Friday, July 6, 2012
“I’ve got Tom Hiddleston playing Henry V, I don’t want to have a bowl haircut. I wanna him looking good! So, you know, I want him in delicious, kind of tight-fitting leather jackets. Yeah, that’s I want! Because I wanna people to look at it and wanna keep watching. I don’t need him in tights. You know, we can still make the point. So, he’s got very nice leather trousers in mine.”

Thea Sharrock, director of Henry V and clearly a woman of vision and deserving of a statue.

(via marstark)

Other than for the factor of Tom Hiddleston’s delicious kind of tight-fitting leather jackets and very nice trousers, y’all should really consider tuning in for the Hollow Crown. It’s a tetralogy on BBC2 consisting of the following Shakespeare plays; Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V, and it stars Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons, the aforementioned TH, Michelle “Lady Mary” Dockery, and Patrick Stewart, in different plays, respectively. If you’re not familiar with any of the plays, WATCH IT ANYWAY. I just saw “Richard II,” the first of the tetralogy, and this non-Shakespearan-scholar can confirm that it was pretty amazing. Here’s a preview of Lord Percy shouting indiscriminately and Jeremy Irons looking disappointed with Tom Hiddleston’s drunken tomfoolery in the next three plays. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90sbc7MoDJs
Posted at 2:47 PM 63 notes Reblogged from anniethedirewolf Tags: ben whishaw henry iv henry v iain glen jeremy irons richard ii the hollow crown thea sharrock tom hiddleston and his tight leather jackets yay for shakespeare!

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