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Ben Mendelsohn is the most talented actor out there right now.

Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:09 pm
Posted by Scoop
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Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:09 pm
Tell me why I am wrong.

An absolute chameleon.

In just the last few years he has:

Owned a major Netflix drama in Bloodline playing a loveable loser, coke head beach bum.

He played the big bad in the best new Star Wars movie.

He shows up in the Best Picture nominee Darkest Hour as the friggin’ King of England.





This post was edited on 8/18/18 at 11:14 pm
Posted by IllegalPete
Front Range
Member since Oct 2017
7182 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:16 pm to
Who?
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
115564 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:31 pm to
Literally never heard of him
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:36 pm to
You are on a movie/tv internet board at 11:30 on a Saturday night and you don’t know the name Ben Mendelsohn.

That’s a little weird.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52892 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:36 pm to
While I’m not sure if I’m ready to bestow the praise the OP does.....him not being an household name aside, you’ve probably seen him in a few things just in the past year. Often plays the villain.
Posted by jg8623
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2010
13533 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:39 pm to
He’s underrated, but pump the brakes on most talented working right now
Posted by Mr. Elvert
Dallas
Member since Oct 2012
15323 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:39 pm to
Mississippi Grind was really good too. Maybe underrated?
Posted by GeauxTigers2020
Member since Sep 2013
28667 posts
Posted on 8/18/18 at 11:41 pm to
quote:

He played the big bad in the best new Star Wars movie.


Rogue One is not a good movie.
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
67771 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 12:34 am to
quote:

He played the big bad in the best new Star Wars movie.


completely forgettable villain in a completely forgettable movie
Posted by 12
Redneck part of Florida
Member since Nov 2010
19751 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 1:18 am to
He also played the villain in Ready Player One. I don’t know about the most talented working actor, but he was the best part of Bloodline.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
58643 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 1:39 am to
He's pretty awesome.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
127760 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 2:08 am to
quote:

Literally never heard of him


The frick
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20206 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 2:53 am to
I like him. I heard Ann interview with him and he was very likable in an odd way. He came across as very...... average in intelligence in most regards. But he understood characters.

And he's willing to play difficult parts.

He played a role last year where he played a man who slept with an underage girl who grew up to still love him when he got out of jail. The movie is about the grown up girl is still in love with him and him having to convince her it's all sorts of ducked up
Posted by The_Joker
Winter Park, Fl
Member since Jan 2013
16355 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 3:01 am to
He's a great actor and definitely underrated, but Gary Oldman is still the best for me.
Posted by Keys Open Doors
In hiding with Tupac & XXXTentacion
Member since Dec 2008
32750 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 3:10 am to
Oldman is a great actor. Hanks, Ed Norton, Leo, Willem Defoe, and Tom Hardy are really good, too
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 4:25 am to
Just say Danny from Bloodline
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21431 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 5:56 am to
quote:

but he was the best part of Bloodline.


Yes he was, but the all of the acting was pretty bad.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7202 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:00 am to
quote:

He came across as very...... average in intelligence in most regards.

He’s an Aussie right?
Posted by cfish140
BR
Member since Aug 2007
8672 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:51 am to
Just watched Mississippi grind on Netflix with him and Ryan Reynolds. Awesome gambling flick

He’s also great in killing them softly with brad Pitt and James gandolfini
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
70775 posts
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:13 am to
I really like him. One of my favorites right now.
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