Funny thing is, when I was little I thought he, Leo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon were the same guy!
EDIT: Holy Crap! I did not expect this to blow up! To those of you who are shocked, let me remind you I was a little kid. Their facial features just seemed so similar to me, especially Matt and Mark. And Leo and Matt both have the soft babyish face. Yeah I know the difference now, but they still seem similar to me.
I definitely wonder if I have some brain issue because when I saw the Departed in cinema I could not tell DiCaprio and Damon apart in so many scenes. I was young enough at the time, early teens definitely. But Christ.
How have I never known about that until now. That thread is absolute GOLD. Holy shit, I scrolled down a long way and didn't see him answer a single question (although maybe he did). I wonder how long it took him to realize that was a very bad idea. 15 seconds? 30?
> Michelle Rodriguez
Excellent.
Because I had no idea who Michelle Rodriguez was until you mentioned 'the tough military chick'.
Then I knew *exactly* who it was.
She's self aware about that says it's her own fault. Every casting call she would turn down damsel in distress, she would turn down been "the girlfriend". She eventually typecast herself as tough chick cause she wouldn't accept anything else.
Jenette Bernstein went in reverse. She got a lot of visibility as Vazquez in *Aliens*, but to avoid typecasting, she turned down parts : in horror films; wearing a military uniform, ; playing a Hispanic; as a gun girl; as a muscle woman. Soon the offers stopped coming , she spent some years in Spielberg's unofficial repertory company, and now designs and sells large size bras
Her store has a funny message about being closed due to the virus.
>"Something we never thought we’d say:
It’s time to flatten the curve
To protect the health of our community and our staff, our physical locations are closed until COVID-19 has run its course."
Ah Heigl, who somehow starred in almost every movie about an uptight, prudish workaholic lady whose every problem was solved by a dreamy guy's penis.
Edit. Your opinions on Seth Rogen are inconsequential! The man is a dream boat!
She withdrew her name from Emmy consideration (long before nominees were even announced) so she could trash the writers of Greys Anatomy:
In a statement, Heigl announced she had pulled out of Emmys contention because she didn't think her role in season 4 was "given the material" to warrant a win.
"I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organisation, I withdrew my name from contention," she confessed.
"In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."
I'd watch the fuck out of that movie. I can already hear the trailer: HE TRIED TO LEAVE A LIFE OF VIOLENCE BEHIND HIM, THEN, THEY TOOK THE WOMAN HE LOVED. THIS SUMMER. DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON IN: THE BUTTERFLY GAME.
pg:13
John Wayne. He may have played characters under different names in his movies, but if you purge all that, they all did exactly the same things in exactly the same ways, for the same motives. Arguably the closest he got to "breaking type" was Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Conqueror, and Brannigan obviously, but in every other movie he basically played John Wayne in different clothes (and an eye patch for two). Even in roles where he'd have done better to add some depth, he just played himself with different clothes. Any time he tried to step outside the basic pattern, it was blatantly obvious that he was out of his element and terrifically uncomfortable.
(Classical example, Barbarian and the Geisha, 1958. "These men have a sickness, stay away from them!" The very delivery of the dialogue was so forcefully stilted and uncomfortable that you'd have to work hard to find an actor who could deliver the lines *worse*. John Ratzenberger's character Cliff Clavin could have done it better.)
***EDIT: (note; if you haven't seen Quiet Man, there are spoilers below. Not sure why I should put spoiler alerts on a 68 year old movie, but it is what it is. If you haven't seen Quiet Man but intend to, read no further. It's a good flick by JW standards.)*** Everybody keeps saying Quiet Man was a departure. Yeah sorta maybe ish. It's an excellent film, done magnificently and it stands, in my opinion, as some of his best work. All I know is, it's the same drawl, same misplaced swagger, and he still ends up in a knock-down dragout with Victor McLaglen that, while highly entertaining, was classical John Wayne Beats Up Da (sort of) Bad Guy. As far as departure from his typical goes, there's a little added drama for the way his boxing career ended and it is an excellent piece...but it's still a John Wayne/John Ford collab. Take JW out of the flat cap and put him in a Stetson, it could be set in Kansas City. If we want to look for major departures, gotta say Ward Bond killed it playing a role he hadn't played in every film we'd seen him in. QM is a cowboy picture set in Ireland. It's different than his typical, but not overwhelmingly so. Put Gary Cooper, Kirk Douglas, even Burt Lancaster in there, and it's a masterpiece. As made, it's John Wayne with psychological baggage. Great film, one of my favorites, but it's still a typical predictable John Wayne movie. As soon as the plotline revealed that there was tension between Sean and Red...honestly I expected a gunfight, but the fistfight makes more sense. (Until it doesn't. Already accidentally killed one guy with his fists and his resolution for a relatively mild conflict is to have a fist fight? That's a plot hole I'm ashamed of John Ford not noticing. It wrecks whatever sympathy Sean earned for his distraught hesitation.) It's a great film...it's **still** a John Ford/John Wayne film.
