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re: Actors/Actresses who took roles that surprised you

Posted on 12/15/20 at 5:32 pm to
Posted by partywiththelombardi
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 5:32 pm to
Halle Berry in Monsters Ball. Teenage me was grateful but very surprised.
Posted by tigerfan84
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 5:34 pm to
Tom Cruise in The Mummy
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 5:46 pm to
I remember Nicholson being pissed that Ledger was playing the joker.
This post was edited on 12/15/20 at 5:54 pm
Posted by WPBTiger
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 5:48 pm to
Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
Posted by Athos
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 5:53 pm to
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Tom Cruise in The Mummy


This may be one of the only Cruise movies I did not enjoy in any way outside of the hot female co-star. Can’t say this about many Cruise movies of late, but lord it was boring.

I’ll go with MM in Mud. His resurgence. Didn’t think he had that kinda role in him.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:02 pm to
I remember being shocked to see Brad Pitt in such a small role in True Romance.

He was just coming off of A River Runs Through It and was set for leading man status.

Instead he takes a backseat to Christian Slater (apparently Pitt was offered the lead but wanted to play the stoner).

A year later Interview with a Vampire, Legends of the Fall and then Seven come out.

It was such a strange interlude in his rise to stardom.
This post was edited on 12/15/20 at 6:05 pm
Posted by LSUDAN1
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:06 pm to
For me it is Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:33 pm to
That's a good one
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:44 pm to
These threads always make me wonder what Chris Farley’s first serious role would have been.
Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:46 pm to
Natalie Portman in that Danny McBride silly fantasy movie.


Posted by partywiththelombardi
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:49 pm to
Your Highness

whats worse is that movie came out after Black Swan

"Natalie, you just won an oscar....what are you gonna do next?"

"Ima shite on it"

Posted by LuckyTiger
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 6:55 pm to
I think she wanted to do something light and silly after the deep twisted darkness of Black Swan.
Posted by bad93ex
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:09 pm to
Bill Murray - Garfield
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:15 pm to
He was trying to make either a Fatty Arbuckle biopic or Confederacy Of Dunces.

Those projects are always on development hell because every fat man in Hollywood drops dead of a heart attack or OD.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:23 pm to
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Joaquin Phoenix - Joker. I didn't think he'd do it. I guess you can add Ledger as well. Nicholsons Joker was beloved. It was considered suicide to try and take on that role.



Ummmm, I remember being quite pissed when Ledger was announced for the Joker and Phoenix didn't get it. It was a role Phoenix was born to play.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:26 pm to
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It's easy to look at it now as a role everyone wants. But before Nolan, Nicholsons performance was considered untouchable. It's pretty funny looking back on it now, because he's probably only better than Leto



Dude, Nicholson was not seen as untouchable after the Joker. Yeah, it was entertaining, but he didn't truly embody the role. Within 5 years people were saying Mark Hamill was a better Joker than he was.
Posted by The_Joker
Winter Park, Fl
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:43 pm to
If you'd have told me in 2008 that Robert Pattinson would one day be Batman, I probably would have kicked you in the balls
Posted by stateofplay
Member since Sep 2018
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 9:06 pm to
Honestly I would say most actors in these comic book roles.

I mean...

Anthony Hopkins in Thor
Cate Blanchet in Thor
Michael Douglas in Ant Man
Michael Caine somewhat for Batman

If Meryl Streep, Daniel Day Lewis or Denzel pops up in one..man
Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 10:51 pm to
Michael J. Fox in Casualties of War. I thought it was weird and brilliant casting.


*What does Sean Penn say to him? " You dien cai dau, man. You beaucoup dien cai dau!"


Posted by LSUbacchus
Portland, Oregon
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 12/15/20 at 10:56 pm to
Just to second Robert Pattinson, I find myself looking forward to his roles now after Tenet, The Lighthouse, and the new Netflix movie. Great actor. Crazy to say that.
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