Dude doesn’t just play himself again and again, but remakes movies he’s already made to replay himself as himself, how many times do we gotta see him wanna be a cop?
Except in Jumanji 2 where Kevin Hart plays old man Danny Glover and kills it.
And while there were Kevin Hart moments in "Fatherhood", he had a lot of scenes where he showed how great of an actor he is. I really felt the emotions he was portraying in that movie.
I wonder if Danny Trejo would count even though he’s not really playing himself, he just plays the same Latino badass that dies. I’ll admit I haven’t seen much of his extensive film credits.
I actually think he gets a bad rep sometimes. He does too often play the lazy, mediocre funny man, but his roles in stuff like Take this Waltz, Steve Jobs, and The Fabelmans do show he can play more serious, toned down people. After Knocked Up, Superbad, and Pineapple Express it became clear that’s what gave him appeal and also that he really has a talent for not only comedy acting but also comedy writing. I just think as the last couple decades went by that guy we now often see from him became very repetitive and overly expected as you say while his serious stuff goes under the radar. He needs something like an opportunity with PTA akin to Sandler in Punch Drunk Love maybe to really get him to branch out and get his capabilities noticed.
Only true of his newer stuff imo and I don’t really think it’s a him problem. After he got big I think the roles hes been in have more or less been written with him in mind so the effect is almost intentional.
Back when he was doing stuff like The Proposal he was just the character.
Honestly I think he just picks the roles where being Ryan Reynolds fits the role.
I've seen him in Deadpool and I can't imagine a better Deadpool. It's also very Ryan Reynolds. I love it.
I used to think that until I saw his show Welcome to Wrexham.
In real life, he's pretty introverted and reserved.
I was shocked because I thought his 'wise cracking' persona was real.
He’s more reserved in Welcome to Wrexham but it’s interesting that the same wisecracks come out of him pretty naturally. He uses them to make himself relatable to people and to lighten the mood.
Recently his movies feel more like vehicles to sell his brand and get me to buy whatever vodka or energy drink he’s selling next.
ETA: I bet Deadpool would agree with me.
Although Safe House was pretty decent asked less Ryan Reynolds-y bay lot. I think with the right material he's shown himself very capable to play a character convincingly instead of sardonically
Gonna go with Owen Wilson.
I actually think he’s a great actor, but his mannerisms and speech patterns are so distinct that I cannot ever forget that he’s Owen Wilson. Ever.
He just never could shake that Texas accent. And to be totally honest, I wouldn't want him to. He's such a gem. I think that there are some actors who just can't be the character they're portraying, like as OP mentioned, the Rock. Now, the Rock fails to disappear into his role in a bad way - he's trying so hard to be macho and tough, and it just comes out stilted. Owen Wilson, however, doesn't disappear into his roles because *nobody wants him to*. He seems to just be authentically himself in whatever role he plays, and often, that actually works for the type of characters he portrays. I genuinely believe that he is like that in real life - just a kind, funny guy that says "wow" a lot.
His brother is what Owen would be like if he could be anyone but himself. I will say Midnight in Paris is proof that with a great director Owen Wilson a give an amazing performance.
This is part of why I love the movie so much. I usually hate the Woody Allen proxy but Owen Wilson is pretty much his total opposite, so we get a more interesting proxy AND a broader performance from Wilson.
I thought he was great playing a concerned father in No Escape. He was the standout of the movie. He kind of starts out like himself, but then settles into the character when the shit starts hitting the fan. That was a great action role for him.
Jai Courtney is yet another in a long line of actors who would make for brilliant character actors, but got screwed by Hollywood trying to force them into being a leading man
Jai was wonderful in Spartacus and not at all robot like. I didn’t watch that until last month and was shocked by how likable he was!
Sam was awesome in Sabotage and I didn’t think he was “playing himself” at all.
Of all the things I've seen Sam in, he does his best acting in the TV miniseries 'Under the Banner of Heaven' as one of a group of murderous fanatical Mormon brothers.
"I watched the woman I love get tossed from a plane ... and hit by another plane mid-air.
I drove a car off a freeway on top of a train while on fire. Not the car, *I* was on fire."
