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Just now, RomaVicta said:

Yep. Pacific Heights is only an ok movie, but Keaton as someone sinister was a homerun. 

He was a great villain and I did not expect when it when I first watched it when it came out. 

 

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58 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Matt Damon as Jason Bourne.  I always thought he was a bit of a Streisand, but he kicked butt in this one.

No.

46 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

Heath Ledger as the joker. 

Also no. Go watch Lords of Dogtown. 

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9 hours ago, bborange said:

Don't think many would have thought of Jeff Daniels in this role based on his past work.   He showed he was outstanding in a comedy.   His agent thought it would kill his career.

 

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Playing a super serious psycho heavy in Godless.  And he killed it.

He's quietly become one of my favorite actors, and one of America's best, imo.

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I don’t think you can include character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman because they don’t have a typical role. They’re chameleons. Every role is unique. Maybe there’s a counterexample but I can’t think of any two Hoffman characters that resembled one another.

I just rewatched Boogie Nights recently. He was great as Scotty.

He was great in everything. Even in a shitty movie like Synecdoche, NY.

Compare that to his role in Along Came Polly.

And Charlie Wilson’s War.

And Doubt.

Actors like PSH don’t have a “regular role.”

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I think some good points being made about some actors not having a type to which they're cast. For actors like Hoffman and Oldman, they're free to do a broad spectrum of roles. Tom Cruise as the agent is a great example of something unforeseen for him.

I'll also add that I don't think Forrest Gump for Hanks or Rainman for Dustin Hoffman are particularly difficult roles. It's more of a mimic job than acting. Just don't go full retard and you're safe. The audience eats it up.

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6 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

i feel like this, tinker tailor soldier spy and commissioner gordon are right in gary oldman's wheelhouse.  i put drexl on the previous page because that is a totally non-gary oldman casting choice.

 

You left off George Smiley.

 

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6 minutes ago, futureman said:

how is this applicable to the thread?

How is it not?  I can't think of another film he did before GGGR that even compared.  If you can, good for you.

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Another PSH clip. How could I forget this. It’s one of the best scenes in one of my favorite films.

And while we’re at it, here’s another from Along Came Polly with both PSH and Alec Baldwin. Here Hoffman’s character is acting so it’s sort of meta. (I know. I just blew your mind, right?)

 

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On 12/22/2022 at 7:41 PM, Superhero said:

Charlize Theron in Monster

The Reason Charlize Theron Almost Didn't Star In Monster

This is easily the thread winner, imo.

 

The only thing that sprung to mind for me was Billy Bob in Sling Blade, but that might be more akin to what someone mentioned above about Gump and Rain Man. 

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