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

Feel that people are being very unfair to Keira Knightley and Kristen Stewart.

Keira just plays the same role with the same expressions. I didn’t mind her in Pride & Prejudice but the director specifically told her not to pout. I’m watching Black Doves but find in really unbelievable in the role.

Yes but the lines he had.

What? She’s brilliant!

If only I could base my opinion of Keira from decades old performances!

She's been barely off our screens since then, despite being a mediocre actress at best.

Suranne Jones. So much gurning!

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Agree with Keira Knightley, does she ever close her mouth?

Are UK child actors particularly unbelievable though for some reason? They across as very stage school. For some reason American child actors are more believable.

Martin Freeman was fantastic in Nativity and Breeders. I will have to watch his other stuff. He was also good in The Office but I wouldn't want to rewatch that now.

Also in defense of Bill Nighy, taking his granddaughter's sylvanian family figure to the Oscars rather than risking leaving it in the hotel room was brilliant. I'm willing to consider it may have been a PR stunt but if so it was inspired and I'm sure his grand daughter would have been chuffed seeing her toy in the news. Probably more than seeing grandad in the new, if she's like most of the kids I know.

Viola Davis
Jude Law
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Tim Pigott-Smith
Monica Dolan

He was fucking terrible as Snape. He was way too old for a start, but he also properly hammed it up, over acting in every scene. Hopefully they'll do better casting the new series on the 3 main kids and snape. They couldn't do much worse! at least the kids had the excuse of being 10 and 11 years old.

Daniel Radcliffe, worst actor ever!

When I watch sit-coms, I would disagree. American kids have a tendency to walk into the room, stop, deliver a precocious line that was obviously written by an adult, then walk off again.

Now compare that with a British sit-com such as Outnumbered. The child actors are far more natural.

I totally agree about the age! That whole generation of characters were only in their thirties and all the actors were way too old.

Michelle Dockery.

Mind you, she's not had much success outside of Downton. I think she had the right vibe for the Lady Mary role but she is not a good actress at all.

Another vote for Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe.

Olivia Coleman is just endless versions of Sophie in Peep Show in everything she's in.

Also can't stand Judi Dench.

I think actually Daniel R is a very good actor. I remember seeing him long before his Harry Potter fame in David Copperfield on the BBC as a very young child and being blown away by his performance.

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As a matter of interest, who do we actually like??? I'll contribute Maggie Smith as an actress capable of such a wide range of roles.

Sheila Hancock
Roger Allam
Helen Mirren
I actually liked Laurence Fox as an actor

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet but I have to respond to this. She plays the same character in P in P that she played in Wonka. She's always the same character. I don't think she can act.

Someone mentioned Colin Firth upthread, thought he was great in 1995's Pride and Prejudice, but can you imagine a director saying "give me a joyful expression" to Colin Firth? Try to picture him as a coke addict, with the twitchiness and restlessness associated with this ! He always looks grumpy, bored and tired.

I used to hate him. But then watched Cargo. He was good in the responder and ITVX the confession.

Anyone else got the league of gentlemen teenagers going "too much act-ing" in their head now?

Oh, come off it. Watch her in, say, A Winter's Tale, James Bond films, As Time Goes By, and films like Notes on a Scandal, The Shipping News and Philomena. You cannot possibly claim she is acting the same way in each of those.

Anyone else finding the 'You're wrong! You need to watch so and so in such and such! He/she is actually brilliant!' type posts annoying?

Sarah Lancashire was horrific in The Accident and I've never forgiven her. That "Welsh" accent!

Lucy Fleming (Miranda in The Archers) The poor woman can't even sound convincing acting opposite her real-life husband.

Meryl Streep in her later roles is always 'Meryl Streep Starring As...'

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