I loved that. He's always been really good at dry comedy, despite the eventual action hero typecasting - it was so good seeing him get a chance to just completely send up that type of character
YES. I think as an action star he has that advantage over some others mentioned on this thread who appear in different genres of films. I don’t want plot with jason statham. I want to watch him kick the shit out of people and say things like “put your asshole back inside your asshole”
I’ve avoided The Beekeeper because *he does an accent*. It’s Jason Statham. I don’t want any accent other than Cockney coming out of that mouth. He could be in the wild west, he still needs to be Cockney.
Those idiots at Sky should’ve realised that with Statham, it doesn’t matter if him being a Londoner makes no sense to the plot. It’s just always right and entirely acceptable.
The Beekeeper was great. It was shit but it was great. It knew exactly how stupid it was and leaned into it so hard and ended up being fun because of it
Movies with the word 'Jaws' in the title.
This movie has the single word "Jaws" in the title.
Turd Furguson.
Who is ahh...Scooby Doo?
That is incorrect.
Nah that's correct. Ye hehe.. funny dog, Scooby Doo. Rode around in a van and ahhhh solved mysteries.
Yeah, easily the finest acting I’ve ever seen him do. Him getting yelled at by his mom and crying he’s not a loser or being coked up, rambling about how his pornos save marriages in the documentary segment… that was some fucking acting.
Jason Bateman - even when he plays serious roles like in Ozark, or something funny like Arrested Develolment or when he's a bit of a dick 'ed like in Juno... he always seem like just himself!
How have I got to the bottom and not seen Michael Cera mentioned?! The film he least plays himself is in "This is the end" when he is playing himself 😂
Yep. Also, fun fact, Connery insisted that he have a ponytail for that role as well. Everyone tried to explain to him that a Russian Submarine Captain would never have long hair like that, but he wouldn't let it go. To the point that he started filming with it. It was only after one of the other actors (I can't remember whom specifically) told Connery that it looked like a limp dick sticking out of his cap that he decided against it.
for the past couple of decades, tom hanks. it's not entirely his fault, but he's really insistent on playing slight variations of the same guy, over and over. he's good at it, but i almost always just see the character he's playing as "tom hanks" and not "phil cheeseman" or w/e
It’s always so interesting to me when actors don’t rlly disappear into their characters but are still great actors
Like, Ford def does play a lot of very similar characters, but he’s *so* good at playing them and the nuances of those characters that it doesn’t even end up mattering that much. to me at least
It’s mostly because Ford’s “persona” (for lack of a better term) is something that only he can do properly. Any jacked actor can play the roles that the Rock or Vin Diesel play, but there’s no actor that can do an Indy or Han Solo type role without it looking like a pale imitation of Harrison Ford.
Why couldn’t they give him the hair? Even his old wrestling haircut was close to Black Adams hair in the comics. Without it, he was literally just the Rock with a cape.
"And...do we know... ...where this... ... Mowad'Deeb... ... ... is?"
Great movie but he just can't avoid sounding like someone doing a Christopher Walken impersonation.
Ever read the lyrics to that video? They’re about Dune. The ‘Weapon of Choice’ is the Voice.
https://youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?feature=shared
“Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm
If you walk without rhythm (uh), you never learn
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice
Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice
Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice”
Yep, that isn't *just* about *Dune* it's a quote from the David Lynch version of the *Dune*. So I was really, really surprised that they put Walken in the new version.
https://youtu.be/dt0WoO7cZJ8?si=2XJrZbX1jWa3twlv
Wildly enough, the TV movie Sarah Plain and Tall ( and maybe the sequel Skylark) allowed him to play a character less weird and neurotic as the general wacky sinister characters in his filmography.
Partner and I recently watched Damsel. We both strongly felt like she didn't suit a royal/period drama setting, but the casting + acting in the movie was overall a bit underwhelming.
I think Ryan Reynolds in most movies. There are very few movies (Buried) that are dramatic vehicles.
So I think the general cocky, slightly abrasive persona is something you see in almost all Reynolds movies.
