Welsh Music, Film and Books Symposium
Croeso i drafodaeth 'da fi ar y we, gyda newyddion cerddoriaeth, ffilmiau, barddoniaeth, ffuglen, dramau, a storiau byr y Gymru. Thankfully for those of us who don't speak any (or much) Welsh, this is a mainly English language site with a very interesting Welsh slant to things. In example, I present their take on Fanastic Four.......definitely worth a browse. :cool: Sexy Welsh God Again Tops America's Summer Weekend Hollywood Boxoffice Welsh actors dominate as Hollywood's Libido Lifeblood for four decades . . . Is there ever a time when the 'Land of Song' doesn't dominate and control the starring roles of Hollywood? Ifor Novello, Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Bale, Siân Phillips, Emlyn Williams, Catherine Zeta Jones -- I'm running out of breath! And now Ioan Gruffudd's sexy comic book character is 'stretching' across America! According to the Hollywood Reporter 'Fantastic Four' scores with $57.4 million debut weekend By Gregg Kilday June 18, 2007 "20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" rode a commanding wave to the top of the North American boxoffice during the weekend, finding a broad-based audience with the help of a family-friendly PG rating." "The original "Fantastic Four," with a PG-13 rating, opened to $56.1 million in 2005, and its sequel didn't lose any momentum and outgrossed its predecessor with an estimated bow of $57.4 million." Didn't anyone see Ioan Gruffudd speaking Welsh on the Graham Norton Show a couple months ago? More on the sexy Welshman later . . . http://welshmusicfilmandbookssymposium.blogspot.com/2007/06/sexy-welsh-god-again-tops-americas.html :The General:

Have to agree with this as I personally liked Ioan as Reed. While it's not my favorite role for him, it did do quite well at the box office worldwide and continues to play on TV. And if ia role like that gives him more opportunities to play roles like William Wilberforce or some high profile roles - Unless he turned down a role that gave someone else a chance at an award or greater opportunites - I say he was smart to go with it.

Reed was not my favorite role for Ioan, but I enjoyed FF and FF2 - both of which truly did quite well at the box office and continue playing on TV - and Ioan's performance in them. I agree with you, GG, that Ioan was smart to go with the role of Reed, as FF and FF2 are the kind of movies that can give a lot of visibility to an actor and, therefore, give him more opportunities to land roles like William Wilberforce or some high profile roles.

I did happen to watch FF2 over the weekend,and I still think it's a fun movie to watch. It's not MY pick for one of Ioan's greatest roles either, but he'll probably be best-remembered for it---for a good while anyway because of the popularity of the comicbook series. And,that's not a bad thing at all,really.