1/31/2024 0 Comments Raul julia addams familyTo this point in time, four men have had what it took to properly portray this man and, because of these four men, they have attached a pedigree to the character such that any future actor lucky enough to win that role should be wholly honored to have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of some of the greatest stage and film actors of a generation. He is an all-or-nothing kind of character: eccentric, boisterous, charming, agile, witty, intoxicating, and confounding (with a hint of Groucho). There are many qualities required to portray Gomez and having some of them will never cut it. Long gaps in the character’s history lend to those forgetting where he came from and who played him, but I think it is time that Gomez Addams steps out to truly be recognized for the gift he has been to us. It’s easy to cast aside such an eccentric character and I think that is because people fail to see the depth he possesses. Is it really the character, or the four men in particular who were blessed to have worn his suit and smoked his cigars, that elevated Gomez to the heights that no one has yet recognized? Today, I intend to shine a light on why the eccentric and charming patriarch of The Addams Family has earned his place among the greatest characters in history. The characters just don’t match up.īut what if there was a character of fiction from recent years that brought that level of dignity and class? This is the kind of character that only an elite few were ever able to properly portray, one beloved by many but one most don’t realize has transcended above the ranks of all other recent roles based on the legendary men who have stepped into his shoes. Let’s face it no one is going to compare Charles Laughton’s and Michael Gambon’s portrayals of King Lear to Michael Keaton’s and Christian Bale’s portrayals of Batman. Typically, you’d think of Shakespeare characters like Hamlet or King Lear, who bring with them a legacy of talent which is hard to compare to any more recent roles. They require a kind of quality and presence that only few may display. These are the characters that not every actor of stage or screen can portray without possessing a certain something. There are characters, both of fiction and nonfiction, that have a degree of pedigree attached to them.
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