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" |
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.
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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.
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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.
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Sean Connery in The Hill is the first one I thought of.
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Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2070320)
That was his first movie; I don't see how he could have had a "type" then.
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Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People
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Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2070353)
Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People
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Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2070357)
That's a good example and a great movie too.
Pretty good risk for a first-time director in Robert Redford. |
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.
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Paul Giamatti in Barney's version.
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder. |
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
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Tom Cruise as Les Grossman.
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Originally Posted by John-Connor (Post 2070327)
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Loving this thread...can't wait to do my list on this subject.
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Re: Best Performances "Against Type"
Tom Hanks as the hitman in Road To Perdition and De Niro in King Of Comedy come to mind.
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Originally Posted by Watch_Tower (Post 2073180)
Tom Hanks as the hitman in Road To Perdition
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