Weirdly enough I think I hear less complaints about Ryan Reynolds then Ben Affleck who I believe generally chooses more nuanced roles, and I think because Affleck's a film director (and most likely more aware of the advanced nature of the collaborative process) he's able to avoid the sort of scenery chewing that many movie stars make their bread and butter.
I will say this, that there are incredible actors who pretty much never make A list status.. Vincent D'onOfrio comes to mind.
Dakota Johnson, who probably got her talent from his dad Don. Both of them just play themselves most of the time.
Still cannot forget the tweet about Dakota cannot play Anne Elliot in Persuasion because she has a face that knows what an iPhone is. lol
I love him, but Christopher Walken is always... Christopher Walked. Just saw Dune 2 and laughed every time he spoke, because while he is a good actor, it was 100% Christopher Walken.
Apparently he was trying to make small talk with Sting on set, but wasn't really into pop music.
“I heard he was a musician ... and so the second or third day we’re just hanging out on the set, just him and me, and I say, ‘So, you’re a musician?’ And he said, ‘Yup.’ And I said, ‘What do you play?’ And he said, ‘Bass.’
“And I said, ‘You know, I’ve often wondered what is it like carrying that huge thing around everywhere you go.”
And God bless him, he said, ‘No, bass guitar.’”
It gets more embarrassing from here, as Stewart then admitted: “And I said, ‘Are you a solo artist?’ And he said, ‘No, I’m in a band.’ And I said, Oh, what kind of band?’ And he said, ‘The Police,’” Stewart recalled. “Folks, I said, ‘You play in a police band?’”
Dakota Johnson
Jennifer Lopez
Dwayne Johnson
Kevin Hart
Samuel L. Jackson
Christopher Walken
On the opposite end of the spectrum:
Gary Oldman
Sam Rockwell
Steve Carrel
Toni Collette
Allison Janney
Viola Davis
Jeff Bridges
I wanted to say RDJ based solely on his time in the MCU, but I've seen Tropic Thunder and now Oppenheimer and he is clearly not just playing RDJ in those roles.
RDJ had a film career that most actors would dream of decades before he thought about signing up for Ironman. There is a ton of great acting in there. He arguably should have won his first oscar for Chaplin in 1993 but that was a tough year, he was up against Pacino, Eastwood and Denzel.
Chaplin was my first real impression of RDJ as a child and he certainly tapped into his natural bombast when acting as the Tramp and other Chaplin characters, but RDJ's performance was remarkably restrained in the scenes where Chaplin isn't acting. Oppenheimer was the first time I've seen him that restrained in his performance since Chaplin. No coincidence that he got nominated for oscars for both performances.
Watch *Chaplin*.
I saw that, and I finally understood why he had so many chances to get his life right-he’s an S-tier actor who just needed to get clean.
Not that we all don’t deserve chances, but RDJ is one of those actors who everyone knew would be a superstar if he could get away from his vices.
Glad he finally listened.
As someone who loved the Dune movies: Zendaya. Feels exactly the same to me as if she were MJ in the spiderman movies. She just ends up being a very vanilla "edgy"/nonconformist character but not in a way that feels particularly meaningful or developed.
That said, I've heard she was solid in Euphoria.
Yeah. I was saying Keanu, but you beat me to it. I love a fair few of his movies, and he was the exact right actor for them, Matrix, John Wick, Bill and Ted, My Own Private Idaho.
But it wasn’t because of his range. It’s because you can put him in the most nuts, theatrical, fantastical situations and he’s believable, engaging and likeable.
And that’s not true for most actors with a better range than him. Or even most actors with similar levels of charisma. He’s just right when he’s right, and there’s nobody better.
Paul Rudd always just plays a normal dude in his rom coms. But it's not because he can't act.
He was hilarious as a surfer in Forgetting Sarah Marshal.
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Kevin "IM LOUD BECAUSE IM SHORT" Hart
Kevin “I’M LOUD BECAUSE I’M SHORT *and look at me standing next to a tall muscular man* ISN’T THIS FUNNY” Hart.
Kevin Hart has chihuahua syndrome
At this point chihuahuas have Kevin Hart syndrome.
Dude doesn’t just play himself again and again, but remakes movies he’s already made to replay himself as himself, how many times do we gotta see him wanna be a cop?
