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re: Which actor was the most believable playing an athlete?
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:02 pm to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:02 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:he couldn't kick worth crap in that
Ronald Reagan in Knute Rockne All American
Errol Flynn was pretty convincing as a boxer in Gentleman Jim. He claimed to have once qualified for the Australian Olympic boxing team, but this has never been confirmed.
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Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:05 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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Redford looked like a ball player in The Natural.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:08 pm to upgrade
Jake Gyllenhaal did a really good job as a boxer in Southpaw.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:12 pm to upgrade
Black men can't run: in Brian's Song James Caan (formerly on the Mich State and Hofstra teams), playing slow footed Brian Piccalo, had to slow up in the running scenes so as not to leave behind Billy Dee Williams, playing Gale Sayers
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:13 pm to upgrade
Charlie Sheen as Rick Vaughn in Major League. The dude had the build and actually looked like a pitcher when he threw the ball. He played pitcher in high school and could actually throw a fastball on set that got into the high-80s range. But he was also taking steroids at the time as well.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:16 pm to RollTide1987
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Charlie Sheen as Rick Vaughn in Major League. The dude had the build and actually looked like a pitcher when he threw the ball. He played pitcher in high school and could actually throw a fastball on set that got into the high-80s range.
His throwing motion definitely looks natural in the movies. You can tell that he must have played when he was younger.
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But he was also taking steroids at the time as well.
Now that is commitment to the role.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:19 pm to upgrade
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:21 pm to upgrade
Gary Cooper
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:22 pm to upgrade
Charlie sheen apparently Could throw heat
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:30 pm to upgrade
Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers in Rocky
Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
Posted on 2/20/20 at 5:37 pm to upgrade
Dennis Quaid is fairly believable. He wasn't any world class athlete, but at least played youth and high school sports.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 6:10 pm to upgrade
OJ Simpson - though he really wasn't in athlete roles.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:16 pm to upgrade
Despite his height I actually bought Tom Cruise being a small school CB in All The Right Moves. I've never seen any details about how much Cruise actually did but most of the on field scenes was either him or a doppelganger stunt double
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:23 pm to upgrade
I’ve always thought Dennis Quaid did a good job in multiple rolls.
As others have said Kostner in baseball movies.
I don’t know his name but the black kid that played Boobie Miles as well as Bobbie Joe Hill in Glory Road. Great actor. Was in a lot of stuff then sort of disappeared.
As others have said Kostner in baseball movies.
I don’t know his name but the black kid that played Boobie Miles as well as Bobbie Joe Hill in Glory Road. Great actor. Was in a lot of stuff then sort of disappeared.
This post was edited on 2/20/20 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:29 pm to BabyTac
Kurt Russell
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:50 pm to Kafka
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Black men can't run: in Brian's Song James Caan (formerly on the Mich State and Hofstra teams), playing slow footed Brian Piccalo, had to slow up in the running scenes so as not to leave behind Billy Dee Williams, playing Gale Sayers
nice.
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:57 pm to upgrade
Posted on 2/20/20 at 7:57 pm to upgrade
Pitt looked like he could IRL scrap in Snatch, Troy & Fight Club.
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