Rupert Penry-Jones will be playing Captain Wentworth in the upcoming TV adaptation of Persuasion, and I'm really looking forward to it.
I don't imagine Wentworth looking like this, myself - if anyone had asked me to cast the part (which, alas, they didnt!)I would have cast Hugh Jackman - but it will be interesting to see what Rupert makes of the part.
Wentworth is one of Austen's most complex heroes. Not only is he a man's man, being a ship's captain, but he's also deeply romantic. He never forgets Anne, even after eight years at sea, and he says to her, 'You pierce my soul' - surely one of the most romantic lines in literature.
Who would you have cast as Wentworth?
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I think Rupert P-J looks pretty good myself - but that could just be the tight trousers.
ReplyDeleteHad I been given a free rein to do the casting, I would have chosen Richard Armitage who played Thornton in the BBC adaptation of North and South.
I totally agree. As you say, Rupert P-J looks pretty good but Richard Armitage has those brooding good looks which frankly, do it for me too!
ReplyDeleteDavid Boreanaz - though I must admit that he's my stock standard answer for everything and I'm sure ihis absence won't diminsh my pleasure of watching the tv adaption!!!
ReplyDeleteI see Wentworth as tall dark and handsome. I don't know if Jane Austen ever describes him as dark, but that's how I see him. I would have liked a young Alan Rickman in the part, but then I would like him in anything!
ReplyDeleteI could see Orlando Bloom as Wentworth. He's about the right age now, and he looks good on a ship!
ReplyDeleteRICHARD ARMITAGE!!!!!!
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Tho' Rupe ain't half bad.
Hi ladies - lovely to find your blog. I agree RPJ looks good as Wentworth. Much tastier than Ciarn Hinds although I loved that version. But Richard Armitage is all mine. He is THE reason I - and Rosy Thornton - started writing romance last January and got published this autumn. There is now lots of N&S fanfic - my only try at a historical story was awful but I use Richard as the inspiration for my contemporary novels.
ReplyDeleteI thought CH was lovely as Wentworth and I loved that version of Persuasion. The only way it could be improved for me would be for Richard Armitage to play Wentworth because he is the only actor I can think of who could bring more to that role and I would personally also have the thud factor as well. Rupert is very nice and will be good I am sure but I don't really need another version without that something extra.
ReplyDeleteI don't put RA up as a stock standard answer for anything, when people talk of him as Heathcliffe I vehemently disagree. Nor do I particularly want to see him as Darcy or Knightly, (although I could stand it). Only Wentworth because he is a more earthy character particularly suited to RA I feel.
Richard Armitage - My choice of Wentworth
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