He was a beautiful boy

[lonelybrit]

Hmm, so, Richard Armitage.

Right, so I remember when the first ads of Robin Hood appeared. I wasn't particularly impressed, except for the one where they first introduced Guy of Gisborne because, well, evil pretty dude in black leather. There is never going to be anything particularly wrong with that. Admittedly I still have only seen most of one ep, however the scenes I remember are Guy's.

I next saw Richard Armitage in The Vicar of Dibley Christmas/New Year specials. By which point he had sort of rubbed off on me from the FL as a kind of fandom crush. Peer pressure is a terrible thing.

Progress to today and you have me settling down to watch George Gently purely on the basis that it has Richard Armitage in biking leathers. And who accuses me of being hard to please.

Incidentally, George Gently was actually rather good. The dude playing Gently's side-kick was deliciously smarmy. The gangster was suitably cold and a nasty piece of work. And whilst Armitage wasn't really in it that much, he did play a gay motorbike leader who started off the whole drama in his leathers up to his thighs in the white-tipped sea waves. Good stuff.

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[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Gently very much. Watched it for Martin Shaw, since he's normally a good bet for these things, and thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. Richard Armitage was a lovely bonus. :D

[lonelybrit]

I have to say all the actors did a great job, and it was good to see Shaw playing a slightly less than complete saint of a character since he can play these roles very well if given the chance. And the final scene between him, the side-kick and the gangster with the talk about the twins was brilliantly played by all - thoroughly enoyed it.

And yes, we also got Armitage in leathers and chains. God bless the Beeb =)