Stop Hiding Toby Kebbel's Face!
Friday, August 21, 2015 at 10:00PM 
Why won't Hollywood let us see it?!
He keeps getting all these big movie jobs wherein you can't see his face. First there was all that hair as Agenor in Wrath of the Titans. Then the motion capture villain Koba in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He's in theaters right now (well, not for much longer) as Doctor Doom (presumably scarred and metal-masked) in Fantastic Four. He's in the Warcraft movie soon and there are a ton of CG characters in that though I know nothing about that video game so perhaps his character is human?
Toby talking about motion capture acting last yearAnd now he's joined the cast of the King Kong related movie Skull Island. No word yet on his role but if he's invisible via motion capture again, imma be pissed! Stop hiding him, filmmakers. This is vaguely like when people pretend that Toni Collette or Jamie Bell are bit players or that we don't like to look at their faces by hiding them in the background or making them play second fiddle to lesser actors or in Jamie's case, burying that mug under rock man CGI.
Toby gets to act with his face finally in the Messala role in Ben-Hur. That's the gay part Stephen Boyd so memorably played in the 1959 Best Picture winner. No word yet on whether this version will be as conservative as Charlton Heston thought the original was. He was famously unaware that Boyd and the director William Wyler had teamed up to amp up the homo subtext in their scenes.
Let's start a petition to unleash Toby Kebbel's face in the movies. No more masks or CGI.
Reader Comments (5)
I met Toni Collette (very briefly) once and she is so stunning looking. Just gorgeous
Have you watched Black Mirror, Nat? There is PRIME Toby Kebbell in one episode. I mean you should watch BM anyway because it's fantastic, but he is a plus!
Jason -- thanks for the recommendation. I just watched the episode and it was fantastic. fun to see him act with Tom Cullen too. Bonus
I would love to experience a whole movie season without a singe CGI shot. I'm a dreamer.
I agree 100%. I saw Toby Kebbel in The Escape Artist on PBS. That is one memorable and fine face.