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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:08 PM Original message |
Actors you initially wrote off as horrible who turned out to be talented |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Charlie Chaplin. I thought, who in their right mind is gonna do that mustache nowadays? |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was embarrassed for Brad Pitt for his Troy performance. |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Andrew McCarthy |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
56. Oddly enough, that was the only thing I really DID like him in. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Dennis Hopper... |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I like him in Easy Rider. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think the yummo and talented Diane Lane has been good since "The Outsiders" |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Me too. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. I feel pretty bad about these three: |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sean Penn n/t |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Sean Penn? Say it ain't so. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Sean Penn is actually one actor I believed in ever since day one, which was probably |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. He goes from Spicoli to Deadman Walking guy to Mystic River guy |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. I agree.. He hit his peak as Spicoli.. been downhill ever since |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:19 PM Original message |
WTH - dupe post n/t |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. One good performance does not a talented actor make |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Some ranted over his Born on the 4th of July performance. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. No, but he's got a string of them. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. in rebuttal |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Name an actor who doesn't do a bad roll now and then. Aside from Meryl Streep. nt |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Let's just agree to disagree |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No fun in that. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. See, I was looking forward to seeing his performance, |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. His performance in Rain Man was his best IMHO |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Peter Boyle |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. My husband watches the reruns of Raymond, so, I watch them at times. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It is a remarkable ensemble. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. He does have his moments for sure!! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I think it was a great cast. Romano was probably the weakest of the bunch. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. He lived around here. Nicest, salt-of-the-earth guy. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Marky Mark comes immediately to mind... |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Yes from Dirk Diggler on he's been a nice surprise. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. Jim Carrey. No one breakout role, but he's slowly grown on me. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah, but I believe Jenny McCarthy firmly believes that. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Man in the Moon and The Truman Show |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. Brad Pitt was my first thought. Now I love him. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. He was great in "Snatch" -- one of my favorite characters! n/t |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. I agree on Brolin. Never gave him a second glance. Denzel Washington |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I have not seen Ali, Pursuit of Happiness, or Seven Pounds. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I saw Pursuit of Happyness. |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nicole Kidman |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 02:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Nicole Kidman was what I was going to say! |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Yeah, I agree. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-15-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-16-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. Farrah Fawcett, Jessica Lange (asking King Kong, "What's your sign?") |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
40. Heath Ledger started off as just another pretty boy. |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I was about to post about Ledger, too |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I watched "Brokeback Mountain" last week..., he was amazing! |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 11:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. I had no idea who he was, |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
41. Johnny Depp |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. Phillip Seymour Hoffman |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. Jamie Foxx |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
50. Hilary Swank. Her "90210" days are sick-making. But "Boys Don't Cry" is possibly |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. Lisa Kudrow. nt |
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stewartcolbert08 (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. Natalie Portman |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. Tom Hanks. I think all the good work he's done has mostly been an effort |
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