The actor playing Kay (Arthur's brother) should have played Arthur - Camelot (2011) Discussion

[–] suchalovelylady 14 years ago

Definitely. The character, himself, is just more likable and the actor more eye catching.

Arthur is a whiny teen at this point, but I guess that's the point. He has to grow up.

reply

[–] movie80 9 years ago

Definitely. The character, himself, is just more likable and the actor more eye catching.

Arthur is a whiny teen at this point, but I guess that's the point. He has to grow up.

Agreed!
Arthur looks too young and girly.

reply

[–] Ilario1 14 years ago

I was thinking the same thing.

reply

[–] terminaltrip421 14 years ago

I personally like the casting were it turned around could you see arthur needing his brother?

Signature~
remember if you don't have anything nice to say ...you're probably an *beep*

reply

[–] pilotinspecktor 14 years ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who wondered why they picked that guy to play Arthur.

~ I'm a old soul, in this very strange world

reply

[–] stellar_4217 14 years ago

I agree. I find it hard to take this Arthur seriously. I know he's suppose to be young but the guy playing Arthur looks too girly & scrawny. You can make Arthur youthful w/o making him look like a puny, whiny, boy. The guy who's playing Kay looks young but has presence.

"Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off"

reply

[–] lolly3 14 years ago

I agree too.

reply

[–] peggygeordie 14 years ago

I agree. Kay isn't just attractive, he has charm and presence and conveys real decency - you want to watch him and root for him more than you do Arthur. The series' biggest flaw so far is that Arthur is surrounded by young men that almost all seem to have more presence than he does. Unless he has something special, it doesn't seem likely that Merlin's word alone would make a lot of warriors want to stand up and die for him in a world where the son inheriting was not a given.

reply

[–] ravmeltt 13 years ago

I agree. Kay isn't just attractive, he has charm and presence and conveys real decency - you want to watch him and root for him more than you do Arthur. The series' biggest flaw so far is that Arthur is surrounded by young men that almost all seem to have more presence than he does. Unless he has something special, it doesn't seem likely that Merlin's word alone would make a lot of warriors want to stand up and die for him in a world where the son inheriting was not a given.

peggy I hate to agree with you because I do like Arthur, but everything you said is true. The young men have more presence and next to them Arthur looks so tiny. In the series "Merlin", even though Arthur is short, yet you feel his presence and he looks strong and fights like a true warrior. I'm just catching up with both shows online and I do like both. I don't like Merlin in Camelot though. Merlin in "Merlin" is so sweet while this Merlin is a bit mean and angry at most times to me.

This is my signature and I'm sticking to it. lol

reply

[–] mpop314 14 years ago

For me the presence is the main thing more than appearance, or even performance. Some actors just have a better baring, that draws your attention to them, in a series like this where the supporting roles are populated by more seasoned actors, and the villians are a lot more compelling at times than the heros, they should of tried to put someone in the arthur role who had a real "star" presence.

reply

[–] Bale-Pearce-Oldman 14 years ago

Agreed. Arthur looks like a pretty girl amidst men.

-----
Giving you a slow-clap, Señor Chang style.

reply

[–] xanxei 14 years ago

I agree Arthur could have been better cast. The kid they have playing him looks like he has an iPhone stashed away in his historically inaccurate kingly outfit. What I mean by that is, when I look at him I see the actor, not the character. He's not selling it. At all.

reply

[–] RedHotNJ 14 years ago

Agreed- they did a horrible job with the casting of Arthur.
But I love Morgan and Merlin.

reply

[–] uzairdx 14 years ago

Agreed, i was thinking the same exact thing.

reply

[–] jriddle73 14 years ago

Most of the rest of the cast is excellent, but the decision to cast Bower is simply indefensible, and screams of an effort to try to attract the cadres of 11-year-old girls who have made all that money for TWILIGHT (I think Bower was even in TWILIGHT). That's an audience that's VERY unlikely to watch a show of this nature, and even if they did, it does nothing to improve the situation. A bad casting choice of so key a role is going to prove impossible to overcome. There's simply no way this fellow--who another poster unkindly but accurately says looks like a cute girl among a bunch of rough men--is going to become the great warrior king who unites the land and brings about a golden age. Perhaps the show will jump ahead a few years at some point and the part can be recast.

---
"The Dig"
http://cinemarchaeologist.blogspot.com/

reply