It's a terribly thing to say, but I always felt the thing that made Richard Harris' performance more effective was that he seemed to be at death's door while making the films, giving his performance an wisened and mystical element.
OT: I find I have more of a problem reading books after the film; I couldn't read Fight Club without picturing Ed Norton and Brad Pitt and I think I'd have had a different experience going in blind.
The only thing I can think that relates to what you ask is Priest: although I'm still not sure that, despite what they say, the film had any association with the manga other than the title; they have literally nothing in common other than featuring men of the cloth, so far as I can tell.
OT: I find I have more of a problem reading books after the film; I couldn't read Fight Club without picturing Ed Norton and Brad Pitt and I think I'd have had a different experience going in blind.
The only thing I can think that relates to what you ask is Priest: although I'm still not sure that, despite what they say, the film had any association with the manga other than the title; they have literally nothing in common other than featuring men of the cloth, so far as I can tell.