Peter Firth

[A Cousin]

(18-07-2010 12:07 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  You are never quite sure whether Bunny and Hugh Grant have had a relationship in the past or are having one still. Quite why Bunny loves Hugh Grant is a mystery though, with all his many foibles.

Well, I bought the Bunny/Meredith relationship as much as I bought anything else in the movie! LOL! I took it as an acknowledged by both yet unrequited love from Bunny. Bunny is the Stage Manager, the caretaker, if you will. He needs someone to take care of and Meredith is the guy that needs the most care. Bunny is to Meredith as Tinkerbell is to Peter Pan. If a bit forced on the part of the writing.

(18-07-2010 12:07 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  As I say, an odd film. I do wonder why PF went for this role, if not for the money, then maybe it was the pull of Mike Newell who had just made Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Oh, I think you have it: a paycheck, the director (although he had worked with him at least once before in The Indiana Jones Chronicles), the general casting is incredible (Hugh Grant aside), but also I think PF has a penchant for odd pieces. This movie probably looked very intriguing in script form, but didn't quite pan out in actuality. Although I am not sure PF gives a rats patootie about commercial sucess. Bunny is a simply a great role. I think those high artistic ideals he says he had in his early days that allowed him to pass up film star fame is still alive and kicking.

But I'm gushing....