He isn't much of an actor but then few hollywood stars are.
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He isn't much of an actor but then few hollywood stars are.
Wild At Heart was OK, Moonlighting the same but his only decent performance where he actually acted slightly differently was Raising Arizona.
Unfortunately this isn't true anymore. I can't think of a ton of great films that nothing at the box office because the star names weren't there to appeal to the mainstream. This is England is a recent one. Fantastic movie, no-one went to see it.
Put some half-assed Rom-Com out there with Jennifer Lopez or Jennifer Aniston, and you get the numbers.
Its a crying shame.
Thats what the public want though. Its the Cages and Cruises that attract the crowds, not the plotline or cinematography. The big actors these days don't need to take chances, because people just want to see them playing themselves in a film.
Can't think of too many great character actors out there these days. Philip Seymour-Hoffman springs to mind. Paul Giamatti. I'm sure there are others, but none of them are particularly mainstream. Maybe Ed Norton is the best around at the moment.
All the actors you mention are class. I would say Russell Crowe is one of the best.
Even Russell Crowe could be accused of playing himself though, but I agree he is excellent.
One performance that springs to mind was Gary Oldman in Hannibal. Completely disfigured. I think he actually requested to be left uncreditted for the performance to see if anybody could guess it was him.
that's the brilliance of the film - putting Eric Tsang and Jack Nicholson together...
Bill Nighy in Pirates of the Caribbean
Probably just goes to show you that alot of people that go to the flicks are brain dead...... which is an outstanding show
Lived in Wellington for year where it was filmed and few lads took me to the set locations, so that was cool!
Top actor and all-round top bloke. Pity there wasnt more like him and comin through!
How good was he in Leon......absolute class
Can't believe people actually rate Cage as an actor. Woeful. It does goes to show how strong Coppola's strings are
Personally, I think he was excellent in Leaving Las Vegas, good in Raising Arizona and decent in Matchstick Men. Not bad in Adaptation either.
Problem is he picks a shitload of 'safe' films, most of which are crap, probably because he gets paid a fortune to do them. He has shown he can act when he has to though.
Good post.
He isn't the best actor or something but he can act well sometimes and has done too in the past.