There's a company in Nixon, New Jersey. It's called Nixon Nitration Works.
Sounds picturesque.
Yeah, well, oddly enough, I know the owners. Probably gonna expect me to make something of myself. I thought maybe I'd drag you with me.
BAND OF BROTHERS (2001)
Part 10
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"And now, his monarch's sweating face thrust into his, he remembers something his father told him: if you burn your hand, Tom, raise your hands and cross your wrists before you, and hold them so till you get to the water or the salve: I don't know how it works, but it confuses the pain, and then if you utter a prayer at the same time, you might get off not too bad.
He raises his palms. He crosses his wrists. Back you go, Henry. As confused by the gesture — as if almost relieved to be stopped—the king face away and so relieving him, Cromwell, of that bloodshot stare, of the indecent closeness of the popping blue whites of the king's eyes. He says, softly, 'God preserve you, Majesty. And now, will you excuse me?' (Mantel, H. 2012. Bring up the Bodies. 276-277)
MARK RYLANCE and DAMIAN LEWIS
as THOMAS CROMWELL and KING HENRY VIII
in WOLF HALL (2015-) | 1x05 "Crows"
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in terms of a side we don't always get of Bruce in Batman media -- I always think about the scene in the short-lived show Life with Damian Lewis. He plays a cop who was in prison (long story) and one day he and his partner track down a suspect/accomplice in a serious crime and corner the man in an old dilapidated house.
I don't remember exactly what happened, but it involved the suspect trying to shoot at them and one of them shooting him fatally. Most cop shows would leave it at that -- a criminal tried to shoot them, he got shot, nothing bad happened.
But Damian Lewis' character goes up to the man he just shot and he holds him as he dies. He shows the audience that he knows that the suspect was scared, on drugs, and didn't really mean to shoot at them. He sets down the gun and gathers the suspect in his arms.
And he shows him mercy by whispering to him, gently, that it was just a dream. He tells the suspect to go back to sleep like a father would, to not think about it. He softly guides the man into a slightly more peaceful death, with a kind of tenderness that shocks and upsets his partner and colleagues.
That's the kind of Batman we sometimes miss. The one who would hold a scared and confused criminal, who didn't mean to do something, who got caught up in something bad and isn't truly evil, and pretend like everything was going to be alright for someone's last 30 seconds on earth.
A Batman capable of great violence and great empathy.
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Actors talking about their understandings of Winters/Nixon relationship:
It's a great relationship. There isn't a lot of romance in Band of Brothers. We don't see a lot of ladies. But that is a romance of the sort. -- Damian Lewis, the Ross Owen Show (2011)
I really enjoy the scene where Damian and I are having this bromance at the end, and there's this awkwardness, like, are we going to see each other again? It's almost like inviting the girl to the prom, asking him to come work with my factory, you know what I mean. And there's something about the idea of these guys being 1940s guys who weren't really allowed to talk about their feelings or admit that they like each other at all. They weren't allowed to. --Ron Livingston, the Ross Owen Show (2017)
I think there was a lot of sibling, friend, rivalry. That's part of any deep and abiding love. --Ron Livingston, HBO Band of Brothers podcast (2022)
Nix is such beautifully played by Ron. This slightly cavalier, Ivy League, upper-class, roguish character, seems to have got through the war, somehow, with his humor intact. And as long as there's a bottle not too far away you figure he can get through the day. And Dick is completely straight next to him. Opposites attracted. -- Damian Lewis, HBO Band of Brothers podcast (2022)
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