Jake Wood just has 'it'
madetomeasure
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This is my opinion of course but to watch him is like watching a person ooze charisma, being able to turn their hand to anything. I saw him in a war film once, also being able turn his talents in the serious arena. I like him....one of these men who can just capture attention wherever he goes. The way he carries himself is helping his dancing flourish.
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Me too. And by way of Eastnders he started with a significant negative.
Also I like Janette Manrara a lot in her personality and dance.
But I won't vote for them until the final - meanwhile Simon and Sunetra get my votes.
Not voting for him, mind. Just like his demeanour and appreciate his aptitude :cool:
Now, I feel bad about pre-judging - he has indeed got that "je ne sais quoi" and I hope he goes far in the competition.
That's a huge plus. He treats it as a serious sport in which to improve - like football or cricket. Donny' comment "the coolest man in the room" was spot on.
Not just aptitude but also attitude.
I like his sense of humour (dry), his love of family, his quiet intensity and, of course, his dancing.
Seems he's also into running which, hopefully, will give him stamina for the more energetic dances.
When he smiles he really has a lovely face; not handsome in the accepted way, but warm and kind. And he's proved he can dance. I just hope some viewers don't start to regard his as 'too competitive' as has sometimes happened in the past when a celeb seems to be taking the dancing seriously.
I didn't expect him to be half as good as he has been on Strictly though! From what he said on ITT, he's had quite a quiet schedule at work so far which will pick up soon, so I'm really hoping that he doesn't do a Scott Maslen.
However, I'm not as impressed by his ballroom as others are. He's put in some respectable performances, but he lacks all those things that Len mentioned last week and so the technique doesn't yet live up to the styling there. But looking forward to seeing him improve.
.....but not much altitude.....:kitty:
Ha ha! Love it!
Even I can see spots where technique can be polished up but its only week 4 and for each and every dance so far he just gets it.
No indeed I can believe this to be the case. As you know I am not expert in ballroom but I could have picked mucho holes with his salsa footwork. That said it was week 2 and he absolutely nailed the general feel of it and there was more right than wrong.
But the beauty of this is that we will get to see progression hopefully. .
This. I don't watch EE either and didn't know him at all before the show. I really like him and he and Janette are my favourite couple.
Well speaking for myself only I am not judging his personality only his dancing.
Both he and Sunetra had their kids on last week, week 3. I don't remember him even bringing them up on week 2? Having said that, from what we've learned about the level of scripting imposed by production , I doubt either of them had the kids on as a ploy of any kind. Most of the production decisions are pathetic, imo. I just don't carry that over to the slebs.
Never seen EastEnders either. But if I could pick a perfect Strictly competitor, the photofit would look like Jake.
He is exactly what SCD is for me. As is Sunetra.
And yes, he is an attractive man. Much more attractive than Thom or Mark (to me at least)
As an actor I am sure he can ham up the "personality" like everybody else and go all touchy feely.
What I like is that he does not.
"desperate", "ambitious" are positive aren't they? The British economy would be a lot stronger if ambition, determination and keenness was engendered at an early age..
Off the dance floor I don't find him attractive or charismatic. In fact, he comes over as very reserved and a touch intense... you know quiet, moody and dangerous!
But on the dancer floor it's a different matter. He's compelling to watch and so far I've hardly noticed Janette, which is saying something when the celeb is male. He appeals to me as a SCD celeb more than the others because his level of talent was such a shock.
I know I will look forward to seeing him dance week in week out.
Oh and I,ve always found him attractive, he definetly has it