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Have you ever been unable to watch an actor again after a particular performance?

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Ifnottodaywhen · 29/03/2023 10:48

For example: I saw Christian Bale in American Psycho when it came out and he played the role so completely I have never been able to watch him in anything again.

For that reason I refused to watch David Tennant as Dennis Nilson. I can't be put off DT.

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HeathenPlayingHouse · 29/03/2023 15:16

I felt that way for a long time after watching James Marsden as a sociopathic rapist in Gossip. It took until 27 Dresses to get over it 😂

SilhouettesOnTheShade · 29/03/2023 15:18

Pinkywoo · 29/03/2023 14:24

Kevin Bacon after seeing Sleepers, I can just about forget when watching Tremors because he looks different (and I love that film!) but anything else I keep thinking he's secretly evil.

Same for me

BlueBananaLlama · 29/03/2023 15:37

Laurence Fox. After seeing him acting in that role where he is a conspiracy - obsessed far right nutjob. It's put me right off watching Lewis.

Cattenberg · 29/03/2023 15:41

😂

Laiste · 29/03/2023 15:53

Ifnottodaywhen · 29/03/2023 14:02

I think I've had that before as well. I vaguely remember watching something years and years ago where someone was playing a right creepy bastard and I just thought, yeah I still would though. No idea who that was.

Oh gosh to my huge shame at the time i was strangely drawn to 'Wild Bill' (the child killer 😳) in The Green Mile.

It was the first time i'd seen Sam Rockwell in anything, didn't know him at all.

Now i've seen him in other things i can forgive myself a little because i quite fancy him in everything else as well.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 29/03/2023 15:54

I saw Chris O'Dowd in a film called Calvary. He was so scary I find it hard to watch him in anything else.

I don't like watching Keira Knightly much but I'll give her another chance every now and then. I did think that she had massively improved her acting ability when I was watching her in V for Vendetta, but that turned out to Natalie Portman. Grin

Countmeout · 29/03/2023 16:04

James Nesbitt in The Secret, every time I look at him I see Colin Howell.

C8H10N4O2 · 29/03/2023 16:19

BlueBananaLlama · 29/03/2023 15:37

Laurence Fox. After seeing him acting in that role where he is a conspiracy - obsessed far right nutjob. It's put me right off watching Lewis.

I'm not sure he was acting in it!

Samcro · 29/03/2023 16:21

Hugh Bonnerville. he was so "good" as the evil man in I came by, weird as I know in rl he is nice.

ArcticBells · 29/03/2023 16:22

Stephen Mangan after The Split. He'll always be Nathan to me

MrsALambert · 29/03/2023 16:23

Pinkywoo · 29/03/2023 14:24

Kevin Bacon after seeing Sleepers, I can just about forget when watching Tremors because he looks different (and I love that film!) but anything else I keep thinking he's secretly evil.

Came on to say exactly this. Doesn't help that this was the first film I remember seeing him in so that was my first impression

Sarvanga38 · 29/03/2023 16:24

Ifnottodaywhen · 29/03/2023 14:02

I think I've had that before as well. I vaguely remember watching something years and years ago where someone was playing a right creepy bastard and I just thought, yeah I still would though. No idea who that was.

James Norton in Happy Valley for me. Vile character, but still utterly compelling.

Sarvanga38 · 29/03/2023 16:26

determinedtomakethiswork · 29/03/2023 11:01

Me too. He was just too much like him. I don't know how his wife could live with him after that performance.

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I imagine him carrying on a fairly public affair with Lily James was more off-putting.

CherryKolaKubes · 29/03/2023 16:30

Mine was David Tennant in Des. He was absolutely fantastic. But I now can’t bear to look at him and I wish I hadn’t watched it, it’s ruined anything he’s in for me!

Xrays · 29/03/2023 16:33

Sarvanga38 · 29/03/2023 16:26

I imagine him carrying on a fairly public affair with Lily James was more off-putting.

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Fair point. 🤣

Xrays · 29/03/2023 16:34

CherryKolaKubes · 29/03/2023 16:30

Mine was David Tennant in Des. He was absolutely fantastic. But I now can’t bear to look at him and I wish I hadn’t watched it, it’s ruined anything he’s in for me!

Yes he was brilliant in that. I remember at the time it came out his wife posted a screen shot from the series on her instagram and said “lucky me” and made a comment that the resemblance was very weird!

MarshaBradyo · 29/03/2023 16:35

I can’t stand James Norton now, he irritated me too much I’m Happy Valley

Toomanycreatures · 29/03/2023 16:42

Ray Winstone in The War Zone. Shame, because he's an amazing actor. I have a lot of respect for him for taking on such a role, and Tim Roth for directing. But it was too realistic for me. I felt like I was witnessing an actual crime.

missingthewinchesterboys · 29/03/2023 16:43

Theo James after The Inbetweeners movie when he had poo in his nose. I jaunt can't un see the vileness of that scene.

TooBigForMyBoots · 29/03/2023 16:48

James McAvoy in Filth. I really fancied him before that.

Violethayes · 29/03/2023 17:01

Had recently discovered Claes Bang and thought he was just divine , till I watched him in Bad Sisters. I’m hoping to watch him In something else and get those feelings back as I was crushing hard ..

Ohyoudodoyou · 29/03/2023 17:03

Toomanycreatures · 29/03/2023 16:42

Ray Winstone in The War Zone. Shame, because he's an amazing actor. I have a lot of respect for him for taking on such a role, and Tim Roth for directing. But it was too realistic for me. I felt like I was witnessing an actual crime.

That's a horrible film. One of the worst I've seen.
I admire Winston as an actor though.

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Ifnottodaywhen · 29/03/2023 17:06

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 29/03/2023 15:54

I saw Chris O'Dowd in a film called Calvary. He was so scary I find it hard to watch him in anything else.

I don't like watching Keira Knightly much but I'll give her another chance every now and then. I did think that she had massively improved her acting ability when I was watching her in V for Vendetta, but that turned out to Natalie Portman. Grin

🤣🤣

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Pinkywoo · 29/03/2023 17:10

So it seems that Kevin Bacon is either secretly evil or just a very, very good actor!

HowardKirksConscience · 29/03/2023 17:11

Mark Strong, after seeing him in a TV film about domestic violence. He was just so realistically menacing that I can't watch him now without getting the creeps.