Bad Actors, Great Careers

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In your opinion, who are some actors/actresses that have had fantastical success despite not having any real talent?
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John Wayne in 99% of his roles.

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Nic Cage
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Brad Pitt definitely fits in this list
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100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
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Keanu and Cage
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Hanks and Pitt are bad actors? Y'all are insane.
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Scotts Tot said:

100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
John Wayne was a terrible actor (with maybe a couple of roles excepted) who always played the same character, but he was a hell of a movie star. Kind of like Arnold (especially the Arnold of the 80s and early 90s) - you don't go to see the movie, you go to see them star in the movie.
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Vince Vaughn
Kevin Hart
Kevin James
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Mark Hamill
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Bruce Almighty said:

Hanks and Pitt are bad actors? Y'all are insane.

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Kristen Stewart

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Mark Ruffalo - IMO, his success has far exceeded his talent.
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Claude! said:

Scotts Tot said:

100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
John Wayne was a terrible actor (with maybe a couple of roles excepted) who always played the same character, but he was a hell of a movie star. Kind of like Arnold (especially the Arnold of the 80s and early 90s) - you don't go to see the movie, you go to see them star in the movie.
In other words, a perfect choice for this thread

I'll add Keanu Reeves. Fantastic career, by all accounts a great person, but not a good actor
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Clint Howard!

That dude is in EVERYTHING!
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Claude! said:

Scotts Tot said:

100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
John Wayne was a terrible actor (with maybe a couple of roles excepted) who always played the same character, but he was a hell of a movie star. Kind of like Arnold (especially the Arnold of the 80s and early 90s) - you don't go to see the movie, you go to see them star in the movie.
See also Stallone, Bruce Willis, all actors on the Fasterer and Furiouser movies
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bluefire579 said:

Claude! said:

Scotts Tot said:

100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
John Wayne was a terrible actor (with maybe a couple of roles excepted) who always played the same character, but he was a hell of a movie star. Kind of like Arnold (especially the Arnold of the 80s and early 90s) - you don't go to see the movie, you go to see them star in the movie.
In other words, a perfect choice for this thread

I'll add Keanu Reeves. Fantastic career, by all accounts a great person, but not a good actor
There are certain roles that Keanu Reeves is suited for, IMO, and he will knock it out of the park. One of my all-time favorite movies is Parenthood with Steve Martin. Reeves was in that and I thought he was absolutely excellent.
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Milwaukees Best Light said:

Keanu and Cage

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Ag_07 said:

Vince Vaughn
Kevin Hart
Kevin James
They are the same person in every role.
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Corporal Punishment said:

Mark Hamill
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Bregxit said:

Bruce Almighty said:

Hanks and Pitt are bad actors? Y'all are insane.


Tom Hanks plays Tom Hanks in every movie. Fight me.

Ok I will give you Forrest Gump.
it's what happens to most actors over time. Pacino, DeNiro for examples.
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There are like 3 actors who don't use the same schtick every time in their movies. That doesn't mean they are a bad actor, it just means you don't like their schtick.

For example, Samuel L Jackson has been in more movies than just about anyone else in history, and plays himself in every movie. He does a great job at playing himself.

Keanu is a toss up, as his emotional range is pretty limited, but the amount of work he puts into his action movies is truly incredible. Same thing with Tom Cruise.
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Bregxit said:

Bruce Almighty said:

Hanks and Pitt are bad actors? Y'all are insane.


Tom Hanks plays Tom Hanks in every movie. Fight me.

Ok I will give you Forrest Gump.
So does almost every other actor in Hollywood.

How you can watch Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan and Apollo 13 and call his acting bad is dumb.
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Bruce Almighty said:

Bregxit said:

Bruce Almighty said:

Hanks and Pitt are bad actors? Y'all are insane.


Tom Hanks plays Tom Hanks in every movie. Fight me.

Ok I will give you Forrest Gump.
So does almost every other actor in Hollywood.

How you can watch Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan and Apollo 13 and call his acting bad is dumb.

Then go comedy: A League of Their Own, Big, etc.. His accent was goofy in Terminal but he did a good job. He was the same guy in You've got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle but he sold it. And Cast Away?

He's incredibly versatile, he can handle different emotional deliveries…How anyone can call him a bad actor is mind blowing.

And Pitt is awesome too. He's good in almost everything he does.
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Vin Diesel
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DG-Ag said:

bluefire579 said:

Claude! said:

Scotts Tot said:

100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
John Wayne was a terrible actor (with maybe a couple of roles excepted) who always played the same character, but he was a hell of a movie star. Kind of like Arnold (especially the Arnold of the 80s and early 90s) - you don't go to see the movie, you go to see them star in the movie.
In other words, a perfect choice for this thread

I'll add Keanu Reeves. Fantastic career, by all accounts a great person, but not a good actor
There are certain roles that Keanu Reeves is suited for, IMO, and he will knock it out of the park. One of my all-time favorite movies is Parenthood with Steve Martin. Reeves was in that and I thought he was absolutely excellent.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger

But I still love the guy.
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DG-Ag said:

bluefire579 said:

Claude! said:

Scotts Tot said:

100%. I have never understood the John Wayne thing. His acting was flat and uninteresting, and his character's persona was pretty much always the same. I guess his role in Hollywood was more about being an icon and a symbol than about actual acting.
John Wayne was a terrible actor (with maybe a couple of roles excepted) who always played the same character, but he was a hell of a movie star. Kind of like Arnold (especially the Arnold of the 80s and early 90s) - you don't go to see the movie, you go to see them star in the movie.
In other words, a perfect choice for this thread

I'll add Keanu Reeves. Fantastic career, by all accounts a great person, but not a good actor
There are certain roles that Keanu Reeves is suited for, IMO, and he will knock it out of the park. One of my all-time favorite movies is Parenthood with Steve Martin. Reeves was in that and I thought he was absolutely excellent.
Parenthood is just an all-time great movie, and Keanu was great but essentially played Ted, which is his strong-suit. His talk with Dianne Weist about young Joaquin/Leaf bopping the bologna is fantastic.

That entire cast was perfect. Not a single weak spot.
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Great Keanu quotes.
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Disagree with the take that John Wayne was a bad or "terrible" actor. I will agree that he didn't have much range, but that is because he really didn't have to. He was fantastic at what he did, and who he was supposed to be. He would not have become the icon he did if he had been terrible at acting.
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LB12Diamond said:

Vin Diesel
came here to post this. All the F&F movies….triple XXX (1 & 3)…..being a part of the MCU in the EASIEST way possible….

This not counting the other random films he's done…..

That's quite an accomplishment….
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