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re: Bad Actors that somehow managed to nail a role.

Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:42 pm to
Posted by NWHoustonTiger
Cypress, TX
Member since Sep 2010
768 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 8:42 pm to
Cuba Gooding Jr in Jerry Maguire
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32116 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:20 pm to
I'm glad someone brought up Boogie Nights with Burt Reynolds. Dude is a good actor, but my favorite role of his was Boogie Nights. He nailed it. OP is an idiot.

Also to give an actual good answer, Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network. Dude isn't a good actor at all, but he clearly nailed the Mark Zuckerberg role.
Posted by Laugh More
Member since Jan 2022
3413 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:33 pm to
A bunch of the actors from Harry Potter
Posted by Cenlabration
The Ville of Pine
Member since Apr 2021
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Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:47 pm to
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Bad Actors that somehow managed to nail a role.

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Burt Reynolds


Posted by CunningLinguist
Dallas, TX
Member since Mar 2006
19166 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:49 pm to
Keanu Reeves is a great an action actor/star. Wouldn’t call him bad actor at all.

To OP: Tom Arnold in True Lies was first thought.
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
61313 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:02 pm to
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And I guess you haven't seen Boogie Nights. He hated the movie but nailed the role.


He probably wins an Oscar for that role had he not crapped on the movie and refused to promote it.
Posted by TigrrrDad
Member since Oct 2016
7949 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:05 pm to
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Sharky’s Machine


One of my favorite movies of that era.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:15 pm to
quote:

Keanu Reeves is a great an action actor/star. Wouldn’t call him bad actor at all.


Time has been extremely kind to Reeves. He was extremely meh for a good portion of his career, but kind of turned it on after the Matrix. I thought he did great with a mediocre plot with Constantine, and he has been fantastic with the John Wick movies.
Posted by CP3forMVP
Member since Nov 2010
15788 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:17 pm to
Chris Evans as Captain America

Everything (well, mostly everything) I've seen him in aside from when he's playing Steve Rogers I'm always left expecting more.
Posted by livinforgmday
Member since Dec 2014
322 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:18 pm to
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nonsense like Smokey & The Bandit


Now you hear this you thick turd, I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna barbeque your arse in molasses and give you an attention getter.

Posted by Locoguan0
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2017
7085 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:22 pm to
Burt was great in his Jeopardy appearances...
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
8294 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:29 pm to


Wallace Shawn as Vizzini. He is about as terrible as it gets as an actor but this was the perfect role for him.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91669 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:40 pm to
LMFAO. How much screen time in Yellowstone was wasted on Sheridan spinning around in circles on a horse?
Posted by Crescent Connection
Member since Jun 2008
2321 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:42 pm to
Vince Vaughn in Brawl in Cell Block 99. I never cared for his overplayed schtick in the majority of his roles, but he was refreshingly perfect for this part.
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
6394 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:58 pm to
Ashton Kutcher - The Guardian
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
13784 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 11:02 pm to
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But the rest of his career was pretty much littered with nonsense like Smokey & The Bandit and Cannonball Run

This post was edited on 1/5/25 at 11:04 pm
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
22414 posts
Posted on 1/5/25 at 11:48 pm to
George Lazenby as James Bond might be the GOAT in this category. The guy wasn’t even an actor, faked his way into getting the role, did a better than decent job, then didn’t do shite ever again.

Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
10520 posts
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:59 am to
Cameron Diaz voice acting shreks wife. She's terrible in all her movies.
Posted by Audioman213
Member since Dec 2012
1445 posts
Posted on 1/6/25 at 2:22 am to


Billy red nuts gave his all here
Posted by Roaad
White Privilege Broker
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 1/6/25 at 4:18 am to
Nobody who has seen Boogie Nights thinks Burt is a bad actor
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