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  • Katy Lied
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2008
    • 9435

    #1

    Intriguing Actors

    Intriguing actors come and go. They start out with small parts which they round out in fascinating ways. If they catch on, they might get larger parts and even go on to starring roles. Sometimes they go Hollywood and become tiresome, like Lily James or Aaron Eckhart or Angelina Jolie. Sometimes they remain interesting even with fame, like Tom Hiddleston or Benedict Cumberbatch.

    Who are your current intriguing actors-- the ones whose movies you will see no matter how small their parts are? My current list: Casey Afleck, Ben Whishaw, and especially Daniel Bruhl.

    BBC America is running the most fascinating series starring Ben Wishaw called London Spy. It took me a bit to get over the fact that the protagonist is gay (this makes me sound so rigid but there is a lot of exploration of gay romance and love that I'm just not used to). It's compelling.

    I wrote a short short story years ago that was very similar except the relationship was hetero and the protagonist was female. A pregnant female.
  • Commando
    Explosivo
    • Feb 2009
    • 20748

    #2
    Kurt Russell. Some actors are just plain interesting enough to where you could watch them in anything. In a way he's just playing himself in every movie, but maybe that's the affectation that he gets paid the big $ to perform. I agree about Casey Affleck, too. Also, Tom Hardy. I know there's more, but that's the first one that popped into my head since I just watched Bone Tomahawk.
    Last edited by Commando; 02-29-2016, 08:55 AM.
    "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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    • wuapinmon
      Soul Plumber
      • Dec 2008
      • 30711

      #3
      Johnny Depp
      Salma Hayek
      Clarke Peters
      Walton Goggins
      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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      • Green Monstah
        Royal Rooter
        • Aug 2010
        • 13929

        #4
        Christopher Walken
        Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

        "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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        • Paperback Writer
          Signature won a Pulitzer
          • Nov 2010
          • 5211

          #5
          +1 for Tom Hardy; also...
          J.K. Simmons
          Stephen Root
          Matthew Goode
          “Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
          "All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel

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          • chrisrenrut
            Strikes and Gutters
            • Jul 2009
            • 2271

            #6
            Edward Norton

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            • Non Sequitur
              Where did I put my bodkin
              • Nov 2008
              • 5773

              #7
              Billy Bob Thorton
              Cate Blanchette
              Guy Pearce
              Last edited by Non Sequitur; 02-29-2016, 10:11 AM.
              "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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              • old_gregg
                scaly man fish
                • Nov 2009
                • 16915

                #8
                daniel day lewis
                Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                • Commando
                  Explosivo
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 20748

                  #9
                  Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                  daniel day lewis
                  Yeah there's something unnerving about that guy. There Will Be Blood was something else.
                  "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                  • Commando
                    Explosivo
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 20748

                    #10
                    Originally posted by chrisrenrut View Post
                    Edward Norton
                    Yep that's one. American History X would have been a pile of doodoo without his presence.
                    "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                    • Commando
                      Explosivo
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 20748

                      #11
                      And not to be a frontrunner, but Leo, Brad Pitt, and Christoph Walz are pretty interesting no matter what they're in, no matter how mundane the scene.
                      "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                      • chrisrenrut
                        Strikes and Gutters
                        • Jul 2009
                        • 2271

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Commando View Post
                        Christoph Walz
                        That's a bingo!

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                        • The_Tick
                          Made something of myself
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 7273

                          #13
                          Paul Bettany

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                          • Commando
                            Explosivo
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 20748

                            #14
                            Jonah Hill
                            "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                            • cougjunkie
                              *Banned*
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 23223

                              #15
                              Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                              Johnny Depp
                              Salma Hayek
                              Clarke Peters
                              Walton Goggins
                              My problem with Johnny Depp is that he plays the exact same character in every movie.
                              *Banned*

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