Casting Against Type – Best Examples?
I was thinking about this after seeing Tom Cruise's villain in Collateral. There's also the famous example of Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Re: Casting Against Type – Best Examples?
Arnold Schwartzerwotsit....... Arnie in Junior
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Originally Posted by Chypmunk (Post 1755938)
Arnold Schwartzerwotsit....... Arnie in Junior
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Jimmy Stewart did really at stepping out of the "aw shucks" persona with Vertigo and Rear Window.
Robin Williams and Jim Carrey also have pretty good submissions. I might have said Hanks in Road to Perdition but that still has a lot of the wholesome qualities he build his career around. I'm not too fond of his performances in Cloud Atlas so the jury's out on his villain work. |
Re: Casting Against Type – Best Examples?
Matthew McConaughey (however you spell it) when he broke away from romcom.
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McConaughey is good but he had displayed that edge before he got stuck in rom-com hell ("a willingness to be creep"). I'm trying to think of someone who really stepped out of his comfort zone and nailed it.
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Originally Posted by Saunch (Post 1755944)
McConaughey is good but he had displayed that edge before he got stuck in rom-com hell ("a willingness to be creep"). I'm trying to think of someone who really stepped out of his comfort zone and nailed it.
Oh I know, Tom Cruise in Collateral. It;s one of the few times I forgot who he was. |
Re: Casting Against Type – Best Examples?
Ronny Cox was always known for playing good guys... Then he played Dick Jones.
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Charlize Theron in Monster
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Originally Posted by Dani8 (Post 1755951)
How about Mel Gibson in Ransom?
Oh I know, Tom Cruise in Collateral. It;s one of the few times I forgot who he was. |
Originally Posted by Steve Freeling (Post 1755953)
Ronny Cox was always known for playing good guys... Then he played Dick Jones.
"Who gives a s*** what you believe!" Deliverance is one example of his good guy roles. |
Re: Casting Against Type – Best Examples?
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Seth Rogen in Steve Jobs Jonah Hill in Moneyball Not a film, but Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad |
Actually there's Robin Williams in One Hour Photo and Insomnia.
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