#John Spencer the actor that you are

[hawkp]

I’m sorry, but I can’t get over Leo’s ‘Watch this.’ at the end of “Two Cathedrals”. Something about that moment hits so much harder than the entirety of Jed’s speech in the church to me.

#the power of it took my breath away #John Spencer the actor that you are #wow #just fucking wow #two cathedrals #the west wing #john spencer #leo mcgarry

[zilaphone]

Smosh fic writers + readers I have a question: when you write/read characters like the Chosen, Augustus, Brianna, JDB etc- do you picture their exact cast member as you write them? a younger them (a good chunk of fics have them in high school)? cartoons? I'm genuinely so curious

#this sparked bc so many writers mention that they're writing about the character not the cast member #so i wonder if that distinction carries over to how you see them too #me personally it's like I'm watching a nickelodeon sitcom with all the traditional actor blocking for the camera's sake #notably i don't see them as their 30 y/o actors somehow my brain has hazily deaged them to about so random age but like. edgy ofc #smosh #shayne topp #the chosen #damien haas #ausgustus st cloud #courtney miller #Brianna Boho #spencer agnew #john d. bad #john down bad #smosh fic #smosh fanfiction

[queen-mabs-revenge]

giving don john and his conspirators black armbands on these nondescript anachronistic soldier costumes? 🙄

just fucking make a political statement if you're gonna make it jfc

#the hamilton of it all #no shade to the actors bc they are amazing #but the costuming which i'm assuming was at the behest of the director? weak shit #sorry but even if you wanted to go full lib about it #make the soldiers look stereotypical millennials #make don john and his cohorts dress like the richard spencer right #but even that is bonkers when you're staging an all black cast?? #like the actors are amazing but the director is like *really trying* to make a trump era political statement #but has such an ungrounded liberal mindset that these are just a bunch of floating signifiers #shakespeare in the park #much ado about nothing

[scotianostra]

Anthony Robert McMillan was born on March 30th, 1950 in Rutherglen, we knew him better as Robbie Coltrane.

Robbie was educated at Glenalmond College, an independent school in Perthshire, from which he was nearly expelled after hanging the prefects' gowns from the school clocktower. Though he later described his experiences there as deeply unhappy, he played for the rugby First XV, was head of the school's debating society and won prizes for his art.

From Glenalmond, Coltrane went on to Glasgow School of Art, where he was ridiculed for "having an accent like Prince Charles" (of which he quickly disposed, though not before gaining the nickname "Lord Fauntleroy"), and thereafter the Moray House College of Education (part of the University of Edinburgh) in Edinburgh.

In the early 70's Robbie took the name Coltrane, due to his love of jazz musician John Coltrane, and began a career of a stand-up comedian at night clubs, at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as an actor with Edinburgh's renowned Traverse Theatre.

After picking up a few bit parts in films and TV series I first remember Robbie appearing in the BBC Scotland comedy sketch series A kick up the Eighties, he went on from there to appear in The Comic Strip Presents films during the 80's The Supergrass and The Pope must die being the most successful. At that time Coltrane had a drinking problem, downing as much as a bottle of whisky a day. In 1986 he flew to a clinic in Mexico and was treated for obesity. In 1987 his partner for 15 years, Robin Paine, left him for good. A year later he met Rhona Gemmell in a pub. They married and had a son, Spencer, and a daughter, Alice. His career took off during the early 1990s with the leading role as Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a forensic psychologist, in the popular TV series Cracker.

Coltrane is one of only a few to have played "baddies" in 2 Bond films, playing Russian mafia man Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough. He went on to play Rubeus Hagrid in seven Harry Potter films.

Robbie has also featured in factual TV series, Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles, as well as a host of other TV series, none of which, surprisingly are Taggart! He was voted No. 11 in ITV's TV's 50 Greatest Stars and sixth in a poll of 2000 adults across the UK to find the 'most famous Scot', behind the Loch Ness Monster, Robert Burns, Sean Connery, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.

Robbie passed away on October 14th 2022, he had become a virtual recluse, living a a rented converted barn near Stirling, living off takeaways from a local Chinese. Coltrane was cremated and his family spread his ashes around several of his favourite places around Manhattan, New York.

His death certificate shows that the actor died from a string of conditions including multiple organ failure, the causes of death given were sepsis, where an infection triggers an extreme reaction throughout the body, lower respiratory tract infection and heart block.

I always loved Robbie, from his early days right through his career, it's sad when the people you grew up laughing at and enjoyed in folms and TV pass away.............Rest in Peace big man.

#scotland #scottish #history #comedian #actor #television #cinema #rip

[daughter-of-melpomene]

𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭/𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭.

given that i’ve just revamped my marvel ocs, i figured it was time to share the casting for my personal version of the mcu! please note that this is a combination of my own ideas for recasts and popular castings that i’ve seen on other platforms, and also that not every character has been included here because there are several that i like with the actors currently portraying them. you all can definitely feel free to use any and all of these for yourselves!

scott eastwood — steve rogers a.k.a. captain america.

pedro pascal — tony stark a.k.a. iron man.

boyd holbrook — clint barton a.k.a. hawkeye.

marina alexandrova — natasha romanoff a.k.a. black widow.

gratiela brancusi — wanda maximoff a.k.a. scarlet witch.

jesús castro — pietro maximoff a.k.a. quicksilver.

ian anthony dale — stephen strange a.k.a. doctor strange.

michael ealy — james “rhodey” rhodes a.k.a. war machine.

lana condor — gwen stacy.

charlie rowe — harry osborn.

sydney park — cindy moon a.k.a. silk.

christian kane — logan howlett a.k.a. wolverine.

kirby howell-baptiste — ororo munroe a.k.a. storm.

jesse spencer — scott summers a.k.a. cyclops.

sophie skelton — jean grey a.k.a. marvel girl.

elizabeth lail — raven darkhölme a.k.a. mystique.

cody fern — warren worthington the third a.k.a. angel.

stephen lang — erik lensherr a.k.a. magneto.

rowan blanchard — kitty pride a.k.a. shadowcat.

caity lotz — emma frost a.k.a. white queen.

ryan hurst — victor creed a.k.a. sabretooth.

john krasinski — reed richards a.k.a. mr. fantastic.

emily blunt — susan “sue” storm a.k.a. the invisible woman.

rudy pankow — johnny storm a.k.a. the human torch.

temura morrison — ben grimm a.k.a. the thing.

tagging @endless-oc-creations, @ginevrastilinski-ocs, and @dancingsunflowers-ocs because they’re my marvel girlies so they might find these useful!!

#randomness #fancasts #marvel fancast #mcu fancast #marvel recast #mcu recast

[dear-indies]

Disabled actors with ungiffed roles (of course any roles are welcomed) for disability pride month:

Michael J. Fox (1961) - has Parkinson's Disease - Designated Survivor (2018), See You Yesterday (2019).

Mat Fraser (1962) - has thalidomide-induced phocomelia - Loudermilk (2017-2020).

Daryl Mitchell (1965) African-American - is paraplegic - Fear the Walking Dead (2018-2023).

Warwick Davis (1970) - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita - Willow (2022-2023).

Selene Luna (1971) Mexican - has dwarfism - Mayans M.C (2022-2023).

Cherylee Houston (1974) - has Hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Coronation Street (2010-2023).

Callan Mulvey (1975) ¼ Maori, ¾ Scottish - is blind in one eye - has been in a lot of things including Last King of the Cross (2023), Firebite (2021-2022), Till Death (2021), and Mystery Road (2020).

Shannon Murray (1976) - is paraplegic - Viewpoint (2021), Get Even (2020).

Kurt Yaeger (1977) - is a leg amputee - Another Life (2021).

Katy Sullivan (1979) - is a double leg amputee - Dexter: New Blood (2021-2022).

Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1981) Cuban / Ashkenazi Jewish, Romaniote Jewish, Sephardi - has multiple sclerosis - Big Sky (2021-2023).

Prince Amponsah (1985 or 1986) Ghanaian - is a double arm amputee, with his right arm amputated above the elbow and his left arm amputated below the elbow - Avacado Toast the series (2022) and Station Eleven (2021-2022).

Rana Daggubati (1984) Telugu Indian - is blind in one eye - Rana Naidu (2023).

Rick Glassman (1984) Jewish / Italian - is autistic - As We See It (2022), Not Dead Yet (2023).

Ali Stroker (1987) - is paraplegic and bisexual - Echos (2022), Only Murders in the Building (2021-2022), Ozark (2022).

Josh Thomas (1987) - is autistic, has ADHD, and is gay - Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (2020-2021).

Jillian Mercado (1987) Domincian - has spastic muscular dystrophy - The L Word: Generation Q. (2019-2023).

Ruth Madeley (1987) - has spina bifida - The Almond and the Seahorse (2022).

Tim Renkow (1989) Mexican Jewish - has cerebral palsy - Jerk (2019-2021).

Melissa Johns (1990) - is an arm amputee - Grantchester (2021-2022).

Steve Way (1990) - has muscular dystrophy - Ramy (2019-2022).

James Moore (1992) - has cerebral palsy - Emmerdale (2018-2023).

Arthur Hughes (1992) - has an upper limb indifference - The Innocents (2018).

Madison Ferris (1992) - has muscular dystrophy - Panic (2021).

RJ Mitte (1992) - has cerebral palsy - The Unseen (2023).

Mei Kayama (1994) Japanese - has cerebral palsy - 37 Seconds (2019).

Ryan J. Haddad (1995) Lebanese - has cerebral palsy - The Politian (2019-2020).

Lauren Spencer / Sitting Pretty Lolo (1996) African-American - has Lou-Gehrig’s disease - The Sex Lives of College Girls (Season 2).

Annabelle Davis (1997) - has dwarfism - Hollyoaks (2023).

Kayla Cromer (1998) - is autistic - Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (2020-2021).

Micah Fowler (1998) - has cerebral palsy - Speechless (the latter seasons!)

Daniel Monks (?) - is quadriplegic - Sissy (2022).

Matthew Jeffers (?) - has dwarfism - New Amsterdam (2018-2023).

Ben Mehl (?) - has macular degeneration called Stargardt's disease, which causes one to lose central vision- You (2021).

Gloria May Eshkibok (?) Mohawk, Ottawa, Irish, French - is Two-Spirit (she/her) and has one eye - OChiSkwaCho (2018).

Zack Weinstein (?) - is quadriplegic - Sing It! (2016).

Angel Giuffria (?) - is a congenital arm amputee - To the Dust (2022), Good Trouble (2022), Impulse (2019).

Joci Scott (?) - is paraplegic - Smash or Pass (2023).

Jacob Mundell (?) - congenital hand amputee - The Expanse (2021-2022).

+ HERE'S MY DISABLED FC MASTERLIST FOR MORE!

+ let me know if you have suggestions!

+ let me know if anybody wants suggestions with youtube content!

#fc help #rph #rpc

[overthinkingbelle]

Aaron Tveit appreciation post.

