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Post by ravi02 on Feb 8, 2018 18:51:19 GMT
Sean Connery - The Offence
Harrison Ford - The Mosquito Coast
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 8, 2018 22:37:24 GMT
Most of these choices should come from the classic era where most movie stars had scripts tailored to their screen image, their "type." Even then, actors often accepted "against type" roles. Also, there was such a thing as a "character lead" such as Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson who could go from evil villain to hero to off-his-rocker prospector to romantic lead to all kinds of conflicted people.
I would call most actors in the modern era (post-1970 or so) as character leads. Charlize Theron began her career as a blonde bombshell sexy-type but quickly turned into a very nuanced actor who could handle a wide variety of roles. Even "pretty boy" males like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon have played all kinds of complex, even dodgy, characters as well as action leads.
I would like to see further contributors to this thread identify the "type" that the actors they name belong to.
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Post by koskiewicz on Feb 9, 2018 2:46:01 GMT
Charles Laughton playing Henry VIII in "The Private Lives of Henry VIII"
Paul Newman playing Billy the kid in "The Left Handed Gun"
Edmund Gwenn playing an assassin in "Foreign Correspondent"
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Post by Ass_E9 on Feb 9, 2018 3:25:38 GMT
Gregory Peck in The Boys from Brazil |
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Post by Marv on Feb 9, 2018 5:01:04 GMT
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
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Post by kingkoopa on Feb 9, 2018 9:37:49 GMT
I think Matthew McCoughnahey played against his type (attractive yet flamboyant, eccentric, etc) in "Mud." Great movie for anyone who hasn't seen it. McC is an ugly, almost an aggressively repulsive character here and knocks it out of the park. One of the better non-Hollywood roles I've seen a big name take on...and again, a great movie and story.
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