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I doubt this is true, if he was an asshole in real life he wouldn't get work, even if the only work they give him is to play assholes.
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Actors who play themselves in every role?
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I doubt this is true, if he was an asshole in real life he wouldn't get work, even if the only work they give him is to play assholes.
Plenty of actors are assholes in real life and still get a ton of work.
I dunno man.
The Mask
Ace Ventura
Liar Liar
Me myself and Irene
Bruce Almighty
Batman
Cable guy
Dumb and dumber
And to a lesser extent, the Truman show
It's always the same shtick in different backgrounds. Dude with some issues pulling funny faces. He's moved on from that since spotless, but most of his career has been that for a long time.
Vulcano's assistant
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Yeah but that's a different type of asshole, I mean, I don't think this man is any position to negotiate, he is not a star so they can replace him at any moment.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I'll never forgive Tom cruise for turning war of the worlds into "what if tom cruise got attacked by aliens"
Sometimes the unknown ones with no clout are the worst ones.
FWIW, I don't know who that actor is (but he looks familiar). I'm just saying it's not a rare thing.
Very true.
Does Cruise ever make dramatic changes to his appearance for film roles (besides Born on the 4th of July?)
In every role he has that nasally voice, non-regional accent, penetrating stare, conventional haircut (except for in Magnolia), toothy smile.
meltingparappa
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The aforementioned Tropic Thunder is incredible. You wouldn't realize it was even him at first.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Cruise is only bad when he does his super agent/military/shooting gun guy roles that are all the same.
The guy is a great actor when given quality roles. Born on the Fourth of July, Rain Man, The Last Samurai, Collateral, Magnolia.
Edit: WTF Robin Williams hate in this thread? Now people are going full retard. Amazing actor: Worlds, Greatest Dad, Dead Poets, Fisher King, One Hour Photo, Patch Adams, Good Will Hunting. And in the films where its Robin being Robin for his comedy he's done great stuff too like Aladdin.
Oh yeah. I loved him in that. He should do more stuff like that. Knight and Day was close to having that humorous bent but he needs to let go of the hero persona.
This dude plays the opposite of himself in every role. Always plays a thug but is apparently a real nice guy.
Vulcano's assistant
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He always plays a stereotypical Latino gangster without much screen time.
CountAntonius
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Themselves or the same role character in ever movie. I find The latter more annoying.
Jesus Christ, this right here. Every single fucking movie (at least the one's I've seen).
meltingparappa
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What's also amazing with Gary Oldman is if you've never seen him in interviews, you might have no clue how old he actually is.
As is, that interview you linked surprised me at how strong his accent is.
Devolution
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Pitt's gotten better with age. Inglorious Basterds? Tree of Life?
He keeps himself very well, also if you watch Batman Begins, Order of the Phoenix and Book of Eli you can realize how much he can change between a character and another. I know there are better examples, but he really can pull off being a different character if it's required.
Mercury Fred
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Jamie Foxx. He's so out of place in Django.
The latter is way more prevalent than the former, as demonstrated by this thread.
George Clooney is always the same dude.
I like him as an actor, but he never plays someone else.
The weird thing is all his roles fit as "playing himself" but never detract from his performance for me.
Ides of March/The American/Oceans/Clayton/Up in the air. All recent movies you can say he is "playing Clooney" but he is great in all of them.
I'm just glad that Soderbergh corrected that head lean thing he used to do.
Synth_floyd
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Everyone in this movie:
I'm not sure why they even bothered to give any of the characters names.
I'm not sure why they even bothered to give any of the characters names.
DerZuhälter
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The most obvious ones are the ones we forget:
Knux-Future
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You do know that some of these actors get hired to play that specific role.
It's like people being mad that Nolan North uses the Drake voice in everything...
directors ask for that.
It's like people being mad that Nolan North uses the Drake voice in everything...
directors ask for that.
radios shipping overview
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Ever since The Shining. He was genuinely good in Chinatown.
this overrated hack
Out of the gate some really AWFUL suggestions. Seriously.
C'mon GAF
The solution is never watch any movies or tv shows he is involved in. Makes my entertainment much better.
Usually have to even fast forward/mute any ads he is in. His voice makes me want to just drive my truck into a brick wall.
adamsappel
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Kevin Costner makes a lot of attempts to broaden his range, but he's best when he plays himself.
Yup. I do like him though, he was a good Scott Pilgrim.
Psychological Intellect
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except in boogie nights.
unluckyhat
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I think Neil Patrick Harris fits the bill.
ChubbyHuggs
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Kat Dennings and Michael Cera.
Came here for this.
Love the guy but not when he is supposed to be playing anything other than himself.
NinjaTehFish
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Buddha Beam
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I definitely agree with Tom Cruise and Sam Jackson.
Except Sam Jackson is great while Tom Cruise is terrible. He was good in Magnolia. That was it. When I watch a Tom Cruise movie, I think, "That's Tom Cruise" on the screen. When I watch a Samuel L Jackson (or any other actor, for that matter), I think, "That's [Character Name]".
Except Sam Jackson is great while Tom Cruise is terrible. He was good in Magnolia. That was it. When I watch a Tom Cruise movie, I think, "That's Tom Cruise" on the screen. When I watch a Samuel L Jackson (or any other actor, for that matter), I think, "That's [Character Name]".
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