Frank Langella was originally cast as Roderick in The Fall of the House of Usher, but an emergency recast led to Bruce Greenwood in the role.
After a performance so sinister for its skin-crawling realism in Gerald’s Game and a smaller role in Doctor Sleep, it was past time for Bruce Greenwood to take center stage as part of horror connoisseur Mike Flanagan’s troupe of recurring actors. Greenwood’s been a respected figure in the Canadian film industry for decades and far from ignored by American media, but beyond consistent indie roles, he's nonetheless felt just this side of underutilized.
Who Did Bruce Greenwood Replace as Roderick Usher in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’? When casting The Fall of the House of Usher, Mike Flanagan stepped outside his reliable collaborators and initially cast Frank Langella as the doomed Roderick Usher. Langella is a multiple Tony Award-winning actor with a decades-long career in independent American film and the occasional blockbuster.
Why Is Bruce Greenwood the Best Actor for Roderick Usher? Mike Flanagan requires much from his actors. The quality of his scripts necessitates high-intensity emotion combined with eye-catching naturalism. As both head writer and lead director on The Fall of the House of Usher, Flanagan lets Bruce Greenwood play to his strengths as he grounds Flanagan's gloriously ornate meditation on absolute power corrupting absolutely and its spectacularly gruesome comeuppance.
One can paint Roderick Usher with similar brush strokes. Roderick owns a room automatically because he's an accomplished businessman, but he's ruthlessly built his unfathomable fortune upon the graves of millions and maimed his soul in the process. The man's easy swagger is undercut but a coldly off-putting aura, like an eel sliding along the floor.
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