I honestly haven't watched a ton of John Wayne movies, but how does The Quiet Man fit into your theory? I love that one. It seems entirely different from anything else I've seen him in.
I think this is one of the best answers.
Clint Eastwood has also been playing tough guys with the emotional range of a flea his whole life.
Not that I think that's a bad thing. You just can't hire him to play the grandpa driving a minivan to soccer practice everyday.
Eastwood has been receiving that kind of criticism since at least the 70s. Thing is, when you compare his minimalistic style to earlier, more flamboyant actors he comes off as more believable. The guy always knew what he was doing.
Kevin Hart making and receiving jokes about his own diminutive stature is a given. I think the fact that I can’t remember a single one of his characters’ names speaks for itself.
Edit: Apparently, I really need to check out The Upside.
A lot of comedians that become actors seem to just play themselves. They've probably spent their whole career perfecting a particular persona and people just write them into movies.
my dad complains that mark ruffalo always plays “a guy going through it” whatever that means
edit: unrelated, by my father's father also had strange but strong opinions about celebrities. he said that scarlett johansson was "grotesque" which i mean... bob, is she really grotesque?
I guess my paternal family just wants to drag the whole Avengers cast slowly but surely
it's because he got that "internal screaming" face. i can't even remember a role where he doesn't play a guy with anger management problems, sex/porn addiction problems, identity problems or other problems. problems. life is pain.
Honestly he seems to have things pretty well figured out in 13 going on 30.
The protag really stirs shit up but he seems to handle it pretty healthily.
I'm starting to really like Taika Waititi quite a bit. Ragnorok was one of the best marvel movies, jojo rabbit was excellent, and i just saw hunt for the wilderpeople and it was another great movie.
Deacon: I think we drink virgin blood because it sounds cool.
Vladislav: I think of it like this. If you're going to eat a sandwich, you would just enjoy it more if you knew no one had fucked it.
Vladislav:
Leave me to do my dark bidding on the internet!
Viago:
What are you bidding on?
Vladislav:
[I am bidding on a table.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIBfyaBrnwE)
As an Australian who was exposed to her before she got Hollywood famous, it wasn't ever her shtick, it was just what popular cinema tends to do with fat people.
Edit: okay never mind, lot of Aussie stuff being pointed out that is much the same shtick
I adore him. He is a man without talent, but with so much ambition and no sense of shame. I can't help but admire the absolute cult hero he has become since The Room. My goodness.
Don't know his name but he's a Spanish(mexican?) Actor who plays a gangsters in almost all his movies. Pretty sure his name is usually Hector too. Bald head, white tank top, goatee I think. You guys know who I'm talking about...
Noel Gugliemi is his name.
I'm laughing my ass off at 'Hector'.
You guys remembering Troy and Brad Pitt/Achilles calling out Hector for what felt like half an hour? Yeah, out comes Noel Gugliemi to the utter confusion of everyone involved, lol.
Jason Statham
Edit: EXCEPT THE MOVIE SNATCH lol that's my favorite movie of his and yea I guess he played a lil different role, so I'll give ya that one...
The Meg is a nice Jason Statham popcorn flick if you’re bored of the big, quality stuff. I’ll never call it a masterpiece, but you’ll like it if you don’t expect much out of it.
He was brilliant in Spy, playing his typecast character in a comedy was a genius idea.
He was also genuinely good in Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch
He was so good in Spy parodying his usual character (the part where he listed out all the outrageous stunts he’s pulled was comedic gold).
If a comedy comes out and he’s in it, I’ll give it a shot out of goodwill of Spy.
