Maisie
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i just watched the 1996 version of "Jane Eyre" - I felt that William Hurt was a woeful choice to play Mr. Rochester. That is a role that I feel TK was born to play.
Kathy
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Oh, you are singing my song! I've been agitating for that for a long time. Mr. Rochester is my number one dream role for TK. Persuasion but he wasn't really Rochester for me.although not a misfire like William Hurt! What were they thinking?!
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In spite of the fact that to me Mr Rochester will always be Orson Welles...(boy, that dates me , doesn't it!), I agree that I'd like to see Thorsten do this role. I think his Rochester would be deeper, more interspective and less flamboyant and I would love every minute of it.
southernbelle
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Oh Kathy, I totally agree with you about Timothy Dalton. He is my all time favorite Rochester. I also agree that TK would be superb in that role. In fact I've seen a lot of similarities between Dalton and TK in their acting styles, and the looks don't hurt either!
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Maisie
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William Hurt was totally miscast as Mr. Rochester. He's not dark enough and he's not deep enough. He didn't even have a British accent, yet he mumbled his way through the movie. I'm usually a fan of his, but definitely not this time.
Kathy
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I really liked Anna Kendrick in Up In The Air ! She really seems like she might have the oomph to play Jane Eyre. Dunno about Anna Pacquin since I don't think I've seen her in anything since The Piano . But she won an Oscar for that so don't think I'd turn her down. (g)Broadcast News ... a scene in that movie was filmed in the building I worked in at the time. I saw him go in and out of the building and my boss was hard pressed to get any work out of me that day. (g)
Kathy
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pah In spite of the fact that to me Mr Rochester will always be Orson Welles...(boy, that dates me , doesn't it!), I agree that I'd like to see Thorsten do this role. I think his Rochester would be deeper, more interspective and less flamboyant and I would love every minute of it.
Kathy
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southernbelle Oh Kathy, I totally agree with you about Timothy Dalton. He is my all time favorite Rochester. I also agree that TK would be superb in that role. In fact I've seen a lot of similarities between Dalton and TK in their acting styles, and the looks don't hurt either!
southernbelle
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southernbelle Oh Kathy, I totally agree with you about Timothy Dalton. He is my all time favorite Rochester. I also agree that TK would be superb in that role. In fact I've seen a lot of similarities between Dalton and TK in their acting styles, and the looks don't hurt either!
Glad I'm not the only one! Timothy Dalton was the only Mr. R. I've really enjoyed other than Orson Welles. OK, if truth be known, I practically wore out my TD JE tapes.(g)
