#also Derek Jacobi who is just okay but at least his Hamlet doesn’t feel like a total ego fest

[hamletthedane]

Idk how to articulate this but I don’t trust any actor who says their dream role is hamlet - it’s almost always just an ego thing…….UNLESS they also dream of playing Richard II.

Then it’s apparent that they’re just obsessed with playing the most pathetically tragic sad little meow meow they possibly can

#every good hamlet also played Richard II that doesn’t feel like a coincidence #and by every I mean Ben Whishaw Ian McKellen & David Tennant #two lost but legendary hamlets and also DT the born Shakespearean #also Derek Jacobi who is just okay but at least his Hamlet doesn’t feel like a total ego fest #You know who HASN’T ever wanted to play Richard II and decided to play Hal instead? #Yeah #(and thank goodness bc I shudder to think of Kenneth Branagh’s delivery of Richard II’s beautiful poetry) #Richard ii #hamlet #Shakespeare #Shakespeare after dark with e