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re: A-list actors - What's your definition?
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:23 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:23 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
So, the definition of A-List isn't about talent, it's about attention.
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Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:23 pm to Neauxla
Haha, I love it.
I would define an A List actor as an actor that can largely dictate their own roles though they may be identified by "that one role" they played ("What's his name?" "Oh, you know, the guy that played Jack Sparrow" "Oh, I know who you're talking about.")
They have reached a point in their career where they can start to push for certain movies or roles. Their name alone is, if not a box-office draw, recognizable. They are at the point where the money they make in each movie is probably in excess of $10M.
With that said, I know my definition of an A-List Actor puts Chris Pine right on the threshold given his recent successes. He appears to be on the verge of being an A-lister.
I mostly disagreed with you saying Chris Pine wasn't an A-Lister if your definition of an A-Lister is this:
Since he has had leading roles, many in fact, he meets that definition of A-List Actors. But I would say he's definitely at the cusp if he's not already there. By the end of the year, he will be where Ryan Reynolds was just prior to Green Lantern (when everything went south
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I would define an A List actor as an actor that can largely dictate their own roles though they may be identified by "that one role" they played ("What's his name?" "Oh, you know, the guy that played Jack Sparrow" "Oh, I know who you're talking about.")
They have reached a point in their career where they can start to push for certain movies or roles. Their name alone is, if not a box-office draw, recognizable. They are at the point where the money they make in each movie is probably in excess of $10M.
With that said, I know my definition of an A-List Actor puts Chris Pine right on the threshold given his recent successes. He appears to be on the verge of being an A-lister.
I mostly disagreed with you saying Chris Pine wasn't an A-Lister if your definition of an A-Lister is this:
quote:
I thought A list was only actors w/ leading roles.
Since he has had leading roles, many in fact, he meets that definition of A-List Actors. But I would say he's definitely at the cusp if he's not already there. By the end of the year, he will be where Ryan Reynolds was just prior to Green Lantern (when everything went south
)Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:25 pm to The Sad Banana
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So, the definition of A-List isn't about talent, it's about attention.
That's what I always took it as.
My favorite actors aren't comprised of all A-listers. Who decides on A-listers? I don't; the media does from what I've seen.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:25 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
Okay, fair enough...just trying to get on the same page.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:27 pm to sicboy
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Hardy, and Fassbender
They're getting there.
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Foxx, B-List.
Nah. His name alone can carry a movie at the box office.
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Waltz and DiCaprio, A-List.
DiCaprio, yes. Waltz, no. He hasn't quite been around long enough in American cinema. I don't think he can push studios to do his bidding yet. DiCaprio, on the other hand, can do whatever the frick he wants. He's more than an A-Lister. He's an international superstar.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:28 pm to AmosMosesAndTwins
Guy Pearce and Jim Caviezel are good examples as well. They've gotten grief for never cashing in on big roles to rocket to the A-list, but they just do whatever movies they want to do. Being A-list isn't a big deal to them.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:43 pm to The Sad Banana
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I wanted to see Django because of Waltz and DiCaprio. Foxx was a nice addition to the cast.
Waltz and DiCaprio, A-List.
Foxx, B-List.
you can't rank waltz ahead of foxx
Dicaprio is an A list star. Foxx is debatably a B list star. Waltz is only recognized by Tarantino fans for the most part and could probably visit a national park without the general public taking notice.
If someone is an A list star then they will still be recognized by the non-movie going general public (like say your mother if she doesn't keep up with pop culture)
Guys like:
Tom Hanks
Denzel Washington
Tom Cruise
Leo
Clooney
Pitt
Will Smith
DDL
Kevin Spacey
Robert Downey Junior
Christian Bale
Morgan Freeman
Hugh Jackman
Jeff Bridges
Posted on 5/16/13 at 3:59 pm to molsusports
A-"List": Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Liam Neeson, and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson...
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:02 pm to Brosef Stalin
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A list actors always get top billing. People refer to their new movie as the new (insert actor's name here) movie rather than by the movie's actual title.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 4:59 pm to elprez00
A-list actors are the ones that will cause people to check out a movie just b/c they are in it.
I think there are kind of two levels. There are A-list pop actors and those are the ones where a lot of people who will be curious about (and probably see) whatever movie has the absolute top names. It definitely doesn't mean they are the best actors. Then there are the A-list respected actors. Those are the ones where every role they are in is going to automatically be up in the short list for Oscar consideration. The very top people are both.
Leo
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
Robert Downey, Jr
Denzel
Angelina Jolie
Meryl Streep (highly respected variety)
Daniel Day Lewis (highly respected variety)
Tom Cruise (although he is definitely no longer in his prime)
I think there are kind of two levels. There are A-list pop actors and those are the ones where a lot of people who will be curious about (and probably see) whatever movie has the absolute top names. It definitely doesn't mean they are the best actors. Then there are the A-list respected actors. Those are the ones where every role they are in is going to automatically be up in the short list for Oscar consideration. The very top people are both.
Leo
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
Robert Downey, Jr
Denzel
Angelina Jolie
Meryl Streep (highly respected variety)
Daniel Day Lewis (highly respected variety)
Tom Cruise (although he is definitely no longer in his prime)
Posted on 5/16/13 at 5:42 pm to GumBro Jackson
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Tom Cruise (although he is definitely no longer in his prime)
Man still demands box office attention.
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