Originally Posted by rudi:
“I His diction, pace, phrasing and close up work was first class. Controlled, broody, - a whole range of emotions were displayed accurately and subtlely. Whilst he may have had his off days initially, anyone who says the boy can't act must be barking mad. A blind man on a galloping horse could see his talent.
Rudi”
Definately!!
I fully see Nigel Harman as the character of Dennis. I’ve watched EE since it started and the coming together of Dennis and Den has been amazing because they’ve cast just the right Dennis and it’s great to see Dens relationship with him, and all the serious darker undertones that I think some BBC dramas are the best at doing are really well handled and made the most of by Nigel Harman..
The storylines are cooking at the moment and they’re so much more interesting with a bit of testosterone in there somewhere. (Gary, Ian, Patrick, Tariq, Ronnie?... Sadly not). Recently Eastenders has become to me the best thing on TV, ever in my opinion, partly because it is 4 times a week and you don’t get that with any other film or BBC drama usually. It’s an institution for some. And when compared with characters such as the Fererras, it’s the episodes with Nigel Harman featuring heavily that seem guaranteed not to be boring. He’s electric on the screen.
I don't think there was anything wrong with his acting to start with, and he seems to be getting better and better. The energy and subliminal detail in his performance in the confrontation with Den the other night was nail-bitingly good. Recent episodes with Dennis in such as the one where he and Sharon discuss the murder came across to me as on a totally new level for Eastenders (or any other soap).
Put that together with the devastatingly handsome face, that English accent and I’ve been meaning to see if I can put a bet on at the bookies that he’ll be in a major film in the next 5 years. I should have done it with Leonardo deCaprio, Ewan McGregor and Toby Maguire, Nick Stahl, Elijah Wood, Christopher Eckleson and many others who I’ve followed since they weren't that well known and are successful actors 15 years on. I might not know much about the acting industry but I’m confident I know talent when I see it and I consider that Nigel Harman has what it takes in buckets.
I don't think Letitia Dean has though.