Somebody mentioned Morgan Freeman on another thread, and it strikes me that whenever a role called for a sage, benevolent, statesman-like black guy, they'd just get straight onto the phone to Morgan's agent.
Ditto a tough, Cockernay gangster with a heart of gold role. Pick up the phone to Ray Winson. Mind you, can't really imagine anybody considering him for a Rudolph Nureyev biopic....
Who else is a shoe in for a certain type of acting role?
Type cast actors.
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Re: Type cast actors.
I dunno, I was too busy watching Angelina Jolie's tits.
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Re: Type cast actors.
The first thing I recall seeing Winstone in was the 80s 'Robin of Sherwood' series - but TBH he played 'young Will Scarlet' like a cockernee gangsta too really.gremlin wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:45 am
Ditto a tough, Cockernay gangster with a heart of gold role. Pick up the phone to Ray Winson. Mind you, can't really imagine anybody considering him for a Rudolph Nureyev biopic....
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Re: Type cast actors.
Jason statham, some ludicrous role or another. Liam neeson aging old geezer who can take anyone on in any situation. Nicholas’s cage, simpering, gurning softly spoken idiot. I better stop now or I’ll work my way through most oh hollywoods finest…
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Re: Type cast actors.
Jason Statham - tough guy bit rough round the edges
Liam N - old tough guy, but mysteriously Irish
Tom Cruise - when you want a superstar that runs a lot and is Tom Cruise
Sienna Miller - blonde posh totty
Simon Pegg - geek with a heart of gold
Dominic West - posh baddie
Rupert Sewell - Posh baddie who beds all the chicks
Rebecca Ferguson - hot older woman who fights a lot
Eddie Marsan - cockney geezer when Ray Winston is too busy or too old
Liam N - old tough guy, but mysteriously Irish
Tom Cruise - when you want a superstar that runs a lot and is Tom Cruise
Sienna Miller - blonde posh totty
Simon Pegg - geek with a heart of gold
Dominic West - posh baddie
Rupert Sewell - Posh baddie who beds all the chicks
Rebecca Ferguson - hot older woman who fights a lot
Eddie Marsan - cockney geezer when Ray Winston is too busy or too old
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Re: Type cast actors.
Vin Diesel, when you want a shortarse, toughish sort that isn't Jason Statham.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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Re: Type cast actors.
And Peter Fonda was right upto Once Upon A Time In The West. Which he hated playing.
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Great minds think alike. Add Tom Cruise and it's almost complete, bar a few dozen or so.Taipan wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:21 am Jason statham, some ludicrous role or another. Liam neeson aging old geezer who can take anyone on in any situation. Nicholas’s cage, simpering, gurning softly spoken idiot. I better stop now or I’ll work my way through most oh hollywoods finest…
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Re: Type cast actors.
Kevin Alejandro. He played a blithering fucking idiot in Lucifer & now he's playing the same part in Fire Country (A truly abysmal series about forestry fire fighters in Calizuela)
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Shurely shome mishtake....that was his dad, Henry.demographic wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:29 pm And Peter Fonda was right upto Once Upon A Time In The West. Which he hated playing.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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Yeah, him as well...Count Steer wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:47 pmShurely shome mishtake....that was his dad, Henry.demographic wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:29 pm And Peter Fonda was right upto Once Upon A Time In The West. Which he hated playing.
Ahem.
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Re: Type cast actors.
Mark Rylance, when you need a man who can appear quiet and innocent as a mouse, and yet have dirty hidden secrets.
Anyone seen "The Outfit" yet?
Anyone seen "The Outfit" yet?
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Re: Type cast actors.
Toby Jones - much as I like him - if you want a world-weary but still vaguely optimistic, decent, Mr Everyman with determined streak.