Re: Unexpected casting of the good, the bad and the ugly.
Camilla Send a noteboard - 10/09/2010 01:29:23 PM
I just had a conversation with someone earlier about Mark Strong, who has played so many villains in the last few years (Stardust, Kick-Ass, Robin Hood). I said how cool it would be to see him in a role that is not only not the villain but actually turns out to be a good guy halfway through the film. The other guy said he'd find it weird to see him as someone good.
You should see Emma.
Am I the only one who, despite of liking certain actors and being glad they are in many films, wants to see people not always cast as the same type?
No, I like that, too.
Now, one could say that the same goes for people with a Mister-Clean-image, especially the big movie stars, who sometime want a grittier and more evil role but are stuck with their pristine heroes. So they either try it half heartedly (Kevin Costner in "A perfect world" was only a little mean and still the hero of the film) or they go too far: Although it was a nice twist to have Harrison Ford be the bad guy in "What lies beneath", I am sorry, I do not want to see Han or Indy as psycho. There are very few actors who have been used both in really mean and really positive roles and came out with an intact image.
Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones' Diary springs to mind. That was rather refreshing. Although the villainness of the man was of course "villain in romcom", not "psychotic mass murderer", but you get my drift.
What do you think? Would you like to see some of the regular mean faces appear in positive roles from time to time or does their look just not allow it? How do you feel when the usual good guy comes out with a role of the villain? Wouldn't it make for much more satisfying plots if you couldn't tell from the first look at someone how his character's gonna turn out? Or do you like the warm cozy feeling of knowing "that face will always be evil" or "he'll always be my hero"?
No, I love it when they mix about. That is one of the reasons why I like Steve Buschemi and Gary Oldman and Keifer Sutherland (well, I used to before this "24" nonsense), I think.
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Unexpected casting of the good, the bad and the ugly.
10/09/2010 01:12:45 PM
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Mark Strong played Mr Knightley in a British version of Emma. (Was it ITV?)
10/09/2010 01:21:52 PM
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Re: Unexpected casting of the good, the bad and the ugly.
10/09/2010 01:29:23 PM
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Hm.
10/09/2010 04:02:54 PM
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I agree, except about Ralph Fiennes. He's just annoying. *NM*
10/09/2010 04:34:35 PM
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What?! He's awesome.
10/09/2010 04:43:13 PM
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"Oooh, we're going to make a movie about the Holocaust. Phone Ralph Fiennes!"
10/09/2010 06:14:08 PM
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Re: "Oooh, we're going to make a movie about the Holocaust. Phone Ralph Fiennes!"
10/09/2010 07:02:31 PM
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Gina Torres is playing an insecure, weird neurotic person in Huge currently.
10/09/2010 06:21:46 PM
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If we could somehow get The Rock to play the tooth fairy, that would be awesome.
10/09/2010 08:53:14 PM
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That would be nothing compared to Ahnold as either a kindergarten teacher or just plain pregnant.
10/09/2010 10:52:40 PM
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They keep casting Renee Zellweger as a love interest. Do they hate the male heroes so much?
11/09/2010 11:27:09 PM
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They keep casting Renee Zellweger as a love interest. Do they hate the male heroes so much?
11/09/2010 11:30:18 PM
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I liked it when actors switch directions like that, if they do it well.
16/09/2010 08:10:38 PM
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