Ian McShane as Blackbeard
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May 27th, 2011 at 9:51:23 PM
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Anybody else see POTC 4? It the best one yet and McShane is great as Blackbeard. Not as good he was in Deadwood, but he'll never top that.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 27th, 2011 at 10:02:45 PM
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Ian McShane has come a long way since Lovejoy.
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May 27th, 2011 at 10:09:08 PM
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Here he is in Deadwood, his most evil longtime role. Wonderful..
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 27th, 2011 at 10:44:12 PM
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Quote: EvenBobHere he is in Deadwood, his most evil longtime role. Wonderful..
His opening diatribe was such a world away from the lovable rogue of Lovejoy. It was like Big Bird coming on screen and humping the leg of Oprah Winfrey.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
May 27th, 2011 at 10:53:03 PM
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In Deadwood, I found myself wanting to be Al Swearengen's friend, until I realized his friends ended up just as badly as his enemies. Johnny Depp has said playing Jack Sparrow is his favorite character because he's so totally selfish and always has his own interests first. McShane said the same thing about the Swearengen character.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
