Paddy's a hoot

Two actors who I wanted better things for have a chance to shine together in “Cry Of The Owl”, a thriller based on the Patricia Highsmith novel about a woman who falls in love with her stalker.
Julia Stiles has always hinted at being a great actress, and she has chosen some interesting role but to date has never seem to fully embody her character. Paddy Considine, on the other hand is a wonderful and dedicated actor who we expected bigger things from after “In America”, but that never seemed to happen for him.

Now they will both get a chance to strut their stuff for audiences. We all know Paddy is very good at playing strange men and dark men, so this should not provide too much of a challenge for him. In the book his character is a depressed but fundamentally decent man, liked to watch (Styles) through her kitchen window—a harmless palliative, as he saw it, to his lonely life and failed marriage. It will be interesting to see how he can balance the creepiness of the being a stalker, but still get the sympathy of the audience.

Scott Speedman turns up as the ex-boyfriend, and there is something about Paddy’s character being caught up in a series of deaths in which he is the innocent bystander, but is presumed guilty.

Could meander into serial killer action territory is it is not careful. I actually have not much else to say on this. It was mainly an excuse to post up pics of Paddy.