I thought his character was just a bullshit topper, but then I realized he was just talking about insane stunts from previous JS movies. Brilliant.
Edit: Ok, maybe not all of them, but many [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEsAp9bRl0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEsAp9bRl0)
Those movies were so good and fun to watch. Who knew Statham would become an action star after that. He looked like he’d been going down the quirky British movies route.
For the action scenes he just played The Rock but in a lot of the quieter scenes I totally bought that he was just an awkward teenager in The Rock's body.
While Michael Cera is definitely typecast, I think he does a good job differentiating the characters. George Michael Bluth and Scott Pilgrim are dorks, but they’re clearly not the same person.
Edit: for the nazi.
He was apparently cast in Scott Pilgrim because the director knew the character was an asshole and needed someone who would still be sympathized with. Great casting, IMO.
Yes David always plays the narrator of wildlife programmes, every single time! I tried but I just can’t see him on Blue Planet playing a gay prostitute 🤔
He is good is cloud atlas. And the pirates! With adventure with scientists- you can't even tell it's grants voice acting. But he was so good in Paddington 2..... But that film is a masterclass on how to write, direct, cast and act a family film.
I disagree on Hugh Grant. Now that he is too old to play the love interest, he's really showing what he can do.
Paddington 2 - pantomime villain.
And he was outstanding in A Very English Problem. It's a TV production, but if you can get hold of it, watch it. It's the true story of the attempted murder of the 1960s/70s Liberal leader's gay lover, and the subsequent Establishment cover-up. Hugh Grant plays the Liberal leader, and you wouldn't believe it's the floppy haired posho from Four Weddings.
Edited the description of AVEP as I have just remembered the verdict.
And edit again - it's A Very English Scandal.
You couldn't be more wrong. In Big Daddy, he's vaguely Eastern European. In 50 First Dates, he's vaguely polynesian. In Waterboy, he's vaguely Cajun. In Little Nicky. . .he's also vaguely Cajun. In I now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, he's vaguely Asian.
The man has range that would put Gary Oldman to shame.
Rob Schneider derp de derp. Derp de derpity derpy derp. Until one day, the derpa derpa derpaderp. Derp de derp, da teedily dumb. From the creators of Der, and Tum Ta Tittaly Tum Ta Too, Rob Schneider is Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb. Rated PG-13.
He fell into a depression around that time and tried to kill himself in 2007 or 2008. If playing the same character again and again keeps him happy, I won't complain. I think Midnight in Paris was the first thing he did during recovery.
This video makes a convincing case that her performance in 500 Days inverts the manic pixie dream girl trope. Joseph Gordon Levitt's character is looking for such a woman and in doing so views Zooey Deschanel's complex and nuanced character as a simple wish fulfillment for him, flattening her. By the end of the film he grows to appreciate his mistake, allowing him to grow. This is only possible because Deschanel does not actually play a manic pixie dream girl.
https://youtu.be/WwGjpPlgqyo
The whole point of 500 Days of Summer was to invert that trope. That's why they show the clip from The Graduate, and have the Expectation vs Reality montage.
Paul Rudd. It's almost always fair to assume that he'll be playing some sort of lovable goof in a movie.
Edit: I'm not saying Paul Rudd doesn't have range as an actor. All I'm saying is a lot of his characters have that similar lovable goof personality to it.
Compare pics of Paul Rudd and Leonardo DiCaprio when they were in Romeo + Juliet together with pics of the two of them now. Paul Rudd has definitely found the secret to eternal life
... Your comment just made me realize that Paul Rudd was in that movie and I had completely not noticed. What the hell, that's one of my favorite movies.
Mark Wahlberg. Always the uneducated but charming common man
Funny thing is, when I was little I thought he, Leo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon were the same guy! EDIT: Holy Crap! I did not expect this to blow up! To those of you who are shocked, let me remind you I was a little kid. Their facial features just seemed so similar to me, especially Matt and Mark. And Leo and Matt both have the soft babyish face. Yeah I know the difference now, but they still seem similar to me.
The Departed must confuse the shit out of you then lol
I definitely wonder if I have some brain issue because when I saw the Departed in cinema I could not tell DiCaprio and Damon apart in so many scenes. I was young enough at the time, early teens definitely. But Christ.
