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Which actors could you watch in just about anything?

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WallabyWay · 11/12/2022 14:06

I'm thinking of their talent as an actor but I'll let you decide what makes them so watchable.

Ralph Fiennes for me.

And I've just forgotten the rest of my list.

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postwarbulge · 09/02/2023 08:37

OneFrenchEgg · 09/02/2023 08:35

Saw him live, he's amazing. Love Sheila Hancock too.

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Agree with there. You must be nearer vintage to remember Sheila Hancock! Put Bill Nighy on the list too.

Mumsofboyandgirl · 09/02/2023 08:39

Jude Law

AM130674 · 09/02/2023 08:40

Tom Hardy

middleager · 09/02/2023 08:43

Juliette Lewis
Angelica Huston
Angela Bassett
Judi Dench
Bette Davies
Helena Bonham Carter
Samuel L Jackson
Steve Buscemi
Billy Bob Thornton - though Bad Santa 2 is possibly the worst film I've ever seen
Richard E Grant
Cillian Murphy
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

EyesOnThePies · 09/02/2023 08:43

Bill Nighy
Mark Rylance
Judi Dench
Imelda Staunton
Kathy Burke

biedrona · 09/02/2023 08:50

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 11/12/2022 14:59

Chiwetel Ejiofor, I love his voice so much and he does intense brilliantly
David Tennant and Michael Sheen like so many other posters. Having them together in Good Omens and Staged was sheer joy
Sam Rockwell
Lesley Sharp, she's not many things but she's warm as a good character and terrifying as an evil character

Sam Rockwell!

OneFrenchEgg · 09/02/2023 08:50

Haha - she's done quite a bit of stage work in the last ten/fifteen years. Her presence is incredible.
@postwarbulge

2Bornot · 09/02/2023 08:53

Nicole Kidman
Kate Winslet
Leonardo DiCaprio
Chris Hemsworth

And I do like looking at Brad Pitt but I usually don’t like the films he chooses to make. Although the Lost City was hilarious.

x2boys · 09/02/2023 09:00

David Tennant ,he's an incredible actor and is so versatile
Sheridan Smith is also very versatile .

tobi21 · 09/02/2023 09:31

Paul RuddGrin

MarkWithaC · 09/02/2023 11:41

OneFrenchEgg · 09/02/2023 08:50

Haha - she's done quite a bit of stage work in the last ten/fifteen years. Her presence is incredible.
@postwarbulge

I saw Sheila Hancock in The Last of the Duchess at the Hampstead Theatre not that long ago. Genuinely couldn't stop looking at her. Her presence and charisma is jaw-dropping.

OneFrenchEgg · 09/02/2023 12:13

I saw Sheila Hancock in The Last of the Duchess at the Hampstead Theatre not that long ago. Genuinely couldn't stop looking at her. Her presence and charisma is jaw-dropping.

Yes - she sort of appears before she actually does. I thought she was brilliant and really magnetic in everything we've seen live.

Minikievs · 09/02/2023 12:18

Nicola Walker and Elizabeth Moss

Fizzledaway · 09/02/2023 12:57

On stage - Damien Lewis. Amazing presence. I always remember seeing him years ago in an Ibsen play I’d randomly got tickets for with zero expectations and he completely blew me and my friend away.

OneFrenchEgg · 09/02/2023 13:12

Saw David Tennant in theatre and was underwhelmed.

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