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This surely is the best example of mis-casting in ages. Heath looks like a cabana boy, hardly the Latin lover of legend. Benicio Del Toro... now THAT's the guy for the role.
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...the very WASPish, very blond Donald Sutherland in Fellini's version?Ledger can actually act, y'know, hunk status or not. Don't dismiss him on account of his looks - he may be fine in this, although I have my doubts about the filmmakers. Moreover, I believe Casanova was youngish when he met the young lady who is the heroine of the movie and reportedly the only woman he ever truly loved. ( What screenwriter could resist?) So it's hardly surprising the producers wanted a handsome young movie star in the role. The key for me will be in the acting and revelation of the inner man in the part. May work, may not.
But it doesn't matter to me whether Ledger looks like my idea of Cassanova or the historical figure - as long as he *acts* like my idea of Cassnova.
Latin doesn't = brunette. There are blond Italians, and when is the last time anyone "saw" Cassanova anyway?
Maybe you want to check out Johnny Depp as the Earl of Rochester in The Libertine?
As much as I admire Del Toro's acting chops (and I admire them a great deal)...I can't say he would appeal to me as Cassanova. Plus he doesn't look Italian to me.
...for enlightenment on Mr. Ledger's acting chops I suggest you take a close look as his small role in Monster's Ball. That's when I started taking him seriously as a thesp.
now Antonio Banderas I could believe....
I don't know if you have seen El Amor de Don Juan, where none other than Fernandel plays the legendary lover... well, I will not give out the plot, but one should see Fernandel spread his charm, with his race-horse smile... women falling left and right...
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