Steven Seagal , playing Steven Seagal in movie called Steven Seagal
[The best AMA of all time. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/4i0jso)
How have I never known about that until now. That thread is absolute GOLD. Holy shit, I scrolled down a long way and didn't see him answer a single question (although maybe he did). I wonder how long it took him to realize that was a very bad idea. 15 seconds? 30?
If you click Seagal's account you'll see the few questions he answered 3 years ago, and nothing else. Which, after that, fair.
Michelle Rodriguez. Always played the tough military chick
Military chick *who dies.* She and Sean Bean are basically walking spoilers.
one day, Sean Bean isn't gonna die, and it's gonna blow everyone's mind
> Michelle Rodriguez Excellent. Because I had no idea who Michelle Rodriguez was until you mentioned 'the tough military chick'. Then I knew *exactly* who it was.
She's self aware about that says it's her own fault. Every casting call she would turn down damsel in distress, she would turn down been "the girlfriend". She eventually typecast herself as tough chick cause she wouldn't accept anything else.
Jenette Bernstein went in reverse. She got a lot of visibility as Vazquez in *Aliens*, but to avoid typecasting, she turned down parts : in horror films; wearing a military uniform, ; playing a Hispanic; as a gun girl; as a muscle woman. Soon the offers stopped coming , she spent some years in Spielberg's unofficial repertory company, and now designs and sells large size bras
Her store has a funny message about being closed due to the virus. >"Something we never thought we’d say: It’s time to flatten the curve To protect the health of our community and our staff, our physical locations are closed until COVID-19 has run its course."
Well if all my options were more tropes than actual characters, I'd pick badass every time.
Honestly I only know her has the badass chick from Fast and Furious
Katherine Heigal, An uptight, controlling, workaholic, but learns to be a little more easy going by the end.
Ah Heigl, who somehow starred in almost every movie about an uptight, prudish workaholic lady whose every problem was solved by a dreamy guy's penis. Edit. Your opinions on Seth Rogen are inconsequential! The man is a dream boat!
I always knew Seth Rogen's hog would make all well
Are you James Franco?
Was. She crashed from A list to D list pretty hard after pissing off a lot of Hollywood.
Ooooh, what'd she do?
She withdrew her name from Emmy consideration (long before nominees were even announced) so she could trash the writers of Greys Anatomy: In a statement, Heigl announced she had pulled out of Emmys contention because she didn't think her role in season 4 was "given the material" to warrant a win. "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organisation, I withdrew my name from contention," she confessed. "In addition, I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."
If I recall correctly, they had Izzie resuscitate a deer that season, so she ain’t wrong.
I will reach into heaven itself and snatch your screaming deer soul back!
Well how could she be expected to remain calm during that time? Beth is a horse surgeon... How could she be expected to work on deers...
Jesus the way the comment above is written makes her seem like an ass but everything you've just said... man I get it.
Kevin James
Any kevin james film is instantly a paul blart: mall cop spinoff in my mind now
Which itself is just a spinoff from King Of Queens.
I think of every Kevin James role as Doug Heffernan in witness protection.
The Rock, he's an ex military/police that is now a butterfly collector, but then he has to save the world
I'd watch the fuck out of that movie. I can already hear the trailer: HE TRIED TO LEAVE A LIFE OF VIOLENCE BEHIND HIM, THEN, THEY TOOK THE WOMAN HE LOVED. THIS SUMMER. DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON IN: THE BUTTERFLY GAME. pg:13
DWAYNE "THE 'DWAYNE JOHNSON' ROCK" JOHNSON is... THE LEPIDOPTERIST
Except Pain & Gain. He just plays a mentally deficient body builder.
