Loving dad...ahhhhh
This is what RA meant when he wished he was 5'8" and did not need to lean into other actors. They should provide the others with stools and let him stand up straight..his fellow cast members might not agree:)
Sir Guy's crooked smile in uniform...
Nighty night..sleep tight..
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You're so quick off the mark as usual, RiCrAr. I'm loving the new pictures from Strike Back, especially the one with his young daughter.
LOL about the height thing. Thought the same when I saw RA at the start of the trailer! We wouldn't want him shorter. A recent piece of British research claims that the ideal man is 6'2, so perhaps that explains some of his appeal. The ideal woman is supposedly 5'9 so I'm way off at 5'3!
ONLY 5'3? Imagine how 5' feels. What is worse for an actor - having to stoop down to other actors? Or having a crick in the neck, looking up to everybody?
LOL..thanks for the chuckles ladies. The US average heights are 6'men,5'6" women. Believe many of the 'little people' from the west coast of Irl might've lowered the average(there were 2 original tribes, one tall(hubby) the other 'petite'(me - I'm in denial;) Read somewhere that the average female height for AU is even shorter(same 'wee' family trees).
Well, at 5'4", I'm feeling quite statuesque..haha...not really. My prowess at hemming skirts & slacks proves I'm vertically challenged as well - AND married to a 6'4" man. HA! Have done a great deal of stretching over the years;)
Have you read any of the SB reviews as yet? I've posted one above - it's actually more positive than I'd expected. Not that an excellent performance by RA wasn't a given as evidenced by his past body of work, but IMO the population of the UK in recent years seems to have been liberally propagandized against military action in general. It's an impression from the outside and I'd be happy to hear any opposing points of view. It would be wonderful to see their brave military heroes, who've served so courageously & effectively in Basra, receive the loud accolations they so richly deserve for their selfless service.
p.s. fitzg - gerald or gibbons?;) (Our tour guide in Irl was John Fitzgibbons - his cutting-edge 'gift of gab' made him especially informative w/historic details & other minutiae. John played The Fields of Athenry on the intercom for 6 straight days...haha...good thing I love the tune.
My mother was 5'1" - older sister is 5'6".
RiCrAr
-gerald, not -gibbons.
Genetics are strange. English mother bequeathed short-family genes. Other (Irish) family side tall people. And they were west coast of Ireland. Have been short-changed, so to speak.
Isn't Ireland gorgeous?
Hoping the reviews are "striking" the right note, that it isn't "just a war movie".
Mr. Armitage's apparent popularity and recognized talent in the U.K. MUST count!
Yes, Fitzg...Irl is indeed 40 shades of green, however it's filled w/many of those foolhardy individuals who've had the luxury of preaching from the mountain tops their 'ideal world' platitudes and condemnations of those who've taken on their military fights for them.
First experience online was to register at a website entitled 'Irish Pub'. Found myself arguing non-stop w/those who can afford to keep their lofty 'can't we all get along' attitude, without ever needing to confront those determined to bomb the infidels into extinction.
We've spent enough time chatting w/the locals to realize the nattering nabobs of negativism among them tend to be in the minority - not the average person on the street. In fact, the 2nd trip it rained interminably but didn't dampen our spirits(not referring to Jameson) craic. (might need to explain to US readers - craic is not a controlled substance;) It's a Gaelic good time) and there are plenty of them in Irl.
Loved the sweet-smelling peatfire scent emanating from cozy fireplaces in most pubs & hotel lobbies. The fresh-baked scones are to die for - dining room workers didn't seem to understand an American's disability to speak coherently without an almost instant cup of coffee in the morning;)
Next time I find myself wondering to myself "what are you doing 20,000ft in the air w/nothing other than a thin sheet of metal between you and the Atlantic?", the plane will be headed to England, but now that we've learned there's a fresh crop of naturalized lunatic jihadists here, it might take awhile to screw my courage to the sticking stone.
By the way, fitzg...just in case you don't already know, the 'Fitz' signifies you have a Norman ancestor - unless it's your marriage name - then it's Mr Fitzgibbons descended from one of those invading Norse men;)
I must admit when Richard mentioned in a recent interview that he was a "pacifist" I did think "Oh dear,I've finally found something we can't agree about.". I don't think anyone truly believes or wants war (no rational person anyway) but I always think that those people who have such beliefs only have the benefit of such choices because other people weren't afraid to fight the likes of Hitler in WWII and die for us. As for Iraq, no that isn't a "War" that is an invasion and should never have happened in my view, but then ordinary Joe Bloggs never gets to decide whether we go to war or not, that's always down to politicians basically and they are always tucked up safely in a nice warm, cosy office giving the orders.
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