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Best Performances "Against Type"

posted 4 years ago by BillHicksFan (10087)
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I'm sure I'll think of one later, but the first one that comes to my mind would be Robert Mitchum in "Ryan's Daughter" because he was one of the most virile men in Hollywood and plays a cuckold, and does a good, convincing job.

Someone elsewhere mentioned Andy Griffith for "A Face in the Crowd", but that was his first movie, so he didn't have a "type"

[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 4 years ago

Will Ferrell, while I'm not a fan of him, really surprised/impressed me in "Stranger Than Fiction."

[–] MaximRecoil (4044) 4 years ago

Sylvester Stallone in Cop Land (1997).

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

Also Stallone in Stop, or My Mom Will Shoot. It's terrible tho'

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Sly - Cop Land (1997)
De Niro - The King of Comedy (1983)

[–] Kowalski (57268) 4 years ago

HENRY FONDA SNARLING AND MURDERING FAMILIES...ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST(1968)

[–] BillHicksFan (10087) 4 years ago

Many were shocked seeing Fonda shoot a boy.

[–] lud (5927) 4 years ago

Elizabeth Hurley in Passenger 57

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Kevin Costner - Mr Brooks.

[–] Allison44 (602) 4 years ago

Michael Douglas in Beyond the Candlabra.

[–] AndrewDavies (95) 4 years ago

Tom Hanks- Road to Perdition
Jack Nicholson- About Schmidt
Marlon Brando- Julius Caesar
Samuel L. Jackson- Unbreakable

[–] BillHicksFan (10087) 4 years ago

I can't remember if I even saw "Julius Caesar"... Brando is my favorite, but I've never been interested in Shakespeare - must be the language.