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Thursday, 6 March 2025 02:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
temrisI was thinking about Augustus -- as I do often 😭. I've been rotating him on my mind ever since his character reveal for Civ7. It's kind of funny, because while being very interested in history ever since I've known myself, I've never been too into Ancient Rome stuff. (Leaving that story away for another time.) Anyway, I felt like I needed to write down something to show my appreciation for Roddy McDowall's performance in Cleopatra (1963).
Among all the adaptations of him I've seen; I think Roddy McDowall's portrayal is still the best one. He just gives that annoying little b-tch energy just so well. I can't explain it otherwise. His dialogue is also written accordingly. I LOVE the scene where he talks with Cleopatra and says sth like, "You need not bow your head before Caesar". THAT'S JUST SO HIM HAHAA.
And apparently, he was supposed to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor, but FOX fumbled and accidentally sent his name for the Best Actor category instead. 🤦♀️ Man was robbed.
He definitely nailed that "I'm above everyone else" personality of his while also showing his vulnerabilities (this was literally one of the two portrayals were he's shown being sick) but also calculative, performative and manipulating. To be fair, this also shows how written well his character was, but still, he's the one who brought the character to life so perfectly!
Anyway, I was looking at his pictures on Google Images -- as you do when a character is the only thing you can think about, and through some straying from website to website, I found out that McDowall was gay. What's funny is it was pretty much widely known, but I'm not too informed on these people (the uh.. classical Hollywood?). And apparently he dated Montgomery Clift too! I feel like I'm late to the party.
Among all the adaptations of him I've seen; I think Roddy McDowall's portrayal is still the best one. He just gives that annoying little b-tch energy just so well. I can't explain it otherwise. His dialogue is also written accordingly. I LOVE the scene where he talks with Cleopatra and says sth like, "You need not bow your head before Caesar". THAT'S JUST SO HIM HAHAA.
And apparently, he was supposed to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor, but FOX fumbled and accidentally sent his name for the Best Actor category instead. 🤦♀️ Man was robbed.
He definitely nailed that "I'm above everyone else" personality of his while also showing his vulnerabilities (this was literally one of the two portrayals were he's shown being sick) but also calculative, performative and manipulating. To be fair, this also shows how written well his character was, but still, he's the one who brought the character to life so perfectly!
He looks so cute here. ;_;
Anyway, I was looking at his pictures on Google Images -- as you do when a character is the only thing you can think about, and through some straying from website to website, I found out that McDowall was gay. What's funny is it was pretty much widely known, but I'm not too informed on these people (the uh.. classical Hollywood?). And apparently he dated Montgomery Clift too! I feel like I'm late to the party.
Why does he kind of remind me of Jim Carrey here?
