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Post by Dirty Epic on Jul 15, 2022 18:19:15 GMT
I think any comedian who takes a serious dramatic role is difficult to believe. James Corden,  Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais... It isn't a dramatic role, but James Corden voicing 'Peter Rabbit' in the film ruined it.
I'll add Gerard Butler, as his films are rubbish. Shame, as I'd like to watch him in something worthwhile.
I know what you mean but they are just actors and a good actor should be able to portray comedy and/or drama with equal skill (many don't though of course!!!)... This is not the finest example (sorry, I am always at a loss for references when trying to make a point!) but look at David Jason as Del Boy then look at him as Jack Frost. Not too bad, he seems to play both parts convincingly... Or how about the most slapstick of them all, Norman Wisdom in 1981's 'Going Gently'... Most of the time, comedic actors cannot make the transition to more serious roles but it has happened (and Vice Versa also). The other comedian that I have to mention is Freddie Starr... We all know him (and whether we love him or hate him is neither here nor there) as a zany comic performer but he was wonderful in 1977's 'The Squeeze'. Although a small role he excelled in my view. The problem is is that comedy actors and performers often make such an indelible mark on our minds in a very specific way that we will never see them as anything different which is a shame for them and for us also. Norman Wisdom was in Double X: The Name of the Game a 1992 crime thriller that was on TPTV recently. One of his last films and don't know if it suffered from miscasting but didn't really work for me (a bit poor) even Bernard Hill in it didn't do well in it either!  |
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Post by Dirty Epic on Jul 15, 2022 18:24:09 GMT
I think any comedian who takes a serious dramatic role is difficult to believe. James Corden, Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais... It isn't a dramatic role, but James Corden voicing 'Peter Rabbit' in the film ruined it.
I'll add Gerard Butler, as his films are rubbish. Shame, as I'd like to watch him in something worthwhile.
Maybe Gerard Butler in a paired down Scottish 'Hard Man' movie night work here instead of the Marvel, action CGI stuff he usually does.  I think he's too much into the Hollywood scene to ever do that sort of film. |
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Post by Batgirl on Jul 17, 2022 11:11:59 GMT
I think any comedian who takes a serious dramatic role is difficult to believe. James Corden, Russell Brand, Ricky Gervais... It isn't a dramatic role, but James Corden voicing 'Peter Rabbit' in the film ruined it.
I'll add Gerard Butler, as his films are rubbish. Shame, as I'd like to watch him in something worthwhile.
I know what you mean but they are just actors and a good actor should be able to portray comedy and/or drama with equal skill (many don't though of course!!!)... This is not the finest example (sorry, I am always at a loss for references when trying to make a point!) but look at David Jason as Del Boy then look at him as Jack Frost. Not too bad, he seems to play both parts convincingly... Yes I agree with you that David Jason portrays Frost extremely well. Those shows are played weekly in Australia and funnily enough only last week a friend who I wouldn't have expected was an old crime series fan said her and her husband watched it every week.
I don't know your other references except by name.
Most actors like a variety of roles but many get type cast (as fans love them in certain roles). How many policemen has Martin Shaw played?! I heard from a friend that Shaw was really nice and talkative with the fans who went to the London Film & Comic Con 2022, even said that he'd consider doing a role that explored what happened to Doyle when he got old.
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Post by Three Litre on Jul 17, 2022 14:29:04 GMT
I know what you mean but they are just actors and a good actor should be able to portray comedy and/or drama with equal skill (many don't though of course!!!)... This is not the finest example (sorry, I am always at a loss for references when trying to make a point!) but look at David Jason as Del Boy then look at him as Jack Frost. Not too bad, he seems to play both parts convincingly... Yes I agree with you that David Jason portrays Frost extremely well. Those shows are played weekly in Australia and funnily enough only last week a friend who I wouldn't have expected was an old crime series fan said her and her husband watched it every week.
I don't know your other references except by name.
Most actors like a variety of roles but many get type cast (as fans love them in certain roles). How many policemen has Martin Shaw played?! I heard from a friend that Shaw was really nice and talkative with the fans who went to the London Film & Comic Con 2022, even said that he'd consider doing a role that explored what happened to Doyle when he got old.
Pity that Lewis Collins wasn't found another high profile role, if he was good enough to audition for Bond he must have good enough for more decent TV. He was pretty good in that Jack the Ripper show with Caine. Must have had a rubbish agent. |
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jul 17, 2022 19:12:19 GMT
Jason Statham anyone? He seems to just play himself in all the films I've seen him in, whether British ones or the Hollywood action films he's in........ Never seems to change his accent either! Although in one or two films he seems to be "Mid Atlantic" with a hint of Italian-American before lapsing into a sort "Cockney that American audiences can understand" (But not like Michael Caine.....)
One actor more famous for comedy in sketch shows, sitcoms and films, is Rowan Atkinson; As I've said before on another thread, we all known him as "Funny little wibbly man"/Shy man from Not the 9 O Clock news, Mr Bean or Black Adder or Johnny English etc;
But then he moved into serious drama but doing a new version of a period correct "Maigret" (originally produced in the early 60's starring Rupert Davies), which to be fair I didn't think he was bad in - just 4 feature length eps show during 2016-17. Although some may have found him difficult to visualise due to his previous comedy work.
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Russell Brand, 
