6 Degrees

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You're so perceptive and I wonder how you knew....

Today, we're taking a very slight holiday from our usual trivia, but you will still be able to connect the dots.
As many of you have already heard, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers has signed to play Elvis in a biography for American television. Some of us can only say finally! Our own screencapper extraordinare, the brilliant Iris Out, aka velvetspur was perceptive enough to point out the resemblance between Johnny and that beautiful boy from Tupelo simply ages ago. She braved the bewilderment and occasional scorn of many for making the comparison because they just couldn't see it. Well, of course, if you were envisioning the sadly drug addled white jumpsuit wearing Vegas lounge act rather than his breathtaking younger self, why, it'd be like comparing apples to oranges Tommy Stone to Brian Slade. Here's a much better bit of evidence that Johnny and Elvis have a lot in common.

Brava, dear Iris, and Merry Christmas, Baby.

Comments

I agree!

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JRM would make a great Elvis! There's something about the look in his eyes that can not only capture the simmering menace of those early performances, but also the madness that Elvis' private life must have encompassed.

I'm now reminded of one of Ewan McGregor's earliest roles (his very first, I think), as Mick Hopper in Lipstick on Your Collar (http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2000/10/lipstick_on_your_collar_surreal_television_from_a_legend.html). Here's a photo:

I'm in Love, I'm All Shook Up!

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Wow, that's a great image! I love Lipstick on Your Collar.

I think it's about time that Elvis's sexy original look eclipsed the latter one. If this pic of Ewan was more well known he could do it. But now, perhaps Johnny will accomplish that.

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V! Again you brilliantly dig into your wayback machine and come up with two perfect pictures for the subject at hand. What a treat to see these side by side!

And thanks so much dahling, for the kudos about my supposedly crackpot theorizing re: JRM & EAP. I'm chuffed!

Love the subject line, Ms Stein

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Well, darling, you screen-capped that Bri and Mandy snog for me a while ago, so I had to put it to good use. I always thought that Bri/Mandy tongue touch was a way to avoid ruining their respective lip-glosses but apparently Elvis is doin' it just for fun. I remember being shocked by the Elvis picture. If I recall correctly, it was rediscovered and made popular only in the mid-80s or so.