Edelweiss will bless the memory ofChristopher Plummerforever.
And there really is no more fitting role by which to remember this lion of the stage and screen.
Because you need both to make Captain Von Trapp work.
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It’s not an accident that so many people cite Captain Von Trapp as their first crush.
He’s a hot dad of the highest order, and that’s all Plummer’s doing.
Nowhere is that more evident than in the scene where he dances the laendler with Maria.
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It’s a moment sexier and more charged than any R-rated clinch.
There are no words, only music, but Plummer and Andrew say it all with their electric gazes.
But more than anything, it’s Von Trapp’s decency that makes him Plummer’s most enduring character.
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He played any range of roles from villains to character parts he could disappear into.
But as a presence, he was self-assured, even slightly arrogant, aloof, and elegant.
Still, the character’s most attractive feature is his heart, his commitment to doing what’s right.
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