There was a period for a couple of days after I’d binge-watched Sons for the second time when I tried to walk like that, too. By the third season, anytime you’d see him do it, you’d instantly know that something treacherous was about to happen, be it a threat or a smashing. It was a weapon, almost, and definitely a tell. He didn’t do it all the time he didn’t do it when he was, say, walking into his home at the end of a day. It matched everything about him as he tried to sort through all the pieces of being the leader of an outlaw gang and also a husband and father who didn’t want those pure parts of his life affected by the dirty parts. The walk - loping, blustering, chest-and-crotch-heavy - was perfect for Jax, the smartest and angriest and most enlightened and most conflicted member of the Sons. Originally, I thought he’d invented the walk for Jax Teller, his swaggering character on Sons of Anarchy, a television show about an outside-the-law motorcycle gang. It’s very distinctly a Charlie Hunnam walk. So what happens from here? What road will he walk down? Will he be able to balance the two paths like Brad Pitt did after Legends of the Fall? Or will he walk in one direction, simply hoping to avoid the other? (FX)Ĭharlie Hunnam has a walk. It’s an interesting state of affairs, and a good encapsulation of what appears to be the beginning of a Charlie Hunnam conundrum (a Hunnamdrum?): He was captivating in Z as he wandered around the jungle (and also inside his own head), but most of the attention has gone to King Arthur, the movie where his machismo and preternatural cool are best on display. The thing of it is, though, is that there are reportedly five follow-ups to Arthur in motion. While The Lost City of Z has scored well for its complexity and examination of character, King Arthur, the other new movie starring Hunnam, has already gotten several bad reviews (and also is projected to flop). I’m happy that Charlie Hunnam lives a life where that’s in play. Would he be taken more seriously if he were 10 percent less handsome? Would his acting be given more credence? Would his abilities beyond posing for pictures be advertised more, and written about more, and celebrated more? I wonder if he’s ever sat there and been like, "I’ll bet people would lie to me less if I were uglier." That idea makes me sad because that’s a truly bizarre way to live, but it also makes me happy, because if that’s a question that you ever have to ask yourself, then I’ll bet life probably isn’t all that hard for you. Oftentimes I wonder if being as attractive as Charlie Hunnam is some kind of detriment. That’s how handsome and compelling Charlie Hunnam is: so handsome and compelling that it would make me lie about things that don’t need to be lied about. ![]() That said, at the risk of sounding reverse-pretentious, I would also say that the movie is actually better than the book, because it stars Charlie Hunnam, which the book does not. It’s more moving and more intriguing and does a much better job of relaying the dangers of the jungle. It’s a wonderful book, and, at the risk of sounding pretentious, I would say it’s better than the movie. ![]() ![]() I read the book the movie is based on several years ago. There are so many.Ī couple of days ago I watched The Lost City of Z, which stars Charlie Hunnam as Percy Fawcett, a British explorer from the early 20th century who disappeared in the Amazonian rain forest while trying to find evidence of a lost civilization. Sometimes - and this is not a joke - I will Google "Charlie Hunnam" and then click "Images" and then, bang! What an afternoon. Another one of my Best Things is when an older person calls me a thing that reminds me of being a kid and so all of a sudden, even for just those couple of seconds, I get to feel that weightlessness of being a kid again. Another one of my Best Things is the way it feels when I say something silly and my youngest son, who is 4, laughs sincerely. One of my Best Things is the way that flour tortillas feel under your fingertips after they’ve just been made. It’s easy to remember what Charlie Hunnam looks like: All you have to do is close your eyes and imagine all of the best things, because his face is all the Best Things.
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