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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 28, 2018 20:55:42 GMT
So how would you rate Elvis Presley as an actor?
This question is only about his acting quality.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 28, 2018 21:02:04 GMT
Unrealized potential !
He did fine with the roles he was allowed to play.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 21:38:44 GMT
I think he had some real talent as an actor but was stuck in so many silly movies.
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 29, 2018 0:09:21 GMT
paisleneWell said. His acting career, while bigger, reminds me of Frank Sinatra's. Sinatra could have made a fine actor, but by the time he really got going he was already known as a singer, and got typecast as such.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 29, 2018 0:20:33 GMT
paislene Well said. His acting career, while bigger, reminds me of Frank Sinatra's. Sinatra could have made a fine actor, but by the time he really got going he was already known as a singer, and got typecast as such. but Sinatra was allowed to break out of the singer mold with such roles as his in From Here to Eternity and Suddenly and Manchurian Candidate and and and Elvis was never permitted to do that ! |
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 29, 2018 0:33:54 GMT
paislene Well said. His acting career, while bigger, reminds me of Frank Sinatra's. Sinatra could have made a fine actor, but by the time he really got going he was already known as a singer, and got typecast as such. but Sinatra was allowed to break out of the singer mold with such roles as his in From Here to Eternity and Suddenly and Manchurian Candidate and and and Elvis was never permitted to do that ! Damned good point. Sinatra had the benefit of entering the movie business earlier...before Hollywood really knew what it was. I don't mean that like a conspiracy theory, but just before film had become of an industry. Had Sinatra entered film at the time of Elvis, I suspect the same would have happened to him...and vice versa. Had Elvis entered film earlier, they'd have let him stretch a bit. Had Sinatra entered later, they'd had have him on a leash. Hoping there is a lost film out there starring Elvis and Sinatra. A man can dream... |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 29, 2018 0:39:17 GMT
kingkoopa Hollywood wanted Elvis to do non-Elvis movies … Elvis wanted to do non-Elvis movies … Colonel Parker was the one said no !
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Post by Geddy on Oct 29, 2018 0:43:06 GMT
Hard to tell as most of his films were poor as he just made them to sell records.
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