Movie appearances/roles:

2008-Ghost Town (Anesthesiologist)

2010-Howl (Peter Orlovsky)

2011-Girl Walks into a Bar (Henry)

2012-Premium Rush (Kyle)

2012-Les Misérables (Enjolras)

2013-A Dream of Flying (The Young Man) Short film

2015- Big Sky (Pru)

2016-Undrafted (John "Maz" Mazzello)

2016-Better Off Single (Charlie) Previously named Stereotypically You

2017-Created Equal (Tommy Reilly)

2018-Out of Blue (Tony Silvero)

TV roles/appearances:

2009–2012 Gossip Girl (William "Tripp" van der Bilt III) 10 episodes

2010 Ugly Betty (Zachary Boule) Episode: "All the World's a Stage"

2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(Jan Eyck) Episode: "Beef"

2011 Body of Proof (Skip) Episode: "Point of Origin"

2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Stevie Harris) Episode: "Personal Fouls"

2011 The Good Wife (Spencer Zschau) Episode: "Executive Order 13224"

2013–2015 Graceland (Mike Warren) Main cast; 38 episodes

2016 Grease Live (Danny Zuko) Television movie

2016 BrainDead (Gareth Ritter) Main cast; 13 episodes

2017–21 The Good Fight (Spencer Zschau) 3 episodes

2019 The Code (Matt Dobbins) 5 episodes

2020 One Royal Holiday (Prince James Gallant) Television movie

2021 American Horror Stories (Adam) Episode: "Rubber(wo) Man Part Two", (Jay Gantz) Episode: "Feral"

2021–present Schmigadoon! (Danny Bailey) Main cast; 6 episodes

Theatre works:

2003 Footloose (Garvin) Merry-Go-Round Playhouse [2003 Regional production]

2004 Rent (Steve, u/s Roger, Mark) US national tour [January – December 2004 National tour replacement]

2005–08 Hairspray (Link Larkin) US national tour [August 2005 – July 2006 First national tour replacement], Neil Simon Theatre [July 18, 2006 – January 18, 2007; April 1 – May 4, 2008 Broadway replacement]

2007 Calvin Berger (Matt) Barrington Stage Company: [July 3–14, 2007 Original regional production]

2007 The Three Musketeers (D'Artagnan) North Shore Music Theatre [August 21 – September 9, 2007 Regional production]

2008–10 Next to Normal (Gabe Goodman) Second Stage Theatre [January 16 – March 16,2008 Original Off-Broadway production], Arena Stage [November 21, 2008 – January 18, 2009 Original Washington, D.C. production], Booth Theatre [March 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010 Original Broadway production]

2008 Saved! (Dean) Playwrights Horizons

[May 10 – June 22, 2008 Original Off-Broadway production]

2008–09 Wicked (Fiyero Tigelaar) Gershwin Theatre [June 24 – November 9, 2008;

January 20 – March 9, 2009Broadway replacement]

2009–11 Catch Me If You Can (Frank Abagnale, Jr.) 5th Avenue Theatre [July 28 – August 16, 2009 Original Seattle production] Neil Simon Theatre: [March 11 – September 4, 2011 Original Broadway production]

2010 Rent (Roger Davis) Hollywood Bowl: [August 6–8, 2010 Limited engagement]

2014–15 Assassins (John Wilkes Booth) Menier Chocolate Factory: [November 21, 2014 – February 8, 2015 Off-West End revival]

2017Company (Robert) Barrington Stage Company: [August 10 – September 10, 2017 Regional revival]

2018–22; 2023 Moulin Rouge!(Christian) Emerson Colonial Theatre: [July 10 – August 19, 2018 Original Boston production] Al Hirschfeld Theatre: [June 28, 2019 – March 11, 2020, September 24, 2021 – May 8, 2022, January 17 – April 9, 2023 Original Broadway production; paused due to COVID-19 , Won 2020 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Returning for limited engagement in 2023]

Feb. 9-May 12, 2023 Sweeney Todd (title role) Broadway revival, Lunt-Fontanne Theater (replacement)

Source: Wikipedia

#aaron tveit #musical #les miserables #broadway #graceland #brain dead #next to normal #catch me if you can #hairspray #wicked #moulin rouge #rent #grease #gossip girl

[andromedavwrites]

Sorry if I’m yapping I’m just obsessed - sorry what ok continuing

Idk if you’re waiting reveal it or something but can you please say you’re fancasts (is it considered a fancast if you’re literally the creator? Or the half creator since it’s a reboot?) for your reboot?

I love eah fancasts / just fancasts in general and the way you’ve mentioned some of them in other posts makes me so curious

!!!!!

i never talk about my cast but here’s the list!!(i probably fucked up names on this, i have like five times)

these aren’t set in stone obv, and one of them is a joke bc i thought it would be funny if a certain someone played Rumplestiltskin-

Raven Queen played by Callie Haverda

Apple White played by Mckenna Grace

Madeline Hatter played by Momona Tamada

Briar Beauty played by Kyleigh Curran

Cedar Wood played by Maliah Baker

Ashlynn Ella played by Trinity Likins

C. A. Cupid played by Sarah Dorothy Little

Blondie Lockes played by Ava Kolker

Ginger Breadhouse played by Iman Vellani

Duchess Swan played by Rina Johnson

Darling Charming played by Clementine Lea Spieser

Farah Goodfairy played by Cheyenne Hinojosa

Cerise Hood played by Ashley Sarmentio

Daring Charming played by Tait Blum

Dexter Charming played by Jacob Tremblay

Sparrow Hood played by Dallas Young

Hunter Huntsman played by Mateo Gallegos

Humphrey Dumpty played by Issiah Russel-Bailey

Kitty Cheshire played by Miya Cech

Lizzie Hearts played by Sofia Chicorelli Serna

Alastair Wonderland played by Walker Bryant

Bunny Blanc played by Xochtil Gomez

Chase Redford played by Parker Bates

Courtly Jester played by Trixie Hyde

Meeshell Mermaid played by Sophie Grace

Jillian Beanstalk played by Brianni Walker

Hopper Croakington II played by Jentzen Ramirez

Melody Piper played by Oona O’Brian

Ramona Badwolf played by Symonne Harrison

She played by Izabella Rose

Poppy O’Hair played by Anais Lee

Holly O’Hair played by Mirabelle Lee

Brooke Page played by Pixie Davies

Gus Crumb played by Jace Chapman

Helga Crumb played by Camron Seely

Travis Thumb played by Amari O’Neil

Prudence Step played by Lilo Baier

Charlotte Step played by Ava Ro

Lily Bo-Peep played by Lotus Blossom

Zypherus Wynd played by Camren Conerly

Aquilona Wynd played by Trinitee Stokes

Charity Charming played by Kaylin Hayman

Clara Lear played by Scarlet Spencer

Mahlee Black played by Daria Johns

Coral Witch played by Michela Luci

Nathan Nutcracker played by Finn Little

Justine Dancer played by Priah Ferguson

Witchy Brew played by Pilot Saraceno

Nina Thumbell played by Ella Noel

Felix Princely played by Jackson Dollinger

Tucker Merry played by Miguel Cazarez Mora

Marsha King played by Alexa Nisenson

Jackie Frost played by Anya Taylor-Joy

Northwind Frost played by Logan Lerman

Milton Grimm played by Frank Whaley

Giles Grimm played by Kieran Mulroney

Baba Yaga played by Olga Kurylenko

Rumplestiltskin played by Danny DeVito

Pied Piper played by Collin Donell

Mad Hatter played by Paul Wesley or Alex Hefner

The White Queen played by Kate Winslet

Mr. Badwolf played by Con O’Neil

Momma Bear played by Nathalie Boltt

Papa Bear played by William Baldwin

Coach Gingerbread played by Hill Harper

Snowelle White played by Alison Brie

Elvira Queen played by Clemence Poesy

Good King played by Matt Lanter

Snow Queen played by Lisa Kudro

Snow King played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Lance Charming played by Dan Stevens

Bryce Frost played by Shailene Woodley

Pie played by ?

Butternut played by ?

Cheshire Cat played by Stephanie Hsu

Queen of Hearts played by Meghan Ory

White Rabbit played by Joe Arquette

Cook played by Olivia Hack

i have spent… so long thinking about my cast for this i would DIE if i got even half of these actors to play the characters in the reboot!!

#ever after high #eah #eah reboot #ever after high reboot #ever after webtoon

[satansapostle6]

Characters I Write For

Please message me with any ideas/requests! I need ideas(short fics or series)

Mostly write for fem!readers. I can write fluff, angst, smut, etc. If I’m not comfortable with something I can let you know

Character/Actor List

Favorite Characters/Actors To Write For

Draco Malfoy, Weasley twins

Jesse Pinkman

Paul Dano characters

Josh Hutcherson characters

Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Castiel

Damon Salvatore, Silas, Klaus Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson

Rodrick Heffley

Bellamy Blake

Ezra Fitz(should probably make it clear I don’t condone)

Ian Duncan(Community)

Charlie(It’s Always Sunny)

Luke Castellan, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase

Finnick Odair

Tommy Shelby

Killian Hook

Paul Dano

Klitz(The Girl Next Door)

Dwayne Hoover(Little Miss Sunshine)

Edward Nashton(The Batman)

Calvin Weir-Fields(Ruby Sparks)

Brian Wilcox(Fast Food Nation)

Joby Taylor(For Ellen)

Nick Flynn(Being Flynn)

Josh Hutcherson

Peeta Mellark(The Hunger Games)

Mike Schmidt(FNAF)

Josh Futturman(Future Man)

Devon Bostick

Rodrick Heffley(Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Jasper Jordan(The 100)

Cillian Murphy

Tommy Shelby(Peaky Blinders)

Dr. Jonathan Crane(The Dark Knight)

Neil(Watching the Detectives)

Christian Bale

Patrick Bateman(American Psycho)

Bruce Wayne(The Dark Knight)

Breaking Bad

Jesse Pinkman

Jane Margolis

Saul Goodman

Harry Potter(Golden Trio Era)

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Hermione Granger

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Luna Lovegood

Neville Longbottom

Draco Malfoy

Pansy Parkinson

Blaise Zabini

Theodore Nott

Daphne Greengrass

Adrian Pucey

Terence Higgs

Harry Potter(Marauders Era)

James Potter

Remus Lupin

Sirius Black

Lily Potter

Severus Snape

Regulus Black

Lucius Malfoy

Narcissa Malfoy

Bellatrix Lestrange

Arthur Weasley

Harry Potter(Fantastic Beasts Era)

