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re: Actors that started their career in a role that ended up being out of their character...
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:34 pm to drizztiger
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:34 pm to drizztiger
Actors.
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:34 pm to drizztiger
Leonardo DiCaprio
His first major movie people legitimately thought he was mentally disabled.
Leslie Nelson is another. He was a “serious” actor and is probably more known for stuff like The Naked Gun.
His first major movie people legitimately thought he was mentally disabled.
Leslie Nelson is another. He was a “serious” actor and is probably more known for stuff like The Naked Gun.
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:41 pm to athenslife101
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I don’t think either of those fit the description you presented
I would agree.
Henry Winkler will always be the Fonz. He did nothign to change that.
Broderick is really only known for his first few films, WarGames and Ferris Bueller. He's been the same Mathew Broderick in just about every film he's in.
Tom Hanks is a good one.
Almost every movie he did starting on was some type of comedy, from 1984 until he did Philadelphia in 1993 and pretty much everythign after that was on the serious side other than Toy Story.
you could say Will Smith as well.
All comedy to start his career, then started doing more serious roles as he got older.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:49 pm to drizztiger
David Caruso in the first Rambo playing an immature, aloof deputy peon. He stayed in the cop roles but became more of a serious cop with a steely glare.
Also… Larry Hagman was a likable, funny soldier on I Dream Of Genie. In Dallas… quite possibly the best tv villain that ever got written.
Also… Larry Hagman was a likable, funny soldier on I Dream Of Genie. In Dallas… quite possibly the best tv villain that ever got written.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 7:55 pm to Honest Tune
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Also… Larry Hagman was a likable, funny soldier on I Dream Of Genie. In Dallas… quite possibly the best tv villain that ever got written.
But wasn’t Hagman more like Major Nelson than J.R. Ewing?
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:04 pm to drizztiger
I wonder if Woody Harrelson meets this criteria. When he played Woody in Cheers, he was notoriously and humorously quite dumb.
He’s played lots of comedies since then, and he’s very versatile, and excellent IMO, but when he first hit the big screen, I was surprised. I never thought he would be so good because he played the dumb Woody Boyd in Cheers so well.
He’s played lots of comedies since then, and he’s very versatile, and excellent IMO, but when he first hit the big screen, I was surprised. I never thought he would be so good because he played the dumb Woody Boyd in Cheers so well.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:05 pm to BigBinBR
quote:that was more than just "a role". He was in H'wood 25 yrs before NG, & only did one comedy part I'm aware of (a MASH episode)
Leslie Nelson
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:09 pm to drizztiger
Lawrence Fishbourne in Apocalypse Now (credited as Larry Fishbourne)
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:09 pm to Jimbeaux
No he was a drunk raging lunatic that would cut his own mother over a barrel of oil and bang his brother’s wife at family get togethers.
ETA: there is no evidence to support the above claim.
ETA: there is no evidence to support the above claim.
This post was edited on 2/22/24 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:12 pm to drizztiger
Jack Black in Demolition Man
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:17 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Benicio Del Toro, big top pee wee
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:25 pm to Jimbeaux
quote:IRL? lulz
wasn’t Hagman more like Major Nelson than J.R. Ewing?
LH was such a pain in the arse on IDOJ that if it had lasted another season he was going to be fired.
Supposedly Sammy Davis got so aggravated by LH during his guest shot that he walked of the set, & the producer had to beg him to come back.
Then there is the story of LH (an amateur pilot) flying over the studio lot and dropping a certain bodily fluid on the offices below...
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:35 pm to drizztiger
Travolta as Vinnie Barbarino
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:44 pm to drizztiger
I think Matthew. Roderick was relatively consistent in who he was.
Henry Winkler is great but I don’t get strong “role reversal” vibes at all
Henry Winkler is great but I don’t get strong “role reversal” vibes at all
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:45 pm to drizztiger
It’s funny how the paths of Fonzie and Urkel intersect at a certain point as Urkel got gradually cooler and Fonzie got gradually lamer.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:52 pm to wildtigercat93
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Thad Castle is going to be a slam dunk for this one
Smallville was first. And he's done Titans since then too.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:56 pm to TeddyPadillac
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Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:58 pm to drizztiger
Not a perfect example, but Steve Buscemi in Lonesome Dove.
Weird extra in a western is not something he revisited.
Weird extra in a western is not something he revisited.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:58 pm to ISEN_AG
Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in To Kill A Mocking Bird.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 9:00 pm to drizztiger
Because I’m watching it now, Olugbenga Enitan Temitope Akinnagbe, Chris Partlow on The Wire.
He was absolutely terrifying as Chris but is a normal even nice and meek dude.
Is that how the topic is applied?
He was absolutely terrifying as Chris but is a normal even nice and meek dude.
Is that how the topic is applied?
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