Well, it's hard for me to debate when I didn't actually see it. But I think that the person has a point. It's like the difference to me, who can mimic an accent after I hear it, between someone who can mimic an accent and someone who can actually put on the accent. I understand why it would be hard to portray someone who already lived, but you do have an example and things to draw off of to fill your performance. English people know a lot more about the queen and what she's like than Americans, don't forget. But to take a character that only exists on paper and make him or her a living, breathing human being who you feel for and laugh with and cry for...
But maybe I'd feel differently if I saw her performance. Of course, I was thrilled when Cate Blanchett won, and she played a real person, so...
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Date: 2007-02-26 06:23 pm (UTC)But maybe I'd feel differently if I saw her performance. Of course, I was thrilled when Cate Blanchett won, and she played a real person, so...