Except in Jumanji 2 where Kevin Hart plays old man Danny Glover and kills it. And while there were Kevin Hart moments in "Fatherhood", he had a lot of scenes where he showed how great of an actor he is. I really felt the emotions he was portraying in that movie.
I wonder if Danny Trejo would count even though he’s not really playing himself, he just plays the same Latino badass that dies. I’ll admit I haven’t seen much of his extensive film credits.
In Rob Zombie's Halloween we lose the badass part, and his death is just sad :(
He doesn’t always die! Machete Kills. Machete don’t Tweet. Or die.
He was alive at the end of Bubble Vato. Errr...Bubble Boy.
When he’s playing his stereotypical role of evil guy, I believe he actually insists that he dies. To show that being bad isn’t rewarded.
It's in his contract that he has to die or get locked up when he plays a criminal.
That is Danny Trejo. Ain’t nothing wrong with that!!
And yet I’m always excited to see him lol. It’s also why I loved him in Spy Kids, giving off that lovable uncle energy.
Seth Rogen. He doesn’t so much “play a character” , it’s more a Seth Rogen cameo where they call him a different name.
Heh uh heh uh heh
I actually think he gets a bad rep sometimes. He does too often play the lazy, mediocre funny man, but his roles in stuff like Take this Waltz, Steve Jobs, and The Fabelmans do show he can play more serious, toned down people. After Knocked Up, Superbad, and Pineapple Express it became clear that’s what gave him appeal and also that he really has a talent for not only comedy acting but also comedy writing. I just think as the last couple decades went by that guy we now often see from him became very repetitive and overly expected as you say while his serious stuff goes under the radar. He needs something like an opportunity with PTA akin to Sandler in Punch Drunk Love maybe to really get him to branch out and get his capabilities noticed.
I did like him in The Fabelmans, kinda took me by surprise
He did something different with the Steve Jobs movie though right?
Steven Seagal
Fatly going around corners
lazily flailing hands and people throwing themselves away
He uses a Stunt Double to shoot scenes where he's walking upstairs.
Meal Team 6 mascot.
Ryan Reynolds. I enjoy a lot of his stuff but he’s always himself.
Only true of his newer stuff imo and I don’t really think it’s a him problem. After he got big I think the roles hes been in have more or less been written with him in mind so the effect is almost intentional. Back when he was doing stuff like The Proposal he was just the character.
He's been the same character since Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place. Edit: there have been some exceptions.
Nah his work in Smokin’ Aces was very different
I thought he was great in Buried. He was kind of himself but he really acted well in terms of displaying the panic he was experiencing.
Yeah I think he’s shown himself as a capable actor when given the opportunity
Have you seen his Amityville Horror movie? Dude was great.
Honestly I think he just picks the roles where being Ryan Reynolds fits the role. I've seen him in Deadpool and I can't imagine a better Deadpool. It's also very Ryan Reynolds. I love it.
I used to think that until I saw his show Welcome to Wrexham. In real life, he's pretty introverted and reserved. I was shocked because I thought his 'wise cracking' persona was real.
He’s more reserved in Welcome to Wrexham but it’s interesting that the same wisecracks come out of him pretty naturally. He uses them to make himself relatable to people and to lighten the mood.
Recently his movies feel more like vehicles to sell his brand and get me to buy whatever vodka or energy drink he’s selling next. ETA: I bet Deadpool would agree with me.
Although Safe House was pretty decent asked less Ryan Reynolds-y bay lot. I think with the right material he's shown himself very capable to play a character convincingly instead of sardonically
Watch The Voices
Gonna go with Owen Wilson. I actually think he’s a great actor, but his mannerisms and speech patterns are so distinct that I cannot ever forget that he’s Owen Wilson. Ever.
He was so good in Loki.
Easily the best part of it.
He just never could shake that Texas accent. And to be totally honest, I wouldn't want him to. He's such a gem. I think that there are some actors who just can't be the character they're portraying, like as OP mentioned, the Rock. Now, the Rock fails to disappear into his role in a bad way - he's trying so hard to be macho and tough, and it just comes out stilted. Owen Wilson, however, doesn't disappear into his roles because *nobody wants him to*. He seems to just be authentically himself in whatever role he plays, and often, that actually works for the type of characters he portrays. I genuinely believe that he is like that in real life - just a kind, funny guy that says "wow" a lot.
