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Sometimes a character actor is cast against type, and with the right director and script you get an awesome, unique, weird performance. Just one I can think of off the top of my head is Adam Sandler in "Punch-Drunk Love"  Sure he yells a bit but overall this performance had melancholy not seen in his previous work ( which is funny as hell imho)  John C. Reilly is another, but maybe he just doesn't really have a "type"... has he ever played a scumbag? Now im just thinking about Paul Thomas Anderson movies.. ANyway, what are some of your favorite "cast against type" performances from the annals of cinema?
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Jul 28, 2017 04:52
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all the jimmy stewart/anthony mann westerns (and vertigo) and tony scott/denzel actioners, clint in bridges of madison county, tom cruise in collateral
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Jul 28, 2017 15:34
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Tony Curtis was really as the Boston Strangler
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Jul 28, 2017 17:01
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqTfBysL0wE&t=158s
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Jul 28, 2017 18:37
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Radio Spiricom posted:tom cruise in collateral Not sure I follow tho re: Denzel/Tony Scott joints... Washington isn't really a "character" actor
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Jul 28, 2017 19:53
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is probably overrated but real good in my book. Punch Drunk Love is good too IMO. Also Owen Wilson in Behind Enemy Lines is surprisingly good but it's still an action film
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Jul 30, 2017 03:29
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Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo"
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Jul 30, 2017 06:27
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Actually tom cruise in anything where he isn't the hero is usually excellent. Collateral, tropic thunder, etc
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Jul 30, 2017 19:04
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Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys. The director went out of his way to make Bruce Willis pretend he was another person than Bruce Willis, even though Bruce Willis is actually Bruce Willis in real life, something Bruce Willis had a hard time internalizing. It was worth the effort though. They gave us a wonderful movie where Bruce Willis acts.
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Jul 31, 2017 08:07
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Hell yeah. Time to watch that movie again. Was the TV series any good? Speaking of series based on a feature: Brad Garrett in "Fargo" S2
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Jul 31, 2017 17:40
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It's pretty much a generic sci fi channel show
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Jul 31, 2017 22:45
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The first season of 12 Monkeys was fine. The second season was as stupid as the final season of LOST, and that's where I fell off.
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Aug 1, 2017 08:52
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I'm looking forward to Daniel Craig in Logan lucky
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Aug 2, 2017 16:59
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Brad Pitt was truly great as a male bimbo in burn after reading
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Aug 2, 2017 17:36
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Joseph Cotten usually played nice, likable characters, but I think his best film role was as Uncle Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt. Also, James Mason in Bigger Than Life. He always played characters with an intellectual touch, which makes it more terrifying as he slowly loses his mind.
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Aug 3, 2017 04:32
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Chill Penguin posted:Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo" beat me to it
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Aug 3, 2017 18:44
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Jenny Agutter posted:Brad Pitt was truly great as a male bimbo in burn after reading Very true. Another one I remembered today is Molly Shannon in "Other People" (2016) She should've been nominated for an Oscar, but the flick was just a little too indie. Really moving performance tho, highly recommend the film
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Aug 4, 2017 05:59
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Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Aug 4, 2017 11:30
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Albert Brooks is great in Drive
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Aug 9, 2017 05:22
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John Krasinski in 13 Hours, and his twin brother, Mark Duplass, in Creep. But maybe it just seems 'off type' from playing the same character on long running sitcoms 
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Aug 9, 2017 10:26
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Maybe this counts in reverse, but I always think of Fred McMurray. I knew him from My Three Sons reruns and The Shaggy Dog as a kid so it kinda blew me away to see his acting chops in The Caine Mutiny and Double Indemnity.
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Aug 31, 2017 16:28
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Robin Williams in Insomnia
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Sep 1, 2017 12:34
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bitterandtwisted posted:Robin Williams in Insomnia I've never seen it. How different is it from, say, One Hour Photo, or even Toys?
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Sep 1, 2017 12:58
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Chill Penguin posted:I've never seen it. How different is it from, say, One Hour Photo, or even Toys? He's a murderer and there's nothing cheeky or zany or sympathetic about his character. He's a creepy rear end in a top hat. e: I've not seen One Hour Photo bitterandtwisted fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Sep 1, 2017 |
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Sep 1, 2017 13:57
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john goodman in 10 clover lane
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Sep 1, 2017 14:02
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John Goodman in The Big Lebowski.
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Sep 1, 2017 14:16
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Rodney Dangerfield playing the nasty father in Natural Born Killers was a sharp turn. I still shudder when I think about his lines in the black and white sequences.
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Sep 2, 2017 01:36
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Chill Penguin posted:Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo" Came here to post this. Also one of my favorite parts of Django Unchained was getting to see Leonardo DiCaprio play an unabashedly evil character
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Sep 2, 2017 03:59
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Lumpy the Cook posted:Came here to post this. They're sAying he might play The Joker in Scorsese's origin flick 👀
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Sep 4, 2017 16:50
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Chill Penguin posted:John C. Reilly is another, but maybe he just doesn't really have a "type"... has he ever played a scumbag
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Sep 4, 2017 16:57
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Chill Penguin posted:John C. Reilly is another, but maybe he just doesn't really have a "type"... has he ever played a scumbag? Now im just thinking about Paul Thomas Anderson movies.. He plays a corrupt Irish cop in Gangs of New York
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Sep 9, 2017 14:42
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Pablo Gigante posted:He plays a corrupt Irish cop in Gangs of New York I'll have to finally watch that. Still never seen it 
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Sep 9, 2017 21:02
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Artsygrrl posted:Rodney Dangerfield playing the nasty father in Natural Born Killers was a sharp turn. I still shudder when I think about his lines in the black and white sequences. Yeah lol. That was some dark poo poo.
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Can't wait to see Jackie Chan play a ruthless old Death Wish-type in "The Foreigner"
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