Newt Scamander

Queenie Goldstein

Leta Lestrange

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

Luke Castellan

Thalia Grace

Jason Grace

+ Gods

Criminal Minds

Spencer Reid

Aaron Hotchner

Emily Prentiss

Derek Morgan

JJ

Penelope Garcia

David Rossi

Elle Greenaway

Cat Adams

Megan Kane

Supernatural

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

John Winchester

Mary Winchester

Castiel

Charlie Bradbury

Rowena McLeod

Adam Milligan

Lucifer

Ruby

Jessica Moore

Gabriel

Benny Lafitte

Bela Talbot

Jo Harvelle

Ellen Harvelle

Gilmore Girls

Lorelai Gilmore

Christopher Hayden

Luke Danes

Logan Huntzberger

Jess Mariano

The Hunger Games

Peeta Mellark

Katniss Everdeen

Gale Hawthorn

Finnick Odair

Johanna Mason

Haymitch Abernathy

Pretty Little Liars

Aria Montgomery

Spencer Hastings

Emily Fields

Hannah Marin

Mona Vanderwaal

Alison Di Laurentis

Jason Di Laurentis

Ezra Fitz

Toby Cavanaugh

Jenna Marshall

Caleb Rivers

The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore

Stefan Salvatore

Katherine Pierce

Elena Gilbert

Jeremy Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Caroline Forbes

The Originals

Klaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Hayley Marshall

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

Twilight

Edward Cullen

Bella Swan

Alice Cullen

Jasper Hale

Rosalie Hale

Emmett Cullen

Victoria

The 100

Bellamy Blake

Octavia Blake

Jasper Jordan

Shameless

Fiona Gallagher

Lip Gallagher

Carl Gallagher

Frank Gallagher

Mandy Milkovich

Kevin Ball

Veronica Fisher

The Bear

Carmy Berzatto

Sydney Adamu

Richie Jerimovich

Suicide Squad

Harley Quinn

Rick Flag

Blackguard

Once Upon A Time

Emma Swan

Regina Mills

Killian Jones

Rumplestiltskin

Robin Hood

Ruby

Hades

Community

Jeff Winger

Abed Nadir

Annie Edison

Troy Barnes

Ian Duncan

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Charlie Kelly

Dennis Reynolds

Dee Reynolds

Mac

Cricket

House MD

Greg House

Robert Chase

James Wilson

Lisa Cuddy

Parks and Recreation

Ben Wyatt

April Ludgate

Andy Dwyer

MCU, Marvel

Steve Rogers

Tony Stark

Natasha Romanoff

Bruce Banner

Wanda Maximoff

Loki Laufeyson

Peter Parker(Holland, Garfield, Maguire)

Gamora

Peter Quill

Scott Lang

Steven Strange

Jessica Jones

Wade Wilson

DC CW

Oliver Queen

Barry Allen

Felicity Smoak

Laurel Lance

Sara Lance

Malcom Merlyn

John Constantine

Leonard Snart

Ray Palmer

Caitlyn Snow

Julian Albert

Rip Hunter

10 Things I Hate About You

Patrick Verona

Cameron James

New Girl

Jess Day

Nick Miller

Schmidt

Other Characters

Charlie Kelmeckis(Perks Of Being A Wallflower)

Jesse Eisenberg Characters

Dr. Who(10th Doctor)

Will Probably Add More

#draco malfoy #rodrick heffley #josh hutcherson #robert pattinson #cillian murphy #christian bale #paul dano #ezra fitz #marauders era #marauders #percy jackson #finnick odair #supernatural #damon salvatore #luke castellan #loki laufeyson #jesse pinkman #jesse eisenberg #peter parker #tasm peter parker #ian duncan #charlie kelly #jeff winger #logan huntzberger #logan lerman #killian jones #bellamy blake #carmy berzatto #fem!reader #jeremy allen white

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rules for requests.

characters i write for.

» outerbanks - JJ Maybank, John B Routledge, Pope Heyward, Kiara Carrera, Sarah Cameron, Rafe Cameron

» the summer i turned pretty - Conrad Fisher, Jeremiah Fisher, Steven Conklin, Belly Conklin, Taylor Jewel, Cam Cameron

» teen wolf - Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin, Allison Argent, Liam Dunbar, Theo Raeken, Isaac Lahey

» my life with the walter boys - Cole Walter, Alex Walter, Isaac Garcia Walter, Danny Walter

» heartbreak high - Anthony Vaughn, Spencer White, Malakai Mitchell

i am most comfortable writing fem!reader, however, am open to gn!reader. characters from these shows who have not been listed can be requested, though i make no promises of completing such requests due to either lack of knowledge or comfortability.

if you have a request for a character from another show or would like me to write about an actor or actress, i am more than willing to look into these ideas.

i do write 18+ content and allow requests for such, however, am once again not inclined to answer all requests. if i feel uncomfortable or am unaware on certain topics, i will not complete them.

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masterlist.

who else, if not her - JJ MAYBANK

secret hideaway - JJ MAYBANK

what happened to summer? -JJ MAYBANK

always and forever - JJ MAYBANK

clean - RAFE CAMERON part two

burnt memories - JOHN B ROUTLEDGE

find me - RAFE CAMERON

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[leverage-commentary]

Leverage Season 3, Episode 16, The San Lorenzo Job, Audio Commentary Transcript

Marc: Hi I'm Marc Roskin, director of the season finale.

John: John Rogers, executive producer and co-writer of this part of the season finale.

Scott: Scott Veach, the co-writer of this part of the season finale.

Aldis: Aldis Hodge, actor, Hardison, yeah that guy.

Christian: I'm Christian Kane, I play Eliot Spencer.

Chris: Chris Downey, executive producer. And this is part two of our season three season finale, The San Lorenzo Job.

John: Starting with the brief flashforward, which I think has become the kind of signature of the season finale.

Christian: I like it.

John: The little jump forward, the little ‘this is what you're gonna see.’

Aldis: Yup, yup.

John: And this is the reset scene, this is the last time you guys are in the bar for the year.

Christian: Yup.

John: And just to remind everyone - cause we didn't know if they were gonna show them back to back - exactly what we're doing, what the stakes are, and why they're going.

Chris: Now the origin of this one was Scott, you came in with the one liner, where they steal a country?

John: Well it was two, because I had that saint story, remember when I was a kid?

Chris: Oh, right.

John: And Scott had come in nicely enough with the exact same he wanted to do, which was-?

Scott: Yeah, when I was a computer scientist, I had a friend from Nigeria, who told me that in Nigeria, when they were kids, one of the things they do is they sit around and argue about who could coup the country if it came to it.

[Laughter]

Scott: And they used twinkies, and they'd put twinkies down and argue over what the right pathways are. And I was telling John this and we were saying it would be great for Leverage to coup a country, and that dovetailed with something you'd already been thinking of.

John: That dovetailed with the saint story, the Simon Tepler story about The Revolution Racket, which I read when I was 12. And the whole idea of somebody taking over a country just because somebody pissed them off just stuck with me for 30 years.

Christian: Right, yeah.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: And so that was- alright, well that's insanely ambitious and impossible to write, let’s bang that out in a week.

[Laughter]

Marc: And you believe it!

Christian: Yeah, you do.

John: And that's the fun of having, you know, Scott is experienced in computer science and technology and I'm a conspiracy geek, you know there’s- we don't do anything in this episode that you couldn't really do.

Christian: So let me ask you a question, you're saying that someone actually stole a country before?

[Laughter]

John: It’s come close.

Christian: There you go, exactly that’s what I'm- yeah.

John: And then- it was picking the country, making sure we found it. What was great was we found- like, don't want to go Africa, can't shoot in Africa, can’t duplicate it. Can't go to Latin America, can't shoot the geography. So finding a European country, and it turns out I knew somebody who specialized in journalism of small countries. She had written about the smallest countries in the world, and so I knew there were some countries kicking around that were this small.

[Ice rattling in a glass]

Chris: And there was another source- piece of source material for this that was very helpful, which was a documentary called Our Brand Is Crisis. Which was a great- if you get a chance, a great documentary about how James Carville's team went down to Bolivia, I guess in 2002?

John: I think so.

Chris: And basically won the Bolivian election for an ousted president, and there were kind of horrible consequences that followed from it.

Scott: Yeah.

[Laughter]

Chris: And we got a lot of great stuff from that.

John: Yeah. And that's the trick is to just, you know, you don't really have to make stuff up, the real stuff out there, you just gotta dig deep enough. This actually is great- this is digitally treated, you just shot the footage.

Marc: Yeah. I mean every time you're in this room and you see these screens, it’s always green screen, so the visual effects department having to labor.

Christian: But it's great, it really shows the distance between us and him right there, you know.

Aldis: Yeah.

Marc: Yeah, we gave it that glitchy techno feel.

John: It was also nice how you dropped in, “At ease.”

Christian: Yeah.

John: That was I just-

Christian: Thanks man.

John: No, I noticed that, my brother would do that when-

Christian: You know, I used- I was talking to you, I used kinda a little bit of George Clooney in The Peacemaker for this scene. I just kinda-

John: You know what? Underrated movie, by the way.

Scott: Very true, very true.

Chris: That is, it’s true, it’s a really good movie.

Christian: Absolutely, absolutely, it's one of my all time favorites.

John: I love that flick.

Christian: And I just used the fact that it doesn't make any sense to- anyway.

Chris: It’s one of the first times we saw somebody from Eliot's past, and I thought- and we’ll get to it later-

John: Who's not dead.

Christian: Right.

[Laughter]

Chris: But the camaraderie, it was like it opened up the character in a lot of ways. I thought it was great.

John: Yeah, this guy met bad guys and good guys. It’s interesting, cause we wanted to crack open Eliot for this season, but the character doesn't lend himself to long bits of exposition.

Christian: Right.

John: So we had to do it through indirect means. And then we find out Hardison was a ninja next season.

[Laughter]

Christian: That's right.

Aldis: Yes we do.

John: Raised by his nana, his nana was like a shogun. No, that was all a nice beat. And considering you guys were all acting to a green screen that was very emotional, very nicely done. This staging was a bitch, by the way, cause you had three and two.

Marc: Three and two, and a lot of page count.

John: Yeah.

Marc: A lot of page count.

John: And it's tough because page count- shooting a lot of pages in here means it's not a place you have to go to that you have to light, that you have to shoot in a different way than you're used to, you know the set. But this set requires you to have five humans in it.

Marc: Right.

John: And so there's this sort of cancellation of the advantages. No, nice beat by Tim there, just “Oh, we fucked up.”

Christian: And by the way, Goran was nice enough to come in that day and sit over to the side; he's actually in the room with us reading.

John: That was his first day!

Chris: Yeah, I think that was his first day.

Marc: It was his first day during his wardrobe fitting.

Christian: Yeah.

John: Yeah, and we had not met him, and he came in and sat off to this side and did the mocking speech, and I remember thinking, “Ah that’s it! That’s it right there!”

[Laughter]

Christian: No, it was perfect.

John: You could actually see the whole cast like, “Oh, I get who this guy is.”

Aldis: Ahhh.

John: No, he's fantastic in this.

Scott: Yeah, he looks the part.

John: Absolutely you could do him with Saint.

Scott: Oh yeah.

John: Yeah, you could [unintelligible mumbling] absolutely.

Chris: Yeah, he hasn't really played bad guys. I mean the most-

John: No, this was his first real bad guy.

Chris: First real bad guy.

John: He said it was why he took it, so he could get a chance to do it. It's also nice why he said, “You used to,” to Eliot, just a reminder again to the audience of some history there, some past there. And, you know, kind of a center of gravity of emotion there.

Christian: Yeah. This was actually really tough.

John: Yeah, cause he’s not- he’s holding it in.

Marc: Yeah, cause you feel at fault.

