For Whom The Bell Speculation

[masahi]

Since I'll be seeing For Whom the Bell Tolls when I hit J-land in November, I figured I should read the book. I think I dislike Hemingway based on the half I've struggled through so far, but it at least gives me some thoughts on how the casting will go:

We have 3 roles cast so far - Yuuhi as Robert Jordan, Sumika as Maria and Tomu as Agustin. I'll admit I was a bit surprised on the Agustin part, but maybe he does more further into the book aside from being the snarky rebel who swears like a trooper. Seriously, every other word of his is replaced with something meaning 'unprintable'.

Hoshihara Misao and Kyou Misa are both on lease from Senka. In the 1978 version, a Senka lady played Pilar, which is a major senior female role. I suspect this will go to Misa, which would be so awesome :D Hoshi, I'm not sure about. It'll either be Anselmo or El Sordo.

I suspect Micchan will get Pablo, Pilar's husband who - according to everyone - has turned from being smart and brave leader into a coward, but who probably turns out decent in the end. He so far has spent a lot of time being snappish and glowery at Jordan. I will wait and see.

I would love to see Kacha snag Rafael, the Gypsy rogue, who gets to sing in the camp. I have a suspicion that it might go to Tomochin, though. If Kacha gets Rafael or Joaquin (teen rebel who wanted to be a bullfighter), I would be more than happy.

There are a slew of other names listed on the 1978-cast, some of whom I've only just reached in the book, so I really can't comment on them. Also, according to the 78 summary, there's a flashback, which would feature another male character. Dying. Guess which role I don't want a certain girlie to have.

Comments

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if there's going to be some significant changes in the Zuka version. (I suppose this should be in the past tense since this is a revival, but anyway...) I'm browsing through Spark Notes, and in the original novel Pablo seems to be a much more plot-significant character than Agustin. Although Agustin *is* apparently secretly in love with Maria, and Zuka does always love to cast for a love triangle...

If Micchan really is Pablo, then I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

I really should either read this book, or at the very least, watch the movie >.>

[masahi]

Pablo's backstory gets a lot of coverage in the books about how awesome he once was, but aside from that, he tends to sit and mope a lot :S Although apparently, he does betray them at once point. It's part of the reason I would prefer Micchan to be Rafael, the gypsy, who at least gets to bitchy about everyone and sing songs by the campfire.

Incidentally, is it just me or does Yuuhi try and get away from the traditional flowers-and-chocolates-and-pink-pegasus endings as much as possible? She likes her heroic, tragic deaths for her character, while her Significant Other survives.

[everchangingmuse]

I remember having to read this book for school, but I honestly can't remember much about it, other than I liked it slightly better than The Sun Also Rises. Hemingway is not my thing, apparently. And...there's a hospital van and it takes place in wartime? Or am I confusing it with the other Hemingway? *shakes head*

About the only thing that could make me interested in Hemingway again is the fact that the Takarazuka are doing a production of one of his novels, and that Yuuhi is the lead. I look forward to hearing all about it when you get to see it, to know if it's worth it to add to the list of shows that I want.

[masahi]

I'm about halfway through so far and haven't come across a hospital van yet. And I'm more and more convinced that Micchan is going to end up as the quietly drinking himself into a sturpo PTSD-suffering soldier who is considered a coward because he's no longer as ruthless and cruel as he was.