#Michael Hurst

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S06E13 "You Are There"

(Scans by Nicole B).

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Jonathan Frakes Vs. Michael Hurst

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Jonathan Frakes - (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - No text propaganda

Michael Hurst - (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) - With his tousled blond hair, sleek muscularity, energy and charisma, Hurst, in his role as Hercules' buddy Iolaus, immediately stole my attention away from the supposed leading man of the show and kept it for the series' entire run.

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Jonathan Frakes:

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Actor for Alexander

I've been asked a bunch of times which actor I think could play Alexander. Mostly, I've had to say, "Nobody." And, "Cast a complete unknown."

I still, honestly, think that would be the way to go.

Pulling off Alexander takes not just Peter O'Toole levels of talent but Peter O'Toole levels of charisma. And unconscious arrogance. (He played Lawrence or Arabia in a very Alexander-ish way, below with Omar Sharif.)

That's the problem. Colin Farrell was, imo, not right for the part. He's a good actor in "small screen" intense sorts of roles. Liked him in Phone Booth. LOVED him in Ondine. I did not like him as Alexander.

Buck Braithwaite is, I think, better, although I have issues with some of how they directed him. Still think William Shatner beat them both in sheer presentation.

Of people NOT cast as Alexander, Michael Hurst (who played Iolaus in the old '90s TV show Hercules) would have been a dream cast for me. Even in the '90s show, he was too old, but man, he's an amazing actor and looked right for the part. Stick that man in a Macedonian cuirass pronto!

Jon Bon Jovi in his youthful days could totally have played him. Blond hair AND he's (relatively) short. Total command of the stage.

It's not an accident I picked a rock star.

I believe I've finally found a (current) "name" actor I would not hate in the role (again, depending on how he was directed).

It took seeing him in Elvis, and also in Dune II, but yes, Austin Butler could, imo, play Alexander. He's blond and blue eyed, and he has a long face (which Alexander had). He's really too pretty, and definitely too tall. At 32, he's also too old (especially for younger ATG), although the baby face helps. But he's got the charisma in front of a crowd that many actors (even good actors) don't have. I think he has the emotional range to be both terribly charming and frighteningly fierce.

So if you had to cast a name actor, Austin Butler could pull off ATG, imo.

But ANY name actor is going to have the same issue ... baggage from prior roles. in that respect, Buck Braithwaite was not a bad choice. He did have film experience, but I'd never heard of the guy before. (He was still too old.)

If Austin Butler were cast as Alexander, could audiences NOT see him as Elvis-Alexander or Harkonen-Alexander? Dubious.

So yeah, I STILL think that finding a talented, YOUNG, hungry, super-charismatic unknown would be the way to go. Alexander should be a young actor between 22-24, imo. They can age him up easily. Harder to age him down, but still possible. Colin Farrell was just 26 at filming, and he still looked too old, imo.

Alexander was a BABY when he crossed to Asia, just 22. He needs to look it, for the full impact of what he did to really knock your socks off.

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from HTLJ 3x15 Judgment Day, crossover

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In Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, Hercules rescues a disoriented Iolaus from the very strangely gooey trap of the Minotaur.

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www.whenheartscollide.net

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IOLAUS - Michael Hurst Hercules: The Legendary Journeys s2e10 - Cast a Giant Shadow

I love how absolutely done Iolaus is with this. It’s not the first time he’s been taken by the bad guys to be used against Hercules, and he knows it’s not gonna be the last. He just wants to speed things along so he can escape already.

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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys 1.1 The Wrong Path

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S01E08 "Prometheus"

S02E13 "The Quest"

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My Xena/Hercules Collection ♥️

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Iolaus and Lilith

ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴄᴜʟᴇꜱ & ʜᴇʀᴄᴜʟᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ ᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏꜱ

I wish we had have seen more of Iolaus and Lilith together. They could have been such a chaotic duo.

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Not A Book Friday

I mean, it's not Xena, but, without it, Xena probably wouldn't have happened. So, one must follow the other. And, there are definitely good parts, and very excellent episodes during its 6 year run too.

It’s an interesting look at the mythical character of Hercules. Of course, it doesn’t follow the myth mostly, although it follows it much, much better than the Disney animated feature called Hercules (*sigh* Hera wasn’t his mother, Hera wasn’t his mother, Hera…. So so so much… wasn’t his mother… okay. I’m done. Sorry Disney, you got that so wrong).

I think that the best parts of the series is when it unhinges itself from the myths exactly, and, does things like introduces Xena, first as an evil Warrior Princess, and then, perhaps as a redeemed Warrior Princess. Or all the great stuff that happens when he travels with his best friend Iolus (who is not his cousin like in the myths) or Salmoneus. And then there’s the Dahak (a sorta stand in for the devil coming to Earth) and post-Dahak storylines. Some love them (I do), others do not. But, again, they create super interesting storylines because they’re not yoked to the 10 labors and other already existing stories.

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