This Man Is a Terrifying, Badass Pirate
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?He’s also going to be playing a pirate — specifically Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard — in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. He’s Ian McShane, star of Deadwood, and if you’d seen him in a minute of that show, you probably know why I’m excited. I didn’t give two shits about Pirates of the Caribbean 4 when I woke this morning; now, I am deeply, deeply interested. All McShane’s doing. This is the face of a man who, when he tells you to walk the fucking plank, you do it. (Via Twitch)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.