Yep, he's a amazing actor. My bet is on him playing this character: Exiled Mexican conservatives appealed to Catholic France, Catholic Spain and the pope, plus other Europeans. French, Spanish and some English forces invaded Mexico, driving Juarez to the north. A Habsburg noble, Maximilian, was installed as emperor -- but he was slow to revoke the anticlerical laws. The clergy and the pope's emissary felt betrayed. Europeans withdrew their military backing. Juarez regrouped, defeated Maximilian's militia, and executed the emperor in 1867.
This movie is about events that happened 60 years after Maximilian’s death, in the early part of the 20th Century.
Good call. You’re probably right. I still like to watch him in Lion in Winter from time to time.
He’s a good actor, but I think O’Toole’s movies lately have been unworthy of him. Lawrence of Arabia was once one of my favorite movies.