Things I've learned about David Hewlett.

[icarus]

While stuck on the next scene of my skating fic, I've been scoping out David Hewlett fansites. Things I've learned about his career in the process:


- David is frequently badly dressed, in colors that might sear out your eyes.

- David has a lot of nude scenes for a man who hasn't actually done porn (gay, straight or other), even though he is rarely (never?) the romantic lead. He's often the only one standing naked in the shower, or shirtless, or in his underwear what-have-you.

- David is often kissed, despite the fact that he's, once again, not the romantic lead.

- If David is the boyfriend, he's the ex-boyfriend, or the drug-dealer boyfriend.

- David looks good in hats.

- David's characters are generally doomed!

- David has played a lot of homicidal maniacs, pedophiles, drug addicts, drug dealers, drunks -- did I mention the homicidal maniacs? These characters are strangely sympathetic even as they make your skin crawl.

- Where David isn't playing a homicidal maniac, he is the amusing sidekick. If not the amusing drunk sidekick, or the amusing loser sidekick, or...

- David moves around too much to look good in a suit. He's rumpled in seconds.

- David's been gay in a fair number of movies, which makes me happy.

- Guns. David has carried a gun a surprising amount. Usually, he's the guy pointing it at the helpless victim, or otherwise is the pathetic (doomed!) soldier, or the bumbling (doomed!) thief.

- If David plays a cop it's barely more than a walk-on.

- David was a father once. It's such an anomaly that it stands out.

- David's been in a lot of sci-fi, supernatural and just-plain-weird movies. In these he's often doomed! or else he's the essential scientist (and also doomed).

- David likes being nude. He's nude in a piece that he wrote, directed and starred in. This is someone who likes nudity.

- I like David to be nude as well, so intend to do whatever I can to encourage this particular habit. Surely Dr. McKay will need to be stripped down and fumigated from some trip to a planet where he's allergic to everything.*



ETA: The most interesting-sounding movies of David's that I haven't seen:
Cube
Elevated
Clutch

Others:
Treed Murray
Icemen

*ETA2: I am now taking suggestions for various ways in which Dr. McKay can end up nude in an SGA episode, with varying degrees of plausibility allowed. So far we have the allergic fumigation, the cloth-eating nanites....

Comments

[amalthia]

I know about Centry Hotel but what other movies has he played gay characters? :)

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

David is frequently badly dressed, in colors that might sear out your eyes.

I seem be the only one who adores DH in those striped shirts. I love his clothes. ::sulks::

But I do agree that he looks best without any clothes at all.

I'm still eagerly a-waiting the ep with the fabric-devouring nanites.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The Boys Of St. Vincent (male prostitute, and by the way, doomed), and he was in a male-bonding movie that featured others in a gay relationship, Iceman. Given that there aren't a lot of gay movies out there and most of David's career has been television, that's a high percentage.

Thank you, David. :)

Icarus

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

ETA: The most interesting-sounding movies of David's that I haven't seen: Cube, Elevated, Clutch, Treed Murray, Icemen

Email me off LJ and I can get you these.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

He looks great horribly dressed. The worse the clothes are, the cuter he is.

I'm still eagerly a-waiting the ep with the fabric-devouring nanites.

There's an idea. Shall we write up the script and send it to the studio?

Icarus

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

You know, I whispered those and pulled up my trench coat collar, and flicked my eyes nervously when I said that? Like, 'Hey little girl, wanna see a David Hewlett movie? He's nude in it...'

Yah, you know you want it, better than methamphetamines...

[amalthia]

I need to watch Icemen.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Shit. I still owe you that exploring Atlantis fic, don't I? *holds arms over head in guilt*

Icarus

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

::sighs a heavy, guilt-inducing sigh::

*g*

Don't worry about it, there's no rush!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Done.

Um. Actually, that might not work. I can't play most avi files because I'm running Win98 on a very old laptop. They run in slo-mo because my processing speed is just too slow.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

David's one of those actors that I think I watch him in pretty much anything, just because enjoy his screen presence so much. There's something to be said for someone who can steal the scene without killing it.

'Hey little girl, wanna see a David Hewlett movie? He's nude in it...'

My first thought when I read that was: he's naked in those too? Which is just wishful thinking I'm afraid.

Icarus

[amireal.livejournal.com]

Treed Murray semi disproves the suit theory. But it's a very interesting movie and I liked it a lot. It's the sort of movie that could have been -- well I don't know if you include structural analysis as spoilers, so i'll stop for now.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_minxy_/]

How about coming back through the wormhole after having fallen through the crust over extremely sulphurous mud, so that his clothes smell just awful and it's deep into his hair and pores and he has to shower for 15 minutes in the infirmary while Carson establishes that it's not dangerous mud and that it'll probably do wonders for McKay's complexion, although likely not his love life.

After which discussion Rodney turns on his heel and heads straight back for the showers until someone brings him some scrubs.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Does it? Cool. I'd like to see him smooth and professional. He'd make a scary and unusual hit-man, wouldn't he? Someone who likes his job just a little too much, fetishistic about his weapons....

Once I've seen Treed Murray, let's discuss!

Icarus

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

For about $60 to $80 you can pick up a multi region AVI/DIVX playing DVD player (I recommend, HIGHLY, the Pioneer 383DVD) and then you can put 7 or 8 movies on a DVD and play them right off.

THat way you don't need to buy a new pc.

I could record them in video format, but that's expensive and annoying. I'd do AVI format for you, free coz I'm nice, but if you want them in vidoe format you'd have to bribe me with chocolate or something.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Huh... we always see the AUs where John's the hitman with a heart of gold. What about an AU where Rodney's the hit man who LOVES HIS FUCKING JOB! He's brilliant at it, never misses, and just totally gets off on the power and stuff. Interesting.

[amireal.livejournal.com]

I must confess, I've a weakness for suits. On the right man that is. But there's a place inside that goes all warm with them, probably having to do with all the religious upbringing. Wouldn't *that* make a fascinating study.

Yes, please do discuss after you've seen.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The review says it has some interesting performances but by some standards it might be like watching paint dry.

Just to be clear: David's not the gay character in this. It's someone else (sadly) who is seduced.

Icarus

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Wow, that would be something. *prods you to write this*

Icarus

[mad_maudlin]

Suggestions?

"Oh, Dr. McKay, you're soaked! Let's get you out of those wet things while we wait for rescue...don't be silly, you'll catch your death..."

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

he has to shower for 15 minutes in the infirmary while Carson establishes that it's not dangerous mud and that it'll probably do wonders for McKay's complexion, although likely not his love life.

After which discussion Rodney turns on his heel and heads straight back for the showers until someone brings him some scrubs.

LOL! I can see Rodney lean his forehead against the tiles, sigh, then go back to scrubbing. John stops by to razz him about being the only one to fall in.

Icarus

[lillian78.livejournal.com]

His ass is particularly biteable...err..perky. :-D

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Okay, who's doing the undressing here? Lovely cliche, why didn't I think of it. On-planet, of course?

Icarus

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

On top of all of the other stories I keep finishing and hating? Sigh...

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

The speices could have something against clothing!

He gets dosed with a chemical that makes his clothes dissovel.

Someone steals them!