To be completely honest, it is both. I can't deny it - Richard is a good actor, but so are many other "older" actors who give real good performances. That show is has many good nuanced performances.
But I think the eye-candy (and what I call hero-candy) is also a big reason in his popularity, as far as averages are concerned, if not the biggest. I have ranted about this somewhere else, and as this is the day for rants: I think making Robb into so much of a "hero" in the TV show is "against the spirit of the books" (yes, i am that serious :D) as books are mostly telling us that everything is not black-and-white.
Edit: Also I can't understand HBO with pushing Robb's storyline forward so much. Yes, it might affect the ratings positively now, but what are they going to do with the fallout from Red Wedding?
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Date: 2011-09-27 02:53 pm (UTC)But I think the eye-candy (and what I call hero-candy) is also a big reason in his popularity, as far as averages are concerned, if not the biggest. I have ranted about this somewhere else, and as this is the day for rants: I think making Robb into so much of a "hero" in the TV show is "against the spirit of the books" (yes, i am that serious :D) as books are mostly telling us that everything is not black-and-white.
Edit: Also I can't understand HBO with pushing Robb's storyline forward so much. Yes, it might affect the ratings positively now, but what are they going to do with the fallout from Red Wedding?