John: No, it was a- Hardison kind of playing straight ahead, Parker not dealing with emotion well, and then straight to the “ciao.” And then the hatred. The hatred.

Chris: And we did it a bunch of times, too, cause I remember we did it a number of times.

Christian: Yeah, it was tough.

Marc: Beautiful San Lorenzo.

Christian: I didn’t want to screw it up.

John: Beautiful scenic San Lorenzo.

Christian: That was actually before the first episode- that was one of the first scenes up, it was like we just had-

Chris: Yeah.

John: It was a cold start.

Marc: See the digital background there, beautiful stuff.

Chris: And great music here, that we’re not listening to.

John: Yes.

Marc: Oh yeah.

Chris: But I've been hearing it in my head from Joe LoDuca.

John: What was really fun was that Joe LoDuca, because I said this was the Mission Impossible episode I always wanted to write-

Chris: Yeah.

John: He put a little Schiffer in the score here. It was really- he put a little 1960’s Mission Impossible in the score.

Scott: Yeah.

Christian: I gotta be honest with you though, her in that dress, I don't think people are gonna be listening to the music.

[Laughter]

John: You know the people who care are. And this is the Schnitzer Theater.

Marc: Schnitzer Auditorium.

Aldis: Yeah.

Marc: Downtown Portland.

Chris: Oh boy, does that look great.

John: And this was the location that kept on giving.

Christian: Yup.

John: We walked in here on scout and at this point the finale- this part of the finale was not yet written, because I knew- we'd done the rough draft, but I was up in Portland scouting locations. And I knew we had to do it- we had to rewrite based on what we could get, and that was the layout of the original script.

Scott: Yeah.

John: We were just so lucky to get that auditorium. And this was great, James Draper from Mad Men, kind of the vibe there, that was the name check.

Chris: Sure, and the suit is very much Our Man In Havana.

Scott: Yes, it really sells it.

John: Our Man In Havana is definitely- that's one of the movies we talk about that nobody ever has seen. Alec Guinness, Our Man In Havana is a great flick.

Christian: Again Nadien Haders, but I gotta believe Tim had a lot to do with this as well.

John: Yeah, Tim likes a hat.

Scott: He does.

Aldis: Likes a hat.

Marc: And this guy was great. Humberto.

Scott: He was amazing.

Aldis: Yeah, he was.

Marc: He was just fantastic. Again another tall guy between Alistar, Humberto, and Goran, Nadine went through every extra large dress shirt and coat in Portland.

Christian: Big and tall.

Aldis: Big and tall store.

John: About two days in I was like “Humberto, with 8 months and 2 million dollars, I could make you governor of Oregon.”

Christian: Yeah, right, exactly.

[Laughter]

John: He's got that- and he's a local Portland actor, he showed up for auditions it’s like, wow this guy has got it!

Chris: Well I think Lana had been sitting on him for a while, she was waiting for the right part.

John: And this was a ton of fun, this is of course, all the people who work on the show we’re taking photos of.

Aldis: Yup.

John: And also again, the two of them as peers, you know, planning it. We don’t show you what's on the screen, it’s horrible. Assume it involves half of a clown outfit.

[Laughter]

Chris: The wrong half.

John: What's the right half? 

[Laughter]

John: And this was great cause when we were shooting this Tim was like, “What is this?” And we said “The Music Man” and he said, “Ahh, The Music Man.” And he got it, he really laid into exactly how to play this. Because it’s not mocking, he’s not joking.

Christian: Right, right.

John: He's gotta sell this guy on this.

Chris: Come along with me, I'm gonna take you.

John: Absolutely The Music Man in this scene, and Girl Friday in the later one.

Chris: Yeah.

John: When they're trying to get rid of Ralph Bellamy.

Scott: And it’s this guy's reaction that really sells it, too. He believes it so we believe it.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: No, and then the sort of pitying looks from Aldis and Gina are lovely.

Aldis: The sparkle in his eye.

John: There you go, now we make a dream in order to betray people. This is the most deeply cynical episode we've ever done.

[Laughter]

John: Even I was morally troubled by this episode.

[Laughter]

John: Because I realized about three quarters of the way through, I said, “Wait, we took the only decent man in the country and we corrupted him in order to get- to win this election.”

Christian: Right, right.

Chris: Watch the documentary, man.

[Laughter]

Christian: You know what, don't forget, though, we're still criminals. That's the whole thing.

Aldis: We do.

John: I know. I'm always the first to say the Leverage crew are not good guys, they are protagonists. But there are times even I am like, “Wow, I found this amusing, there's something wrong with me.”

Christian: Yeah. [Laughs]

Marc: This is the lovely library room in the Governor Hotel.

Aldis: Yup.

John: Beautiful ceiling.

Marc: Beautiful ceiling.

John: Comes dressed with books, nice.

Marc: And Alastair Duncan is just fantastic.

John: Oh man, and that was- we were really lucky, cause we were so focused on Vittori, and so focused on Moreau. This isn't a big character role, and he anchors it, he really nails it.

Chris: And I always love the “Just sign it.” That’s my favorite bit.

Scott: Oh yeah.

Marc: This was- if you remember John, this was a ten page day.

John: Yes.

Scott: Oh my god.

John: Yes, this was a ten page day. Other shows do not shoot ten pages. Movies shoot three.

Christian: Yeah.

John: But average on other shows is five, six?

Marc: This was just a bear. But these guys were all just so prepared.

Christian: You know, it was just one of those things where we said, “Ok look, we got the two scripts came together, we got the first- the first and second part of the season finale,” and everyone said, “Let’s just buckle down and knock this out of the park.” And everyone ran full speed ahead the whole time, nobody fell, nobody slowed up. For three weeks straight.

John: You guys absolutely proved yourself. And that's the thing the boys, Goran, Tim, and Alastair showed up with the blocking kind of in their heads, cause we had that room-

Marc: When you get to that moment I said, “How do you want to do this? Tim, do you want to do this in pieces?” And he said, “Let's do all five pages.”

John: Yeah, so we shot like a play.

Christian: Yeah.

Marc: Yeah, so each take was five pages.

John: And just shot from different coverage. Yeah, incredible.

Marc: It was brilliant.

John: No, great local actors. By the way, I like to say, this is some of the best extra acting work I've seen in a television show.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: All the extras are fantastic.

Chris: And here's a pairing I always enjoy.

John: You love a good Parker and Eliot.

Chris: You guys together.

Christian: Yeah, it's fun.

Marc: Another high angle on the tombs, another great set that we built.

Christian: Like Hardison just makes me mad, but she actually, like, annoys me.

[Laughter]

Marc: This is the Frankenstein set reconstructed.

Aldis: Oh, yeah.

John: And she enjoys annoying him. Actively.

Christian: Yeah, that's it.

John: Hardison doesn’t, Hardison doesn't realize what he's doing to piss you off, she actively enjoys annoying you.

[Laughter]

Chris: And you'll tease her, that's what I like, too.

John: And the funny thing is the off screen thing is reversed. No one makes Beth crack up like you do, because I was there when you shot that god damn fashion thing.

Christian: It’s true, it’s tough for us to do a scene together, we always end up laughing.

John: And that was the little frustration bit where she doesn't understand humans can't crawl through steam.

Christian: Right, right.

John: Very nice beat. I forget where the bit that she can tell how deep she is by echo came from, but-

Scott: Right here, oh yeah.

John: It's one of those bits that I think we threw as a joke in the room and then it wouldn't go away.

[Laughter]

John: Like no, no, that's how she works. She's not totally human. She's got some manticore DNA in there. Exactly.

Scott: Echolocation.

John: She's got some echolocation going on.

Marc: This is a great scene. I loved how you guys wrote Sophie just getting more involved and involved in playing a part.

John: Watching someone-

Christian: Sophie always gets over involved in everything!

John: But this is unique in- we talked about when we were plotting out the scene, it wasn't just the rescue. It was the idea that this actor and this character had to be super sympathetic, but also when you're someone who can win strangers over, watching someone do it this badly is like watching someone play solitaire and not seeing the red ten.

Christian: Right.

John: You know, it's like how can anyone suck this much, and that’s what really sucks her in.

Christian: Right, and that's why everyone loves Sophie, is the simple fact-

Aldis: She has a heart.

Christian: That like- it's like Angel, it’s the vampire with a heart. She's the world's best grifter, you can't be a grifter and have any sort of a heart, and she has a heart. And it's a beautiful character.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: Goran plays this perfectly. This is a great pairing, Alastair doing the comedic sort of classic British character actor thing.

Marc: Right.

John: And Goran starting to play the chess game. Starting to realize something’s wrong. This was lovely. Just this little- and we tried to figure out what would she do that isn't overly intimate, that's just right?

Marc: Enough to give you a sense.

Chris: And they have really nice chemistry together.

John: They have great chemistry together, great chemistry. When he calls her “dear” later in the script you totally buy it, that he’s just sucked into the con.

Chris: Yeah.

Marc: And this is, of course, Moreau-

John: Nice crane up there.

Marc: Yeah, realizing that something’s up.

John: And it's interesting, cause we'd originally put them way farther back in the room, remember? So you had to pick them out. But that close up actually works better, cause it just announces to the audience that the game is on. And this again, this is our fable, okay? This is us taking every element of real elections that we don't like and exaggerating them that little bit more. But the idea that they would fixate on the beautiful girl touching him? Absolutely believable.

Christian: Right.

Chris: Oh, yeah.

John: And the fact that you could sweep up a media by announcing, sort of, a glorious engagement? Absolutely believable.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: You know, it’s all about controlling news cycles.

Marc: That’s my first toilet shot.

[Laughter]

Christian: Nice.

John: First one?

Marc: Yeah, very clean toilet.

Aldis: Is that a first for Leverage as well?

Marc: Yeah, I think so.

Aldis: Congratulations, Roskin. Boom.

John: That was also a lot of fun, is we designed the tombs, and then realized we hadn't figured out any way to get stuff back and forth.

Christian: Right.

John: So yeah. But that's always the better way to start, write backwards. He's great, by the way, absolutely fantastic.

Christian: He's great.

John: And believable as a military man, and somebody that he could have known.

Marc: There's just a subtle moment here that's just so great. You know, when the general says, “Would you leave your people behind?” And this exchange between you and Beth, it just- my eyes always well up, right here. Just, she has no idea what's being said, but it’s just so effective.

Christian: Wow.

John: Yeah, you should do this for a living.

[Laughter]

Christian: I know.

Aldis: You awed yourself, didn't you?

Christian: I did, a little bit, yeah.

Aldis: Do it again, dammit.

Christian: I hadn't seen this yet, and then she comes in.

John: And also you've forgotten. I mean that’s the thing, these things ran at ten pages a day, sixteen hours, it's blinding.

Christian: Yeah, that's exactly it.

John: And her play there, that- the little scene out on her, just she’s bugged.

Christian: Yeah.

John: That is not the Parker from first season.

Christian: No, it’s not.

John: Beth’s done a really great job of modulating Parker forward through all three years.

Scott: Without losing the core, which is always tricky.

