John Hurt RIP

Loved hi in A Man for All Seasons, the earliest work of his I’ve seen.

In 1984 he contrived to look eerily like George Orwell (Eric Blair).

He was also Aragorn, long before Viggo Mortensen, in Ralph Bakshi’s animated Lord of the Rings.

I’m probably the only person who appreciated his work in the Harry Potter movies but I thought he really put a lot of effort into what was a small part.

Well, I’ll be the one to mention his turn as Christopher Marlow in Only Lovers Left Alive.

No love for Rob Roy?

Love the scenes with Argyll and Montrose.

“Great men, such as yourself, draw rumors as shite draws flies.”