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re: Movies that ruined careers
Posted on 8/3/15 at 11:45 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 8/3/15 at 11:45 am to Ace Midnight
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The "Mark Hamill" syndrome.
Mark hamill is one of the most respected voice actors of all time in addition to being Luke. So...just because he didn't want to/have to go balls to the wall in acting, didn't mean he couldn't.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 12:03 pm to The Pirate King
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Mark hamill is one of the most respected voice actors of all time in addition to being Luke.
Voice acting isn't film acting. His film acting career - outside of Star Wars - was hampered by a number of things - most notably, facial injuries he received 1977.
But, I stand by it - he's sort of the quintessential "one hit wonder" film actor - he wasn't classically good-looking to begin with. But, he played the lead character in one of the "blockbusteriest" film franchises of all time - then did, almost literally, nothing else. Certainly nothing of note.
His voice acting speaks for itself, but that isn't quite the same thing, as I said.
It's difficult to find anything comparable - most competing examples involve child actors, (Culkin) often in horror films (Linda Blair, Danny Lloyd).
I mean, Paul Hogan was huge for a short while, but nothing like Hamill was within Star Wars (and nowhere else).
Back to the OP - I'm trying to figure out if we should be including roles that got an actor typecast or not in this. I mean bad or awkward performances derailing a, up to that point, successful career is one category.
A role that is so definitive that it makes it nearly impossible for the actor to do anything remotely different - ever again - (something else - generally the mark of a great performance) - despite a generally high opinion of the actor's abilities.
Psycho for Anthony Perkins, Goodfellas for Ray Liotta are 2 notable examples. A younger actor who is feeling this now (and it may end up derailing his career) is Michael Cera.
This post was edited on 8/3/15 at 12:05 pm
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