Picspam: Mark Strong in Body of Lies

[linndechir]

This really deserves the word 'spam' by now, doesn't it? I'm sorry, I've been meaning to post these caps with the ones yesterday, but this incredibly slow internet connection is driving me insane. Today's spam material: Body of Lies. Again, awesome movie. I have to admit that I really like Leonardo DiCaprio sometimes, even if I paid much more attention to Mark in this movie than to him. ;) Mark is just incredible - I never knew English with an Arabic accent could sound sexy. It can. I absolutely love the characters Mark chooses to play, and in this movie he isn't even a real bad guy. Not a very nice guy at times, but definitely not the big villain. Anyway, pictures say more than my rambling, let Mark convince you to watch the movie. :)


Hani Salaam, head of the Jordanian secret service. Notice surprise!DiCaprio in the background. He will return later in the picspam.


 

I love the beard. And the hair. And his clothes.


And his smile/laugh.


And ... okay, I love everything about this man.


He also pulls off a great WTF-face in this movie. Repeatedly.





Did I mention that he smokes in this movie?




I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist spamming you with these few seconds.


My brain cannot handle so much sexy in one picture. Guh.


Watching someone getting whipped and not giving a shit.


It's not that Hani Salaam is too clumsy to close his cufflinks. He just thinks it's more practical to let his wife do it. ;)


Hand. All I'm saying.




I really love his style. DiCaprio in that outfit just makes Mark look even better. ;)





 

He's classy even when sprawling. oO

This picture is kinda pointless, it's just here because I love it when Mark slaps people around. ;) Especially when he looks so wonderfully angry while doing it:












Smoking should not be so incredibly sexy:













He's obviously thinking what every sane person would be thinking: "OHMYGOD I want to jump him and I need to concentrate to control myself!" Btw, did I mention that I ship them?




This picture is, imo, a perfect example of UST.






No Mark picspam without at least one funny face.






Creepy.


I don't think anyone is still surprised by the amount of hand-shots in my picspams.



We're almost done. Have some more hand and smoking porn:







He's looking at DiCaprio's character. How could I NOT ship them?






He looks like he's trying not to laugh. ;)





Somehow this picspam turned out to be longer than intended ... It's Mark's fault, not mine. ;) Btw, does anyone know if there's fic for these two? Or does anyone want to write some? ;)

There will certainly be more picspams, I just don't know when. I still need to post the Hans Matheson caps from The Mists of Avalon.

Comments

[fal-gal.livejournal.com]

Hani and Hoffman both think that the end justifies the means, I think. They are alike in that they both understand that collateral damage is an unfortunate consequence of war. Hani sets up Ferris so he can get Al-Saleem. Hoffman thinks he can follow Ferris with his satellites and get Al-Saleem.

Hoffman and Hani both seem very cavalier about the possibility of Ferris dying. Hoffman with his "Oops" and Hani laughingly replying "I shudder to think" when Ferris asks what if he had arrived a few minutes later.

But there is a big difference. Hoffman is so far removed geographically and mentally, Ferris can become just a statistic to him if he dies. Hani, however, is in the field, so to speak, like Ferris, and when he sees Ferris' poor broken body after his torture, he may look at him dispassionately, but he knows, HE KNOWS...he put him there... and so the affectionate visit in the hospital.

Hani and Ferris both have honor; Hoffman does not.

The deleted scene with Hani seeing Ferris in the marketplace and offering for him to take the credit for Al-Saleem's capture is very revealing, I think. It softens Hani's character for me. Instead of having his almost last line be the cold "That was the plan, my dear," he wants Ferris to get the recognition and even wants him to work with him in Jordan. Making up for what he put him through perhaps? And also because he really cares for him and is letting it show.

By taking that scene out, I think Ridley was showing that both Hani and Hoffman were just flip sides of the same cold, calculating coin.