Gotham Historical AU Resources
After literal hours of research for Gotham Bingo Round 1 Part 8 (@gothambingo I love this prompt 😄) I realized that (made an edit to it on Tiktok & Youtube, where it's likely blocked due to the music 🥲)
the show has a lot of American actors, so those who can't do different accents likely aren't in thaat many historical projects (I was right)
I don't want to do an AU over the 1960s because Gotham doesn't have a definite era and anything over it might not look different enough.
whaat, that actor faked an accent the whole time??
Multiple actors (usually not the young ones) have done a lot of historical movies/shows, but it's often the same ones: Donal Logue (Harvey Bullock), Sean Pertwee (Alfred Pennyworth), James Frain (Theo Galavan) & Cory Michael Smith (Edward Nygma).
I give up, but will share my research (sometimes I skipped years in which they looked too young, sometimes not):
Donal Logue (Harvey Bullock):
Gettysburg (1993, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg in America)
Little Women (1994, America 1860s during Civil War, likely small role though)
The Patriot (American Revolutionary War 1776)
Sean Pertwee (Alfred Pennyworth):
England 1909, love-interest in Stiff Upper Lips (1997, parody of British period films, especially Merchant Ivory producitons & A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice & A Passage to India)
Cleopatra (1999, Brutus, Egypt 47 BC)
Julius Caesar (2003, ancient rome Titus Labienus)
Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire: Caesar (S01 E02 ancient Rome Julius Caesar, documentary, on Youtube but bad quality)
The Reckoning (2020, London, England 1665, witch-hunter)
The Invitation (2022), Renfield, inspired by Dracula)
Macbeth in Macbeth 1998 (1998, 1500s)
English ambassador in The Tudors (S01 E01)
Camelot S01 (Sir Ector)
Cory Michael Smith (Edward Nygma):
Call Jane (2022, 1960s)
Saturday Night (2024, 1975)
Transatlantic (2023, 1940s)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Cort Theatre, Broadway)
Chris Chalk (Lucus Fox):
12 Years A Slave (America 1841)
Perry Mason (2020-2023, Los Angeles America 1932)
John Doman (Carmine Falcone):
Borgia (2011-2014, 1450s, pope Alexander VI previously Rodrigo Borgia)
Jessica Lucas (Tabitha Galavan):
Pompeii (2016, ancient Italy, handmaiden, British accent)
Cameron Monaghan (Jerome Valeska):
Mercy Street (America Civil War 1861-1865) dystopian movie in
The Giver (2014)
Mario Falcone (James Carpinello):
The Great Raid (2005, Palawan 1944)
Midway (2019, Hawaii 1937)
Makenzie Leigh (Liza):
The Knick (2015, New York America 1900)
Ben McKenzie (Jim Gordon):
The oldest I could find was in the 1980s 😆
James Frain (Theo Galavan):
*takes a deep breath*
Robinson Crusoe (1997, Scotland 1719)
Hilary and Jackie (London England 1960s)
Elizabeth (1998, Álvaro de la Quadra, England 1558)
Sunshine (1999, about 1830s)
Titus (1999, historically inaccurate ancient Rome)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002, France 1815)
Water for Elephants (1930s)
Bert & Dickie (1948 Olympics)
The Lone Ranger (2013, Texas America 1869)
Olivia Martha Ilse (2015, Texas America 1930s)
Soldier Soldier (1993, after Cold war)
The Buccaneers (1995, 1870s)
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996, Russia 1903, Prince Felix Yusupov)
Arabian Nights (2000, not definite time (fairytale), Sultan)
The Tudors (England 1500s, Thomas Cromwell)
The White Queen (1450s/1460s Richard Neville 16th Earl of Warwick "The Kingmaker")
Path to War (2002, USA America 1960s, Vietnam War, American accent)
Leonardo (2003, Cesare Borgia, cardinal deacon)
Spartacus (2004, ancient Rome)
Empire (2005, ancient Rome, Marcus Junius Brutus)
Dark Relic (2010, crusade leader, 1099)
Agent Carter (2015, 1940s)
I'm getting tired, he's in a lot, alright? Known-for-being-in-lots-of-historical-fiction kinda often 😄 Put Theo Galavan into your Gotham AU 🤣
Have you watched any of these movies? Do the actors have enough screentime? Would you add something to this list?
(Gotham Bingo under cut)
