#claudius

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Claudius Caesar ... who would have known?!

Cornerstone of Rome …who would have known Door mouse of the house of Nobles In the back ground stood he bowed low Yet Fated well, this delicate form by Sisters Three The gods nodding in affirmation when with Laurel Wreath crowned is he Cripple made king Frailty  his Salvation Affliction paved his path to immortal initiation Failed historian turned ruler of an Empire To rule never once being his…

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So Rami Heuberger was fucking great in Hamlet. But I fear I've been giving y'all a false impression of that man's carrier.

Presented to you, with English subtitles, the kind of thing he's known for:

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Audrey Hobert songs as Ancient Romans:

Sue Me - ok anthem of the empire because those people were litigious, but I’m gonna go with Mark Antony because being a saint is exhausting (aka screw the republic go for the crown), he just wants to be wanted (as emperor), and the Second Triumvirate is basically a ménage-a-trois.

Bowling Alley - Tiberius. “I don’t think anyone cares if I go or not,” is his irrelevant childhood in Marcellus’ shadow. His Emperor career started off strong with rumors his mom poisoned every heir (including Marcellus) in his way. For a big nerdy loner it’s giving, “It's a choice, or am I cursed? It's a toss-up” not to mention “I take the trophy and I Irish goodbye” is giving him ditching Rome for his introvert island.

Thirst Trap - Caligula. Literally the opening lines “So I’m crazy? That’s usually not my thing bitch I’m crazy. Suspicious and insane, can you blame me?” He was paranoid, but not paranoid enough to avoid the assassination plot was he?? “I’m taking thirst traps in the mirror in my room, I think I look bad so I take a hundred.” I think a lot of Caligula’s evilness comes from a place of insecurity. And the fact that everyone called him by his childhood nickname. “But now I listen to my playlists and pretend I’m you,” is him pretending to be Caesar because who doesn’t?

Phoebe - Claudius. Listen. Whether or not he was involved in Caligula’s assassination, these lyrics fit his journey to emperor: “a man in a suit told me you’re gonna be a star, I said yeah I know, but it came out like ‘What who me?!’” The first 30 years of his life being hidden away by his family because of his deformity fits the lyrics, “guess I don’t have it after all, but it’s okay, cause my life is so exciting… what took me so long, I say to no one, cause I’m alone all the time.” And I have to add, “I’d rather be lonely, counted out and homely, I know that he’ll need me, once he gets to know me.”

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Rami Heuberger as Claudius appreciation post - Hamlet and Claudius part one

Their relationship is so good here. Because there *is* love there. Claudius does want everything to be fine between them-

-Hamlet very much dose not

There is some about Claudius' reaction here I can't-

Not to mention his reaction to realizing Hamlet killed Polonius

He's not plotting. He's not even angry. He's just *so* sad

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Rami Heuberger as Claudius appreciation post- Sad Claudius

I could never quite get over him having to watch Hamlet's fuckass play and just standing there

The way he does not react to Polonius. He can't. I *am* dying.

His soliloquy is just, God.

And most importantly, his little smile at the end of it

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Rami Heuberger as Claudius appreciation post- Claudius and Ophelia

So much about this play can only be revealed through context clues, and there really is something about the way Claudius interacts with Ophelia.

Just his sad, worried look here.

Him trying to catch here

I'm not crying, you are

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Rami Heuberger as Claudius appreciation post - Part 3, Claudius being an ass

Offering R&G cigarettes but not a lighter:

The entire way he interacts with those two

The way that man talks to Polonius, dear God

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Rami Heuberger as Claudius appreciation post- Part 2, that time he got so exited talking to Laertes he ate his hand