He was great as Sir Thomas Bertram in the movie “Mansfield Park.” A miserable, cruel, bullying, mean character. Perfect casting!
Actually, it was a travesty. In the book, Sir Thomas a generous and kind man who simply has a tendency to be so formal and intimidating that it doesn't come across at first. That movie so bastardized the novel I was foaming at the mouth by the time it was over. I haven't seen such a rape of literature since Hollywood gave "The Scarlet Letter" a happy ending, and Susan Sarandon made "Little Women's" Marmee a swaggering feminist.