All cheap and debonair

[sovay]

Talk to me about supporting characters. When you're supposed to fall for the heroine, and instead it's the second spear-carrier from the left who turns out to have the thorniest moral dilemma or the most fascinating backstory. This happens to me all the time; I can't be the only one. So who are your scene-stealers? Movies, books, operas—your own work—which character roles do you remember long after you've forgotten who played the protagonist?

(This post brought to you courtesy of Eleanor Cameron and L.M. Montgomery.)

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[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

The thing is, not uncommonly writers REALIZE that they're more interested in the secondary characters, and wind up pushing them INTO starring (or at least co-starring) roles. Hence Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the multiple plotlines of LOTR, Death in Terry Pratchett, and so on.

That said: Inigo and Fezig from Princess Bride.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Oh, and:
-Nakor from the novels of Raymond Feist
-Philip (“Where is the Pirate King??”) Henslowe and John (“an’ the daughter mu’ilated wiv knives”) Webster in Shakespeare in Love

[sovay]

Philip (“Where is the Pirate King??”) Henslowe

Hee. Geoffrey Rush is one of my culture heroes.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

That whole film for me was about the players. I love it in spite of Fiennes and Paltrow.

Nine

[sovay]

I love it in spite of Fiennes and Paltrow.

Were you the person who said that you wished Shakespeare in Love had had Stage Beauty's cast, and Stage Beauty had had Shakespeare in Love's script?

[sovay]

That said: Inigo and Fezig from Princess Bride.

"That Vizzini, he can fuss."

"Fuss . . . fuss . . . I think he likes to scream at us."

"Probably he means no harm."

"He's really very short on charm."

"You have a great gift for rhyme."

"Yes . . . Some of the time."

"—Enough of that!"

"Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?"

"If there are, we'll all be dead."

"—No more rhyming now! I mean it!"

"Anybody want a peanut?"

*untranscribable noise*