That’s what I like about an actor. Kenneth Braghna is the same way. That’s also why I’m not a fan of Tom Cruise… it’s always “Tom Cruise, as Tom Cruise, in….”
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MBM@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
Somehow I never recognise him, every time he looks like a different person
ramble81@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This was very common in old-school Hollywood. It’s why we have the term Movie Stars. People would go out of their way to watch an Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cary Grant, whoever movie, when the people who were really good character actors slipped in the background just making movies better.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I too miss Phillip Seymour Hoffman…
loobkoob@kbin.social 5 weeks ago
Tom Cruise is an odd one for me. The idea I have of Tom Cruise is that he always plays the same character, is just a generic action star, etc. And then whenever I actually watch Tom Cruise in a film, I'm always really impressed by just how good an actor he is. But I still can't shake the idea I have of Tom Cruise.
I have a similar issue with Brad Pitt, where my idea of him is that he's just a generic leading man, despite him almost always putting in a really strong, nuanced and varied performance.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s what makes him one of the best character actors working today.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yeah, I’ve seen most of these and I had no idea.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Yup I agree, and usually don’t start looking up actors till a bit of a slow point in a movie (or later if it’s really engaging and only outside of theatre of course), every time I see it’s him I’m surprised cause I sort of enjoy recognizing actors. I’m sure there’s more similarities than I recognize for many actors but playing Poe, to Duke Atredies to billionaire ‘genius’ so well has made him unrecognizable at first, and sometimes I wouldn’t realize even cause I suck at seeing though beards for visual recognition.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 weeks ago
Gary Goldman 2.0
casmael@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
‘arry Goldman
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
“Yer a wizard, Gary.”
“Yeah, I played Sirius.”
“Fuck, that was you?”