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"Like most actors, I just go home and wait for the phone to ring," says Robert Vaughn, the legendary Oscar-nominated film actor and Emmy-winning television actor, as we sit down at his home in Connecticut to record an episode of The Hollywood Reporter's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. "And it's been ringing for a long time."
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jantojones.livejournal.comI wrote this on 22nd November 2016, on what would have been Robert's 84th birthday. Sadly, as we all know, he missed this birthday by only 11 days.
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Two Years Already
Nov. 11th, 2018 08:17 pmjantojones.livejournal.comTwo years have gone by since we lost Robert Vaughn. It really doesn't seem that long.
My way of dealing with it was to write a story. You can find it by clicking the pic to go to AO3.
My way of dealing with it was to write a story. You can find it by clicking the pic to go to AO3.
Writer's choice: Crossing into the dark
Oct. 13th, 2018 07:55 pmhypatia-66.livejournal.comOriginally written for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
spikesgirl58's Halloween challenge last year, it involves multiple crossings of the fourth wall — just to confuse you.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12531152
What we had was ...
Apr. 18th, 2018 07:47 amglennagirl.livejournal.comPretty awesome. I was looking for a photo for a post and ended up at the NYTimes obit article on Robert Vaughn's passing. In reading some comments on the article I found this one. I have to wonder if she's among those who read and/or write fan fiction for MFU. Here's what Rosa had to say:
rosa
ca November 15, 2016To a young woman, at the time those two men, Vaughn and McCallum, were the epitome of class, sex and intelligence.
THEY WERE HOT!!!
They weren't the men of my father's generation: Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, etc.
The role they played was active, brainy, quick. They weren't 'seducers' of the ladies, they had no time for that, but they met their ladies as equals and we suspected had a far, far better time.
And they were elegant.
No baseball caps and t-shirts for them.
Their shirts had collars, their hair wasn't hidden. No buzz-cut for them.
I look at the ads that flash by on my tv today and these two aren't there.
Their bodies aren't soft from pizza and soda.
They have no squeaky high voices (what is it with that?) or thick lenses.
Vaughn and McCallum made men look good!
They weren't slobs, slobs that somehow (I'm supposed to believe) have magnificent women drooling over them.
Oh, I feel sad for today's young woman.
So few young men have that spark, and Hollywood and tv no longer find any value in it anyways. Men and boys are presented as little boys: bumblers that drool over women, mostly just their body parts - they could care less about her brain; you suspect they are not too clean, their hair is greasy; and they are just not that terribly bright.
Men should rise up and demand that Hollywood and tv write better roles for them!
Stop making them look stupid and fat!
Down with baseball caps and t-shits!
Up with elegance and brains!
Claim your man-way!
Don't be used!
Crossing into the dark (Writer's choice)
Mar. 24th, 2018 05:00 pmhypatia-66.livejournal.comWriters, actors and directors believe that they alone give Illya and Napoleon life. But who are they really, and what happens when they escape?
(Originally written for Spikesgirl58 for her Halloween challenge.)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12531152
(Originally written for Spikesgirl58 for her Halloween challenge.)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12531152
Farewell - Writer's and Reader's Choice
Nov. 11th, 2017 06:38 pmjantojones.livejournal.comToday marks 1 year since we lost Robert Vaughn. A few days after that sad day I was compelled to write this story as my way of saying goodbye.
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Crossing into the dark
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hypatia_66What is real, who’s that? Who’s writing this stuff? A disorientation for Halloween ...
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Can We Say... Awkward?
Sep. 9th, 2017 01:50 pmglennagirl.livejournal.comThis interviewer is just as chirpy and chatty as you'd expect her to be, but the two men seem to be having a private bit of fun at her expense. Not that they would ever be rude, but somehow there is a certain sense of something bordering on amusement at her attempt to be so at ease with them. David and Robert both look great here, but I can't help but think the Illya-ness of Mr. McCallum transcends those 15 years.
Anyway...
Anyway...
Human Frailty...
Jun. 24th, 2017 07:49 amglennagirl.livejournal.comI saw this article rec'd on a facebook page, so clicked on it and read it. It's actually from 2007, so probably something a lot of people have seen before. The thing that stood out to me was a couple of things Robert Vaughn said regarding the night he got the script on UNCLE. He says he and a friend picked up a couple of 'floozies', and later mentions that again in reference to utilizing the charms he used to seduce them as an acting tool for portraying Solo.
I know he is a product of his times, and perhaps he didn't think referring to women as floosies sounded hypocritical alongside the very obvious reality of his own promiscuity (in this instance), but reading it I had a rather negative reaction to him and to his point of view. All of this from a man who later says it didn't even bother him for the show to be cancelled because he was so wrapped up in the anti-war movement.
Again, a little self-centered considering a slew of people were put out of work with the cancellation of MFU.
Am I being a little too critical? Maybe, and it doesn't keep me from being a fangirl for the show. But it does tend to add weight to my preference for David McCallum as a real life person, based on the bits and pieces I know about him.