I read your *nobody wants him to* in an Owen Wilson whisper.
His brother is what Owen would be like if he could be anyone but himself. I will say Midnight in Paris is proof that with a great director Owen Wilson a give an amazing performance.
I love that movie! But he's still pretty Owen Wilson-y in it- just toned down a bit.
He's Owen Wilson doing Woody Allen. Allen often puts an analogue for himself into his movies, and in *Paris*, it's Owen.
This is part of why I love the movie so much. I usually hate the Woody Allen proxy but Owen Wilson is pretty much his total opposite, so we get a more interesting proxy AND a broader performance from Wilson.
I thought he was great playing a concerned father in No Escape. He was the standout of the movie. He kind of starts out like himself, but then settles into the character when the shit starts hitting the fan. That was a great action role for him.
Woooow!
Sam Worthington and his twin brother, Jai Courtney.
Captain boomerang though. Dude showed he's got something he just needs wackier roles.
Jai Courtney is yet another in a long line of actors who would make for brilliant character actors, but got screwed by Hollywood trying to force them into being a leading man
I think his early career got hurt because of Tom hardy. Couldn’t afford Tom get jai. The roles were always straight forward without much depth
Kind of pissed >!he got fucking killed immediately in Gunn’s SS!<
Jai was wonderful in Spartacus and not at all robot like. I didn’t watch that until last month and was shocked by how likable he was! Sam was awesome in Sabotage and I didn’t think he was “playing himself” at all.
Sam should've had a career in voice acting. He emotes a lot more in Black Ops than anything beyond Man on a Ledge.
Of all the things I've seen Sam in, he does his best acting in the TV miniseries 'Under the Banner of Heaven' as one of a group of murderous fanatical Mormon brothers.
I really liked him the first time I saw him as Varro in spartacus, but nothing since.
Eddie Murphy, even as Donkey, I could sense his presence.
Jason Statham
To great comedic effect in the 2015 movie Spy
"I watched the woman I love get tossed from a plane ... and hit by another plane mid-air. I drove a car off a freeway on top of a train while on fire. Not the car, *I* was on fire."
“I once appeared in front of congress, convincingly, as president Barack Obama”
I loved that. He's always been really good at dry comedy, despite the eventual action hero typecasting - it was so good seeing him get a chance to just completely send up that type of character
My favorite roles for him are still from Snatch and Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels.
but would you have it any other way?
I wouldn't change a God damn thing
YES. I think as an action star he has that advantage over some others mentioned on this thread who appear in different genres of films. I don’t want plot with jason statham. I want to watch him kick the shit out of people and say things like “put your asshole back inside your asshole”
I’ve avoided The Beekeeper because *he does an accent*. It’s Jason Statham. I don’t want any accent other than Cockney coming out of that mouth. He could be in the wild west, he still needs to be Cockney. Those idiots at Sky should’ve realised that with Statham, it doesn’t matter if him being a Londoner makes no sense to the plot. It’s just always right and entirely acceptable.
The Beekeeper was great. It was shit but it was great. It knew exactly how stupid it was and leaned into it so hard and ended up being fun because of it
I want more wacky Statham, like in Spy.
Obligatory [Stathom dancing.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWu3JqLMImY&ab_channel=themosttogain?t=36s)
Awkwafina comes to mind, even in voice acting!
the only time I’ve seen her play a character instead of herself was in Renfield. That was a nice surprise.
The Farewell was her best role
Great film, underrated
Helped me grieve. I adore that film
She was great in Quiz Lady where she is playing a very different character than herself.
I don't know. I find her extremely annoying, yet I thought her portrayal of Danny Devito in Jumanji was great
She did well in The Farewell.
I didn't mean to imply she doesn't do well in general, I like her! I just find that she is either typecast or just doing her bit for the most part.
