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Charisma Free Zone

posted 9 years ago by spookyrat1
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I know Bradford Dillman mainly worked in TV, but really. As a leading man he had all the charm and attraction of a piece of uneaten pizza, left unrefrigerated in its open box over night in front of the TV set.🐭

[–] prbronx5 8 years ago

Wasn't he SUPPOSED to be like that? He was a loner, living in a cabin, in the woods.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

True, but plenty of actors who have frequently played loners in the past, still display some degree of charisma (Steve McQueen, Sly Stallone, Clint Eastwood, even Chuck Norris for goodness sake, etc. etc.). Whilst not suggesting any of the above should have been cast (even if they were alive), I'm just offering up the opinion that BD was a charisma - free zone in this film.🐭

[–] Minus_The_Beer 8 years ago

I can't agree. I found his bitter and disinterested character quite amusing. The scene where Heather Menzies is trying to get into his pants and he's not having any of it cracks me up every time.

"I've been hinting my way under the covers this whole time" or something to that effect.

Anyone here mentions Hotel California dies before the first line clears his lips.