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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9602621" data-attributes="member: 85555">Ranking My favorite I, Claudius characters (not my favorite historical figures, but rather as they were depicted in the show as characters). Everyone on this is magnificent, but some I liked better than others. The one and two spot are a real toss up. I could easily have swapped that but in the end, Caligula is the more compelling character for me). Claudius is at the end simply because he is the one you identify with as a viewer. As a character he is great, I like him a lot. Love that he is a historian piecing together the narrative largely through primary documents (and what he heard and witnessed). Derek Jacobi did an outstanding job in the role. But the villains in I, Claudius are what really stand out, so with the exception of Antonia, Herod and Augustus, these are mostly villains or antagonistic characters. 1) Caligula (John Hurt) 2) Livia (Sian Philips)3) Sejanus (Patrick Stewart) 4) Augustus (Brian Blessed)5) Livilla (Patricia Quinn)6) Messalina (Sheila White)7) Herod (James Faulkner) 8) Antonia (Margaret Tyzack)9) Tiberius (George Baker)10) Claudius (Derek Jacobi)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9602621, member: 85555"] Ranking My favorite I, Claudius characters (not my favorite historical figures, but rather as they were depicted in the show as characters). Everyone on this is magnificent, but some I liked better than others. The one and two spot are a real toss up. I could easily have swapped that but in the end, Caligula is the more compelling character for me). Claudius is at the end simply because he is the one you identify with as a viewer. As a character he is great, I like him a lot. Love that he is a historian piecing together the narrative largely through primary documents (and what he heard and witnessed). Derek Jacobi did an outstanding job in the role. But the villains in I, Claudius are what really stand out, so with the exception of Antonia, Herod and Augustus, these are mostly villains or antagonistic characters. 1) Caligula (John Hurt) 2) Livia (Sian Philips) 3) Sejanus (Patrick Stewart) 4) Augustus (Brian Blessed) 5) Livilla (Patricia Quinn) 6) Messalina (Sheila White) 7) Herod (James Faulkner) 8) Antonia (Margaret Tyzack) 9) Tiberius (George Baker) 10) Claudius (Derek Jacobi) [/QUOTE]

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