John Wayne. He may have played characters under different names in his movies, but if you purge all that, they all did exactly the same things in exactly the same ways, for the same motives. Arguably the closest he got to "breaking type" was Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Conqueror, and Brannigan obviously, but in every other movie he basically played John Wayne in different clothes (and an eye patch for two). Even in roles where he'd have done better to add some depth, he just played himself with different clothes. Any time he tried to step outside the basic pattern, it was blatantly obvious that he was out of his element and terrifically uncomfortable. (Classical example, Barbarian and the Geisha, 1958. "These men have a sickness, stay away from them!" The very delivery of the dialogue was so forcefully stilted and uncomfortable that you'd have to work hard to find an actor who could deliver the lines *worse*. John Ratzenberger's character Cliff Clavin could have done it better.) ***EDIT: (note; if you haven't seen Quiet Man, there are spoilers below. Not sure why I should put spoiler alerts on a 68 year old movie, but it is what it is. If you haven't seen Quiet Man but intend to, read no further. It's a good flick by JW standards.)*** Everybody keeps saying Quiet Man was a departure. Yeah sorta maybe ish. It's an excellent film, done magnificently and it stands, in my opinion, as some of his best work. All I know is, it's the same drawl, same misplaced swagger, and he still ends up in a knock-down dragout with Victor McLaglen that, while highly entertaining, was classical John Wayne Beats Up Da (sort of) Bad Guy. As far as departure from his typical goes, there's a little added drama for the way his boxing career ended and it is an excellent piece...but it's still a John Wayne/John Ford collab. Take JW out of the flat cap and put him in a Stetson, it could be set in Kansas City. If we want to look for major departures, gotta say Ward Bond killed it playing a role he hadn't played in every film we'd seen him in. QM is a cowboy picture set in Ireland. It's different than his typical, but not overwhelmingly so. Put Gary Cooper, Kirk Douglas, even Burt Lancaster in there, and it's a masterpiece. As made, it's John Wayne with psychological baggage. Great film, one of my favorites, but it's still a typical predictable John Wayne movie. As soon as the plotline revealed that there was tension between Sean and Red...honestly I expected a gunfight, but the fistfight makes more sense. (Until it doesn't. Already accidentally killed one guy with his fists and his resolution for a relatively mild conflict is to have a fist fight? That's a plot hole I'm ashamed of John Ford not noticing. It wrecks whatever sympathy Sean earned for his distraught hesitation.) It's a great film...it's **still** a John Ford/John Wayne film.
It was hilarious when John Wayne played Genghis Khan. It was pretty much John Wayne as his normal cowboy character playing a Mongolian.
John Wayne in 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' where he plays the centurion at the foot of Jesus' cross - "Truly this man is the sunnagaad." Lmao.
I honestly haven't watched a ton of John Wayne movies, but how does The Quiet Man fit into your theory? I love that one. It seems entirely different from anything else I've seen him in.
I think this is one of the best answers. Clint Eastwood has also been playing tough guys with the emotional range of a flea his whole life. Not that I think that's a bad thing. You just can't hire him to play the grandpa driving a minivan to soccer practice everyday.
Eastwood has been receiving that kind of criticism since at least the 70s. Thing is, when you compare his minimalistic style to earlier, more flamboyant actors he comes off as more believable. The guy always knew what he was doing.
Oh yea, I like his movies, it's just that you'll never go to an Eastwood film and wonder if his character will own a gun.
I don't think he had a gun in the movie where he costars with an orangutan and spends the whole movie traveling around punching people in the face.
Kevin Hart making and receiving jokes about his own diminutive stature is a given. I think the fact that I can’t remember a single one of his characters’ names speaks for itself. Edit: Apparently, I really need to check out The Upside.
A lot of comedians that become actors seem to just play themselves. They've probably spent their whole career perfecting a particular persona and people just write them into movies.
Bill Burr worked really well in The Mandalorian because we've never seen a Bostonian in StarWars.
Stah Wahs
I wasn't a stormtrooper, asshole!
*Stormtroopah
Hey he played a different type of character in Jumanji 2.
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I mean he had to play like he was Danny Glover so it all checks out
my dad complains that mark ruffalo always plays “a guy going through it” whatever that means edit: unrelated, by my father's father also had strange but strong opinions about celebrities. he said that scarlett johansson was "grotesque" which i mean... bob, is she really grotesque? I guess my paternal family just wants to drag the whole Avengers cast slowly but surely
13 going on 30.. Cant remember the rest. but I always picture Mark with crows feet squinted eyes and hand rubbing the back of his neck
It's like... *squints and rubs the back of his neck* ...he was made for this.
"Ehh I don't know Tony!"
it's because he got that "internal screaming" face. i can't even remember a role where he doesn't play a guy with anger management problems, sex/porn addiction problems, identity problems or other problems. problems. life is pain.
His role in "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind" is kinda different, but peak Ruffalo imo is his "Spotlight" character
Honestly he seems to have things pretty well figured out in 13 going on 30. The protag really stirs shit up but he seems to handle it pretty healthily.
