In article <g_x4L.71286$[email protected]>,
moviePig <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
Then there's "Double Indemnity"...
On 10/21/2022 10:32 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <g_x4L.71286$[email protected]>,
moviePig <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
Then there's "Double Indemnity"...
?
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator, something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,
something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
In article <Vly4L.432535$[email protected]>,
moviePig <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/21/2022 10:32 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <g_x4L.71286$[email protected]>,
moviePig <[email protected]> wrote:
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
Then there's "Double Indemnity"...
?
Fred MacMurray: Bad guy.
Edward G. Robinson: Good guy.
On 10/21/2022 9:26 AM, moviePig wrote:
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,
something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
Actors do what interests them. It's not complicated. (To "Rich it probably is.)
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator, something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
On Friday, 21 October 2022 at 10:26:24 UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator, something like that?Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
Harrison Ford played a murderer, in among his salt of the Earth characters.
On 10/21/2022 11:35 AM, trotsky wrote:
On 10/21/2022 9:26 AM, moviePig wrote:
On 10/20/2022 7:16 PM, RichA wrote:
Why can't Hanks, who is a decent actor, play a child-predator,
something like that?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7405458/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Because that would be a vanity-project/parlor-trick. I.e., the same
reason Cary Grant never played Quasimodo.
Actors do what interests them. It's not complicated. (To Eunuch "Rich" it
probably is.)
That, too, is true. And, indeed, if most high-end acting today is
"method", one might choose to bypass certain roles/mindsets...
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