Who are the least talented actors who are successful?

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In your opinion.

I’ll start.

The Rock
Gal Gadot
Mark Whalberg
Channing Tatum

Even in Hot Fuzz? I thought she was great in that, definitely not like her usual characters.

The cockney hard man who grunts before every line. Forget his name

Danny absolutely fucking Dyer

Yes! Rupert Grint was excellent in Servant and Cabinet of Curiosities.

The woman who plays Shirley in easterners. Gurning is not acting. Also Steve macdonald in corrie. Awful nearly as bad as hair tossing Sean...

Obviously those saying Daniel Radcliffe haven't seen him sing she'll be coming around the mountain 😁

Liam Neeson. Schindler's List must have been one off. Pretty much every other film he's been in in the last 15 years is the same old shit formula, boring revenge film for which he's about 30 years too old for.

Not seen Black Doves then? She's phenomenal in.it.

I think this is one of those things that is true and not true.

There is a real craft to acting, and some people have developed that craft and really are masters of it.

There are also some pretty good "natural" actors but often less versatile.

Any of those may be more or less appealing and charismatic to different individuals.

And then there are personalities, people like The Rock who are quite likable and charismatic and look good on screen but are mainly acting as the public version of themselves.

I think differernt countries have somewhat different expectations for actors as well. British actors have seemed much more immersed in craft than American actors, who tend to have one type of role or personality they specialize in. They have seemed to look for more naturalism in actors too, it seems to me. (OTOH, in the last few years I've felt like more and more British actors seem almost over-mannered, particularly younger ones - I've wondered if it's due to a change in training. ) But - I think sometimes what the expectations are for actors depend on what we are used to.

I always thought that Tom Hanks was going to be a dull actor, and avoided his films, but every film I’ve seen him in he’s been JUST RIGHT, no fuss, not the same in any of them either. Which I think is good acting. So now I would actively choose to watch a film of his.

Some of the big movie stars aren’t there to ACT though, they are there to just BE. Which is harder to do on screen than you might think (eg the various wooden people mentioned above who just can’t do it). So I would disagree with suggestions above like John Wayne and Sean Connery and even Michael Caine.

Another vote for Emma Watson.

Also, Brad Pitt! Hate the way he talks, muttering the lines expressionlessly. His guest appearance in Friends makes me cringe.

Isn’t he the bimbo secretary in the female Ghostbusters remake? Funny sexy and can dance in that.

To be fair, I’ve seen a documentary with the real victim, and she did have an unusual, unplaceable accent. I thought Anna Maxwell Martin did a very good job of imitating it.

Not so sure about the unflattering portrayal of the victim’s personality, but that’s a script issue.

And they’re all ungrateful little prigs.

Dakota Fanning. She was brilliant as a child actor up untill around 12 but. Seems to have lost the ability since then

I have to disagree! He was superb in The Night of the Hunter.

Daniel Radcliffe and Sidney Sweeney. Oh edit to add Ryan Reynolds.

Controversial!

when you say 'ungrateful prigs' do you mean they voiced a different opinion to that of the person who wrote the book and was involved in their casting in the movies at the ages of 9-11?

JK didn't have Harry Potter made into a movie franchise because she was so eager to provide job opportunities and wealth to young actors. She did it to see her book transformed to the big screen, to raise the profile of her story further, and to enrich herself. And even if it was entirely philanthropic, do you really think the cast should be beholden to agree with someone just because they gave them a job when they were an actual child?

Guilty as charged - just couldn’t remember his name!

That's why kiera played the doppelganger handmaid of padme/Natalie in star wars.

Agree with anyone who said Emma Watson. Do not get the hype at all!

Totally agree up to Sandler.

Not that I like him,but he'snot an actor in the same way the action starts aren't - he's a comic. Like Will Farrell, Ben Stiller, or even Chevy Chase. You don't expect them to act as such.

Though it's always nice when you find one who can actually act - maybe someone like Bill Murray in comedy, or Chow Yun Fat for the action guys.

Robert Mitchum is a fucking legend. Night of the Iguana.and he was a hobo before he was an actor, double cool