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deezabee (iseethelight) wrote in capseroo,
@ 2017-11-20 13:34:00

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! male, #race/ethnicity: white, *requested, actor: ben barnes, age: 30s, also: beard, eye color: brown, hair color: brown, tv show: the punisher, ~icons: baobabble, ~icons: otokodake, ~icons: squarebox

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BEN BARNES AS BILLY RUSSO IN THE PUNISHER

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I laughed several times in the show because of how often people talked about how pretty he is IN THE SHOW. He is very, very pretty. I thought he did an excellent acting job, and frankly, I've always been a big fan so it was exciting to see him in this role. He was in more dark shots than a lot of the others. Classically.

Spoilers in the comments for him in the show.

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grapecase
2017-11-21 06:08 pm UTC (link)

It really was. A part of my brain is STILL BUT BUT BUT. But more in the sense of the characters he hurt (/pulls out Tyra). Like BUT Frank LOVED YOU. BUT his kids! BUT MADANI! Even when I'm like die in a fire, die.

And Ben. Not just the writing. Ben played it so well. One of the things I noted is that Russo always seemed to be thinking. It struck me in a couple of certain scenes. And I noticed it more in gifs. Which makes sense. But like there were moments where you could just SEE it. And I feel that added more to the character. Because it feels like, this is a sharp mind calculating how to best respond, how to best assess how something might come out to his advantage. But I feel it was so much subtle than seeing Fisk work his Fiskness or even a character like Shades -- who you definitely knew what to expect.

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iseethelight
2017-11-21 06:14 pm UTC (link)

Yeah seriously. And it's like, you have to show that he is capable of caring, because otherwise there'd be no explanation for how those characters loved him in the first place. If he was always this vicious bastard on the outside, there'd be no explanation for why Frank was best friends with him and Curtis drank with him at the grave. So yes, there is definitely the facade of caring, the facade of having a code, but the whole point is that on the inside he is cold. Cold enough that he cares only to a point, but if he managed to win and killed Frank and Madani you know he wouldn't have given it a second thought in the end. Been like 'eh, that's unfortunate you made me do it."

Ben really was incredible in this role. Because it's like as charming and compelling as he was, you KNEW there was always something so cold and calculating under the surface. From day one, even though I knew he was a villain, I was like well who knows which kind he'll be. But it was there, under the surface, Ben played his charming warm self, but there was an edge from the very beginning that got sharper and sharper with every episode.

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grapecase
2017-11-21 11:07 pm UTC (link)

Exactly! Like even in the kitchen scene. I don't know. Just how the three of them played it. I can't even describe it. That Curtis was actually like 'you promise?' and Billy's petulance. If it wasn't for the gun and the bleeding. You'd think it was just three friends having a disagreement. You could still feel that ... chemistry. I guess? That is what I am looking for? Between them.

That last sentence though. AND THAT is why I don't think I could ever want redemption. (Even though my heart is still catching up with my brain lol). Because there was no regret when he turned around and just SHOT her. It's exactly that attitude he brought to Frank. 'You made me do it'.

Definitely. Til it just peeled itself open like an orange.

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iseethelight
2017-11-21 11:25 pm UTC (link)

They all had excellent chemistry with each other. All three of them together and in separate connections. And yeah I think that's the thing with Billy. He would be like oh that's unfortunate but really what did you expect. He has a lack of any accountability, but I wouldn't say he has a victim complex either. I don't think he felt bad for himself because I don't think he really feels anything lol. Classic sociopath. He might have like vague feelings, but when it comes down to it, he has no real heart to speak of.

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grapecase
2017-11-21 11:45 pm UTC (link)

They really did. If anything, I would like to see them early on in a brief featurette. Not too much of one. Or rather, no you're right. Like he wasn't woe is me, but he also kind of had a very big HOW DARE YOU WRONG ME. So pride. I feel that scene in the kitchen and his mother's situation. It was a pride, in a sense. I feel even his 'I TOO KEEP MY WORD' had a lot to do with Frank saying he gave his word first. Or that scene where he promised to give Frank a quick death and Orange was like nah ... and he got annoyed.

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	iseethelight 2017-11-21 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yeah you're right it probably is pride. I don't think I'd call it pity, like self-pity, but I definitely could see it as him having a massive ego and pride. Narcissism, even, which feeds well into the sociopathic tendencies. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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