Oh, that is just weird!

[janne_d]

Here I was watching this vid of Dean and Castiel's funniest moments (I may have to cave in and actually watch the show proper at some point) when I had the most bizarre moment of actor recognition ever. One of the clips is from the episode where Dean takes Castiel to the brothel - and the hooker called Chastity he sends Castiel off with? Is freaking Katya Virshilas, professional ballroom dancer from off of Strictly Come Dancing!

I was envious enough of her for dancing with Antonio Banderas (here). Girl gets all the good guys. (Oh yeah, and Phil Tufnell...)

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[syllic.livejournal.com]

Dude. And she's in Shall We Dance, though she plays a kind of mean person on there, and I saw her the other day doing god knows what else--oh, wait, what you just said. It took me ages to recognise her on Strictly Come Dancing, but when I did, I was like, "That's the woman! The mean woman in that Antonio Banderas film, and the woman with the guy who pulls off the other guy's wig in the Richard Gere film!"

Needless to say, considering I was already doing something completely granny-ish by watching Strictly seriously, my knowledge of the professional dancers was not met with a sense that I was uninvested. I also referred to James Jordan exclusively as "Ray Kowalski" throughout, and when he went, I was like, "THEY VOTED OUT RAY KOWALSKI!?"

Equanimity, I tell you.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

I also referred to James Jordan exclusively as "Ray Kowalski" throughout, and when he went, I was like, "THEY VOTED OUT RAY KOWALSKI!?"

*dies laughing* Oh, I would never have thought of that! I now seriously want more dS ballroom dancing AUs. I want RayK to go undercover on a reality ballroom show!

It took me ages to recognise her on Strictly Come Dancing, but when I did, I was like, "That's the woman! The mean woman in that Antonio Banderas film

Oh, me too - I knew I recognised her but I could not think why until they mentioned on It Takes Two that she'd danced with Antonio Banderas. And then I was like 'it's her! who did that sexy tango thing with Antonio!' (I didn't remember her character being mean but then I watched the film on an 8 hour flight in a stlight stupour and don't really remember much of it.)

I confess I adore Strictly - I've watched ever series so far. It's people in shiny dresses! Dancing! And sarcastic commentary by Craig! I love it.

[syllic.livejournal.com]

I only started watching this year, but mostly because I didn't get into it before--I'm sure I would have gotten into it whenever I started watching, if that makes sense.

Er. That's the same sentence organised in two different ways, but I hope you see my point, though if you do, it'll be no accomplishment of mine. :)

The thing is, the resemblance is superficial but definitely there (particularly if you have, er, a great desire to see it, to the extent that you're like, "Tattoo on the upper arm ahoy!"):



Janne, we need to write this AU. Like, even if it's 800 words long and full of typos. It needs to happen.

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

I hope you see my point

Uh... I think so? It's my shiny happy show for winter these days, though I'm not hugely invested in anyone to win this year. I was completely obsessed with Mark Ramprakash and Alesha Dixon winning their series (fortunately they did so I didn't have to sulk) but nobody has really grabbed me this year - except Natalie Cassidy and I was fairly sure she wasn't going to win.

if you have, er, a great desire to see it, to the extent that you're like, "Tattoo on the upper arm ahoy!"

That is enough resemblance for proof in my book! (Matthew Cutler also has a rather nice upper arm tattoo btw. Though he looks less like RayK than James Jordan does.)

Janne, we need to write this AU. Like, even if it's 800 words long and full of typos. It needs to happen.

I am fully in agreement that it needs to happen - I just mislaid my dS-writing-ability somewhere around the time I got into writing SGA! *sigh*