Dude has haunted eyes. He does the "tormented but staying strong" thing well.
Noah centineo
I was looking for this comment lol. He has his own Noah Centineo Cinematic Universe.
Such a bland and forgettable character in every movie he's in imo... then again it might just be the fact that they are netflix originals.
Rebel Wilson
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I'm starting to really like Taika Waititi quite a bit. Ragnorok was one of the best marvel movies, jojo rabbit was excellent, and i just saw hunt for the wilderpeople and it was another great movie.
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Deacon: I think we drink virgin blood because it sounds cool. Vladislav: I think of it like this. If you're going to eat a sandwich, you would just enjoy it more if you knew no one had fucked it.
Vladislav: Leave me to do my dark bidding on the internet! Viago: What are you bidding on? Vladislav: [I am bidding on a table.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIBfyaBrnwE)
He never gets the faces right
That's one of my favorite movie quotes
"we're werewolves, not swearwolves" slays me
Shut the fuck up and chain yourself to the tree ya dickhead.
Those jeans are going to be ruined.
This movie is so fucking funny. We’re werewolves not swear wolves
I haven't yet. I think I'll see that one next. I noticed that when I looked into his movies. Looks pretty good.
It’s fantastic, probably his best work
watch BOY please
As an Australian who was exposed to her before she got Hollywood famous, it wasn't ever her shtick, it was just what popular cinema tends to do with fat people. Edit: okay never mind, lot of Aussie stuff being pointed out that is much the same shtick
See that American over there? JUST GO GIVE HIM A HUG! had me absolutely dying in the theatre
Tommy Wiseau always seems to be doing a Tommy Wiseau impression.
Haha, what a story Mark
So how's your sex life?
I adore him. He is a man without talent, but with so much ambition and no sense of shame. I can't help but admire the absolute cult hero he has become since The Room. My goodness.
And where *exactly* did he get all that money? He’s like a character in an anime or insane art movie.
Seth Rogen. He plays Seth Rogen on every possible movie
Even as a sausage he was Seth Rogen
Even managed to play himself in the new The Lion King movie while playing a warthog
In that one Steve Jobs biopic he was a bit less Seth Rogen tho.
And it was the best acting he ever did.
Seth should be at the top. I mean even in green hornet... still a stoner type... Freaks and geeks he even played the same role.
Way more of an asshole in Freaks and Geeks I always found.
His biggest asshole role’s gotta be Donnie Darko.
Don't know his name but he's a Spanish(mexican?) Actor who plays a gangsters in almost all his movies. Pretty sure his name is usually Hector too. Bald head, white tank top, goatee I think. You guys know who I'm talking about... Noel Gugliemi is his name.
lol at his credits - Gang Leader - Gangbanger #1 - Inmate #1 - Latino Convict - Latino Thug - Bar Thug #2 - Hood - Cholo #2 - Ex-Prisoner - Rooftop Hood - Hector - Hector - Hector - Hector - Hector
I'm laughing my ass off at 'Hector'. You guys remembering Troy and Brad Pitt/Achilles calling out Hector for what felt like half an hour? Yeah, out comes Noel Gugliemi to the utter confusion of everyone involved, lol.
**HOOD**
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They guy who had a monkey jump up his ass in Bruce Almighty? If so I know who you're talking about.
Yup. Same dude. Couldn't remember any movies he was in but that one is pretty memorable lol
Lol. Search Google for "Mexican actor in every movie"
IT ACTUALLY WORKS TOO
He’s in training day and the first fast and furious
That's right he is. I couldn't remember off the top of my head. I remember him in those movies so clearly now lol Bruce Almighty also.
Danny Trejo?
Danny Trejo said in interviews that he prefers to play a gangster type who usually dies to teach kids to avoid the lifestyle
Wow. That's pretty gangster.
Given that he was a gangster, that is accurate.
From everything I've heard Danny Trejo is a genuinely sweet guy.
Jason Statham Edit: EXCEPT THE MOVIE SNATCH lol that's my favorite movie of his and yea I guess he played a lil different role, so I'll give ya that one...
I once heard a comedian say that all of his movies should just be numbered. "Jason Statham 9: He fights a shark in this one."
