Tuesday, September 11, 2007

A Shot Across the Bow!

When it rains, it pour with the gale forces of a so'wester off the Barbary Coast! Another post comes your way, Hornies! In the wake of the news so recently posted on this site, esteemed actor Iaon Gruffudd has cast doubts on the ability of young Shia LaBeouf to accurately capture the essence of Hornblower. True Hornies will remember Gruffudd for his role as young Horatio in the regrettably short-lived A&E miniseries Horatio Hornblower. If you are as interested in comic books as I am (and I suspect that you are), you will also know him as Mr. Fantastic himself, Dr. Reed Richards!

Sire Gruffudd is doubly miffed becasue the producers of Hornblower have asked him to appear in the film...but in the minor role of Jackson the irritable coxswain, rather than his accustomed part as the fresh-faced Horatio! The pistols are charged, the steps are paced, and the duel is about to commence! I put the question you : who is the better man to grasp the sword of Hornblower, a veteran Blower like Guffudd, or a fresh-faced up-and-comer like LaBeouf? Keep your responses flowing like rum in the Virgin Isles, my Horned friends!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

When will the film start shooting? Is JRM a definate?

usHHfan said...

I'd be interested to know your sources on the rumors of a Hornblower movie. Can you enlighten us at all?

Horatio Hornblogger said...

Loose lips sink ships, and even the Indefatigable could founder in the turbulence of indiscretion! All I can say is that my source is close to a person who is initimately involved with the film...

Horatio Hornblogger said...

And fear not, Hornie - Mr. Jonathan Rhys Meyers will definitely lend his considerable talent to the upcoming blockbuster!

Anonymous said...

actually, i heard about this as well. there was mention of jrm and this role on last week's entertainment tonight. he hasn't officially signed anything, but contracts are supposedly in the works. i can't wait!