Aldis: She has some of the best facial reactions, too, to express her character.

John: Yeah. It's never not Parker, but you can see Parker evolving. 

Scott: Evolving, yeah.

John: This is fantastic, he's so hapless.

Marc: And Gina did a great job here.

John: With the accent and just dropping it in.

Marc: Yeah. “We're getting married!”

John: And look how delighted-

[Laughter]

John: And the extras sell it. They really do, like, “Everyone loves a wedding!”

Christian: That's so great.

John: “It’s so delightful, that nice boy is getting married.” You know, it absolutely works. Love the smiles, love those people.

Marc: What I love about a lot of this episode is the pairing between Tim and Aldis, and not having him in a van.

Aldis: Thank god!

Christian: Yeah, absolutely.

Chris: Yeah, there was no van here.

Aldis: Thank god.

Marc: There are so many great moments-

John: You're in a suit looking fine.

Scott: Yeah, yeah.

Aldis: That van, boy.

Scott: An expensive suit.

Aldis: Rented it out for the day.

John: And this was a lot of fun, too, was the controlling information through the phones, through the screens people got their information from.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: And it actually was started because Bill Cosby had been announced dead on Twitter for like the third time. And for, like, four hours I was going, “Oh god, Bill Cosby's dead!” 

[Laughter]

John: And I realized like, “Wait no, Bill Cosby’s not dead.”

Christian: Right.

John: But he is actually, for all intents and purposes, dead to everyone who's reading those.

Scott: For those four hours.

Christian: Yeah, wow.

John: For those four hours, until he makes the announcement.

Christian: Wow.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: And that's really what bore part of- the birth of part of this episode.

Scott: Well he even has that line: “I only need them to believe it for a few hours,” or something.

John: Yeah, exactly, that's why we threw it in. We only need it for ten minutes. And this speech is fantastic, and this is- Goran did a lot of work on this speech.

Marc: Yes.

John: And this is also one of the reasons I love you guys is, this is not fancy directing. This is just park on the actors, and let them work.

Marc: But of course we had to have a crane to reach them.

[Laughter]

John: Well, that's not my problem.

Aldis: Oh that's right, you guys were downstairs while we’re upstairs.

Chris: Well there's the crane, that's right, that’s right.

John: Yeah, because you had the crane up from that shot up to him, and then you shot it with that, oh wow.

Marc: We got it.

John: And just Nate running an enormous bluff here.

Marc: Yes.

Chris: And also, this is a rare episode because it’s two adversaries in the show; usually we’re in the shadows, we’re undercover, we’re playing somebody. Here it's just out in the open a chess match.

Marc: Yup

Chris: Between these two people. Which is not something we’d done before.

John: Yeah, the first one, they stayed under until they could get the Davids. The second one, he got busted by Shepard, but he was playing from an underhand.

Chris: Right.

John: Yeah, this is the first time it’s like, yeah this guy could serve us our lunch.

Christian: That's what I was saying; it was very strange for me, because I came up to John I was like, “Dude, what am I gonna- how do I play it?” Cause he knows Eliot’s in town. He knows what I do ‘cause I used to do it for him. He's gotta be scared a little bit, and that's what- Goran was and his character was not. And he knows we’re there, and it's very much out in the open and we've never done that before.

Scott: And we always called it a chess match, but what's kinda cool about it is that when it's out in the open it kinda has the flavor of a slug fest, too.

Christian: It does, exactly.

Scott: Toe to toe, just taking swings.

Christian: That’s exactly what it is, a street fight.

Chris: But the great thing is we had a political campaign. So we had rules, we had a clock, I mean, it gave us a structure for the whole con.

John: Yeah, I love that acting beat there. Just the little look away, the down- also I like that hat a lot, I'm not gonna lie.

Christian: Yeah.

Marc: And the campaign��s growing, we have more posters and people.

John: We had a very specific timeline on the campaign room. We had three phases: the despair phase, the growing phase, and the triumph phase. And we had to make sure- because we have ADs, first ADs work hard. They have to pack that room to make it look different each time. Yes, and this is Girl Friday. He's Ralph Bellamy, and he's just gonna be pushed around and manipulated.

Chris: That's a great line.

Christian: Wow.

John: And again, the campaign promise: “How is a campaign promise not like a lie?” “It's complicated!”

Aldis: Yeah.

[Laughter]

John: Deeply cynical, deeply cynical stuff.

Chris: Great comic timing on that.

John: Yeah well, Tim’s a funny guy, That’s why we’re very blessed, all you guys can land a joke. You know, that's- you don't get that lucky all the time. And then the little snarky look from her. And again, that attitude that character would not have had first or second year. Really both the characters, and the actors have driven the characters. This is what- by the way, what he's- the rough estimation he’s doing is called the Fermi Problem, something that I was taught back in my physics days, is you just do order of magnitude guesses.

Scott: Right.

John: And it allows you to just make good, order of magnitude guesses without having to grind out the actual math and boring the audience. Like I am right- now!

[Laughter]

Marc: Yeah, exactly.

Chris: And now you've hit stop, and now you're back in it.

John: There's some physicists out there in their underwear just freaking out because I said Fermi Problem.

[Laughter]

John: This was a ton of fun. That was a street in Portland!

Marc: This is all exterior Portland, yes.

John: Yeah that's done on Ankeny. That's fantastic! That's done on cobblestone! That's fantastic, yeah. And just putting up posters. And we got a lot of photos of the Italian elections actually, and used those as the models for the poster style and density and stuff. And this was Aldis working hard, second unit.

Aldis: Yes, indeed.

John: “Now loosen the tie, it's later!”

Aldis: Yeah, small little room, dig it. 

Chris: And there's his- what's in his cabinet? Incoming cabinet?

Marc: Yes, incoming cabinet.

John: Yup, doing the JFK short sleeve thing. It was great, it was a ton of fun.

Christian: Was that supposed to be me putting that poster up?

John: No, no, no, that is the locals who are so filled with joy at the chance to be liberated.

[Laughter]

John: It also had a really pretty light cause we ran out of light and blew it out from the side.

Marc: This is a great graphic that Derek built for-

[Laughter]

Marc: For the campaign.

Aldis: Light it on fire!

John: What's crazy is it should be over the top, but if you looked at this year's election, it wasn't!

Scott: Yeah!

Marc: It wasn't as bad!

Chris: No, not at all.

Christian: I was just gonna say it's totally, exactly what's going on.

Scott: Not even this year’s election-

Chris: This is very restrained.

Scott: Yeah, like even the 60’s there were the nuke- the kid- the little girl with the flower ad.

John: The daisy ad, only aired once.

Scott: Yeah, and then the nuclear bomb explodes, it’s crazy.

Chris: Oh, and child labor!

John: By the way, that was great casting, that kid. “Alright now look sad, now look like they beat you! Alright, that's perfect.”

[Laughter]

John: No, we're not gonna beat him, no, sorry.

Christian: Such a beautiful shot, by the way, Roskin.

Marc: Thank you.

Christian: And again were back in that-

Chris: Oh, that made me laugh.

John: That's a great joke.

Chris: That made me laugh very hard.

Aldis: That kid had fun that day.

John: That's a lovely joke.

Marc: And Alastair plays that well.

John: And this was a ton of fun, figuring out exactly what Parker and Eliot were up to, their two cons.

Christian: Yeah.

John: And I'll give Chris- Chris was the one who came up with the scandal, this scandal right here. Cause we couldn't figure out what this scandal could be.

Scott: Yeah.

John: The conversation between Vittori and Nate is basically the conversation we had in the room. And then Chris said, “I got what’s worse than sex.”

Chris: What’s worse than money or sex?

John: Yeah, the only thing that America can't forgive.

[Laughter]

Scott: That's right.

John: And this puppy was found on the street, right?

Christian: Yup, yup,

John: And then was - rubber glass by the way - and then was adopted-

[Laughter]

Chris: You don't see it bouncing.

John: Yeah, you don't- yeah.

Christian: Yeah.

John: This is a great scene. Goran is- what I love is Goran-

Marc: The Canadian accent is really nice.

John: [Doing a Canadian accent] It was really nice, oh jeez.

Scott: This got a huge reaction in the screening.

Christian: Did it really?

John: Yes.

Marc: Huge.

John: Well because it’s-

Christian: Such a good little puppy!

[Laughter]

John: Just the boldness of it, just the sheer stones of it, yeah.

Marc: And the reactions of either of the guys playing on the other side.

Chris: When you put the glasses on, I always have fun playing with the glasses.

John: Well, what I love is Goran is playing it actually kind of amused at the move that's being made.

Christian: Yeah, cause he's well he's looking at Eliot!

John: While Alastair is freaking out. Yeah, he's like this is actually-

[Laughter]

Scott: This is great, that's great.

John: Yeah. “I think I hate you.” “I'm ok with that.” No Nate is- Nate Ford is not a good man. We've said this. And this was actually Goran’s favorite piece.

Marc: Yeah, this was like great. This was like ok, it's a game of chess match, but here are the questions to all the- yeah, this was great.

Christian: You gotta feel like he’s- you gotta feel like Moreau’s like, “Wow, after all these years, an adversary that's worth the fight.”

Scott: Yeah.

John: That’s kind of it, you know.

Christian: You know, like how many times he's just run over people, all of sudden: hey, we get to fight.

John: That's what he says to Nate, he says, “Make it interesting.” He's kinda looking for this.

Christian: Yeah, yeah.

John: It's not until it starts to go against him.

Christian: Out of sheer boredom of the other people he's just rolled over.

John: I adore this scene.

Chris: I love this scene between these two so much.

John: They play it so well. You could do a series with these two, absolutely.

Marc: Yes.

John: You could do a series of the American con woman who helps the guy get elected and then helps him run his tiny European country.

Scott: Oh yeah, let's go sell that!

John: We’ll sell that, done!

Chris: And John where did the whole handshake bit come from? Cause I know I had written it a bit differently, that opening- but the handshake paid off so well. Where'd you come up with that? The western gesture and all that.

John: I had read a book by an FBI- this is what you do on Leverage. I had read a book by an FBI profiler, and he also did some hostage negotiation. And it- in the book it talks about always gesturing with an open right hand. Because you just trust it, you know, and it always just stuck with me.

Chris: It plays so well here as a, you know, getting the guy up scene. And it paid off so well at the end.

John: Yeah, it really- big applause when he does it at the end. We did a live screening, which is when we talk about applause.

Chris: And this obviously is our homage to the Kennedy-Nixon debate of 1960.

[Laughter]

Scott: Yeah, right.

Chris: Which was famous.

John: If we could've had him sweat, we would've.

Marc: Again in the Schnitzer Auditorium, same building.

Christian: Yup, late night.

John: Yeah that was the last night of shooting, right?

Aldis: Yeah, it was.

Marc: And Alastair again, is just fantastic with this.

John: Bailing this.

Marc: And so is Humberto. But him playing the- taking the effect of the nicotine cream was just classic.

John: And the list of ways to kill people, don't do that. If you ever think about doing that, the nicotine thing, don't. That’s very dangerous.

Christian: Yeah, very dangerous.

