we get [bad] signal!

[rone]

Via Warren Ellis's Bad Signal mailing list, he's let us know that Tilda Swinton will be playing the archangel Gabriel, and Rachel Weisz will play Constantine's partner, in the upcoming Hellblazer abomi^Wmovie. These actually sound like saving graces.

Ellis also says that Keanu is an underrated actor. I think he's just messing with us.

Comments

[johnstonmr]

At risk of plummeting as far down in your esteem as a person you don't really know can ... I agree with him, for much the same reasons Orson Scott Card does:

Of course, I think Keanu Reeves is a terrific actor who absolutely can sustain both a character and a movie, and those who criticize him usually reveal themselves to be utterly ignorant of what it is an actor does or what good acting looks like. (Here's a clue: It doesn't look like acting. That's why Meryl Streep is a constant irritant to people who understand what acting is supposed to be, and why Keanu Reeves is so wonderful.)

And

Keanu Reeves remains our most unfairly dissed actor. He has a marvelous core of reality that he never lets go of. He is not wooden. He acts with his eyes. And with dead-on line readings.

Content to remain in the tiny minority on this one,

Mahdi

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Swinton and Weisz, hooray.

Keanu requires precise casting and careful direction. When those things are present, he's fine. If not, well, the eminient dr_memory has spoken.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Keanu better do good with Constantine.