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[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 78 points 4 months ago

As fun as Wednesday's show was, these two were just the quintessence of the roles

[-] MrFappy@lemmy.world 54 points 4 months ago

Their competition wasn’t that fierce, Luis Guzman is a great actor, especially when being comical, but he very much is NOT Gomez Addams. But no matter who it was, I doubt they’d be able to beat Raul Julia or Anjelica Huston.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago

It also doesn't hurt that Anjelica is always illuminated like she's from another movie altogether (credit to CinemaTherapy). The director turned the glamor factor up to 11 in every scene without breaking anything. It's impossible to follow that.

Raul, somehow, manages to be a complete ham yet relatable, lovable, and most importantly, believable.

[-] pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

The scene in the addams family where the light that falls across her eyes is already on her mark so when she steps into place the light just falls into place kills me every time

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Juan Pablo Raba could do it today. He's got the right combination of debonair and comedy. But Raul was the GOAT Gomez.

[-] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago

The legendary John Astin and Carolyn Jones might like a word!

That show was just weird as hell to watch growing up, along with The Munsters and to a lesser extent Bewitched.

To be fair, their movie portrayals were amazing too.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

I doubt they’d be able to beat Raul Julia or Anjelica Huston.

I feel like these two have always been Gomez and Morticia. Even the series was just a pale imitation.

[-] aaaa@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Perhaps this will be unpopular, but it was all Raul Julia. He definitely out-Gomezed John Astin, but Carolyn Jones was something else.

I don't mean to sleight Anjelica Huston, but it would be difficult to fail working opposite Raul, and Carolyn Jones was frequently the one carrying John Astin in the series.

Not to speak ill of Astin either, because he was good, but he played it differently

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I'd love Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder to take it on.

[-] xkbx@startrek.website 39 points 4 months ago

Only if Johnny plays Morticia and Winona plays Gomez

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Oh my God now I want this so much.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Overused characters who don't have a lot of range, it would basically be watching Depp and Ryder in a romance together with some funny dialogue.

Gomez and Morticia require a style of acting that calls back to early romance movies and is overplayed and over-the-top while remaining classical and debonaire and oozing with romance. I can't see that chemistry with Depp and Ryder.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

We can sell the merch at hot topic.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Its a pretty cool way that we all think of Gomez as Raul Julia. But this was OG Gomez

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

It happens with television sometimes. Just like when you think Sherlock Holmes you think Jeremy Brett or Hercul Poirot portrayed by David Suchet. Some actors are so good they end up defining the character itself.

[-] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago

Robert Newton as Long John Silver

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Do you think the style is supposed to show him as ugly?

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Benicio del toro

Javier Bardem

Diego Luna

Efren Ramirez

[-] MrFappy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Benicio maybe, he is a tad too subdued in all of his performances, but maybe he could muster some energy for the role. Javier Bardem, while one of our greats, is a hard pass, mainly due to his energy only being able to hit a max of like level 2 or 3 out of ten in anything I’ve seen him in. (Now here come the downvotes) Diego Luna is a no, I’ve only ever seen him in Andor and Rogue one, and he showed 0 charisma in those, so I can’t see it for him. Efren Ramirez, fuck you, Pedro is never to be Gomez.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Watch Benicio's energy in fear and loathing. It's been a long time maybe he can still do it.

[-] MrFappy@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I’ve seen that movie hundreds of times (one of my favorites) but that was almost 30 years ago now. If they’d made a sequel at that point in time with him as Gomez I can see it working, but in the current time I don’t know if he still has that same spark.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Vote for pedro

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Really? I'd have to vote Guzmsn over Raul. Don't get me wrong I love Raul and he was my og Gomez. But Guzman just had a better craziness I feel. That being said I watched them years apart, and Guzman had a few wildly amazing roles that might be swaying me.

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