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Cross over Witcher and Highlander? Then you have me!
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Cross over Witcher and Highlander? Then you have me!
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I'd actually like to see him as the Kreuger. I think he'd be a pretty good, huge, menacing, just eating the scenery antagonist.

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This was just so cool to watch. When you can distill stuff down so well, that literally anyone, even people who can't understand your language at all, or only barely, can follow your instructions and do well on their first try. That's just talent. Having talent is good, personally I think being able to CONVEY that talent to others, and have them actually comprehend it, that's just fantastic
 

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Every now and then a random gem pops up on my news feed -

 

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Cross over Witcher and Highlander? Then you have me!
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Must’ve been after seeing how well he’s done as Geralt. Gotta admit I was highly skeptical but he basically (and often literally) killed it first season of The Witcher. Plus it’s like two birds with one stone for him as he’s most likely already gotten most of the required training under his belt.

Looking forward to it.
 
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Fun fact: Apparently Clancy Brown played the Kurgan free of charge.
I can see that. It does seem like the kind of character a lot of actors would just enjoy playing. I've heard from a lot of them, that it's generally more fun to play the villain, on a case by case basis. But also, it's apparently more common than you might think, for actors to take massive pay cuts for roles, just so they can actually see it get done. Because it's a project they really love, and want to see it get done, and if they need to pay the actor pennies on the dollar to stay under budget, so be it.
 

Casual Shinji

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I can see that. It does seem like the kind of character a lot of actors would just enjoy playing. I've heard from a lot of them, that it's generally more fun to play the villain, on a case by case basis. But also, it's apparently more common than you might think, for actors to take massive pay cuts for roles, just so they can actually see it get done. Because it's a project they really love, and want to see it get done, and if they need to pay the actor pennies on the dollar to stay under budget, so be it.
I think they actually couldn't or wouldn't pay him, but he still took the role. Initially they wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he turned it down because he didn't want villainous roles anymore.
 

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I think they actually couldn't or wouldn't pay him, but he still take the role. Initially they wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he turned it down because he didn't want villainous roles anymore.
If they wouldn't pay him, that's pretty shitty. Dude deserves to be paid for his work. If he opts out because he thinks the role will just be fun...well, cool on him, glad he did as that character is iconic, but still, should pay the dude.

And honestly, I'm glad he got it, instead of Arnold. There is just no way Arnold would've had the range of language and acting nuance to actually play that guy so brilliantly.
 

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If they wouldn't pay him, that's pretty shitty. Dude deserves to be paid for his work. If he opts out because he thinks the role will just be fun...well, cool on him, glad he did as that character is iconic, but still, should pay the dude.

And honestly, I'm glad he got it, instead of Arnold. There is just no way Arnold would've had the range of language and acting nuance to actually play that guy so brilliantly.
Arnold could've never pulled off that dirty chuckle and filthy grin the way Clancy did.
 
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This was just so cool to watch. When you can distill stuff down so well, that literally anyone, even people who can't understand your language at all, or only barely, can follow your instructions and do well on their first try. That's just talent. Having talent is good, personally I think being able to CONVEY that talent to others, and have them actually comprehend it, that's just fantastic
That is fucking awesome. My high school art teacher hated Bob Ross because he made it seem like "anyone" can paint... this proves him (Ross) correct. I'm not a religious man, but I am a spiritual one, and I believe Bob Ross to be one of the purest souls ever to grace our presence. He's just a guy who was born, made life better, then died; few of us can claim something so simple and yet so profound.