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Why does he always play an alcoholic?


This film... Courage Under Fire... Man on Fire.... need i go on?

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Yes, do go on. Because you'll struggle to name anymore. Denzel has starred in dozens of films and you have named 3 (and can name maybe two more at most). I fail to see how that means that he "always plays an alcoholic". By your logic, Christian Bale always plays Batman. Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises...........need I go on?

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Well, Christian Bale DOES always play a pop culture hero... Batman (3 times), John Connor, Moses, American Psycho.

On that note, so does Val Kilmer.... Jim Morrison, Batman, Elvis (in True Romance), Mark Twain, Doc Holiday....

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OMG you actually replied to him with more of your jibber jabber. Get back to the point you made about Denzel always playing an alcoholic and admit you are wrong. BTW American Psycho isn't a pop culture hero.

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He did the roles justice, I mean he's so convincing, I get teary eyed at his performances. He seems like such a gracious quite guy on talk shows, but he's a kick A** actor in front of the cameras!

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Denzel was not a drug addict in Training Day what r you talking about?

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He wasn't an addict in training day, but he sure was a user.

But whoppingRaj is correct. Not too many addict roles for denzel. But he was the squeaky clean guy until training day. That's why he won the academy award. Going outside his cookie cutter comfort zone

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