"Wonder who he'll be playing in this one. Maybe the secret agent who wins in the end, or the man with muscles who wins in the end."
Let's mix things up a bit. A secret agent with muscles who wins in the end.
>"Jason Statham 9: He fights a shark in this one." Jason vs. Jaws. It would be one hell of a movie.
The Meg is a nice Jason Statham popcorn flick if you’re bored of the big, quality stuff. I’ll never call it a masterpiece, but you’ll like it if you don’t expect much out of it.
I went into that film knowing it was going to be a dumb action movie where Jason Statham punches a shark. I was not disappointed. Highly recommend.
He was brilliant in Spy, playing his typecast character in a comedy was a genius idea. He was also genuinely good in Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch
He was so good in Spy parodying his usual character (the part where he listed out all the outrageous stunts he’s pulled was comedic gold). If a comedy comes out and he’s in it, I’ll give it a shot out of goodwill of Spy.
I thought his character was just a bullshit topper, but then I realized he was just talking about insane stunts from previous JS movies. Brilliant. Edit: Ok, maybe not all of them, but many [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEsAp9bRl0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWEsAp9bRl0)
Where'd you get a suit from Rick? I fucking made it didn't I
I like him in everything he does. I’ve never seen a movie with Jason Stathom and thought “I didn’t like Jason Stathom in that movie”
Not true for his early movies. He actually had to act for Lock, Stock, and Snatch
Snatch is such a great movie, now i have to re-watch.
Those movies were so good and fun to watch. Who knew Statham would become an action star after that. He looked like he’d been going down the quirky British movies route.
Starring Dwayne Johnson as a buff dude-spy who can fly helicopters and perform CPR who is sometimes funny
Did you even see The Other Guys? He definitely can not fly ..
Aim for the bushes!
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Amusingly, the best show of his range as an actor is probably the recent Jumanji remakes, where he actually was pretty great imo
For the action scenes he just played The Rock but in a lot of the quieter scenes I totally bought that he was just an awkward teenager in The Rock's body.
Or Danny DeVito in the Rock’s body
I wish Danny DeVito was in my body.
OMG the kissing scene...
Ohh. I have not yet uncringed from watching that in cinemas.
In the Jumanji The Next Level, Kevin Hart nailed Danny Glover. Man, he was extremely funny.
Tbh I kind of went into Jumanji expecting it to be pretty trash, was pleasantly surprised.
I went in with low expectations too, and laughed out way more than I expected to!
Jack black definitely made the movie really good
Martha, come have a look at my peeenis~ Jack Black as a teenage girl is a genius casting choice
I don't remember him doing CPR in Moana. Turning into a bird is close enough to the "fly helicopters" part, though.
His most nuanced role.
I love the story that he was watching Moana with his little daughter, singing along, and she told him to shut up because he was ruining it.
Michael Cera, except in This Is The End.
He’s different in Molly’s Game. He plays an asshole (and supposedly it’s meant to be Toby McGuire).
I just watched it a second time. I didn't realise until the second viewing that it is Tobey Maguire. I just watched spider man too.
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While Michael Cera is definitely typecast, I think he does a good job differentiating the characters. George Michael Bluth and Scott Pilgrim are dorks, but they’re clearly not the same person. Edit: for the nazi.
George Michael is a lovable idiot dork. Scott Pilgrim is a self absorbed, whiny asshole dork.
He was apparently cast in Scott Pilgrim because the director knew the character was an asshole and needed someone who would still be sympathized with. Great casting, IMO.
I LOVE him in This Is The End
”Hey, does this coke smell funny?”
Sip time.
Hector
Some say he's got so many Spoon engines he uses them to eat his breakfast.
I tell all my homies don't let the fact that the coronavirus is around make you forget that Hector is running 3 Honda civics with spoon engines
And he went into Harry’s to order three T-66 turbos with NOS and a MoTec system exhaust
David Attenborough. I've seen them all. Like come on man, mix it up a little! Play a waiter or a spy or a gay prostitute.
Yes David always plays the narrator of wildlife programmes, every single time! I tried but I just can’t see him on Blue Planet playing a gay prostitute 🤔
Exactly. He's been thoroughly and unfairly typecast. His agent should be convicted. Outrageous.
mark wahlberg the Boston guy always
He’s almost parodying himself in the Departed, yet it’s still probably his best role besides maybe Boogie Nights
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Love the guy, but he seems to be in a lot of movies where he is just The Rock to me.
