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I can't believe this bloke was in game on!


I am a big fan of the terrence mallick flick, "The Thin Red Line", in which Ben plays quite a pivotal role. I just checked his bio and realized that he used to play matthew in game on! I had absolutely no idea about that although I have seen both game on and TTRL many times before. I suppose it shows what a good actor he is really.

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It is pretty bizarre how he was in both. Yeah, guess it show's he's versatile. Jim Carrey certainly can't put that on his CV. Recently I've seen adverts on Ch4 showing him in a film with Nicole Kidman that looked like an action/drama, so he has even more depth at his disposable.

Maybe he was overlooked as a potential guy to play James Bond?

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... Yep, and he was head and shoulders the best thing about it, too...






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dont forget that he was only in 'game on' for one series and then they replaced him or he left, was never as good after that, i only watched it for him!who else was in it, samantha janus and the blonde guy, what does he do now?

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the blonde guy being the ginger guy? i saw him in an advert the other day

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His decision to leave after series 1 when he moved to Hollywood.

His character Matthew Malone was taken over by Neil Stuke in subsequent series.

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I have a lot of respect for Neil Stuke, but the role belonged to Chaplin, he turned a great show into a cult show. Excellent actor, why do we not see more of him?!?!

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Im not sure how you can imply that Carrey cannot do dramatic AND comedic roles, he was fantastic in ESOTSM.
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