For our final Golden Years post for this week celebrating Rob as Rawdy, Richard, Georges, Jacob & Bad Ass Cops, thought we would share just a few more faves. I have enjoyed spending time with these characters so much this week & just absolutely CANNOT WAIT until 2011 is here & we can meet Georges & Jacob on the big screen *sigh*  The closer it gets, the more excited I become!  Tomorrow of course marks the start of a brand new Golden Years week.  Who will it be – hehe all will be revealed tomorrow *smiles*

A mix of delights for you today, starting with Rob as Rawdy in Vanity Fair.  I don’t have to repeat how the blind man was put in charge of editing, we all know this – yet when I catch that glimpse of Rob in this sadly misplaced footage, why is it his is the only performance I’m zoning in on.  Bias? I don’t think so.  Even back then you could feel a strong presence.  *thumbs up* Umm btw, apologies for the teeny first 3 caps, this is what happens when you only have lost material to work with.  Moving along … aaahhh Richard.  How dare you steam up my screen when you appear for those 3 minutes of bliss.  If what’s her name isn’t interested, feel free to walk this way.  I mean it!

So what about something more recent?  Who could forget Rob as himself while playing opposite Tom as Les Grosman.  God we laughed so hard that day didn’t we … and if that wasn’t enough, they later broke out Badass Cops.  Did somebody ask for a light?  Well didn’t I just need one! Goodtimes all round and Rob proved once again that he is a master at comedy.  It felt like we’d won the freakin lottery!

And now, we have so much to look forward to.  We’ve all read the books (most of us), we’ve all seen the snaps, we’ve all been patient and tried to stay alive in the process of the wait, hell some of us have undergone Boot-Ami camp to ensure survival.  There’s nothing left now but to unleash them to us on the BIG screen ….Georges will most probably break my heart and Jacob will mend it.

Bring me my time machine!

Ah it seemed like we waited forever to see Rob as Richard in this short film. Who can forget the excitement we experienced when we discovered we would FINALLY be able to see him via the Love & Distrust DVD – was heaven. Rob’s 3 plus minutes is the best out of the whole film – stating obvious I know. Richard *swoon* think that is all I need to say – oh & of course enjoy!!

For our Golden Years series, this week we have decided to mix things up a bit & share a variety of Rob’s work both past & upcoming.  We will be bringing you goodies from Vanity Fair, The Summer House, Bel-Ami, Water For Elephants & Bad Ass Cops.  Yes we know the last isn’t ‘officially’ a Rob role but we all know that it SHOULD & NEEDS to be – please please let this film be made *prays*.  Plus it’s just too awesome not to include.   To kick things off today, here are a few gifs of Rob as Rawdy Crawley in Vanity Fair (why on earth they cut Rob’s scene I will NEVER EVER understand) & also Richard in The Summer House.   Not too much footage to work with for these ones but of course those fave & gorgeous moments are still there no matter how short the footage is.   Even with the short screen time Rob is given in both of these roles, he still delivers such a wonderful & memorable performance.  So talented & this was just the beginning for him.  Enjoy everyone!

Oh & just have to say, how I cannot wait to see Rob & Reese together again in Water For Elephants.  Seeing this footage of them acting together fueled my excitement for the film even more if that is possible.  2011 is getting closer by the day *squeeeeeee*

Rob as Rawdy

Rob as Richard

Exciting news for Rob’s US fans – Love & Distrust which as we know is the DVD compilation which features The Summer House, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com with a release date of November 2 2010.  I cannot tell you how excited I was when my DVD arrived back in August.  Finally being able to add Rob as the beautiful Richard to my collection was just brilliant.  As always, if we hear any news about an Australian release, we will of course let you know.

Oh Richard …