Lol, they *were* that young! But Hugh Laurie has always used the fresh-faced look in his comedy to play twits. For the ultimate in *not* House, you have to see the BlackAdder III series where he plays Prince George ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPxX-ks95Y
Blackadder is love. (Which is why I despise Mr. Bean; if I want to see Rowan Atkinson as written by Richard Curtis, I want him being mordant and witty and literary. ... And being abetted by the amazing cast didn't hurt ...)
Absolutely, though I'd really like to see him play serious drama as well, because I think he'd be as good at it as both Fry and Laurie are, and let's face it, we could go on listing the comedians who make damned fine straight actors - Dawn French, Ronnie Barker, Steve Martin ...
Get hold of BlackAdder series III, where Laurie plays loony Prince George. Very, very funny.
(To Poms and Aussies, young Hugh Laurie is the familiar one. This grizzled old guy with a limp and a weird accent you're all used to is a stranger to us...)
Yes, a stranger ... but also a delight to see that he's been allowed to let his acting genius shine in a different way. Much like I'd like to see Mr Atkinson doing. (For a while during V for Vendetta, I was convinced Rowan Atkinson had to be V because the voice and mannerisms were identical.) Hugh Laurie also did an excellent job grumping in a Jane Austen period drama as a husband who spent much of the film behind the paper, ignoring his inanely chattering wife. I assumed that was the reason he'd got the House gig until I heard ths story of the casting session. :)
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Date: 2007-10-10 07:43 pm (UTC)Oh *god*, I saw A Bit Of Fry And Laurie when it was first shown [mumble] years ago...
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Date: 2007-10-10 09:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-11 12:47 am (UTC)(Which is why I despise Mr. Bean; if I want to see Rowan Atkinson as written by Richard Curtis, I want him being mordant and witty and literary.
... And being abetted by the amazing cast didn't hurt ...)
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Date: 2007-10-11 12:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-11 12:40 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-11 01:37 am (UTC)(To Poms and Aussies, young Hugh Laurie is the familiar one. This grizzled old guy with a limp and a weird accent you're all used to is a stranger to us...)
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Date: 2007-10-11 12:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-11 06:10 pm (UTC)And that is?