Richard Armittage - Hannibal

  Richard is silent ass a lamb on Twitter about him being named as Francis Dolarhyde on the American television  show 'Hannibal'. It took some time for me to find out after reading Lady0akenshield's tweet about Twitter being in a meltdown with the news about Richard Armitage. I did not think to ask her what the heck she was talking about but that is when I went to Richard's Twitter page and nothing. Zilch. Nada. He is still being silent about the news.

  So I put it out of my mind and continued to look around a bit on Twitter. Little later I went over to Facebook and was doing my thing there when I saw Servetus post congratulating Richard on being cast in 'Hannibal'. I thought that maybe that another movie was being made of 'Hannibal' so I went to Servetus' blog me + richard armitage and found out that it IS the television series 'Hannibal. I read her post and found myself agreeing with her about this kind of show not being something I usually watch but I may be willing to give it a try for the six episodes that Richard is going to be in.

  I then went back to Twitter and looked up and found the 'Hannibal' Twitter page. There is the announcement of Richard Armitage being named to play Francis Dolarhyde. This led me to wonder who is Francis Dolarhyde. I searched the internet and found how vile, that is an understatement, he is. He is also known as the "Tooth Fairy" for his penchant for biting his victims, usually an entire family, while wearing custom made dentures after he kills them, especially the mother. After having gleaming over this character on Wikipedia I have come to the conclusion that, even though I may take the occasional peek, there is a high chance that I will not be watching 'Hannibal'.


  Don't get me wrong I am happy for Richard getting this part because it will give him better exposure to an audience that is either unfamiliar with his previous work or only know him as Thorin Oakenshield from 'The Hobbit' franchise. This is also an immense stretching of his acting wings. I may not be thrilled with the character but I am proud of Richard Armitage for jumping off the edge and taking on such a diabolical character.


So congratulations to Richard Armitage on getting a different and demanding role.

Mothers

  This is not really too far off the Richard Armitage path because one of our beloved own, Michaela Servetus of Me + Richard Armitage, mother died after a brave and long battle with cancer on Thursday last. Servetus mother, from my readings of Servetus' post, was a strongly spiritual woman who clung to her faith stronger as her time here on Earth was coming to a close. There really are no words that I can find to adequately express my sympathy for Servetus, only that I understand the feeling loss all too well for having lost my Mother as a child, my step-mother (Mom) almost eleven years ago and most recently my maternal grandmother this past April, for me she was truly the last living link to my Mother and I loved them all. So yes I know the pain of losing your mother and the longing of wanting to hold her one more time, because it is always there on some level and with that I offer love, hugs and admiration across the web to Servetus and her family. For G_d is with us and He never forsakes us.

  Also some of my fellow bloggers have gotten together and created a PayPal account in memory of Servetus' mother under the name Memoriam for a Mother. ALL of the money will be donated to the various charities that Richard Armitage patrons.