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matt72582 03-04-20 08:02 PM
Best Performances "Against Type"
 
I'm sure I'll think of one later, but the first one that comes to my mind would be Robert Mitchum in "Ryan's Daughter" because he was one of the most virile men in Hollywood and plays a cuckold, and does a good, convincing job.

Someone elsewhere mentioned Andy Griffith for "A Face in the Crowd", but that was his first movie, so he didn't have a "type"

Gideon58 03-04-20 08:14 PM
Big second to Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd. I'm looking forward to seeing the responses to this, because I've been thinking about doing one of my lists on this subject.

Citizen Rules 03-04-20 09:49 PM
Re: Best Performances "Against Type"
 
Bing Crosby in the The Country Girl played a washed up alcoholic, and he almost always played a wholesome type character.

matt72582 03-05-20 06:33 AM
Originally Posted by Gideon58 (Post 2070237)
Big second to Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd. I'm looking forward to seeing the responses to this, because I've been thinking about doing one of my lists on this subject.
That was his first movie; I don't see how he could have had a "type" then.

John-Connor 03-05-20 07:55 AM
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Iroquois 03-05-20 08:44 AM
Re: Best Performances "Against Type"
 
Sean Connery in The Hill is the first one I thought of.

Gideon58 03-05-20 11:14 AM
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2070320)
That was his first movie; I don't see how he could have had a "type" then.
Having a "type" doesn't really have much to do with chronology. We all think of Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor even if that "type" was established half a dozen years after A Face in the Crowd, it's still a "type".

matt72582 03-05-20 12:23 PM
Re: Best Performances "Against Type"
 
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People

Citizen Rules 03-05-20 12:37 PM
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2070353)
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People
That's a good example and a great movie too.

matt72582 03-05-20 05:26 PM
Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2070357)
That's a good example and a great movie too.
Fine movie I've seen a handful of times, but not in quite a few years.
Pretty good risk for a first-time director in Robert Redford.

GulfportDoc 03-05-20 08:27 PM
If I'm not mistaken, Dick Powell's first tough guy role was in 1944's Murder My Sweet (renamed from Farewell My Lovely) (1944). Up to then he'd played dozens of light comedic musical roles more in the vein of Mickey Rooney or Fred Astaire.

WrinkledMind 03-07-20 11:43 AM
Paul Giamatti in Barney's version.

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder.

gbgoodies 03-08-20 12:56 AM
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).

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RoystenCrow 03-13-20 01:12 PM
Re: Best Performances "Against Type"
 
Tom Cruise as Les Grossman.

Gideon58 03-13-20 01:18 PM
Originally Posted by John-Connor (Post 2070327)

Robin Williams, One Hour Photo


Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight


Steve Carell, Foxcatcher


Jackie Chan, The Foreigner


Charlize Theron, Monster

Especially good call on Steve Carell...the others are kind of obvious, but I had forgotten about Carell in Foxcatcher

Gideon58 03-13-20 01:19 PM
Loving this thread...can't wait to do my list on this subject.

Hey Fredrick 03-14-20 10:29 AM
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Watch_Tower 03-15-20 01:39 PM
Re: Best Performances "Against Type"
 
Tom Hanks as the hitman in Road To Perdition and De Niro in King Of Comedy come to mind.

Leostales 03-16-20 10:54 PM
Originally Posted by Watch_Tower (Post 2073180)
Tom Hanks as the hitman in Road To Perdition
I loved that movie, but it felt pretty standard as far as Hanks' performances go, especially when compared to the character in the book.


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