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Who would you have picked to play Ennis and Jack?

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Front-Ranger:
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were perfect as Ennis and Jack. Now that they have turned in their immortal performances, they have indelibly marked themselves in our brains, and, as Annie Proulx noted, they knew the characters better than she did. But if you read the descriptions of Ennis and Jack in the story, they are quite different than Heath and Jake. If you were casting the movie, who would you have picked?

Reading the story, here's who I would have selected to play Ennis. He's a songwriter turned actor, with the required high-arched nose, caliper legs, and body made for fighting:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005164/

Artiste:
Interesting Front-Ranger!

And your choice would sing?

Did Ennis sang in Annie's story?

Au revoir,
hugs!

Penthesilea:
The guy you picked reminded me of this guy from Richard Avedon's In the American West:

belbbmfan:
Lyle Lovett!!

Hmmm, not sure about him as Ennis...But I love his music. :)

[youtube=425,350]http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=dCOEne9eocU&feature=related[/youtube]

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: Artiste on April 14, 2008, 10:32:15 pm ---Interesting Front-Ranger!

And your choice would sing?

Did Ennis sang in Annie's story?

Au revoir,
hugs!

--- End quote ---

You bet, Artiste. He had a good raspy voice, and knew the salty words to The Strawberry Roan!! But, then Heath was a good singer too and so is Lyle.

Now that brings me to Jack. In the story, Jack had curly hair and played the harmonica. Remind you of anybody??

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