Posted January 3, 2011 Without a doubt one of the countries best actors. He was an absolute legend. Rest in peace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 Aww balls I saw stephen fry had put this up on twitter before, what a bloody loss! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 Now, he'll finally be able to catch that buck T-Rex. R.I.P, he was a great, great actor. It's always the good ones that die, never the bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 R.I.P. He was indeed a great actor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 They die so young these days... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 Rest to you Pete. Damn.... A brilliant actor but I'm surprised that he didn't get more parts of high quality. He ended up in odd things like Dragonheart but also in classics like Usual Suspects. Shall we leave his involvement in Aeon Flux out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 He was great in a film production of Shakespeare's Tempest as Prospero (I think). Shame, he was really good in that. Only other thing I've seen with him in it is Usual Suspects. RIP Eco bro. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) I was genuinely quite upset when I heard the news earlier today. We've lost a real national treasure. Rest to you Pete. Damn.... A brilliant actor but I'm surprised that he didn't get more parts of high quality. He ended up in odd things like Dragonheart but also in classics like Usual Suspects. Shall we leave his involvement in Aeon Flux out? To Hollywood he was never going to be serious material, to them he was just that funny-looking British guy they brought in to class things up a bit. Their loss. Edited January 3, 2011 by gaggle64 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 Rest in Pete, peace. That made me laugh out loud. Then I felt bad. I'm afraid I don't recognise his name, but it's always sad when the world loses a good person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Peter Postlethwaite is the kinda man whose face you instantly know from a lot of things, but can't pinpoint his name or exactly where you know him from. This is probably because he makes such an impact with most of his performances, but it could also be because he has the perfect facial structure for a wizard and wizards are cool. His name is also hard to spell. Really fucking hard to spell. Tolkien hard. I most recently watched him die in Inception. Classic gent. I'm proud to have been born on the day such a great man died. I'll carry your torch, Peter. Onward into the future. Edited January 3, 2011 by Guy HIS NAME IS HARD TO SPELL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 I most recently watched him die in Inception. Classic gent. I'm proud to have been born on the day such a great man died. I'll carry your torch, Peter. Onward into the future. (Had to look him up.) Oh, that was him? Didn't even realise he was in Inception. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 R.I.P Pete, you'll always be a legend! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 3, 2011 R.I.P Pete Postlethwaite. The last film I watched him in was The Town. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 4, 2011 This has been popping up around since the news - a powerful performance and weirdly relevant in today's troubled world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 4, 2011 For some reason I always think of him as a poor man's Patrick Stewart, I never know why that thought always pops into my head. Still, one of those actors who put the great into great british, not sure we even have decent young ones these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 4, 2011 He was awesome in Lost for Words, a rare tv drama (dvd not available in this country oddly) with Thora Hird where he plays the son of a stroke sufferer. Powerful performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 4, 2011 He had a pretty awesome final year, at least: Inception and that movie ReZ liked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
