Actors Known For Taking On Challenging Roles
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I don’t dislike him. If it’s the “pathetic” comment that you're referring to, I meant it as a compliment. Guy can be pitiful without losing the audience.
I can't tell if he's really tired or intimidated.
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I figured he wouldn't be mentioned here, but I really think Brad Pitt deserves a mention here...this is an actor who could have easily settled on pretty-boy roles in silly movies, but he has never backed off a challenging role like Benjamin Button, 12 Monkeys, or Allied.
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Recently saw Osama and have to say by sheer default, Marina Golbahari should probably be included on this list since she was portraying a female Afghani disguised as a male Afghani in Taliban lead Afghanistan and now has recently (2016) been chased out of the country under threat of death for daring to have a picture of her taken without a head covering. She made the original film in 2004 and yet the Taliban still has enough of a grip on Afghani culture that they can force her into exile? I can only imagine what it must have been like making the original movie then. No wonder she constantly looked absolutely terrified. Hope she is doing ok and gets to come back home eventually. Talk about "challenging"...
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I still haven't seen it but it was the main reason I mentioned him, as well as Death Sentence (2007).
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When I first saw The Lost Son (1999), Bruce Greenwood wasn't as familiar to me and it might be a surprise to people that he suddenly appears. I'd call that role possibly the most challenging of all the ones in the film.
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When I first saw The Lost Son (1999), Bruce Greenwood wasn't as familiar to me and it might be a surprise to people that he suddenly appears. I'd call that role possibly the most challenging of all the ones in the film.
McConn - I cannever remember how to spell his name, for the roles he has taken to break his pretty boy romcom pigeon hole. You know the one. And either he cant put on weight now because he went too far or he gets better scripts looking unhealthy.
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LOL Matthew.
! I don't think I've got round to seeing his most interesting characters yet. They look good though.
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Oh of course ! I don't think I've got round to seeing his most interesting characters yet. They look good though.
! I don't think I've got round to seeing his most interesting characters yet. They look good though.
Dustin Hoffman. Examples: Little Big Man, Tootsie, Rain Man, Dick Tracy, Hero. Yes, he has lots of makeup in most of these roles but his performances go beyond that. No makeup in "Hero," but in it he manages to strike a balance between being likeable and unlikeable.
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Have to nominate Déborah François for this category after seeing Student Services. I cant imagine a more challenging role than that. It must have been exhausting. And she knocks it out of the park. Such range of emotion. And her trauma is palpable.
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Dustin Hoffman. Examples: Little Big Man, Tootsie, Rain Man, Dick Tracy, Hero. Yes, he has lots of makeup in most of these roles but his performances go beyond that. No makeup in "Hero," but in it he manages to strike a balance between being likeable and unlikeable.
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