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Post by shannondegroot on Oct 23, 2018 20:33:59 GMT
Richard Grieco
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 23, 2018 20:43:45 GMT
Ted Danson
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Post by amyghost on Oct 23, 2018 20:58:33 GMT
Patrick McGoohan was a charismatic and successful television actor with Secret Agent and The Prisoner, but never seemed to be able to translate this into film stardom, though he played a number of supporting roles very well over the years. (And was tapped as the first choice to play James Bond, which he turned down--he might well have become a major film star if he'd accepted that role!)
Interestingly, he and Alan Alda, who was mentioned earlier in this thread, co-starred in an early Seventies flick, The Moonshine War. |
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Post by Vits on Oct 23, 2018 21:25:22 GMT
I remember Cybil Shepherd was kind of peeved that Bruce Willis was able to catapult into movie stardom while she could not (though she had been at it much longer than him). Wasn't she a movie star before the show? I remember "Breaking Bad" fans kept clamoring for Bryan Cranston to play Lex Luthor in a Superman film. Maybe that could have been his big (albeit somewhat late) break into movie stardom. But he is a movie star. Wasn't Roseanne the highest paid TV star for a while? Some might say she doesn't have "Hollywood" looks to become a movie star, but hey if Cathy Bates can make it looks should be the only thing stopping her. Roseanne isn't untalented, but she didn't have enough opportunities to prove herself (unlike Kathy). Her more famous movie roles are arguably LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO and HOME ON THE RANGE, where she basically played herself. When I was a little kid I remember Fran Drescher being in some forgetable 90s rom com with Timothy Dalton and thinking "Oh, are they making a movie version of "The Nanny"? Yes, BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST follows the same plot as THE NANNY, which wasn't that original to begin with. It's as if nobody believed Fran could do something different. Eventually she worked in other sitcoms but, even though the plots were different, her characters' personalities were too similar (they all even have the same name!). |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 23, 2018 22:11:33 GMT
I remember Cybil Shepherd was kind of peeved that Bruce Willis was able to catapult into movie stardom while she could not (though she had been at it much longer than him). Wasn't she a movie star before the show? I remember "Breaking Bad" fans kept clamoring for Bryan Cranston to play Lex Luthor in a Superman film. Maybe that could have been his big (albeit somewhat late) break into movie stardom. But he is a movie star. Wasn't Roseanne the highest paid TV star for a while? Some might say she doesn't have "Hollywood" looks to become a movie star, but hey if Cathy Bates can make it looks should be the only thing stopping her. Roseanne isn't untalented, but she didn't have enough opportunities to prove herself (unlike Kathy). Her more famous movie roles are arguably LOOK WHO'S TALKING TOO and HOME ON THE RANGE, where she basically played herself. When I was a little kid I remember Fran Drescher being in some forgetable 90s rom com with Timothy Dalton and thinking "Oh, are they making a movie version of "The Nanny"? Yes, BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST follows the same plot as THE NANNY, which wasn't that original to begin with. It's as if nobody believed Fran could do something different. Eventually she worked in other sitcoms but, even though the plots were different, her characters' personalities were too similar (they all even have the same name!). "But he is a movie star. " Hmm, no. Don't get me wrong, he's a good actor, hell he even starred in not one, but two of my favorite TV shows (Malcolm in the Middle, Breaking Bad), but a movie star? What big movies has he headlined? "Godzilla" was supposed to big his big movie break and it flopped. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 23, 2018 22:35:34 GMT
To see if Cybil was a movie star pre-TV, check her resume.
Not too many hot films.
Roseanne was in She-Devil, and while it sucked, Meryl Streep and Sylvia Miles give very good performances.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 23, 2018 22:46:25 GMT
Wasn't she a movie star before the show? Well she had roles-some leading ones too but she was never really on the radar until Moonlighting. And she couldnt turn that into a career boost.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 23, 2018 22:50:14 GMT
Wasn't she a movie star before the show? Well she had roles-some leading ones too but she was never really on the radar until Moonlighting. And she couldnt turn that into a career boost.
