[spoilers] Richard Armitage

[Lizziecaro]

Great signature TB – HM and RA look fantastic in C18th costume.

Re: Sharpe. I too have been banging on about RA being the perfect Sharpe on a number of sites. He has all the physical attributes – tall, lean, black hair. He also has a greater range of acting skills than SB – (sorry to his fans) and is capable of speaking in a southern accent, as Sharpe was brought up in the ‘stews’ of London. Sharpe also has a disfiguring scar on his face which I think RA would have no qualms about wearing. Shame he was the wasn't old enough and experienced enough when they started the production.

The Royal Green Jackets (aka the Rifles) Museum in Winchester sells a statuette of a rifleman which I think is based on the description of Sharpe, and which therefore looks a little like RA (if you use a bit of imagination).

And re: A Tale of Two Cities – it’s not a great book but in the right hands could make good drama and its ages since a dramatisation has been done. RA could easily do both Sidney Carlton and Charles Darnay.