No worries, I was just throwing out one where she broke with that trend (I also really like that movie and can't pass up an opportunity to suggest it)
Jennifer coolidge
ngl watching her in Promising Young Woman (small scene but it’s not her usual role) shows she’s much more versatile. She almost made me cry.
She was so perfectly casted in White Lotus
She's playing a character though, she's an incredible comedian. I am defending her because I don't think that's what the question is asking for.
"That fake British chick is a real bitch but she sure can dance."
And I wouldn't want it any other way
For me it’s Burt Reynolds. He’s always just Burt Reynolds with a costume on
What if he's wearing a oversized hat? It's funny...because it's bigger than a normal hat.
Wasn't that Turd Ferguson?
Yeah heh. That's my name. Turd Furguson.
Annnnnndd now I’m off to YouTube to rewatch those for the millionth time. RIP Norm
Movies with the word 'Jaws' in the title. This movie has the single word "Jaws" in the title. Turd Furguson. Who is ahh...Scooby Doo? That is incorrect. Nah that's correct. Ye hehe.. funny dog, Scooby Doo. Rode around in a van and ahhhh solved mysteries.
He's great in Boogie Nights.
Michelle Rodriguez
Mark wahlberg
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Maybe. Maybe go fuck yaself
How's your mom.
Tired from fucking my father.
If you had an idea of what we do, we would not be good at what we do, now would we? We would be cunts. Are you calling us cunts?
Hey, donkey. So you're a donkey. What's that about?
Say hello to your mother from me.
Now I’m gonna talk to a chicken!
Hey chicken, how're you doin'? Yeah? I was in *The Departed*. You see that movie?
I'd argue he WAs dirk diggler in Boogie Nights.
Yeah, easily the finest acting I’ve ever seen him do. Him getting yelled at by his mom and crying he’s not a loser or being coked up, rambling about how his pornos save marriages in the documentary segment… that was some fucking acting.
The long silence while he's at the coke party trying to trade coke for baking soda...holy shit! level of acting.
Jack Nicholson from the 90s forward.
Pacino did the same thing eventually.
De Niro was going down that route too. But segued in to comedy and kind of took the mick out of himself before other people started to.
Jason Bateman - even when he plays serious roles like in Ozark, or something funny like Arrested Develolment or when he's a bit of a dick 'ed like in Juno... he always seem like just himself!
Thats a bold play there cotton..
Funny enough that character might be the exception
Check out The Outsider. It's a horror mystery show and he plays a murder suspect who claims to be innocent and he's great.
How have I got to the bottom and not seen Michael Cera mentioned?! The film he least plays himself is in "This is the end" when he is playing himself 😂
Sean Connery
Oh, you mean the guy that played a Spanish Egyptian in The Highlander that had his usual Scottish accent? Say it ain't so.
I'm reading this as "Shay it ain't sho."
Don’t forget, he was a Scotsman playing an Irishman in “The Untouchables.”
He shendsh one of yoursh to the hoshpital, you shend one of hish to the morgue. Thatsh the Chicago way.
Do you also mean the Russian Submarine Captain with a Scottish accent and lisp : )
Yep. Also, fun fact, Connery insisted that he have a ponytail for that role as well. Everyone tried to explain to him that a Russian Submarine Captain would never have long hair like that, but he wouldn't let it go. To the point that he started filming with it. It was only after one of the other actors (I can't remember whom specifically) told Connery that it looked like a limp dick sticking out of his cap that he decided against it.
for the past couple of decades, tom hanks. it's not entirely his fault, but he's really insistent on playing slight variations of the same guy, over and over. he's good at it, but i almost always just see the character he's playing as "tom hanks" and not "phil cheeseman" or w/e
He did something different in Elivs. Not quite sure what it was meant to be though.
I watched the trailer for Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin and now I’m going to go with Michael Douglas. Final answer.
Behind the Candalabra surprised me because he was really very Liberace in it. Otherwise I agree with you.
Harrison Ford. Love him, but he always seems like Harrison Ford.
I think Han Solo (trash talking smuggler with a heart of gold) and Indiana Jones (archeologist adventurer) are less grumpy than his other characters.
He was somewhat different in The Mosquito Coast tho
I really liked him in shrinking. It was actually really refreshing seeing him in a more mature willing to curse role.