John: Leave it up to people who are very good at almost killing people like Eliot Spencer.

Chris: Would it kill you?

Christian: Oh god, yeah.

Chris: Too much- the nicotine?

John: Oh yeah, fuck yeah.

Aldis: Oh, yeah.

Chris: Wow.

John: Absolutely. This- we probably should have changed this a little more.

[Laughter]

John: We usually change it in the show. This one we were kinda moving kinda fast, we should've done-

Marc: Look at that crowd there.

John: How many people are in that crowd?

Marc: About 80.

[Laughter]

John: And we turned them into 2,000; that’s Mark Franco, doing visual effects.

Marc: Doing some tiling.

Christian: That's not our biggest one, our biggest one was the baseball game.

John: Yup. Biggest one, we filled it with like 30,000 people.

Aldis: Oh, yeah.

Christian: Baseball game in season two.

Marc: “Vote for me!”

[Laughter]

John: So delightfully cheesy.

Christian: Parker.

John: And then the match cut over, that’s nice.

Marc: Yeah.

Aldis: Eliot almost killing a guy with nicotine.

Marc: He's got rubber gloves on, though.

John: He does, because he's careful.

Chris: That's right.

Marc: This is my favorite look.

Scott: He plays this perfectly.

John: And again it's one of those, one of the reasons doing the television is, you're moving so fast the actors have to create a lot, and there you go!

[Laughter]

Chris: “Wait who's that? I wanna talk to you later.”

Christian: Hey c'mon man, that's my move!

John: He’s charming, you know, but that’s- having a charming bad guy, ‘cause you need to like him for the end.

Christian: Oh, yeah.

John: No the- and this local, again local- almost all local actors in this one.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: That’s fantastic.

Chris: And they had to make up an accent for a non-existent country. Which folks, for an actor, is not the easiest thing in the world.

John: Yeah we actually wound up- I'll say it, we wound up basing it on Malta, which was a British colony until the 60’s, and really filled- the government structure filled a lot of requirements for us. But we made it Italian, because it's kind of a good European accent. So we made it close to Italy.

Chris: Oh, this is great.

John: Yeah, this is great. Huge- tell me you couldn't make that guy governor.

Christian: Oh absolutely.

John: Absolutely, maybe that'll be my hiatus project.

[Laughter]

Scott: Why do I think you're not kidding?

Christian: “Listen, we've got another job for you.”

John: No, this- and him storming over. Now it’s not fun anymore, now he's gonna kill you people.

Marc: Yes.

Aldis: Ah, he's breaking the rules

Scott: Yup.

John: And wow, without that staircase? What a great set.

Aldis: It was all right there.

Marc: Chandelier, staircase.

John: That looks like Europe. And then it had the matching mini balconies here to shoot across, it was great.

Marc: Yeah, it just gave us so much. This was just the- I love this, just the unspoken-

John: He's not gonna threaten them.

Marc: Just “I'm here.”

John: Just- and that's what also is kinda fun is when we talk about Hardison wanting to run his own crew sometimes, he's still being schooled; these are the rules we play by.

Christian: “Hey, how's it going.”

John: “How's it going? Sup!” Now these are the rules you play under. Nate is trying to tell him if you're gonna run a crew, these are the stakes.

Aldis: Yeah.

Christian: Look at how beautiful that is.

Aldis: That is. Where are those actually captured from?

John: I dunno, that's stock- from Stocksylvania.

[Laughter]

Scott: Stocktopia.

John: Sanstockington. Yeah, no, and this was a ton of fun. And of course the UN is always this effective when they monitor elections. They are pretty tight, actually, when they do it; they're pretty effective.

Marc: Yeah.

John: And this sort of walk by. Yeah, that's not a friendly look.

Aldis: “I'm still gonna kill you.”

Marc: Campaign’s growing.

John: Yeah, phase three, this was great. And this was also kinda the- we had to show that Sophie was genuinely interested, she wasn't just game invested.

Scott: Right, yeah.

John: She's actually come to like the country and really believe in this guy. Cause he- and we lucked out, the actor was really super charming; Humberto was fantastic.

Scott: And this fits perfectly with her ambition; she easily could've been a princess of a country in an alternate life.

John: And then we establish in the backstory.

Chris: Well we play her, we play aliases of her as princesses, so yeah.

John: Backstory explained she was married to royalty at one point; she knows this world better than he certainly did. That's the first time you see Moreau pissed off. And the president actually, he's a results-oriented guy.

Chris: Oh I love this shot. This is just great, the two of them, the expanse of the office.

John: This looks like West Wing.

Scott: Yeah, it really does.

John: It's gorgeous.

Christian: People have to understand- and this is the scariest moment because if he starts losing it, he starts pulling triggers. It’s a very, you know, Moreau doesn't lose it. He's losing it.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: And that's when he realizes, “Oh, I know how to handle this.”

Marc: Dave Connell did this beautifully.

John: Yeah, the- and this was a lot of fun. Also tracking exactly what information Hardison leaked at any given time. We had a whole timeline of who knew what, and when the people of San Lorenzo knew, when Nate knew it. Not quite as complicated as some of the other ones, but pretty brutal. And here we go, I love the starting gun.

Marc: That's a oner! Pressed for time.

John: Just the- we stuff on the TV, we see the reaction, and then Nate steps in the foreground.

Marc: Boom, we told that story.

John: Yup, that's all the information you need to know. And peek around, and just- and again, it was important in the writing - reset to the audience what every character's goal is, and where you see them next so you don't have to do the math.

Christian: Right.

John: And “age of the geek.”

Chris: In the story development process, at one time they won the election, and part of the episode was them governing. And John, I think what you struggled with in kinda figuring it out, was making the election the ultimate end.

John: Yeah, the election was a big enough story and that's something we hit every now and then in the writers room. You don't know how big the story actually is until you actually outline it. And then you have eight acts worth of cards up there and then you go, “Oh, alright.” The story has told you how long it needs to be. This was a ton of fun, the idea that he'd be doing press conferences from in prison - that delighted me to no end.

Marc: Right.

Chris: And very Mission Impossible.

John: Very Mission Impossible.

Chris: All the scenes with him, every time I see that, it takes me back to Mission Impossible.

John: I'm not gonna lie, this is our Mission Impossible episode, absolutely. And yeah, he's venal, this- Alastair is great.

Marc: Alastair, yeah, this is the bad side of Alastair, really bad, you know, take them all out.

John: And this was part of the fun was figuring out how the ending unrolled, was the chess match of what would a bad guy do to control information? And how would you use control of information against them? Using your opponent's strength against them is great. And by the way, big ups to these actors who were working background here, because the little look he throws, just a reminder this is not a good thing. It's a nice choice, nice choice picking up the single on that. 

Marc: Yeah.

John: Oh and this was a ton of fun. Whenever you have- I think a lot of the Leverage audience knows at this point, whenever you see people and you can't see their faces? We’re in there somewhere.

Scott: I think we need to do a double reverse reverse, just to reset the clock.

Chris: We may need to go the other way on it.

John: Yeah, maybe in season four.

Chris: Oh and once he brings Nate in here, this- the scenes with the three of them coming up are some of my favorites in the whole two part finale.

John: Well again, that was right there when he says, “We're not gonna release the results.” You have to set up each time, you know, exactly how the mechanism of the con is gonna work.

Marc: Here Sophie's first instinct is to call for Eliot for help.

Aldis: Boom, ting!

[Laughter]

John: There you go, I've actually seen somebody knock the top champagne glass off a stack of champagne glasses with the champagne like that.

Christian: Oh, yeah.

Aldis: Wow.

John: And we had a big discussion that day of exactly how this would happen, exactly how she would do it. And we were like, “We'll just put the cork in the dude's eye and swing to him.” And it looks great!

Christian: It does look great, absolutely.

John: And then she just brains the dude, no elegance on the second one.

Marc: And now we're back to our opening scene.

John: Yup, which is- you know, there was a time we talked about doing every episode like that.

Chris: I- you know I like it when it’s the finale, I like when we make it special.

John: Yeah, for a while we kinda did that jump.

Chris: You see it a lot, it's in The Hangover, it’s in, you know what I mean? It's done a lot now.

John: Yeah, but you know there is something for promises.

Christian: I enjoy it, like John says, it’s become a signature for the finale.

Chris: Yeah, I think so too.

Marc: This was a great speech. The writing on this was great, and she really delivered it.

John: That was Scott, that was the writing- he was the one who really dug in on who her character was, you know, while I was mucking around with plotting.

Scott: And taking over Oregon?

John: Oh, yes.

Scott: I mean San Lorenzo.

John: San Lorenzo. While I was doing my how you would actually take over a government thing. He was doing the- well you were the one who came up with the whole idea of she's Avita.

Scott: Yeah, right.

John: And that's exactly how she would go about winning their hearts, and what speeches she should make.

Scott: Yeah, cause having the chance to be Avita, that seems like the one thing that would be a true draw for her.

John: The one thing she wouldn't be able to resist.

Scott: Yeah, right.

John: And this is- now of course the audience knows she's not dead, but the fun of it is playing it out.

Marc: And these three just killed this scene.

Chris: So you said- you did all- all of this- all five pages?

John: We pretty much did the entire half act in one take, every setup.

Marc: Every set up. They went through five pages of dialogue each take.

Chris: Wow.

Scott: That’s crazy.

John: Just- and that's why you have such great coverage of this. You just kept parking the camera, moving it around and parking it. And they found this, I mean we got in there at lunch that day, and just walked the scene.

Christian: Oh this is the one you were talking about where they had their blocking down when you got there?

John: Well they had a good idea, and then they saw the room.

Marc: But it was really- you know, instead of- we do so many bits where we break things up in our show, cause we’re always cutting away to somewhere else, but you know, Tim said, Let's go through all five,” and these guys were like, “Alright, I'm in.” And they just fell into stride.

John: That was kinda those great actor- cause actors are all a little competitive. So when Tim said, “Let's do all five pages,” you saw Goran and Alastair look at each other like, “Alright yeah, yeah, we’ll do all five pages, yeah we’re prepped.”

[Laughter]

John: “We don't need sides, I'll see your five.” It’s great, and it really comes across in this scene. And that little smile.

Scott: Isn't that the speech that got a huge spontaneous applause in the screening?

Marc: Yes.

Scott: Yeah, that was awesome.

John: The- oh no it's coming up, the “I have the guns, I have the government, I have the-”

Scott: No, “I bought an election.” Isn't that coming up?

Marc: Yeah.

John: The- yeah, the “I have the guns, I have the government.”

Marc: Right here.

John: It’s like “No, no, I have a 24 year old genius with a smartphone and a problem with authority.”

Scott: That’s it! That’s it.

John: That got a giant applause break.

Aldis: That guy! This guy!

Scott: Who is that? Oh it's you.

Christian: Nice.

John: And I'll say actually, it's heavily influenced by Cory Doctorow's book, Little Brother. 

Aldis: Oh.

John: About teenagers in a near future America who are oppressed by Homeland Security and strike back by using teenage geek culture and technology.

Christian: Wow.

Marc: It’s like our own little book club here.

