Goodness - what part was she supposed to be playing ?(because I suppose she could just about get away with the Keeley Hawes role if you are going for historical veracity - but not the other part really, she being a winkle picker from Kent or something.)
I am researching Victorian music hall performers for this novel thing I am writing and I can't remember her name, but there was one famous black female music hall artist at the turn of the century. And a few Americans. So I suppose it's sort of feasible.
Race aside I can't see either of those being particularly convincing in any sort of period movie (I can just about picture them in the 20s or 30s - but anything before that is going to be one hell of a stretch) - they are both entirely too shiny and modern-seeming.
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on 2006-11-12 05:24 pm (UTC)I am researching Victorian music hall performers for this novel thing I am writing and I can't remember her name, but there was one famous black female music hall artist at the turn of the century. And a few Americans. So I suppose it's sort of feasible.
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on 2006-11-12 05:25 pm (UTC)And being directed by Sofia Coppola. O_o
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