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 JM> Yes, and speaking of I, CLAUDIUS --
 JM> 
 JM> I like Jacoby, he's a fine actor, but I picture Cadfael as being much
 JM> more  like Brian Blessed, who played Caesar Augustus in I,C.  
 JM> Cadfael's supposed to be an ex-soldier, right?  So you want 
 JM> someone who can give you the impression that they used to 
 JM> be soldierly but they've seen a little mileage.
Right, that's my problem with Derek.  He just doesn't come across as one who
was a mercenary for awhile, fought in the crusades, and spent many decades
soldiering around the continent.
 JM> Don't mean to malign Jacoby's physique, but Blessed is
 JM> better at doing scruffy-looking, which would hint at 
 JM> Cadfael's past a bit better. 
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I don't recognize the name Brian Blessed.
Nick Nolte certainly can do a decent scruffy.  
... ARRRRRGGGHHH!!!! ... Tension breaker, had to be done.
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