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June 11, 2005
A difference of opinion...
Who would have been the best Darth Vader (post fight with Obi-Wan), Hayden or David Prowse?
I think David Prowse, the original actor to play Darth Vader, would have done just as good, if not better, in playing Vader (in the suit). Not that I didn't like the fact that they made a suit for Hayden and that he got to wear the suit. It's cool. But it would have been cool for David to be able to do it. Vicki disagrees.
Ok, my opinion, (vicki speaking here..), : Nostalgia sake, yeah Prowse just because he was the first. Acting sake: Definately Hayden. He showed a more youthful side of Vader. Young, in love, concerned about his loved one, and high strung, as the young Anakin proved to be. Prowse is an old man now, how could he have portrayed that youthful side? Come on women, we know dont we, that a 50 year old man, even though he TRY'S to act young, usually cannot grasp the lack of intellect of a young 20 something, and the passions that arise in them. Especially the passions. The "Noooooooooo!" in ROTS was rather corny. However, Who could you see doing that? Young Anakin, (Hayden) not knowing how to control ANY of his new found power, and new discovery of this side of the Force, or a stoic, more controlled Vader, such as Prowse? Don't get me wrong, I think Prowse was an excellent Vader. I just think that Hayden as Vader, showing a youthfulness, linked the jedi, Anakin, to the dark lord, Darth Vader, which then made a wonderful transition to tie in the more dignified Vader in ANH with Prowse, which took place many years later.
Posted by ed at June 11, 2005 12:47 AM
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Prowse.
Posted by: Lare at June 13, 2005 11:41 PM
Prowse is bigger than Hayden. If Prowse had suited up, everybody would be asking "How did he suddenly get so big?" Let's face it, there is very little acting involved when you're in the suit (although Hayden did a pretty bad job of it during his Frankenstein moment) so I don't see how acting enters into it at all. It's strictly a size thing and Hayden is just the right size to be Anakin-just-got-new-legs-and-stuck-into-a-suit.
Another slow day at the office.
Posted by: MTS at June 14, 2005 4:15 PM