I have seen a total of three bodies of work involving the hunkalicious British actor, Richard Armitage. Roomie introduced me to the ultimate pining movie, North and South, the BBC miniseries that launched Richard Armitage as a new, and possibly, better Mr. Darcy. As John Thornton, a cotton mill owner from the North, he is shunned by his object of affection, Margaret who hails from the South and is appalled by the ways of the North (initially, at least). The marriage proposal, let's just say, didn't go very well.
In Robinhood, he plays the contemptible (although I wouldn't say he's successful at making me hate him) Sir Guy of Gisborne who seeks pretty much everything that Robin has... land, a real title, and naturally, the girl. The proposal scene here finds Marian being forced by Sir Guy to say yes under the threat that if she doesn't, he would not be able to protect her and her father from the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. Although he was able to get the desired result, this is hardly the most romantic proposal anybody's ever seen.
The best proposal scene, in my opinion, is the one from the Vicar of Dibley. He plays Harry (Jasper) Kennedy, an accountant who moves into Dibley and falls in love with the vicar, played brilliantly funny by Dawn French. The pairing seems odd, the much younger and hunky Harry with the chunky vicar. But they play it so wonderfully that you can't help but fall in love with and root for them. Richard is convincing as a lovelorn Harry, and Dawn gives the most wonderful reaction to the proposal. Roomie posted these scenes (also available on YouTube) from the series finale... All you romantics must watch. Although I've watched the scene countless times, I still get kilig with the courtship and the proposal.
No comments:
Post a Comment