Yuku free message boards

Which brings me to Joxerfan's avatar. I like your suggestions for who it might be unwise, lol. I'm glad you asked about it because I did not know those tidbits of info about the actors that Joxerfan is so good at knowing and telling others about. I am always amazed by how much you know about everything Joxerfan. I had no idea that episode was a spoof on a movie. Now I want to see that movie, and watch that episode over again.

bummer2323 : i would like to know which he had more fun playing, the marquis or the governor

A: I had more fun playing the governor! The marquis' costume was incredibly uncomfortable... though I had fun playing both... It was quite difficult in some sense... you had to make some distinction between the two parts, and the Marquis as a guest character had to fit in with the general style of all the other guests, such as Blackbeard, King George, etc. The guest stars were slightly madder than the regular cast. In fact after playing the Marquis I had much more respect for Croque - he seemed quite normal after that.

shirley: ok I have to ask... was there a "thing" going on between Croque and Brogard?

A: the thing with Croque and Brogard, was only to do with who was at the front of the shot. You see, being the farthest outpost of a vast empire takes a great toll on the governor, so certain activities are diminished. As we saw in "Love Potion Number 10." Croque only had spare time for eating drinking sleeping and reading. So no, I think it's a dead end w/ Croque and Brogard - no subtext there at all! (pause) The Marquis and Brogard on the other hand.....

shirley: I liked how you gave Croque his own body language/ posture, and how the Marquis was so different in his body language/posture. Little touches like that, that some actors would never think of.

A: I worked on body language a lot - it was important to distinguish them a good deal. John Gielgud said that "once you get the shoes, you get the character." With Croque, there was a precise way of walking. He was a character who was trapped in his formality. The Marquis was a different sort of physicality - a looser, more languid style

bummer2323: less impotent....sorry.....

A: Less impotent - that's right! When you have a body double, and film a scene with yourself, you spend half your time as one and then half as the other. And the sort of improv thing still went on, even with my 2 characters. I had to remember what Croque had done in order to respond to it as the Marquis! So for example, once we were at the table discussing things, and Croque and Brogard stood up to toast the French Empire. The Marquis didn't care, so I had to remember that.