Actors who put in good performances despite themselves

[GozertheGozarian]

Max von Sydow in Strange Brew. It's a skill to be so over the top and still be menacing.

[Kirby101]

Max von Sydow in Strange Brew. It's a skill to be so over the top and still be menacing.

No question Max must have had a great time with the McKenzie Brothers.

[GozertheGozarian]

No question Max must have had a great time with the McKenzie Brothers.

I hope they went out for an Elsinor after shooting.

[Valentis]

^^^aw, that’s sweet.


^^^agreed. Whatever his reasoning, I’ve never heard him complain about this last outing as Han.


^^^Which was it? Paycheck, I’m guessing.

Garcia is the only actor that gave a good performance in a celebrity self worship movie that was terrible.

[Riv86672]

Ah. That isn’t what we’re talking about but ty.

But yeah, I’m not a fan of those Ocean’s movies. I’ll stick to the original.

[Papa Moai]

While we're on the subject of remakes... I hear Edward Norton really dislikes the 2003 Italian Job and tells his fans not to watch it. Now, he's not exactly wrong. That film is completely unnecessary and forgettable. Norton does however do a good job of playing a sleazy villain.

[Cyke]

While we're on the subject of remakes... I hear Edward Norton really dislikes the 2003 Italian Job and tells his fans not to watch it. Now, he's not exactly wrong. That film is completely unnecessary and forgettable. Norton does however do a good job of playing a sleazy villain.

Lol, it reminds me of the opposite, with the Incredible Hulk. It's hard to see such a serious, dedicated actor in that role, and yet apparently he was so serious and so dedicated to the point of becoming overbearing and essentially a difficult boss to work with (as star and writer), which is why we have Ruffalo now.

Like, if he's serious about roles he's ashamed of, I'm worried about the roles he really digs into.

[AnakinFlair]

How about Alan Rickman from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves? Supposedly he hated the role but did it anyway, and was a bright spot everyone liked in the film because of his memorable melodrama performance.

Really? He was my favorite part of that movie!

From the way he has talked about it...

Harrison Ford/Blade Runner

I thought Harrison liked the role, but hated that the studio interfered and demanded changes. Specifically the narration- they demanded a narration to clarify the film, and he was forced to do it. And he did it in a flat, uninterested voice thinking that if he did a bad job, they'd never use it. And then they did.

Denzels done alot of films for the money and hes never bad. First film that jumps out is 2guns. Buddy action film with marky mark. No way that wasn't for the money but as usual he was a joy to watch in it.

I remember Denzel agreed to do Virtuosity (1995) because his son requested he appear in an action movie.

I was going to say Virtuosity, which is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Would Leonard Nimoy from "Transformers" also count? I don't imagine he did it for the love of it.

Are you talking about the animated movie, or Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon? For DotM, he did it because Michael Bay is a part of his family through marriage, I believe, and Bay asked him one day and he agreed.

One that comes to mind for me is Sean Connery in Diamonds are Forever. It is one of the weaker Bonds, but I remember Connery being pretty good in it. And he donated his entire paycheck to charity, which was a nice little bonus.

[Arfguy]

Denzels done alot of films for the money and hes never bad. First film that jumps out is 2guns. Buddy action film with marky mark. No way that wasn't for the money but as usual he was a joy to watch in it.

I gotta agree here. I honestly can't think of these movies that Denzel might have done just for the money, but man he is good in everything.