dadmonson Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 For some reason I like Francisco D'Anconia. Are there any books or movies with a main character similar to Francisco D'anconia? It could even be a biography. I think of Francisco as a Super Intelligent, rational and charming guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadmonson Posted July 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 Don't say James Bond... I haven't seen a full movie of his but from what I've seen he is too stiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) Two of Rand's inspirations for the character were The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel and movie with Leslie Howard) and the Fairbanks Mark of Zorro. In all three cases, a man passes himself off as a frivolous lightweight while up to a much more serious enterprise. As for Bond, have you tried the novels? Edited July 2, 2018 by Reidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted July 2, 2018 Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) I can't think of any that have the unbreakable conviction of a Rand hero, because 99.9% of modern writers think that writing characters who aren't at least a little bit hesitant in their beliefs makes you a bad writer, but, other than that, the formula is pretty common. Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man is an obvious one. A less obvious one is Tyrion Lannister, in Game of Thrones. Sure, he's a dwarf, but he's charming, intelligent, and has that same public/private life duality (if I wanted to be fancy and pretend I know something about Greek mythology, I would say that he's a charming, more scrupulous version of the Hermes archetype). Also similar, but with a comedy angle added in, is Harrison Ford in pretty much every movie he's in (including Star Wars and Indiana Jones). He just plays the same character over and over again. I haven't actually seen the Johnny Depp pirate movies, but, judging from the trailers, that too. Captain Kirk in (the original) Star Trek movies is pretty much Han Solo, as well. [edit] Oh yeah, Batman's pretends to be alcoholic playboy to hide his true identity, too, right? I'm sure there are others as well, but I stopped watching these movies. Edited July 2, 2018 by Nicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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