[Laughter]

John: What do you guys think I do?

Chris: Read books.

John: What do you guys think I do? While you’re off touring the fucking world with your guitar, meeting beatiful girls. And you’re off doing your own thing?

Christian: Yeah, I get real quiet when all that stuff comes up.

John: I fucking read all the time, that’s my job.

[Laughter]

John: Some of us have homework forever, that's our job, that's our life.

Christian: I read two books, which is Call Of The Wild by Jack London and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

[Laughter]

John: That was it.

Aldis: Everybody’s read The Alchemist, it's a great book.

John: Well there you go, there's your books from them.

Aldis: I'm rereading it for like the third time!

Scott: Marc, what did you think of The Alchemist?

Marc: I loved it.

John: No, this was a ton of fun.

Aldis: Age of the geek!

John: Age of the geek. You know, as we established, there's only, you know, X number of people in the country; it's not that hard to email all of them.

Chris: Right.

Aldis: Yeah, no.

John: Particularly since these small countries have controlled ISPs. Or governmental ISPs. This is a great show down. And sitting Tim here is actually great staging, cause it gives you three levels, three eye lines. Playing with information, playing with access to information is a crucial part of this. Alastair’s turn here, by the way, as he starts to slowly panic is kind of what anchors the scene.

Christian: Yes, he did such a great job.

Marc: Now it's like, “Where the hell did he come from?”

John: Yeah “Oh hey, yeah I fucked you.”

Marc: “Oh, and we stole your security.”

John: Now this was tricky, cause this was a series of nested flashbacks, and the first time we did post, we put the flashback process on the big Guillermo scene.

Christian: Oh yeah?

John: When he does the speech after Sophie’s been assassinated.

Christian: Oh, right.

John: But it made- it took all the emotional weight out of it.

Chris: Right, cause it felt like it already happened.

John: So it's actually one of the few times we do a flashback without this filter on it.

Chris: Yeah, that's true. And it works.

John: Yeah, it absolutely works. And also the line from season one: “We be the cavalry.” You're giving it, like, an Eliot signature here.

Christian: Yeah, yeah.

John: Something that Eliot says all the time. That's the fun of season three is you get to start to fill out the previous lives of these guys that they've had in the past.

Chris: And down.

Christian: That’s awesome.

Aldis: If you're asking, we hit them really hard.

Christian: Yeah, we did, we hit them really hard.

John: Yeah, you beat the hell out of the stunties.

Chris: You hit them hard?

Christian: We hit them hard.

John: Well they were wearing those things!

Christian: They were wearing helmets, and if you hit them softly you couldn't see the movement. So I said alright- they can't see it coming, so I was like, “I'm gonna have to hit ya.” And they were like, “Alright.”

John: Oh and this is Gina, by the way, wearing the pack.

Christian: Yeah.

John: Gina took the squibs.

Scott: Oh really?

John: Yeah, that's why she has the dress on, and that's why we could do it in closeup. Cause if it was a stuntie, we could do it with just the dress, but with Gina we could put the packs under the sweater, and we just ruin the sweater.

Christian: Yeah, she did the stunt, I was very very proud of her.

Scott: And those hurt, right?

Christian: Oh yeah.

John: Yeah those things are scary.

Marc: This was a great speech.

Christian: You turn them around, you’re dead. People don't realize that, that's actually a bullet coming out.

John: No, Gina was a fucking trooper. Yeah, this was a great speech, he nailed it. The slow push in on him. We were joking the night we were shooting this, like, “This scene will be recreated on San Lorenzo television, like, 20 years from now.”

[Laughter]

John: With actors when they do the documentary. And there will be people like, “You know Rebecca Ibanez wasn't alive.” “Oh you're one of those people are you?” “She wasn't a real person!”

Chris: This guy has a real arc in this show.

John: Yeah, he does.

Chris: This is not something we typically do.

John: This was the thing, it's like and now he is complicit in our crime. We’ve taken the only-

Chris: No, no, but it takes the fact that he has this arc, that he's become worthy of the office that we've manipulated. I think it really takes away from the fact that the mark in this episode are the people of San Lorenzo. That's the difference!

[Laughter]

John: But we’re doing it for them!

Chris: It's not right, but we've given them a worthy leader.

John: We were actually joking about the fact that after he did that scene, I said, “Michael Vittori’s reign of genocide began that night.”

[Laughter]

John: “Oh, oh we didn't think this out at all.”

[Laughter]

John: “20 years of terror.” “Oh, that was a bad move on our part.”

Chris: Well, watch the documentary.

Scott: Yeah, exactly.

John: This is great, this was the chess match.

Marc: Yeah.

John: Where it literally became Alastair is the chessboard, and the two of them squaring up on him.

Scott: Yeah.

John: And the two windows behind them.

Chris: And there you go! there’s the shot, what's he gonna do? Who’s he gonna go with?

Scott: Bachelor number one or bachelor number two?

[Laughter]

Marc: “How big of an estate?”

John: “How big of an estate?” No really, I've been watching a lot of noir lately and he's just doing it perfectly, he's just doing a throwback to a 40’s character actor here. Just playing- really underplaying it.

Chris: Yeah the, “I'm shocked! Shocked that there's gambling in this going on here!”

John: “Gambling in this establishment!” He's absolutely playing Casablanca.

[Laughter]

John: He could not be more Claude Rains at this moment. No, and then the flashback to the very beginning of the episode to set it up. This law was in place in the United States up until the 1830s, by the way.

Marc: There you have it.

John: James Madison actually considered using it at one point. Seizing the assets of his political opponents.

Scott: Really?

John: Yes, absolutely.

Scott: Very useful law.

John: Not one we have now, thank goodness. Very useful law for us.

[Laughter]

John: And that moment kinda blows by, actually.

Christian: Yeah, wow.

John: “The guys coming in are honest, so I need a corrupt man.” The entire plan depends on using the most corrupt man.

Marc: Bye!

Chris: Waving goodbye.

John: This is great. And what I love also here is they're playing it like, “We will gun your ass down if you don't give up the desk.”

Christian: Yup, it’s strong arm, it is.

John: What I also love here is the moment, like, “Wait, did we just spring a war criminal in order to win?”

[Laughter]

John: Yeah, kinda. But he's our war criminal.

Scott: Yeah, he's a good war criminal.

John: Yeah, exactly. The blood on the shirt is a nice touch. Nadine really killed that.

Marc: Yeah.

John: And the reveal. And now the gloat, the crucial gloat.

Marc: Bad guy has to suffer.

John: Bad guy must suffer, our guys must gloat, we must see the victims rewarded. She looks great in that shot, that’s again, very classic 1960’s.

Aldis: When does she not look great?

Scott: I was about to say, unlike usually?

John: Well just, you know, she looks very exactly that 60’s spy vibe there, you know.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: Also fun, we stumbled across that last line of, “Damien Moreau will never leave San Lorenzo.” I think we actually wrote it on the set.

Chris: Well she says it in the garage.

John: Yeah she says it earlier, and I think we were on set going, “Oh wait.” And we tossed it out, yeah.

Marc: This is our first scene we shot with Goran, and that's what we see.

John: We locked him in a cell.

Christian: For some reason I'm just unconvinced that a little cage like that is gonna hold Damien Moreau, I'm just saying.

Chris: Nooo.

John: What? No. By the way, this- I love this. This is just so over the top and perfect and right.

[Laughter]

John: I was actually in New York when Princess Di died, and I remember going-

Chris: But look how much information you pack in one shot here.

John: Yeah, exactly. You know she's been sainted.

Chris: You have a shrine to her, everyone knows she's dead, you have what's happening in San Lorenzo, we pan up and-

Aldis: Yet again, she's at her own funeral.

Scott: Yeah that's a great one.

Chris: And we begin our scene. I mean that is a great shot.

John: That is a great shot.

[Laughter]

John: And there she is, in the ridiculous hat.

Christian: Wow.

[Laughter]

Christian: Really a great shot.

John: That’s- well that's the trick, we expect the audience to keep up on these episodes.

Aldis: Yeah.

Christian: She has a habit of showing up at her own funerals, doesn’t she?

Aldis: Yeah she does, bad habit.

John: It’s a character trait now; it's a feature, not a bug. No, and it's a lovely speech.

Christian: It's the actress, it's the old off broadway actors. “Do they like me? Do they love me? Who showed up?”

John: Exactly. This was great, by the way, was finally take the sting out of the relationship, only to utterly subvert it 30 seconds later. But the two of them are such good friends, and the characters had come to a new parity this season, they really acted the hell out of this. She's wonderful in this.

Aldis: By the way, in case you haven’t noticed, there goes Tim's hat again. Another hat.

Marc: And again a oner.

John: And a oner.

Scott: Yeah, that's right.

Marc: Gary Camp walking backwards.

Aldis: Yeah, the work that Gary Camp actually does.

John: Yeah, we should pay him more than you, is that what you're saying?

Aldis: Nah, I'm saying the audience-

Christian: I'm pretty sure he does.

Marc: This is a great line.

John: The “I don't travel with luggage.”

Marc: “I don't travel with luggage.”

John: All right-thinking men don't travel with luggage. Luggage is for women. Men buy shit when they get there, I'm just saying.

Christian: Oh Parker does.

John: Yeah this was a ton of fun, figuring out what everyone's tie up for the season was.

Aldis: Yeah.

John: Of course Parker stole shit, she's Parker! Not gonna leave the country and not-

Aldis: Kinda a shame that Hardison didn't steal gold bars.

John: Actually in the original version of this we were at the estate.

Chris: Yeah.

John: When we originally broke it, we wound up going to the estate, and then we realized we couldn't find an Italian estate in Portland, that was a little tricky. Ton of fun, was this just a random room? This was a meeting room we made a bedroom.

Marc: Yes.

John: And at one point we had Gina outside the window.

Marc: Yeah.

John: That was not such a good idea.

Marc: Well.

John: Well there's a tiny ledge out there.

Aldis: Ahaha, and wait for it, wait for it!

Chris: Oh this is a classic.

Aldis: Boom! Knocking the boots! [Sing-songy] Bow chicka bow bow.

John: The little zoom in there you go.

Christian: Bwooooo!

Aldis: Bwooo!

[Laughter]

John: And fans across America scream.

Scott: Yeah.

John: That’s great. No, they didn’t have sex, they just cuddled.

Christian: Right.

Aldis: Oh yeah, for sure, for sure.

Scott: Didn't you tell me she read that and she thought it was a joke, she didn't think it was real?

John: Yeah she thought we were giving her a fake ending.

Chris: Oh c’mon.

John: Like nope, you guys did it!

Aldis: You did it!

Chris: Season three, we’re moving on.

Christian: Season three! Thank you so much guys, some of the best writing, the best directing I've ever had man, it's just unbelievable.

Aldis: Thank y’all for staying until the finish.

John: Marc, you directed the hell out of those, that was fantastic.

Chris: Yeah, these are-

Christian: Awesome!

Marc: Had a lot of help.

Aldis: Roskooni!

Chris: These are -

John: Alright, season four coming up.

Christian: Come on!

Aldis: Peace, people!!

