Battle of the Richards?

[selenak]

Walking home after rewatching The Winter Soldier, I check twitter and what do I find? Just a day or so after it was announced that Martin Freeman will play Richard III. , the BBC confirms that Benedict Cumberbatch will play Richard III on screen, the small screen, that is, in the It's Hard Out There For A York the follow up to their Hollow Crown filming of Shakespeare's histories, to wit, the Henry VI plays plus Richard III.

I must confess I had a moment of amusement. Not that either gentleman isn't a fine actor, but still. Also, I can just hear the BBC staff meeting where they wonder which actor to hire to replicate the Hiddleston-fans-go-Shakespeare effect, and of course they pick BC. Now can we hear who'll play Margaret of Anjou? *still hopes for Amanda Hale* Anyway, given the fannish tendency to pair up characters played by Cumberbatch with John Watson and/or characters played by Martin Freeman in crossover fanfiction, I await with bated breath CumberRichard's meeting with a doctor returned from the wars. Or a hobbit. Or himself from another universe.

Comments

[muccamukk]

I eagerly await the latest round of Hard Out There for a York wank.

[selenak]

When will the "Richard survives Bosworth Fields" stories start now that BC is cast?

[legionseagle]

I like the idea of his turning unexpectedly into a dragon just after the "a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" bit.

[selenak]

OMG, I mean, forsooth, that's perfect!

[legionseagle]

It also occurs to me that Rupert Graves has previous for playing Lord Stanley.

[selenak]

True, but given that Shakespeare's Lord Stanley isn't an entertaining opportunistic double crosser but a boring goodie with nary a line, shouldn't he rather play Buckingham? He's played another Buckingham (the one who was buddies with Charles II.) before, too .