In Miller's original script Willy is called a shrimp; changed to "walrus" when Lee J. Cobb was cast as Willy.
The line isn't in the George C. Scott production.
My English teacher screened the Dustin Hoffman/John Malkovich tv movie for us in 85 and I remember reading at the time how Miller intended Willy to be physically more like Hoffman.
The Wendell Pierce adaptation hints that Willy is called the n word and Biff blows his chance at UCLA instead of U VA.
Nathan Lane is 5'5" , " "shrimp" was put back but I didn't think it quite works to describe him.
He hears himself described with condescension and knows in his lucid moments that it's true; he kills himself because he knows he's fucked up and the insurance money is the only way he can help his family.
The roles I've seen Nathan Lane perform have mostly been exuberant characters.
Congrats on the Ringo nom, Dean. Well-deserved!
Thanks for always giving my creator owned work some love, Jace. Much appreciated.
In Miller's original script Willy is called a shrimp; changed to "walrus" when Lee J. Cobb was cast as Willy.
The line isn't in the George C. Scott production.
My English teacher screened the Dustin Hoffman/John Malkovich tv movie for us in 85 and I remember reading at the time how Miller intended Willy to be physically more like Hoffman.
The Wendell Pierce adaptation hints that Willy is called the n word and Biff blows his chance at UCLA instead of U VA.
Nathan Lane is 5'5" , " "shrimp" was put back but I didn't think it quite works to describe him.
Big or small. Doesn't really matter - I don't think.
It was his ego that didn't match the size of his reality.
He hears himself described with condescension and knows in his lucid moments that it's true; he kills himself because he knows he's fucked up and the insurance money is the only way he can help his family.
The roles I've seen Nathan Lane perform have mostly been exuberant characters.