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When you watch British shows, a certain amount of fannish whiplash is inevitable, since there only seem to be so many actors to go around. But even so, having Merlin as my current fandom is threatening to give me a permanent neck injury.
It was bad enough Eve Myles turning up in the first episode, because Torchwood fandom was sort of what drove me from LJ in the first place, so that was a bit weird. And I hadn't known Anthony Head was in it, because I started watching with Season 5, going back to Season 1 after a few episodes and nearly falling out of my chair.
Only, I also love Cabin Pressure which he's in, along with Benedict Cumberbatch. And I already loved Cabin Pressure before I started watching Sherlock, and the characters are far enough apart that really, it's hard to remember it's the same actor.
And as if that wasn't bad enough, they're both in the Radio 4 adaptation of Neverwhere at the moment, except this time, it was Anthony Head I didn't recognise.
But you know, it's a small acting world, and I was kind of getting used to the whole thing. Except then I find the article about Colin Morgan (Merlin) playing Ariel to Roger Allam's Prospero in the Tempest this summer. Because while most people probably know Roger Allam from The Thick of It, I know him from (wait for it…) Cabin Pressure. This is also exciting for me, because I've never been to The Globe, and with J being a huge Cabin Pressure fan, and me being a huge Cabin Pressure AND Merlin fan, it could be a win-win evening out overall.
I seriously think at this point I could do a '6 degrees of John Finnemore' and get to pretty much any actor in the world. Seriously. I mean, I just worked out you can get from John Finnemore to George W. Bush in 6 steps. If you can do that, you can do anything.
For those of you wondering: John Finnemore – (Cabin Pressure) - Prunella Scales – (Fawlty Towers) – John Cleese – (A Fish Called Wanda) – Jamie Lee Curtis – (True Lies) – Arnold Schwarzenegger – (er…okay, not an acting connection, but still) – George W Bush.
My mind is officially blown.
It was bad enough Eve Myles turning up in the first episode, because Torchwood fandom was sort of what drove me from LJ in the first place, so that was a bit weird. And I hadn't known Anthony Head was in it, because I started watching with Season 5, going back to Season 1 after a few episodes and nearly falling out of my chair.
Only, I also love Cabin Pressure which he's in, along with Benedict Cumberbatch. And I already loved Cabin Pressure before I started watching Sherlock, and the characters are far enough apart that really, it's hard to remember it's the same actor.
And as if that wasn't bad enough, they're both in the Radio 4 adaptation of Neverwhere at the moment, except this time, it was Anthony Head I didn't recognise.
But you know, it's a small acting world, and I was kind of getting used to the whole thing. Except then I find the article about Colin Morgan (Merlin) playing Ariel to Roger Allam's Prospero in the Tempest this summer. Because while most people probably know Roger Allam from The Thick of It, I know him from (wait for it…) Cabin Pressure. This is also exciting for me, because I've never been to The Globe, and with J being a huge Cabin Pressure fan, and me being a huge Cabin Pressure AND Merlin fan, it could be a win-win evening out overall.
I seriously think at this point I could do a '6 degrees of John Finnemore' and get to pretty much any actor in the world. Seriously. I mean, I just worked out you can get from John Finnemore to George W. Bush in 6 steps. If you can do that, you can do anything.
For those of you wondering: John Finnemore – (Cabin Pressure) - Prunella Scales – (Fawlty Towers) – John Cleese – (A Fish Called Wanda) – Jamie Lee Curtis – (True Lies) – Arnold Schwarzenegger – (er…okay, not an acting connection, but still) – George W Bush.
My mind is officially blown.