Today's picture is from Richard's first real Hollywood adventure: Captain America, The First Avenger. Thank you www.richardarmitagenet.com for the picture!
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| Heinz Kruger (Richard Armitage) tries to get away from Captain America in his one-man submarine |
Richard had this to say about Kruger:
"It’s great to play a bad guy. But I really tried not to see him as a bad guy. I wanted him to be human and I wanted him to be the kind of spy who had a moral conscience. So he’s not just a tool, he’s actually…he really believes he’s fighting for the fatherland. I think it’s very easy to say that most people that operated in this period didn’t really know what was going on right at the center. And that’s probably true. But I think everyone has to have a real moral compass and really desire to do the right thing for their own country. And I wanted him to be more like that than somebody who just believed he was bad."
I like this particular picture because I feel it really makes Richard look like a cartoon character. I actually had to look carefully to make sure that it was a real picture and not a drawing or a technically enhanced image of Heinz Kruger.
Richard puts a lot of effort in developing the back stories and personalities of his characters and I was amazed to hear that he did the same thing for Heinz Kruger, who IS essentially a cartoon character, but Richard made him so much more than a one-dimensional bad guy. And again, he turned to literature for character research material.
That will be the subject of a future post: The literature that Richard uses for his character development. Coming soon!
See you tomorrow!
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I hadn't seen this still (or if I have I didn't pay attention) but I get what you mean about doing a double take with it. It's really stylized-looking...is that a word? I like both of your choices so far and can't wait to see what you show us next!
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean, so that must be a word! :-)
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It's just amazing what that man can do with his face! Great post! I hadn't seen that pic yet either.
ReplyDeleteI kind of ignored Captain America after I had seen the film because RA's role was so small. But this picture was a nice surprise.
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I love your description of RA's face looking like a cartoon character. I hadn't really studied this particular screenshot or scene but I thought the same thing during the taxi ride.
ReplyDeleteYes, the pictures from the taxi ride had the same effect on me... but I had to pick one to post and it thought the effect was most obvious in this one
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