During a controversy about the route through Duluth for I-35 during the late 1970s, "Grandma’s had many local activists from both sides hanging out. Eric Ringsred was a very good customer, who was one of the leading opponents of the highway project. While then Mayor, John Fedo, was also a regular customer.
David's physical appearance is based on actor Hans Matheson, though there's a 10-year age difference:
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As Nero
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Mordred in Mists of Avalon
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Yuri Zhivago in a TV remake of Doctor Zhivago, 2002
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As an older Yuri Zhivago. As the actor's appearance was "aged" for these scenes, this photo is closer to David's appearance (minus the beard) than the other pictures. When he appeared in the Doctor Zhivago remake and in Mists of Avalon, Hans Matheson was about 10 years younger than David is supposed to be (36) at the beginning of GOE.
I watched the DVD of "The Tudors" recently and Hans Matheson is in it. When I saw him, I immediately recognized him and exclaimed "It's David!". Fortunately I was alone! ;D
I have The Tudors on my Netflix queue and am looking forward to seeing it, especially "David's" role. ;D From what I've read it's very well done except for some irritating historical liberties.
Take it from me, Marcia, the historical liberties aren't just irritating, they're downright infuriating.
I won't tell anybody not to watch anything, but if you ever want to see good and much more accurate dramatizations of Tudor history, the gold standard remains the old BBC productions from the 1970s of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R. Both series are available on DVD.
Take it from me, Marcia, the historical liberties aren't just irritating, they're downright infuriating.
I won't tell anybody not to watch anything, but if you ever want to see good and much more accurate dramatizations of Tudor history, the gold standard remains the old BBC productions from the 1970s of The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R. Both series are available on DVD.
(Cate Blanchett personally makes a very good Elizabeth I "for our times," a worthy successor to Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth R., but the historical liberties in Elizabeth made me want to puke in my popcorn. The sequel wasn't quite as bad, but it was still disappointing. Helen Mirren was ... OK ... as Elizabeth I, but the best thing about her outing as Good Queen Bess was actually Jeremy Irons as the earl of Leceister and Hugh Dancy as the earl of Essex.)
Love love love "Elizabeth R", Glenda Jackson was too perfect in it. I need to see it again. "The Tudors" is crap, but entertaining crap none the less.
Sometimes all you ask or need is entertaining crap. ;D And I understand that there are some guys in The Tudors who are pretty easy on the eyes. ... ::)
Oh yes, lots of loverley eye candy. Perhaps the most historically inaccurate part of the series, is that they all seem so clean. What would someone look like if the only bathed once annually? Not like these guys, but I'm not complaining, freshly showered is good.
There was an excellent movie out a few years ago about Joan of Arc. I'm not sure how historically accurate it was overall but there were moments of "uncomfortable history", as museum workers often call it. One was a scene where she was spending the night as a guest of the king -- surely the best accommodations anyone in Europe could hope for in those days. There's a scene in Joan's bedchamber when she's just gotten out of bed; she's talking with a friend and casually picking what's evidently little bugs out of her hair, with neither character seeming to think anything of it.
That's my complaint re just about all 'traditional' Westerns -- not only are the characters, especially women characters, sporting totally out of place hairstyles, they all look like they bathe daily.
That is one thing few historical movies or TV series take into account when trying to be accurate: The dirt and lack of personal hygiene. The bad teeth (a major cause of death), and breath etc. In the Tudors, everyone looks freshly scrubbed and perfumed and have great teeth. That's OK, it's still a highly entertaining show.