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re: Actors with the greatest transformation from young to older as far as characters go.

Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:12 am to
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:12 am to
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So is this basically just a Brat Pack thread?

Well we sure as shite can't build it around The Little Rascals.

Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:13 am to
Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman two other actors who have gotten better as they have aged and are versatile in what roles they can play.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:16 am to
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Jon Favreau


from Gutter in PCU to Happy in the MCU.
Posted by Don Quixote
Member since May 2023
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:28 am to
Dean Stockwell
Kurt Russell
Sean Connery
Alec Guiness
Peter O'Toole
Tom Cruise
Michael Caine
This post was edited on 4/15/24 at 11:42 am
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:46 am to
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John C Reilly went from very serious actor in award winning movies to being known as the comic relief in movies.



He was brilliant in "Stan & Ollie" the story about the final years of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's careers in show biz.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15300 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:49 am to
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Kathy Bates, too.



Started her acting career with a bang, winning an Academy Award for her role in "Misery" playing the sadistic ex-nurse.

That scene where she takes a sledge hammer to his ankles still gives me the creeps.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 1:30 pm to
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John C Reilly
This is a good one. He was Mr. Serious Indie Movie Guy at the beginning of his career and now is known mostly for screwball comedies.
Posted by Demonbengal
Ruston
Member since May 2015
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 3:19 pm to
Bette Davis went from a sex symbol early in her career to playing crazies and horror roles later on. I’ve never watched her early stuff, but she could be pretty creepy in her work 1960’s and on.
Posted by pevetohead
lurking behind sonic
Member since Apr 2017
2621 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:18 pm to
Josh Brolin. Did he even have a career between The Goonies and No Country for old men?
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41254 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:40 pm to
Good call. He portrayed Whitey Ford really well especially considering he isn’t right handed.
Posted by BHTiger
Charleston
Member since Dec 2017
5125 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:46 pm to
Jesse Plemons has grown into a fantastic actor.....didn't see that coming when he was Landry on FNL.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:52 pm to
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Josh Brolin. Did he even have a career between The Goonies and No Country for old men?


Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon is the only thing I can think of
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George
Member since Aug 2004
78112 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 4:55 pm to
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quote:
Josh Brolin. Did he even have a career between The Goonies and No Country for old men?


Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon is the only thing I can think of



HOW DARE YOU FORGET THRASHIN'
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 5:23 pm to
Just reading the thread title I was coming in here to post Guy Pierce in Prometheus

Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
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Posted on 4/15/24 at 5:29 pm to
Wasn't Brolin in the remake of True Grit?
Posted by putt23
Pingree Grove, IL
Member since Oct 2010
4684 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 7:24 pm to
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Rob Lowe. I don't think anyone knew about his comedy chops until Parks and Rec.


He was pretty funny in Wayne's World and Tommy Boy. Straight guy funny, but funny.
Posted by SpringBokCock
Columbia, SC
Member since Oct 2003
3157 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 9:06 pm to
Dustin Hoffman.

Little Big Man
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
17357 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 9:17 pm to
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Bette Davis went from a sex symbol early in her career to playing crazies and horror roles later on. I’ve never watched her early stuff,
thats pretty obvious, she was a strikingly attractive woman but was never really considered a ‘sex symbol’

she was always a remarkable actress, took her craft very seriously, which is why the studios never managed to turn her into a traditional sex symbol
Posted by faraway
Member since Nov 2022
2173 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 9:20 pm to
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. I personally think he’s great now compared to what he was in his 20’s.
Spader was always great
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
3941 posts
Posted on 4/15/24 at 10:35 pm to
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Josh Brolin. Did he even have a career between The Goonies and No Country for old men?


He seemed to age too fast. He went from the pin-up teen to a weathered out Malboro Man in like two years. Obviously he later found a niche for that but there was an awkward period where it was like parents yelling at Charles Bronson to clean up his room.

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