Things that make you go hmmmm...

[kelliem]

Does anyone else think there's a marked resemblance between these two "Hamlet" promotional photos?

David Tennant Hamlet 2008

Paul Gross Hamlet 2000

Comments

[suaine.livejournal.com]

Hah! Clearly a proper Hamlet Production needs a misty, wavey, landscape with brooding hero picture!

Also, I prefer the coloring in the Tennant one, but the Gross one has the brooding down!

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

He does. Plus, I must admit to being partial to the ghostly head shot. ;D

[a-boleyn.livejournal.com]

Does Tennant have a beard? I can't tell from the picture.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I couldn't tell so I went and googled and found another version of the photo, where it's more clear that it's long sideburns and stubble.
http://bp2.blogger.com/_6ODD1fyBr8o/SCL22-4z3cI/AAAAAAAABNQ/foX4J07UQVE/s1600-h/DTHamletpromojpg.jpg

[splendidjack.livejournal.com]

My head is have gret difficulty picturing Hamlet by David Tennant.. I have only seen him in 'Casanova' with Peter O'Toole, 'Harry Potter' and 'Doctor Who'. Mind you - I love the guy, but my imagination is faltering a little.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I can see it-- he has a frenetic quality that would lend itself well to Hamlet's 'madness.'

[the-unnamable.livejournal.com]

Casper David Freidrich's "Wanderer Among the Clouds" always seems to be used for books/posters of Hamlet and Frankenstein. Man standing above nature.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Aha. Good call. I had never seen that but you're right, it's obviously what they based both photos on.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Um...like the entire background?

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

The wardrobe, too. ;D

[stellarmeadow.livejournal.com]

Oh, surely not. I mean, one has a giant Paul Gross head in the background--they're totally different! *g*