Roles for Bobby

I have been doing some thinking about other film roles that – had the stars aligned differently – Bobby would have probably taken by storm if he’d had the opportunity.

This isn’t to say that the actors who had these roles didn’t make them amazing.  But, had they not been available/alive, I feel Bobby would have been a shoe-in.  

1) Jack Dawson

This is my ULTIMATE headcanon for a role Bobby was born to play.  Love or hate Titanic (and I happen to love it, thank you very much), there’s no denying his ability to play the sweet, quirky and scrawny third-class love interest in this movie.  It has been remarked upon before that Leo and Bobby’s brow lines have their similarities, but I’m not really even talking about any physical resemblance here.  I just feel that this entire part could have taken a life all its own if it had met Bobby.

I also think he would have relished such a romantic lead, given the romantic spirit he seems to have possessed.  Gah, but it would have been almost too much to see him sinking beneath the black water in the end….

2) Robin (Batman)

I had actually not thought about this one, but a friend of mine had, and I had to agree with her.  His small stature alone could have made Bobby a real contender for this part.

3) Peter Parker

I think Bobby would have excelled at playing the average guy caught up in extraordinary circumstances, and he possessed all the gentleness and chivalry – not to mention the “boy next door” look – of someone like Peter Parker, aka Spiderman.

4) Mad Hatter on Once Upon a Time

This one was iffy at first in my mind, but I landed on the conclusion that Bobby could certainly have carried this off.  Quirk and passion tinted the bulk of his performances, and I think the wide array of emotion we see in the Mad Hatter on OuaT would be something Bobby would excel at 

– and enjoy – acting out

.5) Peter Pan (2003)

Okay so obviously, since Bobby was Peter Pan once (and the first male, in fact), he could probably manage to be Peter Pan in about every setting.  But I particularly think he would have loved the beautifully poignant, haunting script of the story maybe even beyond the one he actually did.  I relish the idea of him and Kathryn Beaumont being all like….

Tell me that didn’t make you wanna cry.

Invoked Into Bright Fame

I was looking up some names tonight, and decided to look up Bobby’s full name on behindthename.com.  It’s a really great site that goes back to the absolute root of all names, both first and last.

Here’s what I found:

Robert - bright fame (what an irony…)

Cletus - invoked (descended from “Anacletus”)

Driscoll - descendent of the messenger

When I read his first and middle names together, it feels so symbolic to me.  “Invoked into bright fame.”  He was called into it, pulled into it from a young age whether he was ready, willing, and emotionally able to handle it or not.

Wow, so poignant when looked at that way….