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[Originally posted to Tumblr on 2 October 2012, then cross-posted to Wordpress on 12 November 2012]
Warning!: This response contains some spoilers for Peter Guillam’s character in both the film and novel versions of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Warning!: This response contains some spoilers for Peter Guillam’s character in both the film and novel versions of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Anonymous asked:
Hello Monte! I was curious as to what you thought of the portrayal as Guillam as a homosexual in the TTSS movie. It is a pretty significant departure from the book, and I was curious for your thoughts. Why do you think it was portrayed thus in the movie? Was it effective? Which portrayal, homosexual or heterosexual, do you think works best for Guillam’s character? Thanks!
While it is, generally speaking, a pretty significant departure from the book, and I confess to having been initially sceptical for a number of reasons, the vast majority of my feelings towards this aspect of Peter Guillam’s portrayal in the film are entirely positive for a number of reasons.
As I mentioned before, I was initially sceptical about the switch in Peter’s perceived sexual orientation. This was for several reasons, the biggest of which being that I wanted to know if there would be a point to it - was there a reason, or was it going to be a throw-away trait? Another was that honestly, I felt that it would be a better call to play the character as bisexual, both because I felt it was more logical in regards to the character as well as because honestly there’s a massive lack of well-done bisexual characters in film (that said, we do have Bill, and he is absolutely lovely).
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As I mentioned before, I was initially sceptical about the switch in Peter’s perceived sexual orientation. This was for several reasons, the biggest of which being that I wanted to know if there would be a point to it - was there a reason, or was it going to be a throw-away trait? Another was that honestly, I felt that it would be a better call to play the character as bisexual, both because I felt it was more logical in regards to the character as well as because honestly there’s a massive lack of well-done bisexual characters in film (that said, we do have Bill, and he is absolutely lovely).
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