Rupert Friend is Killing it
Give this guy an Emmy
He has completely transformed into a new character. The Old Quinn is Dead and he transitioned into this new version of seamlessly
Completely agree!!
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He was very good in "Starred Up" a lil underrated indie movie made from the same people who made "Hell or High Water"
First time I ever saw him was in Pride & Prejudice, the movie, as Mr. Wickham.
shareMe too. He's amazing, especially in this role.
shareYes! Whatever they end up doing with/to his character, just having Rupert in it this much so far this year has made this a huge plus--so much so I am now just watching for him.
Last year he was utterly wasted. At the time every week I kept proverbially talking to the tv saying "when are we going to see Quinn DOING some Quinn stuff?" He just skulked around Berlin doing odd jobs for the team, until the tragic end where he got to act up a storm.
It was so nothing last year for Quinn overall until the end. When compared to previous years, the whole season to me last year was the lesser for it because he was so criminally underused during most of it.
Thank heavens that has been corrected this year for this superb actor to be appreciated and allowed to do something amazing.
It was so nothing last year for Quinn overall until the end. When compared to previous years, the whole season to me last year was the lesser for it because he was so criminally underused during most of it.
I don't think there would have been any emotional draw for me this year without Quinn- I probably still would have watched, but they haven't introduced anyone fit to replace him.
Makes you wonder if Rupert Friend is really insufferable in person or something- the writers seem to loathe him. I was surprised when Alex Gansa said they were planning to kill him off but decided last-minute that he might be "worth keeping around!"
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He's a stone fox!
Loved him as Wickham, though he should have been Darcy! He played Prince Albert next to Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria.
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Add to Rupert's credits, and worth watching:
1. Lullaby for Pi, a 2015 film which I call a "hidden treasure" (I found it on Amazon), sweet and romantic w/backstory of loss and wonderful jazz music, for which Rupert wrote some of the lyrics (he plays a jazz pianist).
2. A sci fi short "STRYKA" that he did with wife Aimee. There's a URL link for that on Youtube. For once, you get to hear his British accent!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9kBsfsO2UU
3. Hitman: Agent 47. I know this got mixed reviews, but it's where I first saw Rupert Friend's talent. Playing an assassin supposedly devoid of emotion, he still brings grace notes of emotion and humour, at just the right points of this evolving character.
Thanks. I will miss these boards for these great recommendations posts.
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In addition to the films listed above, try Lullaby for Pi, a 2015 film (I found it on Amazon). I wrote for it the following review: Reviewed January 20, 2017. Sweet magical story w/a tinge of loss, all mixed with fabulous music and acting! I quite got lost in the story and the music and wished that it wouldn't end. Kudos to the acting cast and the musicians. SO glad I found this. A hidden treasure. (Rupert wrote and performed jazz music for this.)
Also of course see Young Victoria with Rupert's intelligent vibrant performance as Prince Albert-- and just for a lark, watch a sci fi short "STRYKA" that he did with wife Aimee. There's a URL link for that on
on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9kBsfsO2UU
Also he will be playing Stalin's son in a major upcoming film.
He certainly keeps busy!
Thanks for that recommendation- the short was funny as hell. He is slaying this role.
shareAgreed! He's the only best part.
shareEmmy.
Or a golden globe.
He's the best part of this season and is saving it as far as I'm concerned.
shareI said it many times before, they need to kill Carrie and make Quinn the lead character.
shareThat's for sure. Unbelievable performance. I felt he's been knocking it out of the park since the very first episode of this season. I have always liked Quinn, and the writing and acting are outstanding this season for this character. And more revelations about Dar's relationship with him also a bit disturbing, but there it is. I really thought Astrid was wonderful too. Gil Scott at the opening - perfect.
shareThe thing about Dar and Quinn was creepy, something that if they were going to do they should have embedded it into earlier seasons, because in those earlier seasons I think most people were thinking he was "normal", not a mixed up kid who was picked up and shaped by Dar of all people.
I know. When they first introduced Quinn he came from a wealth Philadelphia family and went to Harvard. He had a girlfriend who worked in a hospital named Julia Diaz, and she had just had a baby with him. He was black ops under Dar and Estes, but couldn't go through with hit on Brody at the cabin with Carrie - which showed that he didn't want to hurt Carrie. You saw him suffer greatly when he accidentally killed a boy during an operation. He struggled after that but was still able to find purpose with Carrie. They later decided to make him a street orphan who was recruited by Dar and then the last revelation was "their" relationship - Dar and Quinn's. Astrid was also a part of his life when Homeland went to Berlin but you realize that meaning in life for him was really Carrie.
shareTo be fair, or rather to lean over backwards trying to rationalize this character, his Philly family might have been a CIA cover. He was a good character, and the last season was good, but they made certain choices that were disappointing in a way.
shareI don't think it was a CIA cover. I think the writers created a character background for Quinn and then decided to recreate him. They killed him off and then brought him back to kill him off again. There are many discrepancies with Quinn. I think they didn't know what to do with Brody and introduced Quinn and then it just went from there. Quinn from a well to do family vs. Quinn the street kid. With Quinn the street kid came Dar as dirty old man.
shareIt's quite interesting all that.
The idea that Hollywood is so Liberal, and they love gays so much, but then you see gay used as an indicator that someone is evil, or a false clue to throw the view off the track. I am still not sure what Dar's culpability is exactly. Not saying he is good, in fact he is, for sure, not good, but what exactly were his boundaries?
Also I wonder about Quinn who seems like someone we pity or admire because he is competent and gets the job done, very self-sacrificing, but as a person what is he doing in the CIA operations killing people?
They play around with the characters in this show a lot. It's a wonderful show, and I supposed you cannot mirror reality or get too realistic if only because there is limited time to write a screenplay or episode. They did a very good job in this last season of Homeland, and I would not be at all surprised if there were not propaganda centers all over the US with sock-puppets trying to manipulate our elections and the populace.
You are getting gay mixed up with pedophilia, or being gay vs. an older man preying on an adolescent. This reference to liberal Hollywood really doesn't play into this storyline. I don't think either Dar or Quinn was homosexual. I think they added this bit in because a lot of street kids are sexualized very early on because they are on the street and not protected. Dar had a strong bond with Quinn and probably did care about him more than probably anyone else in his life. But at the end, Quinn just felt his life was compromised and had a death wish. The unrequited love for Carrie added to his melancholy. I do think when they first introduced Quinn, he was much more formidable and you would never think he would go down the path that he did. But they (the writers) decided to change his character - first they made him a more caring person, especially for Carrie, and then they decided to make him broken with a broken childhood. Then he was physically and mentally impaired and a drug addict - no longer seen as an equal in Carrie's eyes. It really could have gone either way though if the writers had chosen to do so. In the end, Rupert Friend got to shine this season.
They did not say Quinn was an adolescent, and Quinn did not disagree that Dar did not use force ... it was apparently his choice. But they did not really tell a coherent understandable story, the point was to imply that Dar was evil because he was gay or some such.
Whatever this story was or will be in the future, Friend did a hell of a job of acting, no arguing with that.
hell yes. i've been saying the same thing ever since the season started. "god damn he's acting his ass off!" you'd never guess he doesnt have legitimate physiological issues if you havent seen act prior to this season
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