Not The Megastar
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Reminds me of Olivia Williams, who I remember mostly from Rushmore.
To a lesser extent, reminds me of Polly Walker, who I remember from Dark Harbor, a very small movie which has been difficult to track down on streaming services. Really cool little mystery movie.
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But she's had a good career and I think she has some talent. An actress I've always liked and would have done her standing up in a hammock when she was younger, because I thought she was sexy as hell.
Are there any actresses or actors that didn't achieve superstardom, that you thought maybe deserved more?
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I like working actors, not megastars. Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Edie Falco, Robert Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, the list goes on and on.
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I like working actors, not megastars. Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Edie Falco, Robert Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, the list goes on and on.
@Mik said in Not The Megastar:
I like working actors, not megastars. Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Edie Falco, Robert Duvall, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, the list goes on and on.
Yeah, but those are all A-list actors. Watching some movies, I frequently see "that guy," and when I go to IMDB, I see a B-list actor who has done a ton of movies, frequently one per year.
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Oh also Jason Isaacs. He was in a one-season show I really enjoyed called "Awake" (2012) about a man in a car crash who wakes up each morning with either his son still alive or his wife still alive, but not both. It was a good show, IIRC. He's often known for playing Malfoy in Harry Potter, or even the asshole British colonel in The Patriot.
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Oh also Jason Isaacs. He was in a one-season show I really enjoyed called "Awake" (2012) about a man in a car crash who wakes up each morning with either his son still alive or his wife still alive, but not both. It was a good show, IIRC. He's often known for playing Malfoy in Harry Potter, or even the asshole British colonel in The Patriot.
@89th said in Not The Megastar:
Jason Isaacs
Operation Mincemeat
Star Trek Discovery (Lorca)He's one of those guys I mentioned - always working, but never a huge star.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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My nominee would be the guy that was a jobber on some of the late 90’s crime dramas, kind of got his break as the voice for an M&M, started doing a little voice over work, then became THE character actor of the 2000s appearing in or doing voice work in 98 feature films, 76 television/streaming series (and over 600 actual episodes), and 10 video games. He’s also narrated about a dozen audiobooks…
He’s also recorded hundreds of commercials as the M&M and dozens of commercials for a major insurance company…
The Brad
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@89th said in Not The Megastar:
Jason Isaacs
Operation Mincemeat
Star Trek Discovery (Lorca)He's one of those guys I mentioned - always working, but never a huge star.
@George-K said in Not The Megastar:
@89th said in Not The Megastar:
Jason Isaacs
Operation Mincemeat
Star Trek Discovery (Lorca)He's one of those guys I mentioned - always working, but never a huge star.
Also in Brotherhood. Very well done series.
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Lena Olin.
I loved her in Havana, a very underrated movie that also starred Robert Redford and Raul Julia.
I see that one also starred Alan Arkin -- another very good underrated actor.
A favorite of mine has always been William T. Macy. I think the camera didn't love him the way it has other major stars.
Another one is Danny Glover. He starred in a PBS production, where he played the devil. He took your breath away. Made you sorry he piddled around with those cop-comedy things when he could have burned up the world.
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My nominee would be the guy that was a jobber on some of the late 90’s crime dramas, kind of got his break as the voice for an M&M, started doing a little voice over work, then became THE character actor of the 2000s appearing in or doing voice work in 98 feature films, 76 television/streaming series (and over 600 actual episodes), and 10 video games. He’s also narrated about a dozen audiobooks…
He’s also recorded hundreds of commercials as the M&M and dozens of commercials for a major insurance company…
@LuFins-Dad said in Not The Megastar:
My nominee would be the guy that was a jobber on some of the late 90’s crime dramas, kind of got his break as the voice for an M&M, started doing a little voice over work, then became THE character actor of the 2000s appearing in or doing voice work in 98 feature films, 76 television/streaming series (and over 600 actual episodes), and 10 video games. He’s also narrated about a dozen audiobooks…
He’s also recorded hundreds of commercials as the M&M and dozens of commercials for a major insurance company…
J.K. Simmons has almost achieved actual stardom due to the sheer volume (and quality) of what he's done.
I was only joking
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@LuFins-Dad said in Not The Megastar:
My nominee would be the guy that was a jobber on some of the late 90’s crime dramas, kind of got his break as the voice for an M&M, started doing a little voice over work, then became THE character actor of the 2000s appearing in or doing voice work in 98 feature films, 76 television/streaming series (and over 600 actual episodes), and 10 video games. He’s also narrated about a dozen audiobooks…
He’s also recorded hundreds of commercials as the M&M and dozens of commercials for a major insurance company…
J.K. Simmons has almost achieved actual stardom due to the sheer volume (and quality) of what he's done.
He sure has. You really should look at his IMDB. Incredible.
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@Catseye3 I love Bill Pullman. He lives nearby (by Montana standards). His brother is a an infectious disease doctor in Butte, and is who finally got the hospital to do a Covid Test on Steve back in the beginning of March, 2020.
@jodi said in Not The Megastar:
His brother is a an infectious disease doctor in Butte
There's a joke in there somewhere
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@jodi said in Not The Megastar:
His brother is a an infectious disease doctor in Butte
There's a joke in there somewhere
@Doctor-Phibes said in Not The Megastar:
@jodi said in Not The Megastar:
His brother is a an infectious disease doctor in Butte
There's a joke in there somewhere
It's pronounced "Bewt", you silly man...
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Not The Megastar:
@jodi said in Not The Megastar:
His brother is a an infectious disease doctor in Butte
There's a joke in there somewhere
It's pronounced "Bewt", you silly man...
@Jolly said in Not The Megastar:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Not The Megastar:
@jodi said in Not The Megastar:
His brother is a an infectious disease doctor in Butte
There's a joke in there somewhere
It's pronounced "Bewt", you silly man...
You're talking outta your boot.
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