

The Boys by Katie Hafner (a mistake to read this, but at least the twist was funny! there wasn't anything else in the book, but only a partial waste of time at the end)

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (finally read this, which has truly polarized my extended social circle, but i ended up liking it. i didn't always get what it was doing 100% of the time, and didn't so much feel compelled to find out, but i tore through it and will always be a sucker for a story about that doesn't fix you but does keep you alive. can see both sides of this debate)

American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts by Chris McGreal (we have to kill every sackler. solid history of the epidemic. EVERY sackler.)

SEPTEMBER

The Season by Kristen Richardson (half-baked history of the debutante social ritual. but, not like there's many other histories of the subject!)

All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin (funny, contained extensive dirtbag lesbian behaviors, but lacked some heft at the end)

In Memoriam by Alice Winn (do you s2b2? do you want some solid, tome-like origfic? do you want all of those things and also siegfried sassoon rpf? well great news!)

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller (pleaseeeeeee tell me if you have read this or do read this it was SOOOOOO GOOD and i had NEVER heard of this guy before!!! fantastically written prose, everything builds with infinite dread to a single horrible punchline, i am still wowed thinking about it)

The Trees by Percival Everett (haha hey wanna get fucked up. dark dark dark comedy)

OCTOBER

Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale (really enjoyable if slightly overlong romance novel that i got off a rec list for historical romances with disabled love interests. does a really good interesting job of giving the love interest full breadth and agency despite severe processing impairment following a stroke)

Mobility by Linda Kiesling

The Rachel Incident by Rachel O’Donahughe

NOVEMBER

NO BOOK NOVEMBER MFS

DECEMBER

Not Even the Dead by Juan Gómez Bárcena (would also like to know if anyone else has read this so we can try and figure out what the fuck was going on right at the end!! also the fact that this is primarily about mexican history, written by a spaniard, with the specter of the US very prominent in the book is like. hm i would love to be able to read some mexican press reviews of this lol)

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey (picked this up following the opioid book, which discussed but didn't go deep on how the country's reaction to the opioid epidemic was so vastly different from the crack epidemic. put a lot of stuff into context lmao.)

WAIT AT SOME POINT THIS YEAR I REREAD RUMO AND HIS MIRACULOUS ADVENTURES BY WALTER MOERS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN. DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. BUT I DID REREAD IT. 44 BOOKS. shout out to mr. moers for writing some extremely fucking creepy books for teenagers <3

okay i was gonna do more about like general trends and vibes of this year's books, also about the four books i am still reading rn lol, but i have been typing for soooooooooooo long so i'm just gonna reblog with more thots in the morning. stay prepared everyone

#book post

[artistic-lightcycle]

fact is: Nobody ever got an Oscar for being T.E. Lawrence

(they should give them to Ralph and Peter. Ned can have one too)

#t.e. lawrence #lawrence of arabia #a dangerous man #peter o'toole #ralph fiennes #you wont get an oscar if you have been ned sorry #Its the Lawrence curse #I mean look #Peter O'Toole has the most oscar nominations without a win! #Ralph Fiennes also doesn't have an oscar and he was nominated for schindlers list #does pattinson has an oscar? nope #And i think we all know that the newest lawrence wont get an oscar for this horrible movie #I mean Alec Guinness has one but he was only theatre Ned #also he didn't get it for being Ned so I'm still right

[casasupernovas]

so you know that post about how ten is the most dangerous incarnation because he is hot and gives the least grandad energy out of all the doctors?

i said it was making me think of bbc casanova because that's whay got dt the role but how there were clearly casanova 'isms that were written into his character? i wouldn't call the doctor a womaniser but he's certainly a ladies man.

i didn't know how to put my finger on why this line of thought made me think kf casanova but i think i have cracked it.

it's because ten is peter o toole. he is old casanova. the man is still funny and witty but he is incredibly jaded and i don't wanna give spoilers but towards the end of his life, he is in a very similar position to the tenth doctor.

he's not giving grandfather becsuse he's just old. with a young face.

now, i dont wanna say ten is exactly like older casanova because casanova in general but particularly older casanova is poisonous and insidious and as much as i critique the tenth, i do not think he is these things. i do not hate him. i actually love that streak of nothing. i believe his heart is in the right place (mostly) he just had a lot of issues that he highkey didn't really have the time to uproot and resolve.

he's giving peter o'toole's giacamo. it's hard to compute because he's young and simulatenously the oldest he's ever been. but yeah.

and believe me, old casanova is NOT giving grandpa.

