I've seen the "Denisof and Acker are wrong" comment before, and I'm not sure I agree. I mean, the way I heard the argument going, Denisof is a straight-man-comedian type, unsure and insecure, and that's wrong for Benedick, and similarly Acker is a fragile/broken character type, wrong for Beatrice.
Denisof, though, clearly volunteers for those; he's the one who suggested that Wesley should fall flat on his ass in the third-season Buffy finale. And for that matter, Benedick can have a bit of insecurity--I remember seeing Jimmy Smits in the role and doing a lot of both near-slapstick comedy and insecurity in the "eavesdropping" scene.
Similarly, I think Acker--who can do the better-confidence thing, see Dollhouse--can accomplish the Beatrice dynamic of being very...well, feisty, frankly, but still melting sufficiently for "Peace! I shall stop your tongue."
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Denisof, though, clearly volunteers for those; he's the one who suggested that Wesley should fall flat on his ass in the third-season Buffy finale. And for that matter, Benedick can have a bit of insecurity--I remember seeing Jimmy Smits in the role and doing a lot of both near-slapstick comedy and insecurity in the "eavesdropping" scene.
Similarly, I think Acker--who can do the better-confidence thing, see Dollhouse--can accomplish the Beatrice dynamic of being very...well, feisty, frankly, but still melting sufficiently for "Peace! I shall stop your tongue."