The face behind the mask

[mrph]

V For Vendetta movie news.

Looks like V is now going to be played by Hugo Weaving.

That could work. Assuming they don't screw up the rest of it, of course.

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[mrph.livejournal.com]

At least one comment about the casting news suggested that Weaving was a good choice because he was happy to play the role without unmasking, which is a start...

(I'm still twitching about Stallone/Dredd...)

[giolla.livejournal.com]

Lot's of new stuff up on the warner bros site, just in case you'd not noticed. Including a release date.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Aha. Thanks - I've just been browsing the new stuff. It's... well, it's more promising than I was expecting.

Photos of Natalia Portman with her hair cut off have already been appearing in the tabloids, as that's how she looked when promoting Star Wars - but nobody I've seen linked that to V.

And I had fun seeing how many different quotes were linked to the V mask on the site - Blake, Shakespeare, V himself. Although they attribute "Remember, remember" to Fawkes himself, which I don't think is strictly accurate.

The less promising stuff can be found here and here, though. Hmm.

[giolla.livejournal.com]

It definately wasn't Fawkes.

Hmm, those do paint a less promising picture. Oh well I know I'll go and see it regardless.