#go watch it it's very good anyway even if you end up disagreeing #doctor who #tenth doctor #10th doctor #bbc casanova #casanova #david tennant

[miss-edith-cushing]

For the Good Omens ask game: 1, 9, 15, 24! :)

Aaaaaahhhhh, thank you so much for asking these questions!! Sorry for responding so late to them, I swear I enjoy them very much!

1. when did you first watch/discover good omens, and how did you find out about it?

I saw the trailer for it somewhere around November 2018 and thought 'Huh, this seems unique, and it has David Tennant in it, I might check that out'. And then I've forgotten about it completely. Then after the premiere of season 1 my dashboard was completely full of it, like, I can't remember how many people I've followed back then, but 90% of them were posting and reblogging posts about it. So I remembered that I wanted to watch it anyway, did it in the course of one week and the rest is history.

9. Have you seen any other work by david tennant and/or michael sheen?

Yes, yes, yes! I was aware of DT as a Tumblr's sexyman, but I first saw him in Jessica Jones, which I also watched because of the posts on my dash, and I became a little obsessed with him for a while. I've seen Casanova (if you guys haven't seen it, do it, it's so freaking good), You, Me and Him, Broadchurch, Bad Samaritan, Des and Inside Man. In my opinion he has a very uneven career when it comes to the quality of the projects he's involved in, which is surprising, but not uncommon (Peter O'Toole is the best example of it). But he always gives his 1000000% and I can't remember not enjoying seeing him performing.

I saw quite a few films with Michael Sheen and liked him before Good Omens, but never to the point of being a fan. I first saw him in The Queen or in Frost/Nixon, then in Midnight in Paris and Nocturnal Animals. Oh, and in the Twilight Saga obviously! Then after Good Omens I've watched Underworld, Wilde, Far From the Madding Crowd, and Prodigal Son. I'm planning to get back to watching Masters of Sex, he's so good in it. He's an acting chameleon and I don't that before Good Omens the fact that he's all those characters ever clicked in my head

Oh, and Staged! Obviously!

15. Do you have any good omens playlists?

I'm a dinosaur and I don't use Spotify or Youtube to listen to my music; there was one Good Omens related playlist that @racketghost created for @mochacoffee fic Call Me Your Angel (that was the name of the playlist too), but it's not on Spotify anymore. I've recreated it on my iPod, so I can't share it anymore, but I'll try to bully Racko to make it again.

24. what's a theory for season 3 that you NEED to be included?

My theory (which for me isn't even a theory, it's just so obvious I can't imagine it not being included in season 3) is that Metatron will try to erase Crowley from the Book of Life and that's what will make Aziraphale rebel against Heaven again; the same can happen to Aziraphale or to them both.

I would also LOVE to know what's up with Crowley not remembering some of the other angels and demons and why does he have passwords for Heaven's files (personally I would hate it if he turned out to be Raphael or was some another Heaven's VIP, I'm just curious about it).

EDIT: I just have stumbled upon gifs from Fright Night and yes, I've seen it too. How could I forget it? I have very good reasons to remember this film fondly, very, very good reasons.

[lostcauses-noregrets]

So is Erwin supposed to resemble the Matthew Hall guy from the Paris video? I don't know why but I can't see it. Maybe he was inspired by him looks wise but as Yams draws Erwin in the manga I see him as having very squarish face, with high cheekbones and sharp features and eyebrows that are thick but not neatly done. When I see Erwin, I either see the model David Gandy or the footballer Toni Kroos with his German phenotype features with that blond undercut, prominent nose, and sharp square jawline Kroos is definitely the closest to the anime Erwin as well as to how Yams draws him in the manga. Hall is a good-looking man but I don't see Erwin in him.

