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Jilly Cooper

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 20:43

Should have name changed for this but I'm to lazy, oh the shame Grin

After seeing Mrscampbellblacks nick name on the s&b threads. It reminded me how much I enjoyed her books. Can anyone remember what sequence they follow before I pounce on the second hand book shops.

Was it polo, riders, jump.

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SuePurblybilt · 09/05/2012 20:49

Hah! Lucky Maud.

LordFlasheart · 09/05/2012 20:05

And Declan was based on this.

Sorry.

LordFlasheart · 09/05/2012 20:01

RCB: I give you....Stick a blonde wig on, job done.

LeonieDeSaintVire · 07/05/2012 22:04

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Jojay · 06/05/2012 21:05

Noooo, I've got it! Fen should be played by Emma Watson, the Harry Potter girl. Fen even has her hair cut short, just like Emma has. I reckon she'd be perfect Grin

Bumblebee200 · 06/05/2012 01:26

Yeah Emilia Fox could have played Fen a few years ago (wasn't she 16-18 in Riders?) or possibly a Perdita. Ooh, and I could get used to the idea of Gabriel Byrne as Declan. I think Jilly Coopers would be very hard to translate to screen because so much is in the wit and tone of the books, nto forgetting the puns, which is hard to get across. I saw that film version of "Riders" for the first time not long ago and I thought it was fairly rubbish. Billy was cast well, and possibly Helen but Rupert just didn't have the Campbell-Black factor. And they changed the story so that Rupert and Janey were the out and out baddies at the end.

I have to say though, I thought "Jump!" was boring and I think she had a better handle on "political" side plots when it was the "Argies" in Polo than the "terrorist" stuff in Jump. It wasn't as bad as Wicked! though, that was horrible with teachers shagging 13 year olds with no judgement and unrelated pedophile racket plots in the same book, yuck.

Jojay · 05/05/2012 21:42

Can';t help thinking that Emilia Fox should be in there somewhere. She's so english somehow. Maybe Fen?

MizK · 05/05/2012 17:57

My God I love this thread :)

I always imagine Janey as being Jilly herself, the saucy minx :)

YES to Gabriel Byrne as Declan! I always imagine that toady magician guy as Rannaldini - David Copperfield, used to be married to Claudia Schiffer! Jose is better.

hermionestranger · 05/05/2012 17:47

Timothy spall is a good idea, he could reprise his role in Aufwiedershen pet!

Helen mirren as Amanda, brilliant!

Patricia routledge, back in the day, would have made an excellent mousie. Grin

SleepyFergus · 05/05/2012 13:48

Ooops! Malise it is. Bloomin' autocorrect!

SuePurblybilt · 05/05/2012 13:20

Timothy Spall for Freddie?

letseatgrandma · 05/05/2012 12:14

Malise, Malise, Malise!!

SleepyFergus · 05/05/2012 12:10

Loving the suggestion for Malaise - perfect!!! I can torally see him getting stroppy with RCB!

What about Helen Mirren for the 'older' woman RCB has a long standing affair with. She's the wife of an ambassador or something. A big antique mirror falls down whilst they are shagging. schoolgirl memories of reading the sexy bits!

letseatgrandma · 05/05/2012 11:27

Lol at Malaise!!

BerryLellow · 05/05/2012 08:25

Jose mourinho is inspired, so glad to have poirot replaced in my head!

seeker · 04/05/2012 23:52

Rivals is wonderful. It's a proper book as well as a bonk buster. Moat of the others are fab too, but not in the sameleague

hermionestranger · 04/05/2012 23:48

I'm back, had to watch 300 tonight for college. Dubious historically but men in vair vair little clothing. Nice. Grin

Anyway, YY to Jose maurinho as Rannaldini.

Brendan Gleeson is Declan.

Also huge YY to Nicole kidman as Helen.

Geoffrey Palmer as Malaise.

ReactionaryFish · 04/05/2012 22:33

she would be an excellent Tory Lovell.

fussbucket · 04/05/2012 22:26

For the cuddly ladies, can we use Ruth Jones? She's just been fantastic in Stella on Sky1.

fussbucket · 04/05/2012 22:23

Yes yes yes to Rufus Sewell. Absence may be even longer than usual, how to fit him and Henry Cavill and Richard Armitage into the same fantasy is going to challenge even my fertile imagination.

Also I really should send the children to bed...

SleepyFergus · 04/05/2012 22:16

I know what you mean Prudence I have people in my head when I read them, but they don't really translate into real people.

Having said that, to me Taggie was a young Julia Roberts - all legs and fluffy hair, big wobbling bottom lip.

Nicole Kidman would be a good uptight Helen.

Can our budget stretch to US stars???

dearprudence · 04/05/2012 22:12

I'm glad we've ditched Cumberbatch for RC-B - not nearly good-looking enough.

To be honest I can't think of anyone who can fit the pictures in my head. Except Jilly herself for Etta in the last shite book.

SleepyFergus · 04/05/2012 22:09

Yy to Helena B-C for Maud, spot on!

There was that foreign doc/ surgeon in Holby City, he'd be good as Ranaldini.

ReactionaryFish · 04/05/2012 22:06

Gabriel Byrne is Taggie's dad
Rufus Sewell is Jake Lovell
What a festival of top totty this will be

HairyButtMonkey · 04/05/2012 22:02

Loving Ian McShane as Rannaldini. Jilly Cooper just doesn't translate to TV though despite my scripting in my head :-(

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