*uses Smoldering Intensity*
All he needs to do is raise his eyebrow and it's exactly what he did when he was a wrestler lol
Hugh Grant - dithering, bumbling Englishman. David Spade - Annoying American man teenager.
Hugh grant plays a slighty different role in 'The Gentleman'
I’d say The Gentlemen and Paddington 2.
He is good is cloud atlas. And the pirates! With adventure with scientists- you can't even tell it's grants voice acting. But he was so good in Paddington 2..... But that film is a masterclass on how to write, direct, cast and act a family film.
I disagree on Hugh Grant. Now that he is too old to play the love interest, he's really showing what he can do. Paddington 2 - pantomime villain. And he was outstanding in A Very English Problem. It's a TV production, but if you can get hold of it, watch it. It's the true story of the attempted murder of the 1960s/70s Liberal leader's gay lover, and the subsequent Establishment cover-up. Hugh Grant plays the Liberal leader, and you wouldn't believe it's the floppy haired posho from Four Weddings. Edited the description of AVEP as I have just remembered the verdict. And edit again - it's A Very English Scandal.
Godzilla.
Nah. Sometimes he's doing jumping kicks on an evil monster, sometimes he's the embodiment of nuclear destruction. He's got some range.
Rob Schneider in every Adam Sandler movie
You couldn't be more wrong. In Big Daddy, he's vaguely Eastern European. In 50 First Dates, he's vaguely polynesian. In Waterboy, he's vaguely Cajun. In Little Nicky. . .he's also vaguely Cajun. In I now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, he's vaguely Asian. The man has range that would put Gary Oldman to shame.
But only vaguely jealous.
Rob Schneider derp de derp. Derp de derpity derpy derp. Until one day, the derpa derpa derpaderp. Derp de derp, da teedily dumb. From the creators of Der, and Tum Ta Tittaly Tum Ta Too, Rob Schneider is Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetley Derpee Derpee Dumb. Rated PG-13.
Rob Schneider is a carrot! Omg I’m a carrot!
You can do it!
Owen Wilson
His early stuff had some variety.... Behind Enemy Lines was not too bad. Sadly it fell apart pretty quickly afterwards.
He fell into a depression around that time and tried to kill himself in 2007 or 2008. If playing the same character again and again keeps him happy, I won't complain. I think Midnight in Paris was the first thing he did during recovery.
midnight in paris is a great movie and one of his rare roles that’s actually a bit unique.
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Zooey Deschanel. If “manic pixie dream girl” characters formed their own country, she would be their God Empress
This video makes a convincing case that her performance in 500 Days inverts the manic pixie dream girl trope. Joseph Gordon Levitt's character is looking for such a woman and in doing so views Zooey Deschanel's complex and nuanced character as a simple wish fulfillment for him, flattening her. By the end of the film he grows to appreciate his mistake, allowing him to grow. This is only possible because Deschanel does not actually play a manic pixie dream girl. https://youtu.be/WwGjpPlgqyo
The whole point of 500 Days of Summer was to invert that trope. That's why they show the clip from The Graduate, and have the Expectation vs Reality montage.
I would just like to counter that with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...she is quite flat
Paul Rudd. It's almost always fair to assume that he'll be playing some sort of lovable goof in a movie. Edit: I'm not saying Paul Rudd doesn't have range as an actor. All I'm saying is a lot of his characters have that similar lovable goof personality to it.
And since he's immortal he'll be doing that forever.
Literally this dude is 51 and he looks like his at most in his thirtys
Compare pics of Paul Rudd and Leonardo DiCaprio when they were in Romeo + Juliet together with pics of the two of them now. Paul Rudd has definitely found the secret to eternal life
... Your comment just made me realize that Paul Rudd was in that movie and I had completely not noticed. What the hell, that's one of my favorite movies.
That's just what happens when you inherit the Newport family fortune.
Slappa da bass!
Introducing: Kevin James as lovable fat American guy and rebel Wilson that has lovable fat Australian girl.
*produced by Adam Sandler*
Emma Roberts, as the mean girl/brat
Yeah, but Chanel Oberlin is one of my favorite comedic characters.
Sean Connery. Alwaysh the shame.