Frou_frou's Questions
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lederhosenOne more interview. If any other LJ friends want me to interview them, or to interview me... or if I owe you an interview and have forgotten... please let me know.
1. Describe your favourite outfit for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reynardo to wear and why it works for you.
Well... she has a rather spiffy red-purple shot-silk dress, with matching bodice. Also, nice corsets. And spike-heels we bought in San Francisco on honeymoon :-)
Apart from the obvious attractions *cough*... I'm very fond of silk, and especially shot silk (shiiiiny!). And there's something to be said for lacing people into their clothes :-)
2. You suddenly get a strong urge to change careers – which one do you take up (we’ll overlook the issue of skills, talents and qualifications here)?
Everybody's a wannabe author, me included, and one of these days I will get on with the Grand Project...
Aside from that, maybe a medical doctor, or some sort of counsellor. I like 'healing' roles, and I flatter myself I have reasonably good interpersonal skills.
3. You receive an Australia Council grant to make the uncensored film of your choice. Who do you cast as the leads and what do their roles involve?
Salma Hayek and Christina Ricci as lesbian vampiI'd be tempted to do a biopic of Lord Byron, after Maurois' biography, since every film I've seen that involved Byron has portrayed him as some sort of heartless sex maniac.
Casting... hmmm. Sigourney Weaver as Byron's mother, Johnny Depp as Percy Shelley. Miranda Richardson would make an interesting Lady Oxford. Poss. Miranda Otto as Mary Shelley, not sure. Still having difficulty casting Annabelle Milbanke and Augusta Leigh; Annabelle in particular would need a very strong actress, since she needs to be an enemy-figure to the 'hero' without coming across as a villain. I'd want to work Christopher Lee in somewhere, on general principles. Possibly as Comte Guiccioli - it's a small part, but one he'd play well.
If I had access to a time machine I'd want the young Christopher Lee, who's the closest living equivalent I can think of to Lord Byron (fences, speaks God-knows-how-many languages, went off to fight for another country's freedom against frightening odds). Kevin Kline is a damn fine actor, but perhaps a little too old to play Byron now - perhaps squeeze him in as Lord Melbourne or something? Otherwise, I'd be curious to see what Trent Reznor would make of the main role. Gothic good looks and angst in buckets, plus he needs something to erase the shame of appearing in a mullet in 'Light Of Day'.
Looking to own friends, would experiment with castingharliquinn as Lady Caroline Lamb, because she would make a damn fine pageboy and I suspect would do well at giving her that manic, slightly-too-intense air. (Although frankly, after Sarah Miles' effort, Dog-Or the Wonder Spaniel would be an improvement.) And would be obliged to squeeze drzero in somewhere, as a suitably goth poet, although he looks too healthy for Keats.
Of course, an Australia Council grant probably wouldn't be enough to pay for all the on-location shoots and stuff, so I'd be obliged to make the vampire flick instead and use the profits to fund this project :-)
4. You and your family embark on a road trip, taking in every one-mechanic town in the country. Which tinned item do you stock up on?
Lychees.
5. What's your opinion of these boots and would you approve if I spent silly amounts of money buying them?
Approve? I'd order you to buy them, if I thought you needed any encouragement :-) Very, very yummy.
1. Describe your favourite outfit for
reynardo to wear and why it works for you.Well... she has a rather spiffy red-purple shot-silk dress, with matching bodice. Also, nice corsets. And spike-heels we bought in San Francisco on honeymoon :-)
Apart from the obvious attractions *cough*... I'm very fond of silk, and especially shot silk (shiiiiny!). And there's something to be said for lacing people into their clothes :-)
2. You suddenly get a strong urge to change careers – which one do you take up (we’ll overlook the issue of skills, talents and qualifications here)?
Everybody's a wannabe author, me included, and one of these days I will get on with the Grand Project...
Aside from that, maybe a medical doctor, or some sort of counsellor. I like 'healing' roles, and I flatter myself I have reasonably good interpersonal skills.
3. You receive an Australia Council grant to make the uncensored film of your choice. Who do you cast as the leads and what do their roles involve?
Casting... hmmm. Sigourney Weaver as Byron's mother, Johnny Depp as Percy Shelley. Miranda Richardson would make an interesting Lady Oxford. Poss. Miranda Otto as Mary Shelley, not sure. Still having difficulty casting Annabelle Milbanke and Augusta Leigh; Annabelle in particular would need a very strong actress, since she needs to be an enemy-figure to the 'hero' without coming across as a villain. I'd want to work Christopher Lee in somewhere, on general principles. Possibly as Comte Guiccioli - it's a small part, but one he'd play well.
If I had access to a time machine I'd want the young Christopher Lee, who's the closest living equivalent I can think of to Lord Byron (fences, speaks God-knows-how-many languages, went off to fight for another country's freedom against frightening odds). Kevin Kline is a damn fine actor, but perhaps a little too old to play Byron now - perhaps squeeze him in as Lord Melbourne or something? Otherwise, I'd be curious to see what Trent Reznor would make of the main role. Gothic good looks and angst in buckets, plus he needs something to erase the shame of appearing in a mullet in 'Light Of Day'.
Looking to own friends, would experiment with casting
harliquinn as Lady Caroline Lamb, because she would make a damn fine pageboy and I suspect would do well at giving her that manic, slightly-too-intense air. (Although frankly, after Sarah Miles' effort, Dog-Or the Wonder Spaniel would be an improvement.) And would be obliged to squeeze drzero in somewhere, as a suitably goth poet, although he looks too healthy for Keats. Of course, an Australia Council grant probably wouldn't be enough to pay for all the on-location shoots and stuff, so I'd be obliged to make the vampire flick instead and use the profits to fund this project :-)
4. You and your family embark on a road trip, taking in every one-mechanic town in the country. Which tinned item do you stock up on?
Lychees.
5. What's your opinion of these boots and would you approve if I spent silly amounts of money buying them?
Approve? I'd order you to buy them, if I thought you needed any encouragement :-) Very, very yummy.
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Date: 2003-06-15 08:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-17 07:49 pm (UTC)And I'd watch that film too.
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Date: 2003-06-17 10:39 pm (UTC)Apologies for the generic questions, I'm running out of ideas:
(1) If somebody were to write an "alternate history" version of your life, what would be an interesting point of divergence to use?
(2) 'Classic' book that most annoyed you, and why?
(3) Can money buy happiness?
(4) As a child, which animal scared you most?
(5) If you killed somebody in self-defence, and there was no evidence to link you to it, would you tell the police anyway?