So, any thoughts on the subject? Any rebuttals to my impressions of the article and what is reported there? I'm curious, and I can forgive Robert Vaughn for his seemingly, to use a word that gets tossed around quite a bit, misogynistic attitude. I'm sure he repented and changed his ways with age and maturity.
I know he is a product of his times, and perhaps he didn't think referring to women as floosies sounded hypocritical alongside the very obvious reality of his own promiscuity (in this instance), but reading it I had a rather negative reaction to him and to his point of view. All of this from a man who later says it didn't even bother him for the show to be cancelled because he was so wrapped up in the anti-war movement.
Again, a little self-centered considering a slew of people were put out of work with the cancellation of MFU.
Am I being a little too critical? Maybe, and it doesn't keep me from being a fangirl for the show. But it does tend to add weight to my preference for David McCallum as a real life person, based on the bits and pieces I know about him.
So, any thoughts on the subject? Any rebuttals to my impressions of the article and what is reported there? I'm curious, and I can forgive Robert Vaughn for his seemingly, to use a word that gets tossed around quite a bit, misogynistic attitude. I'm sure he repented and changed his ways with age and maturity.
Adventures with Robert
Nov. 13th, 2016 05:37 pmst-crispins.livejournal.comSince Robert Vaughn died the other day, I've been receiving so many nice consoling messages because everyone know how I felt about Mr. Vaughn and identified with his alter ego. I've also been seeing various tributes on the mass media and within fandom and a couple of folks have asked me to talk about my own experiences. We're talking decades here, so it's going to take more than one post. I'll try to write about everything but it may take all week so bear with me.
You can find the first entry here
I have left it public so you don't have to be friended to me to read it.
You can find the first entry here
I have left it public so you don't have to be friended to me to read it.
jantojones.livejournal.comMy writing tends to lean towards Illya, which means I don't have much which is Napoleon-centric.
I've recc'ed 'Angels Never Cry' before, but I have no hesitation in doing so again. In it, Napoleon is unable to cope with a failed mission. It isn't very long, but I hope you enjoy it.
The link takes you to AO3.
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I've recc'ed 'Angels Never Cry' before, but I have no hesitation in doing so again. In it, Napoleon is unable to cope with a failed mission. It isn't very long, but I hope you enjoy it.
The link takes you to AO3.
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mrua7.livejournal.comThis was a podcast of an interview given at his home in Conneticut.
click on the image for the potcast, and rest of article.
click on the image for the potcast, and rest of article.
'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Robert Vaughn ('Gold Star')
The Unthinkable...
Nov. 11th, 2016 05:09 pmglennagirl.livejournal.com
My brother sent me a link to the story from the BBC. He has become privy to my love of MFU, and now asks to watch episodes when he comes to visit. He knew the passing of Robert Vaughn would matter to me.I imagine we've all avoided the idea that these men would not always be with us, that time would eventually claim one or both of them within our lifetime, certainly. In our minds and imaginations they remain as they were, young and handsome and exciting. Napoleon is forever flirting and romancing the women fortunate enough to catch his eye, annoying his partner and making Alexander Waverly shake his head at the cavalier attitude his top agent displays on occasion.
Now more than ever the fiction we write is part of a legacy; the ode to what Vaughn and McCallum created on screen isn't limited by death, or by absence. Time doesn't matter when we write because the stories are a type of time machine, transporting us back to Del Floria's, into the chrome and metal corridors and through the swishing doors. Mr. Waverly is still there, commanding his agents and leading the fight against an enemy we believe will ultimately fail.
This is the day we dreaded, the event we couldn't fully imagine. Psalm 103 describe life's frailty:
Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
Other translations use the word flourish, and certainly Robert Vaughn did flourish in so many way. His art, his life's philosophy and work in the political and social arenas, all point to a man who was committed to what he believed in. Thankfully, although the man will no longer walk among us, his contributions will remain. He will live on in the films and other television work that he did, but more than anything else to those of us gathered here, we know that Napoleon Solo will always be here, will always live to fight another day.
Rest in Peace Robert Vaughn
Nov. 11th, 2016 03:12 pmmrua7.livejournal.comThere aren't enough words when it comes to the passing of someone you loved and admired like Robert Vaughn. As long as one of us remembers this talented man, he'll remain alive. His work is his legacy to us, his fans.
Napoleon Solo will continue to live through our fan fiction.
Deepest condolences to his family and friends. Thank you for sharing him with us.
May he rest in peace.
Napoleon Solo will continue to live through our fan fiction.
Deepest condolences to his family and friends. Thank you for sharing him with us.
May he rest in peace.
Robert Vaughn on Law & Order: SVU
May. 7th, 2015 09:52 amalynwa.livejournal.com"December Solstice," the episode with Robert Vaughn as a guest star, repeats tonight at 8PM.
I'm Watching "Bullitt" on Spike TV
Jun. 24th, 2014 11:27 pmalynwa.livejournal.comI had totally forgotten how fine Robert Vaughn is in this movie. Yowza!
Just so you know...
Jul. 26th, 2013 09:27 pmalynwa.livejournal.com