Yep, that's what Isayama said. Hall looks very different from Erwin because he's dark, but I can see something very familiar around his eyes. I'm not sure if I can see anything of Erwin in David Gandy, and I definitely can't see him in Toni Kroos. Which just goes to show that everyone envisages him differently! If you're interested, I've got a fancast tag on my blog with some of the suggestions people have made over the years. Personally speaking, my favourite Erwin fancast is the young Peter O'Toole.

#erwin smith #fancast #snk

[thealmightyemprex]

Disney Month: Kidnapped

First review oF Disney Month is a review of an adaption of A Robert Louis Stevenson classic,Kidnapped

In this 1960 film David Belfour (James McArthur) is kidnapped by  Captain Hoseason(Bernard Lee ) on orders by Davids evil uncle Ebenezer (John Laurie ) to sell David into slavery ,but DAvid joins forces with the Scottish soldier Alan Breck Stewart (Peter Finch ) to escape and reclaim what is his

So I had never heard of this film till a few years ago,no one talks about it......Which is a shame cause it is great ,in fact I like it better then Treasure Island which critics at the time compared it unfavorably to,this might be a new favorite of mine

I like are two heroes.I can see someone seeing David is dull,but while he isnt as colorful as the other characters,he is a likeable heroic character ,I liked when the Captain and Shuan are letting David in on their plan to murder Alan ,David immediately goes to Alan who he doesnt know and is like "The Captain is planning to kill you ,I dont trust him,I'm teaming up with you " .PEter Finch as Alan pulls off being both arrogant but a badass who readdly cares for DAvid

The villains are great,Uncle Ebeneezer is the main antagonist ,played to hammy perfection by John Laurie ,hes definately a somewhat comical villain but still a creepyness and almost despertness to him .I also really like Captain Hoseason,who I think is a very realistic villain ,a shady oppurtunist and I gotta admit,as a James Bond fan ,it was a real treat to see BERNARD LEE AKA M play a man of dubious morals

Now this is more of a dramaperiod piece then an out and out adventure ,but we still meet some fun characters ,and there are some great set pieces ,the best being David and Alan fighting off Hoseasons crew from within a cabin ,that was badass

I have two sets of questions ,lets start with 3 from @ariel-seagull-wings

1-Is the Pirates of the Caribbean ride influenced by the production of this movie?

Honestly no ,I see no connection between the two other then seafaring adventure.The villains arent even pirates,they are just normal corrupt sailors

2-Is Peter O'Tooles role already revealing of his capabilities as an actor?

Oh hell yeah.This is O'Tooles film debut and I was worried hed be just a background character,but he has a whole damn scene where he struts his stuff and he has just such a screen presence .Apparently he was suggested by Peter Finch and they play off each other beautifully

3-Should Disney make more dark movies like this?

First off I wouldnt call it dark ,but mature and honestly I would love them to do more films like this . Like it is rare I have seen a movie where the hero kills a man ,,,,,And has a moment to just fall apart ,like the gravity of the moment isnt lost ,and when DAvid breaks down and Alan gives him a moment is probabbly my favorite scene.I want more films like this

And now 3 questions from @the-blue-fairie

1-Much of the dialogue is lifted verbatim from the book. Is this evident on a first viewing and does it give a different quality compared to other Disney films?

I couldnt tell it was book dialogue but the film has a diffrent vibe then most Disney films and the dialogue is part of that

2- I've always felt that this film has more of a focus on historical time and place than a usual Disney swashbuckler-type movie. What do you think of that? Do you think this makes the film feel dryer in places or does it add color?

