And then there was Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus where Michael Cera was himself if he were a huge asshole (or maybe just himself, it's not like I actually know the guy).
And then there was Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus where Michael Cera was himself if he were a huge asshole (or maybe just himself, it's not like I actually know the guy).
Good answer. A lot of comedians use the same formula though.Originally Posted by Lockharted
Denzel Washington. I love him in films but you know what your gonna get.
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Perhaps this should be a thread about actors who break the mold and don't just play themselves.
I'm with Shlup about Johnny Depp. Maybe you babies never saw Edward Scissorhands or Benny & Joon or What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
I like character actors like Stephen Root. He's one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood. When you look at all the characters he's played, it's kind of astounding how broad his ability is.
I see this all the time and it does bother me a little but this largely comes down to who the actor is, for instance I love John Cusack but he's been playing the same character all of his life. Whereas seeing Michael Cera, Owen Wilson, or Vince Vaughn in a flick pretty much tells me I will not like the movie because I can't really stand their one trick pony style characters.
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It's pretty much everyone in Hollywood now. they all do the same roles in the same movies all the time. everyone is type casted hardcore.
you guys have clearly not seen enough arnold movies
everything is wrapped in gray
i'm focusing on your image
can you hear me in the void?
Anne Hathaway - Looks like she's about to break out in show tunes any second, slightly neurotic, doe eyed, brainy, dorky I can't take her seriously when she tries to play anything else hence my confusion over her casting as Cat Woman.
Vince Vaughn
Adam Sandler
The one good thing about some of these people that always play themselves is that when they do go against type, it often makes for some great movie magic. I'm thinking things like Punch Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine, Stranger Than Fiction.
I don't understand Hollywood's fascination with Anne Hathaway either. Or for that matter, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, and another half dozen other youngish actresses who inexplicably keep getting fawned over by fans and Hollywood execs, etc. despite proving themselves to be pretty faces with not much underneath (at least not as far as acting goes).
Adam Sandler surprised me in Spanglish. And I think he's done a few other non-type-casted movies in recent years. But I also got the impression that through most of his career he wanted to be type-casted. He made his own studio for it
Well, yeah, it worked for him. Can't blame him for that. And that's what makes those exceptions so great. I liked Spanglish too, and some of his movies where he toned it down, but even then he doesn't stray too far. I can understand him making the movies he wants to make, even if they become repetitive after a while.
Mike Myers is another comedic actor who, though he played some wildly different characters, somehow they were all played with the same shtick which got old after a while. Or maybe they just got progressively worse as movies.
It's weird this thread being on here because I just recently watched Being John Malkovich which is quite apt.
I have no idea who the guy in the lead role was but I very much enjoyed the film.
Jim Carrey - Most comedians can't play anything outside of their own media personas. He's tried to not be the crazy persona he depicts in serious films, but I think he really only nailed it with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Samuel L. Jackson - I love him but he seriously cannot play anything other than angry black man scorned. More of a typecasting problem than an acting problem probably.
Natalie Portman is an amazing actress though. gtfo and watch The Professional.
I have! And based on everything else I've seen, I have to assume it was an accident, or amazing direction. So I'm just going to ST[F]O. StayTheFudgeOn.
Yes on all three accounts. Yes yes yes.
RDJ as a character is better than any of the characters directors cast him as.
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