Comments on: Paul Scofield dies at age 86 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:17:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Foose http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/#comment-189 Foose Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:23:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/#comment-189 Yes, it's a distinctly disconcerting vision. If they ever did a remake, I'd like to see Angelina Jolie in the role -- she's already done the one-eyed thing with plenty of sexy verve, in "Sky-Captain and the World of Tomorrow." Yes, it’s a distinctly disconcerting vision. If they ever did a remake, I’d like to see Angelina Jolie in the role — she’s already done the one-eyed thing with plenty of sexy verve, in “Sky-Captain and the World of Tomorrow.”

]]> By: Lara http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/#comment-188 Lara Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/#comment-188 Hehe ... I can't get the image of "Miss Melanie" with an eyepatch out of my head now... ! Hehe … I can’t get the image of “Miss Melanie” with an eyepatch out of my head now… !

]]> By: Foose http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/#comment-187 Foose Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://tudorhistory.org/blog/2008/03/20/paul-scofield-dies-at-age-86/#comment-187 It's a sad loss. I saw "A Man for All Seasons" again a couple of weeks ago and it really was a stupendous performance he gave as Sir Thomas More. This was a Tudor movie that focused on issues of law, religion and politics, and made you really think, unlike more recent movies that tend to obsess over the more sensational aspects of Henry VIII's reign.<br/><br/>Scofield played Philip II of Spain, too, in a 1950s movie called "That Lady," which I've been trying to get hold of -- I'd like to see him in that role. It has warm and cozy Olivia de Havilland, of all people, as the fiery, masculine Princess of Eboli. I keep trying to imagine de Havilland in an eye-patch. It’s a sad loss. I saw “A Man for All Seasons” again a couple of weeks ago and it really was a stupendous performance he gave as Sir Thomas More. This was a Tudor movie that focused on issues of law, religion and politics, and made you really think, unlike more recent movies that tend to obsess over the more sensational aspects of Henry VIII’s reign.

Scofield played Philip II of Spain, too, in a 1950s movie called “That Lady,” which I’ve been trying to get hold of — I’d like to see him in that role. It has warm and cozy Olivia de Havilland, of all people, as the fiery, masculine Princess of Eboli. I keep trying to imagine de Havilland in an eye-patch.

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