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primroseburrows ([personal profile] primroseburrows) wrote2007-02-18 02:38 pm
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...and now for another episode of When Apples Met Oranges, starring Tom Hanks and Paul Gross.

I'm ecstatic (and very unsurprised) that Slings & Arrows is getting yet another rave review.

But, um.

The main player in ``Slings'' is actor-turned-director Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross, a Canadian Tom Hanks best known in this country for the TV cult claassic ``Due South''), who became interim artistic director of the festival....

I really like Tom Hanks (Philadelphia is one of my very, very favourite movies in the world). Very talented guy, and from everything I've heard, a very nice guy. But he and Paul Gross are nothing alike (aside from being talented and, hopefully, nice). Their acting styles are completely different, they don't look anything alike, they don't sound anything alike. WTF? It's also a bad way to promote the series, because not everyone likes Tom Hanks. Not to mention that Tom Hanks as Geoffrey makes me wince a little, no matter how much I like him as an actor. To be fair, Paul Gross as Forrest Gump makes me wince a lot.

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[identity profile] primroseburrows.livejournal.com 2007-02-19 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
So I hear. Apparently the obstacle now is coming from America, quelle surprise!. Something about rights to media that's made for internet use. *headdesk*

I wonder if CKR will be in H2O. His name's not on the cast list, even though I've heard in a bunch of places he's definitely going to be there. :/