Marc: Stay tuned.

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Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor and comedian would have been 73 today.

When the people you have grown up admiring and laughing at pass away it makes you think about your own mortality, ut also leaves a hole in life, Robbie for me was a tremendous man, going from stand up comic, to respected actor during his life, he was a very funny and genuine guy.

Born as  Anthony Robert McMillan  on March 30th, 1950 in Rutherglen, Robbie was educated at Glenalmond College, an independent school in Perthshire, from which he was nearly expelled after hanging the prefects’ gowns from the school clocktower. Though he later described his experiences there as deeply unhappy, he played for the rugby First XV, was head of the school’s debating society he also won prizes for his art.

From Glenalmond, Coltrane went on to Glasgow School of Art, where he was ridiculed for “having an accent like Prince Charles” (of which he quickly disposed, though not before gaining the nickname “Lord Fauntleroy”), and thereafter the Moray House College of Education (part of the University of Edinburgh) in Edinburgh.

In the early 70’s Robbie took the name Coltrane, due to his love of jazz musician John Coltrane, and began a career of a stand-up comedian at night clubs, at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as an actor with Edinburgh’s renowned Traverse Theatre.

After picking up a few bit parts in films and TV series I first remember Robbie appearing in the BBC Scotland comedy sketch series A kick up the Eighties, as seen in the clips below

Robbie then went to appear in The Comic Strip Presents films  during the 80’s  The Supergrass and The Pope Must Die being the most successful. At that time Coltrane had a drinking problem, downing as much as a bottle of whisky a day. In 1986 he flew to a clinic in Mexico and was treated for obesity. In 1987 his partner for 15 years, Robin Paine, left him for good. A year later he met Rhona Gemmell in a pub. They married and had a son, Spencer, and a daughter, Alice. His career took off during the early 1990s with the leading role as Dr. Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald, a forensic psychologist, in the popular TV series Cracker.

Coltrane is one of only a few to have played “baddies” in two Bond films, playing Russian mafia man Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough. He went on to play Rubeus Hagrid in seven Harry Potter films. Robbie has also featured in factual TV series, Coltrane’s Planes and Automobiles, as well as a host of other TV series, none of which, surprisingly are Taggart! He was voted No. 11 in ITV’s TV’s 50 Greatest Stars and sixth in a poll of 2000 adults across the UK to find the ‘most famous Scot’, behind the Loch Ness Monster, Robert Burns, Sean Connery, Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.

Robbie picked his appearances carefully after he had undergone surgery on a replacement knee after suffering from chronic pain for years. He lost over 7 stone after in 2016 after doctors warned him not slimming down could leave him a “cripple”.  Robbie spent his final years in “constant pain” after his knee cartilage disintegrated. He told the Daily Express in one of his last interviews in 2020: 

“I was fighting pain 24 hours a day when I was in ‘National Treasure’ and ‘Great Expectations I had no cartilage in my knee. It was bone on bone.”, he found some relief after receiving joint surgery in America.

n 2020: “I was fighting pain 24 hours a day when I was in ‘National Treasure’ and ‘Great Expectations’. He added at the time: “It was just horrible. The relief from that pain since the operation and being able to sleep has changed my life.” Going on to say he wouldn’t wish such pain "on [his] worst enemy,"

Robbie passed away on October 14th 2022, he had become a virtual recluse, living a a rented converted barn near Stirling, living off takeaways from a local Chinese. Coltrane was cremated and his family spread his ashes around several of his favourite places around Manhattan, New York.

His  death certificate shows that the actor died from a string of conditions including multiple organ failure, the causes of death given were sepsis, where an infection triggers an extreme reaction throughout the body, lower respiratory tract infection and heart block.

#Scotland #scottish #comedian #thai actor #film #television #rest in peace

[royalpain16]

The suite of diamond and sapphire jewels were presented to Diana by the Sultan of Oman during the couple’s tour of the Middle East in November 1986. The modern set, with geometric crescent designs, included a necklace, a pair of earrings, and a bracelet. Diana wore them for the first time in public at this dinner, pairing them with the Spencer Tiara.

The midnight blue velvet gown that Diana wore for the dinner probably also looks very familiar to you. And it should: it’s the famous Travolta Dress, made by Victor Edelstein. Diana debuted the dress at the White House in Washington, D.C., in November 1985, memorably dancing with actor John Travolta during the gala evening. The gown is now in the collection of the Historic Royal Palaces charity, which manages the public rooms of Kensington Palace, among other royal buildings.

-the court jeweller

#princess diana #royal gif #modern Sapphire jewels #sultan of Oman

[lesbiancolumbo]

hey i am getting into try to watch classic movies (as in i just saw the shinning for the first time or godfather) and what are some good resources to check out for good recommendations, cause honestly I am finding it hard to know where I should start- thank in advance for posting about old movies they have all been added to my ever growing list!

omg hello!!!! hello! this is the ask i needed tonight.

in terms of resources... if you don't have a subscription to criterion channel already, do yourself a favor and get one. they are almost always highlighting an old hollywood actor or actress (this month is joan bennett and they're showing a really hard to find pre-code she's in called me and my gal. just an example.) and they have a wide variety of well-curated stuff to check out. same with kanopy if you have a library that partners with it. but honestly, if you are in the US or canada and have cable or know someone you can bum cable information off of, turner classic movies has been (at least for me) the greatest resource.

and i could easily point you to a list of the best classic movie recs (AFI has a list of 100 films, sight & sound just did their big poll - for example), but here's the thing. like on the level..... i spent so many years in college watching movies because i was told i was supposed to like them, or that they were IMPORTANT and THE CANON and i got almost nothing out of this experience. when i left college, i spent a week moping in unemployment on my parents' couch dogsitting and watching literally anything that came up on tcm. i watched the bride of frankenstein, i watched an irene dunne romance, i watched spencer tracy and katharine hepburn fall in love. fred and ginger dancing. john wayne walking into the wasteland of a desert that doesn't want him. etc. i watched as many different kinds of things as i could, and i went, so these films worked for me. these actors mean something to me and these don't. and i kept going my own way.

i know that feels like a non-answer, but i think it's very easy to get caught up in the like ~canon of it all~ and it's more fun to just start watching shit and discover things you may have never discovered. i told myself this year that i wanted to watch more silent cinema and i proceeded to just.... type "best silent actresses" into ye olde google and add a bunch of movies to a watchlist lmao. so i'm gonna give you a few lists now lmao but with the caveat that instead you should just ask yourself what sorts of things you like, what films interest you, what films you like, and kinda go from there. who influenced your favorite filmmaker? what old films do they like? etc.

some lists:

i made a post two years ago giving recs on 30s films that i still stand by lmao

last year i made my official "personal canon" list which details my 200 favorite films from the birth of cinema to now

a critic i love, willow maclay, made her personal canon list last year and she's one of my favorites on cinema period, old and new

every year a critic i also love, justine smith, does a twitter thread of her updated canon. this is from 2022. i love watching her list change every year.

my amazing friend marya gates essentially answered your question in way fewer words that i did with her list here

i hope this was helpful, sorry for the length of this, and happy watching! i am happy to help nudge you in any further directions if you want more tailored recs based on what you've seen/want to see/are interested in. feel free to send an ask or dm me any time.

#asks #movie posts

[katebeckets]

12, 15, 19 pretty please !

12. Quotes you like?

I loooove quotes so there’s a bunch, here’s the first few I think of—

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” -John Steinbeck

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power… they are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” -Washington Irving

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” -e.e. cummings

“No constellation is as steadfast, no accomplishment as irrevocable, as a connection between human beings which… is as lasting as gold lodged in stone, more constant than a star.” -Rainier Maria Rilke

15. Hot fandom take?

Ooh. The only fandom I’d have a hot take for is Swifties which is scary 🫣 But I think that the fandom as a whole is very defensive about the whole “parasocial relationship” thing because there’s truth to it, and it would do everyone some good to remember no matter how much we learn through her writing, it’s still only her side of things. I miss feeling more connected to the fandom, but the last year has revealed a lot of things about people I used to follow and Taylor herself. I feel some genuine grief about it.

19. Favorite actor?

I usually say Sandra Bullock and Jessica Chastain (it’s easier to narrow down movie actresses!), but basically any of my favorite characters (Abigail Spencer, Robin Tunney, Stana Katic, etc.).

Ask me questions!

#profwonderbearthementalista #thanks for asking 🤍 #answered

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

The Rest Of My Cast Picks for an Actually Good Live Action Adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist

I couldn't really find any big names who are the right age and the right look for Edward, I would ideally imagine him being like, a River Phoenix type but I want someone who's. You know. Alive

So I ended up finding two up and coming young actors who are currently close to Ed's age at the start of the show who gave performances that really impressed me! First one is Cameron Mann, who played Jullianne Nicholson's son in Mare of Easttown, and the second is Jack Nielsen, who played a young Prince William in Spencer!

Walker Scobell might also work once he finishes puberty

I'd love to go back in time and cast season one of stranger things era Noah Schnapp as Alphonse, but for now I think Gregory Mann (voice of GTD!Pinocchio) could be a great choice

I also wish I could go back in time for Winry bc my DREAM choice is Saiorse Ronan from like ten years ago, I also put Sadie Sink and Amybeth McNulty

Obviously I'd probably just cast unknowns for the Resembool trio but I wanted to find examples for fun anyway

please give me options for Armstrong bc right now the ONLY person coming to mind is John Cena

Same with Envy! Aiden Gallagher is the one choice I could think of but I'd love to think of some actual nonbinary actors who exude that chaotic energy

Michelle Yeoh is SO perfect for Izumi on so many levels, I also put down Sandra Oh and Laura Donnelly (True in The Nevers)

Robert Sheehan is a really good fan favorite for OG Greed, but I also think Kit Young (Jesper from Shadow and Bone) and Blake Ritson (Oscar in The Gilded Age) would do really interesting things with the role

Pedro Pascal as Scar is THE typecastiest typecast (Buff emotionally constipated antihero who accidentally adopts small child) but I just couldn't resist. I'd also love to see what Naveen Andrews (Sayid in LOST) would do with him

Sean Bean and Liam Neeson are fan favorites for Hohenheim for a very good reason!!! But I'd also love to see Andreas Pietschmann (Dark, 1899)

SPEAKING of 1899 Fflynn Edwards would be SUCH a perfect and creepy Selim

He's obviously too old now but LOST era Josh Holloway would've been such a fun Havoc. Also put Aaron Paul down as a treat

PLEASE PLEASE give me actors for Ling Lan Fan and May I clearly haven't watched enough things with good East Asian rep so I couldn't think of anybody who really fit their roles. That said Ling and Lan Fan were PERFECT in the live action trilogy we actually got so honestly I'd just keep them

#fullmetal alchemist #fma live action #Edward elric #walker scobell #noah schnapp #saiorse ronan #Sadie sink #amybeth mcnulty #John cena #Aiden gallagher #Michelle yeoh #sandra oh #Robert sheehan #kit young #Pedro pascal #Sean bean #Liam neeson #1899 netflix #josh holloway #Aaron paul