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@SnowRed wrote:
@Josephine I know what you mean. I do enjoy Colin. I think he’s attractive and all but the roll of Hook should have probably been played by an older actor. Henry Ian Cusick is someone who I could see having great dynamics with Robert Carlyle. Regardless though, I do think that Colin is doing a good job but he def needs to have some more layers.
Why an older Hook? This is a new interpretation of the character. All of the characters on the show are like that (making Red the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, that was awesome and added an extra layer to her character). Personally, I find it refreshing that he’s not the Hook we know from the traditional story. It would be boring to see the same old story again.
[adrotate group="5"]Why an older Hook? This is a new interpretation of the character. All of the characters on the show are like that (making Red the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, that was awesome and added an extra layer to her character). Personally, I find it refreshing that he’s not the Hook we know from the traditional story. It would be boring to see the same old story again.[/quote]
No, I know. I honestly do enjoy Colin a lot as I mentioned. It doesn’t bother me at all. I was just saying that I understand what she meant about having 2 guys around the same age play off each other’s wittiness on the same level kind of thing – I’m totally fine with him playing the character though. He is very nice to look at 😀
I prefer Colin by far. Jaime doesn’t have the same charisma and is not very memorable to me. He’s a good enough actor, but nothing about him really stands out.
But I still don’t like what they have done with Hook. He’s supposed to be older. That is the point of the Peter Pan story. But I supposed they were not allowed to use too much of that story, so I’m fine with it. And DON”T get me started on the whole “Captain Swan” thing. That just really did it for me, and I cannot stand it.I’m okay with Colin in the role, but I get what others are saying about an older, more seasoned actor. Jason Isaacs played my favorite portrayal of Hook for reference. He brought a terrific sense of menace and sexiness to the role despite being in a children’s movie. He has a very powerful presence onscreen. An actor of his caliber and presence playing against Robert Carlyle could have been electrifying. Colin’s very attractive, and I like him, but he does get lost against the other villians. Compared to the strong presences of Cora, Rumple, and Regina, he’s kinda like the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie… not quite evil enough. Still I’m going to give him more time and just see where they take this incarnation of Hook.
@BeastWhisperer wrote:
Compared to the strong presences of Cora, Rumple, and Regina, he’s kinda like the Diet Coke of evil.
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@BeastWhisperer wrote:
I’m okay with Colin in the role, but I get what others are saying about an older, more seasoned actor. Jason Isaacs played my favorite portrayal of Hook for reference. He brought a terrific sense of menace and sexiness to the role despite being in a children’s movie. He has a very powerful presence onscreen. An actor of his caliber and presence playing against Robert Carlyle could have been electrifying. Colin’s very attractive, and I like him, but he does get lost against the other villians. Compared to the strong presences of Cora, Rumple, and Regina, he’s kinda like the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie… not quite evil enough. Still I’m going to give him more time and just see where they take this incarnation of Hook.
😆 Love the Austin Powers reference.
Hook seems more like a villain wannabe than a true villain. He has his moments of villainy especially against Belle but he requires Cora to make him look good. Also, Rumple has softened a bit since being reunited with Belle, Rumple in full on dark one mode would have eliminated Hook in seconds. Hook owes his continuing survival in Storybrooke to Belle.
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Keeper of FelixI know I keep saying I’m gone, but I just keep finding things I want to comment on so I’m going to retract that statement. I won’t be posting much, but I did want to say something about this.
I think Colin O’Donoghue is a great actor. I’m with those who think it’s all about a good actor, the writing, and the character though. Colin O’Donoghue is not Killian Jones or James Hook. If something happens that he can’t keep being Hook, I want Hook to stay around whether it’s the same actor or not. I hope Captain Hook will be recasted by somebody else. I think the show would be better for it. They need somebody a little more grown up and well-rounded, anyway. The reasons I say that would be more appropriate for another topic because it’s going to be the type of conversation that makes people think. I don’t feel like going there today.I know there are people who think it’d be a problem having somebody else in that outfit. They’ll get over it, and quickly, especially if the replacement is good looking as Colin is.
By the way, you’ll notice his image is gone from my avatar. It’s not by accident.
Jaime Dornan isn’t that great a choice, but there is a guy who is in the Hobbit who would be perfect for it (one of the “lads”).
If they don’t do this, before long, I’ll be moving over into the Neal camp. For the meantime, I’m tweeting daily to ask K&H, and Jane Espenson to pick another Hook.
Getting another Hook won’t be that simple. I don’t mind Hook, don’t care what happens to him either way, but it would be really off putting if they had a different actor especially when it comes to flashbacks. We have Hook already in flashbacks so it would look odd if he suddenly looked older in flashbacks set chronologically before he broke into Belle’s cell.
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Keeper of Felix@PriceofMagic wrote:
Getting another Hook won’t be that simple. I don’t mind Hook, don’t care what happens to him either way, but it would be really off putting if they had a different actor especially when it comes to flashbacks. We have Hook already in flashbacks so it would look odd if he suddenly looked older in flashbacks set chronologically before he broke into Belle’s cell.
I’m not saying an older Hook, I mean another Hook. I want Hook on the show, even if it’s a different actor. Believe me, three episodes into his performance, nobody will care. I don’t want Hook gone if O’Donoghue can’t be there. That’s his problem.
I really don’t think Colin has any plans to leave the show. OUAT is good for his career; he’s getting great exposure from being on a hit series. He seems to get along with everyone. I haven’t seen anything to point to him leaving at all.
I do get what you mean about recasting rather than killing off characters if actors become unavailable. I can think of multiple shows that were ruined for me by an actor leaving and their character being killed. One series killed their romantic lead during the Christmas special after his wife in the show had just given birth, and that was the second major character killed in that season. I will never watch another episode of that show again. I’m more inclined to the theater approach. They didn’t close down Phantom of the Opera just because Michael Crawford moved on. There are times I’m okay with killing the character (Mitchell in Being Human was very well done), but not when there’s an ongoing story that really needs to be explored and concluded.
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