Richard on the day I met him - not my photo
"I will love you in silence… like someone inaccessible,
Like a dream that will never come true,
and the far perfume of my impossible love
will touch your hair… and you will never know."
(by José Ángel Buesa)
My Birthday wish list for Richard Armitage
. That you get the funding and support and wide distribution deals you wish for to finally make
The Burning of Bridget Cleary
That you get to fulfill your dream of bringing Richard III's real story to the screen, and to play Richard III (or Warwick).
That you and Yael Farber get to work together again even if I won't be able to see you on stage in London. But always hope for a play in NY or even Washington DC?
That you get to work with all the directors you've mentioned in the past you hope to work with.
That you get to film some of those films you were cast in that somehow never made it beyond pre-production: Clearance directed by Aku Louhimies, Edith Wharton's Summer, Mid-Life Crisis
That Audible finds who owns the rights to The Lords of the North audiobook that you recorded years ago and releases it again so a wider audience can experience your amazing performance.
That the BBC or HBO decides to produce a series based on the Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and casts you as one of the leads. (Woland maybe?)
That someone casts you in a movie that requires you to sing and play the cello in character. Not a musical, since I know you don't want to return to that, but a movie that requires the characters to be involved in music or the music industry in some way so you have to sing and play the cello. (This wish is for me).
Feliz Cumple - Happy Birthday
Richard
