There was no-one who could play evil like Peter Cushing, but it was always charming and polite; it was gentlemanly evil; it was British badness delivered with charm.
There was no-one who could play evil like Peter Cushing, but it was always charming and polite; it was gentlemanly evil; it was British badness delivered with charm.
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by Mark Smith
The message was: being wicked is no excuse for bad manners.
Look at Star Wars, in which Cushing plays Darth Vader's boss Grand Moff Tarkin. His performance is a stunning example of cut-glass badness, particularly when facing off with Princess Leia. "You don't know how hard I found it, signing the order to terminate your life," he says. All she can hit back with is something lame about Tarkin's foul stench. In reality, says Carrie Fisher who played Leia, Cushing smelt like linen and lavender.
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In praise of - Peter Cushing.
There was no-one who could play evil like Peter Cushing, but it was always charming and polite; it was gentlemanly evil; it was British badness delivered with charm.
The message was: being wicked is no excuse for bad manners.
Look at Star Wars, in which Cushing plays Darth Vader's boss Grand Moff Tarkin. His performance is a stunning example of cut-glass badness, particularly when facing off with Princess Leia. "You don't know how hard I found it, signing the order to terminate your life," he says. All she can hit back with is something lame about Tarkin's foul stench. In reality, says Carrie Fisher who played Leia, Cushing smelt like linen and lavender.
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