Adds color .This film,while it does have humor (Mostly from Uncle Ebeneezer) doesnt FEEL Disney ,and I kind of like that ,it feels like a solid period piece .I honestly really love this movie

And spoilers

3-"And the question closest to my heart, what are your thoughts on Ransom, the cabin boy? "-"Specifically, what are your thoughts on his interactions with Mr. Shuan and their result, as well as the matter-of-fact way it shows him carrying a knife in hopes of one day possibly killing his abuser? Did you expect the child in a Disney film to be unceremoniously murdered by a drunkard?

Sooooooooo I thought Ransome was gonna be the kid sidekick,or hed be the one to kill Mr Shaun.....I DIDNT EXPECT THE KID TO GET MURDERED IN THE NEXT SCENE .When his death screams are heard ,I screamed "JESUS " and my jaw hit the floor when we saw the body .To answer your question,I did not see it coming.I liked Ransome in his brief moments on screen,and frankly it shows how awful are villains are ,with Shuan just drunknly and casually murdering a child ,and Captain Hoseason is ready to just cover it up to save his own skin

Overall this is a great underrated movie that I highly reccomend

@goodanswerfoxmonster @themousefromfantasyland @filmcityworld1 @amalthea9 @angelixgutz @princesssarisa @marquisedemasque

[hotvintagepoll]

has nothing to do with looks, but i think it's important that more people know peter o'toole voiced anton ego in ratatouille!! his monologue at the end was delivered wonderfully

James Shigeta vs Peter O'Toole

#asks #peter o'toole #ratatouille

[therealvinelle]

Looking at your post about Tom Riddle being hot as an adult, what actor do you think would best resemble how you imagine adult Tom to look?

The post being referred to (which Muffin wrote)

"Being hot as an adult", you do know that even JKR agrees Tom kept his looks for several years after Hogwarts, it's just that she insists that he got hooked on the dark arts after leaving Britain and... well, to hear her and Dumbledore describe what happened to Tom's face it brings Hank Schraeder pointing at meth addicts to mind.

Some serious moralizing going on in these books with bad people being ugly (or, if they're attractive, it's an evil seductive attractiveness. I fondly look back on Dumbledore describing Tom the orphan as having a sense of "dark glamour" about him. Just... keep talking about your students that way, old man).

All that being said, my go to casting for Tom Riddle would be Peter o'Toole as he looked in Lawrence of Arabia. He is easily the most charismatic and compelling man in any room, incredibly intense, yet also deeply eccentric.

And of course, very good-looking with striking features.

#tom riddle #harry potter fancast #lord voldemort #meth addiction

[myfavoritepeterotoole]

Peter O'Toole

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) / still * caption: For "Lawrence of Arabia," a Columbia film, he had to learn to ride a camel and before the film was finished he had ridden about 5, 000 miles!

https://myfavoritepeterotoole.tumblr.com/post/711693724405661696/peter-otoole-lawrence-of-arabia-1962

* article: "If I'm going to play Lawrence, I've got to ride like him," O'Toole said. By that time the film was finished he had spent over 1,000 hours on a camel's back and covered some 5,000 miles. Of his acting career he says; "I love films. I love the stage. I love acting. I know I'm only a beginner still, and that you go on learning whole time. It's the life for me."

The Long and the Short and the Tall photo by John Cowan * caption: STAGE This was Peter as Private Bamforth in the play " The Long and the Short and the Tall" produced at London's Royal Court Theatre. His acting in this part, said the critics, had real "star quality."

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) * caption: SCREEN A producer was looking for someone to take the part of Lawrence of Arabia in the film, and when he saw Peter O'Toole as the young Guards officer in "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" he knew that here was the man to do it.

https://myfavoritepeterotoole.tumblr.com/post/631113191131414528/peter-otoole-the-day-they-robbed-the-bank-of

#peter o'toole #kenji takaki #bryan pringle #david andrews #lawrence of arabia #still of lawrence of arabia #still #camel #my collection #magazine #the long and the short and the tall #john cowan #the day they robbed the bank of england #the royal court theatre #royal court theatre #stage #1959