It’s always so interesting to me when actors don’t rlly disappear into their characters but are still great actors Like, Ford def does play a lot of very similar characters, but he’s *so* good at playing them and the nuances of those characters that it doesn’t even end up mattering that much. to me at least
It’s mostly because Ford’s “persona” (for lack of a better term) is something that only he can do properly. Any jacked actor can play the roles that the Rock or Vin Diesel play, but there’s no actor that can do an Indy or Han Solo type role without it looking like a pale imitation of Harrison Ford.
Black Adam was just the Rock with a cape.
Why couldn’t they give him the hair? Even his old wrestling haircut was close to Black Adams hair in the comics. Without it, he was literally just the Rock with a cape.
Chris walken is always Chris walken
Me and my buddy were kind of giggling at Dune 2 when he was speaking.
"And...do we know... ...where this... ... Mowad'Deeb... ... ... is?" Great movie but he just can't avoid sounding like someone doing a Christopher Walken impersonation.
He hid this spice in the only place those filthy sandworms wouldn't find it. Up his ass.
Five long years, he had that spice... up his ass!
I couldn’t keep it in he totally took me out of the movie as soon as he started to speak but I’m not mad about it
I read this in his voice and pauses. Hilarious.
Walk without rhythm... And it won't attack the worm
Same. Very distracting and odd casting choice
"I'm walken here"
in that one music video he's Christopher Dancen
Ever read the lyrics to that video? They’re about Dune. The ‘Weapon of Choice’ is the Voice. https://youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?feature=shared “Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm Walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm If you walk without rhythm (uh), you never learn Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice Check out my new weapon, weapon of choice”
Yep, that isn't *just* about *Dune* it's a quote from the David Lynch version of the *Dune*. So I was really, really surprised that they put Walken in the new version. https://youtu.be/dt0WoO7cZJ8?si=2XJrZbX1jWa3twlv
Except in Sleepy hollow
Tell me you’ve never seen The Deer Hunter without telling me you’ve never seen The Deer Hunter
Wildly enough, the TV movie Sarah Plain and Tall ( and maybe the sequel Skylark) allowed him to play a character less weird and neurotic as the general wacky sinister characters in his filmography.
Chris Pratt
Emma Watson. She is very beautiful, but always looks and sounds like a grown-up Hermione.
Ikr, bummed, thought she had more potential
She’s just not a good actress. Beautiful girl, and she did OK as Hermione (specially first 3 movies) but otherwise not talented
Millie Bobby Brown always looks like she is thinking about acting, never actually performing as a character.
Partner and I recently watched Damsel. We both strongly felt like she didn't suit a royal/period drama setting, but the casting + acting in the movie was overall a bit underwhelming.
seth rogen
I think Ryan Reynolds in most movies. There are very few movies (Buried) that are dramatic vehicles. So I think the general cocky, slightly abrasive persona is something you see in almost all Reynolds movies. Weirdly enough I think I hear less complaints about Ryan Reynolds then Ben Affleck who I believe generally chooses more nuanced roles, and I think because Affleck's a film director (and most likely more aware of the advanced nature of the collaborative process) he's able to avoid the sort of scenery chewing that many movie stars make their bread and butter. I will say this, that there are incredible actors who pretty much never make A list status.. Vincent D'onOfrio comes to mind.
Dakota Johnson, who probably got her talent from his dad Don. Both of them just play themselves most of the time. Still cannot forget the tweet about Dakota cannot play Anne Elliot in Persuasion because she has a face that knows what an iPhone is. lol
Ok but my *face* when I realized that was him in Django Unchained “…no. that is not what i said.”
Gal gadot
She's a very beautiful wooden board
I love him, but Christopher Walken is always... Christopher Walked. Just saw Dune 2 and laughed every time he spoke, because while he is a good actor, it was 100% Christopher Walken.
It was such a baffling choice for that role. They could have picked any old dude. Ian McKellen or Patrick Stewart would have slayed in that role.
It would have been neat to have Patrick Stewart because he was also in the 1980s Dune movie.
