![]() ![]() The incorrigible nature of the pirates and Silver's restless intelligence are well portrayed. Arguably the Squire becomes too nasty and the Doctor too insipid in this version but Philip Glenister is excellent as Capt Smollett. The idiocy of the Squire's venture and motley collection of adventurers are ably brought to life by an impressive array of top actors - though of course that means it suffers from 'recognition distraction' on first viewing! (My rule of thumb is always watch a film twice before drawing conclusions - and if you don't want to see it again that tells its own story.) The locations, ship and costumes are superb and really bring to life the squalor of the times and the urge for riches as the only way out. Though there were inevitable departures from the book it is a pretty faithful rendition and Eddie Izzard confirms his status as a charismatic actor well cast as the complex Silver. Having read the book to my children, now teenagers, when they were younger we all watched this having saved it on DVD - can't abide adverts. I would not have signed up if that was the case. Eddie Izzard as Long John Silver, formerly Captain Flints quartermaster and latterly landlord of the Spyglass Inn, cook on the Hispaniola, and leader of the. I'm very much someone who has military planning of their career, but because of Bryan Fuller, I said, lets try this.ĮTonline: Fuller revealed some footage at Comic-Con - will you be in heavy prosthetics the whole time? Where we go can be quite unusual and I was intrigued. Maybe you seem humanity in juxtaposition with seeing monsters behave in a similar and dissimilar way. Bryan Fuller's take with this series could dramatically go to quite a dark place. Izzard: Trying to get inside those characters is very intriguing. That's why I need 8 years to pack it up and do everything I can.ĮTonline: Before you do, you'll star in NBC's Mockingbird Land. production accountant: Puerto Rico (2 episodes, 2012) Statten Roeg. production consultant: MNG Films (2 episodes, 2012) Tanoa Parks. I will put all my creative careers into deep hibernation. legal advisor to Coutts: Reed Smith LLP (2 episodes, 2012) Sheila Fraser Milne. The original pirate heist caper, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, gets a muscular, edge-of-your-seat reboot on Syfy with Eddie Izzard yep, the cross-dressing Brit comic as that. I'm going to run for office in 8 years though. It's all about the perspective because if you did something about Barack Obama right now, you record it and two years later, it looks dated. I talk about where we sit in the world, what we did, is there a God, why do we hate, what is this all about. Izzard: I think I'm a historical political/social political commentator. Will that once again be the gist of your 2013/2014 tour? I also asked if we could show Silver cutting his leg off to show what a determined person he was.ĮTonline: Your grasp of, and perspective on, history has always been so exciting as a fan. So Churchill was someone I thought about a lot. Then, when the political sh*t hit the fan when Hitler arrived, he was brought back in. Treasure Island Customer reviews Customer reviews 4. He was in the conservative party then he changed to the liberal party and then changed back again. ![]() The only person who has done that successfully in real life is Churchill. He was with the pirates and then against the pirates, and then with the pirates again. Izzard: I was thinking he'd have this long hair, but they brought me a mockup of him with this shaved head, and I'd been looking to shave my head for some time. They were the people who'd made it outside the system.ĮTonline: Physically, your Long John Silver has a very distinct look. Pirates were the rock and roll people of that time. If you got to be a gentleman, the amount you work drops off greatly and you live off the fat of the land. ![]() There's the bit at the end about the gentleman. Justice was harder to find and death was swifter, but they had votes - women could vote even before America allowed it. You could argue there was more democracy with pirates. Izzard: There's some intriguing things about people who were villains or pirates in those days. We're already looking at Treasure Island 2.ĮTonline: What excites you about seeing more from these men? I think ours can rank up there as, if not the best one, one of the best ones going. I think pirates have lost their edge over the centuries, so I wanted to do a story about 20 guys who go out and only four come back. I feel like the other Treasure Island's have been a bit too campy and family friendly. ETonline: Treasure Island is a well-told story - what excited you about this version?Įddie Izzard: I wanted to do an edgy and dark adaptation. ![]()
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