She's not really a good actress, and the same with Candace Bergen |
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Post by Vits on Oct 23, 2018 23:46:12 GMT
a movie star? What big movies has he headlined? "Godzilla" was supposed to big his big movie break and it flopped. I actually wouldn't have used GODZILLA as an example, since he wasn't the lead. He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up. To see if Cybil was a movie star pre-TV, check her resume. Not too many hot films. But THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE HEARTBREAK KID and TAXI DRIVER are classics. While AT LONG LAST LOVE and THE LADY VANISHES weren't critical or financial hits, she did headline them. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 23, 2018 23:50:53 GMT
a movie star? What big movies has he headlined? "Godzilla" was supposed to big his big movie break and it flopped. I actually wouldn't have used GODZILLA as an example, since he wasn't the lead. He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up. To see if Cybil was a movie star pre-TV, check her resume. Not too many hot films. But THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE HEARTBREAK KID and TAXI DRIVER are classics. While AT LONG LAST LOVE and THE LADY VANISHES weren't critical or financial hits, she did headline them. "He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up. " But most of those weren't huge hits which is kinda what "successful movie star" implies. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 23, 2018 23:55:20 GMT
a movie star? What big movies has he headlined? "Godzilla" was supposed to big his big movie break and it flopped. I actually wouldn't have used GODZILLA as an example, since he wasn't the lead. He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up. To see if Cybil was a movie star pre-TV, check her resume. Not too many hot films. But THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE HEARTBREAK KID and TAXI DRIVER are classics. While AT LONG LAST LOVE and THE LADY VANISHES weren't critical or financial hits, she did headline them. Cybil was not first billed in any of those 5 movies. At Long Last Love was considered a joke. But my aim is not to diminish your love of CS. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 24, 2018 0:01:11 GMT
I actually wouldn't have used GODZILLA as an example, since he wasn't the lead. He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up.But THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE HEARTBREAK KID and TAXI DRIVER are classics. While AT LONG LAST LOVE and THE LADY VANISHES weren't critical or financial hits, she did headline them. "He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up. " But most of those weren't huge hits which is kinda what "successful movie star" implies. Sir, we are dealing with the artist who seems to nothing about movies except what rolls around his mind. Perhaps he will make a decent movie, and we will be able to say, "I remember when I hated him and thought he was a film moron way back when". |
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Post by kolchak92 on Oct 24, 2018 0:10:49 GMT
Well I don't know, he's been in some pretty high-profile films, like Crimes and Misdemeanors and The Aviator, and got an Oscar nomination for the latter. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 24, 2018 0:16:19 GMT
Well I don't know, he's been in some pretty high-profile films, like Crimes and Misdemeanors and The Aviator, and got an Oscar nomination for the latter. And that makes him a film star? No way. Danson is more of a film star |
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Post by kolchak92 on Oct 24, 2018 0:19:37 GMT
Well I don't know, he's been in some pretty high-profile films, like Crimes and Misdemeanors and The Aviator, and got an Oscar nomination for the latter. And that makes him a film star? No way. Danson is more of a film star So if acting in several critically-acclaimed films, and getting an Oscar nom out of one doesn't qualify you as a film star, what does? |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 24, 2018 0:50:06 GMT
Did Lucille Ball or Desi Arnaz do any particularly notable films after "I Love Lucy"?
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 24, 2018 1:35:33 GMT
Mark Paul Gossellaar (Zach from "Saved By The Bell"). That show and those characters were huge. Gossellaar was a pretty good actor and somehow managed to sell some of the really clumsy and cheesy dialogue on that show. He's still doing TV stuff, but I always figured he'd be up for the big screen. Pulling a Will Smith sort of "Fresh Prince" transition.
I've been crossing my fingers that this wouldn't happen to Steve Carrell, Rainn Wilson, and John Krasinski of the U.S. version of "The Office." Really enjoyed that show, and those actors. They've all since been in great movies since. Fans of "A Quiet Place" (starring and written by Krasinski) may be happy to know he's writing a sequel.
I'd also love to see more Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny") and David Cross ("Mr. Show", "Arrested Development"). Also Bob Odenkirk ("Mr. Show", "Better Call Saul"). All three are working, but I can't get enough of 'em
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 1:41:00 GMT
"He was the lead in TRUMBO, THE INFILTRATOR, WAKEFIELD, WHY HIM?, LAST FLAG FLYING. There's also THE UPSIDE coming up. " But most of those weren't huge hits which is kinda what "successful movie star" implies. Sir, we are dealing with the artist who seems to nothing about movies except what rolls around his mind. Perhaps he will make a decent movie, and we will be able to say, "I remember when I hated him and thought he was a film moron way back when". Eh, I'd have to side with vits on this one. I think once you get nominated for Best Lead Actor, you qualify as a successful movie star. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 1:45:05 GMT
Jack Benny was a notable film flop, but was huge on Radio and TV both for around 40 years.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 24, 2018 1:57:48 GMT
And that makes him a film star? No way. Danson is more of a film star So if acting in several critically-acclaimed films, and getting an Oscar nom out of one doesn't qualify you as a film star, what does? Being a film star. Is Michael J. Pollard a film star? |
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