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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
Screenwriting

A-list Actors who are NOT good at acting

Who would you list?
  

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[/nq] Bruce Willis. Squinting does not count as acting. jaybee

  • [/nq] Bruce Willis.
  • Squinting does not count as acting.
  • jaybee
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[nq:1]Who would you list?[/nq]
Bruce Willis. Squinting does not count as acting.
jaybee
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[nq:2]Who would you list?[/nq]
[nq:1]Bruce Willis. Squinting does not count as acting. jaybee[/nq]
Keanu Reeves. Even skipped the squinting class.
M
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[nq:1]Who would you list?[/nq]
Is Ben Affleck on the A-list?

RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"
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I actually enjoyed Gwyneth Paltrow in "Shakespeare in Love."

But everything else I've seen her in is painful to watch.

Joe Myers
"Except, of course, 'in the nude.'"
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[nq:1]I actually enjoyed Gwyneth Paltrow in "Shakespeare in Love." But everything else I've seen her in is painful to watch.[/nq]
Seven?

If you flex your muscles November 2, I guarantee President Bush will be back
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[nq:2]I actually enjoyed Gwyneth Paltrow in "Shakespeare in Love." But everything else I've seen her in is painful to watch.[/nq]
[nq:1]Seven?[/nq]
Yeah, I'd rate he a seven.
Joe Myers
"On a scale of 1-100."
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@reader1.panix.com:
[nq:2]Seven?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yeah, I'd rate he a seven. Joe Myers "On a scale of 1-100."[/nq]
Come on now, she was pretty convincing as a head in a box.
jaybee
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All of them?
I mean, in the real world, to become a movie star you need to play the same persona over and over again so that you become the brand name. That means anyone who is a movie star isn't usually doing much real character work. They're playing their film persona.

That doesn't mean stars aren't good at acting, but you just never see them doing roles where they bec
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[nq:1]Who would you list?[/nq]
I question the assumptions underlying this question.
1. Just as any script, no matter how good, cannot always rise above (or,no matter how bad, cannot be helped by) the other elements in a movie: director's vision or compatibility with/lack of vis a vis the story, actors who get or don't get good direction, connection w/material, etc.
2. Some actors are A
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[nq:1]All of them? I mean, in the real world, to become a movie star you need to play the same ... finally plays a hugely unsympathetic character in Closer and she got her chops busted for it...she was WORKING up there...[/nq]
Mysti

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