Heh, my first thought was that Rowan Atkinson also played Mr. Bean, so I'm picturing a Jeeves even stupider than Bertie.
Of course if you want to look at Atkinson playing a Jeeves-esq role, he voiced Zazu (the King's anal-retentive advisor bird) in The Lion King. So, even at his most uh...servile (though that word has some connotations that don't quite fit what I'm getting at...) he's still bossy and snide.
Rowan Atkinson likes to play the bad guy, so a Jeeves and Wooster with him as Jeeves would have to be a lot meaner. And for it to be funny instead of just mean, Bertie would have to be a lot stupider. And then we'd just have the last two books of Blackadder over again (which, granted, are hilarious).
Actually I read that Hugh Laurie's performance as George was what inspired them to ask him to play Bertie in the first place.
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Date: 2011-06-01 02:43 am (UTC)Of course if you want to look at Atkinson playing a Jeeves-esq role, he voiced Zazu (the King's anal-retentive advisor bird) in The Lion King. So, even at his most uh...servile (though that word has some connotations that don't quite fit what I'm getting at...) he's still bossy and snide.
Rowan Atkinson likes to play the bad guy, so a Jeeves and Wooster with him as Jeeves would have to be a lot meaner. And for it to be funny instead of just mean, Bertie would have to be a lot stupider. And then we'd just have the last two books of Blackadder over again (which, granted, are hilarious).
Actually I read that Hugh Laurie's performance as George was what inspired them to ask him to play Bertie in the first place.