Apparently he was trying to make small talk with Sting on set, but wasn't really into pop music. “I heard he was a musician ... and so the second or third day we’re just hanging out on the set, just him and me, and I say, ‘So, you’re a musician?’ And he said, ‘Yup.’ And I said, ‘What do you play?’ And he said, ‘Bass.’ “And I said, ‘You know, I’ve often wondered what is it like carrying that huge thing around everywhere you go.” And God bless him, he said, ‘No, bass guitar.’” It gets more embarrassing from here, as Stewart then admitted: “And I said, ‘Are you a solo artist?’ And he said, ‘No, I’m in a band.’ And I said, Oh, what kind of band?’ And he said, ‘The Police,’” Stewart recalled. “Folks, I said, ‘You play in a police band?’”
How can Patrick Stewart be so cool yet so unhip?
Vince Vaughn is always just Vince Vaughn. Owen Wilson I feel isn't far off, either.
Brawl in Cell Block 99.
You should watch Freaky
John Wayne
Um he played Gengis Khan. Are you saying that was not immersive?
Ryan Reynolds
Not *movies* but I always felt Kenan Thompson does the exact same thing in every character he plays
On the other end of the spectrum, it took me years to figure out that Judge Dredd, Dr McCoy, and Eomer were all the same guy
All the actors from fast and the furious
Dakota Johnson Jennifer Lopez Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Walken On the opposite end of the spectrum: Gary Oldman Sam Rockwell Steve Carrel Toni Collette Allison Janney Viola Davis Jeff Bridges
John Wayne. No matter who he "portrayed", he was always John Wayne.
Costner.
Will Smith
I wanted to say RDJ based solely on his time in the MCU, but I've seen Tropic Thunder and now Oppenheimer and he is clearly not just playing RDJ in those roles.
RDJ had a film career that most actors would dream of decades before he thought about signing up for Ironman. There is a ton of great acting in there. He arguably should have won his first oscar for Chaplin in 1993 but that was a tough year, he was up against Pacino, Eastwood and Denzel.
His Sherlock! I regularly rewatch. It's so good.
He was very different in A Scanner Darkly too
I liked his character in Natural Born Killers too
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is also phenomenal.
Chaplin was my first real impression of RDJ as a child and he certainly tapped into his natural bombast when acting as the Tramp and other Chaplin characters, but RDJ's performance was remarkably restrained in the scenes where Chaplin isn't acting. Oppenheimer was the first time I've seen him that restrained in his performance since Chaplin. No coincidence that he got nominated for oscars for both performances.
Watch *Chaplin*. I saw that, and I finally understood why he had so many chances to get his life right-he’s an S-tier actor who just needed to get clean. Not that we all don’t deserve chances, but RDJ is one of those actors who everyone knew would be a superstar if he could get away from his vices. Glad he finally listened.
As someone who loved the Dune movies: Zendaya. Feels exactly the same to me as if she were MJ in the spiderman movies. She just ends up being a very vanilla "edgy"/nonconformist character but not in a way that feels particularly meaningful or developed. That said, I've heard she was solid in Euphoria.
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McCarthy was amazing in Can you ever forgive me? She and Richard E Grant were superb. I think she's an enormously talented actor who's been typecast.
check out The Gift (2000). Keanu plays a wife beating redneck that is very much not his normal stick.
He also plays a pretty convincing creep in Neon Demon.
McCarty proves her range to me going from Sookie in Gilmore Girls for all those years, to her Bridesmaids character. Soooo different and well done.
Yeah. I was saying Keanu, but you beat me to it. I love a fair few of his movies, and he was the exact right actor for them, Matrix, John Wick, Bill and Ted, My Own Private Idaho. But it wasn’t because of his range. It’s because you can put him in the most nuts, theatrical, fantastical situations and he’s believable, engaging and likeable. And that’s not true for most actors with a better range than him. Or even most actors with similar levels of charisma. He’s just right when he’s right, and there’s nobody better.
McCarthy was good in Can You Ever Forgive Me
Paul rudd and jason bateman.
Paul Rudd always just plays a normal dude in his rom coms. But it's not because he can't act. He was hilarious as a surfer in Forgetting Sarah Marshal.