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Who are the least talented actors who are successful?

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WokeKarenHereAskMeAboutStuff · 14/12/2024 17:20

In your opinion.

I’ll start.

The Rock
Gal Gadot
Mark Whalberg
Channing Tatum

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HagathaChristi · 15/12/2024 01:15

Appalonia · 15/12/2024 01:12

She was great in Desperately Seeking Susan! But she was just really playing herself, so...

Oh yes, I forgot about that. Lovely film.

saltandvinegarchipsticks · 15/12/2024 01:15

Also, controversially, Tom Hardy. I can’t bear his ridiculous silly voices.

Appalonia · 15/12/2024 01:17

I want to know what all these rumours about Tom Hanks are!

snakeface · 15/12/2024 01:18

snakeface · 15/12/2024 01:09

He's the best Bond because he's the only one who could actually!

Act!

SandyLanes · 15/12/2024 01:25

Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep

Devilcat · 15/12/2024 01:30

Appalonia · 15/12/2024 01:17

I want to know what all these rumours about Tom Hanks are!

It’s about him being a massive perv and involved in all the mucky stuff for years I can’t see it myself but as depressing as it is you never can tell

duc748 · 15/12/2024 01:32

The mysteriously over-praised Bill Nighy is a very good shout! I can't stand Tom Hardy either.

Ger1atricMillennial · 15/12/2024 01:32

I think some are just mediocre actors who don't have any charm (Daniel Radcliffe). Some are mediocre actors who have a lot of charm so limited range (the Rock and Keanu Reeves). Some have limited talent and are more interested in themselves than doing any actual work (Emma Watson and Gwyneth Paltrow), some are overused by very good i.e. Olivia Coleman- who is a fantastic actress in everything I have seen her in especially Fleabag, though her "everyman persona" is so fake its irritating in interviews.

Some are very good but overhyped (Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer was very dull). Though Hugh Grant has surprised me a bit in a very English Scandal. Also Kate Winslet has also matured very well with Mare of Easttown and Lee was fantastic.

I am looking forward to the comeback of Rupert Grint. I hope him and Tom Felton get over whatever they need to, and start putting out some quality character roles. They were clearly the only child actors to have any talent in the HP films. It would be great if RG comes back as Hagrid and TF comes back as Filch as I think they would nail those roles.

duc748 · 15/12/2024 01:33

I'd be sad if that was true about TH; he always came across as one of the good guys.

Ger1atricMillennial · 15/12/2024 01:35

TempestTost · 15/12/2024 00:57

Ok, yes.

So I have a theory about this. I think it's the same as JK Rowling.

JKR wrote a pretty good kid's book which was a normal length and well edited,and had a smashing success. The most successful children's writer of all time and publishing cash cow.

So - editors were scared of her and her books, while remaining ok, became bloated and not nearly as tight as they could have been.

Tilda and David gained reputations as great authentic actors, and as actors tend to do, believed their own hype which meant they no longer self-censored. And directors became unwilling to hold them back and tell them to cut out the ham.

Agree about JK Rowling books, the last couple are completely overwhelming for childrens books and I struggled to care about most of the deaths, the Snapes arc was very good....

.... maybe I haven't forgiven her for Hedwig :(

Thatcastlethere · 15/12/2024 01:39

I just need to say that I absolutely adore Anna Maxwell Martin and watch everything she is in.. and I'm shocked she seems to have cropped up several times in this thread!!

OldScribbler · 15/12/2024 01:44

MrsMoastyToasty · 14/12/2024 17:30

I was going to say Keira Knightly too. Also an old film star from years ago-Robert Mitchum- known in our family as Cardboard Mitchum.

Two kinds of actor flourish. Those who play a range of characters and those who play themselves. Mark Rylance can play a range of characters. Robert Mitchum almost always played himself because that's who people wanted to see. My interest in Mitchum is because my second wife had an affair with him; in Rylance because he is amazingly good.

Willyoujustbequiet · 15/12/2024 02:53

Lashana Lynch

I've just watched the last episode of the Jackal and she's horrendous. It's like watching a kid in a primary nativity. Very jarring up against the talented Eddie Redmayne.

She totally spoilt an otherwise enjoyable series. Whoever cast her lost the plot.

Poppins21 · 15/12/2024 04:22

SerendipityJane · 14/12/2024 18:07

Keanu was very good in "My Own Private Idaho". Not really lived up to the promise since.

I was going to mention that film - disturbing to watch but River Phoenix was amazing in it too.

Poppins21 · 15/12/2024 04:24

Devilcat · 15/12/2024 01:30

It’s about him being a massive perv and involved in all the mucky stuff for years I can’t see it myself but as depressing as it is you never can tell

I hope this isn’t true.

VacuumPacked · 15/12/2024 04:58

Jc2001 · 14/12/2024 21:01

Robin Hood was a diabolical film and everyone in it needs to be cancelled 😜

Sadly the only wooden actor cancelled was the Sycamore Gap tree,
literally, the fall guy, no more backdrop, photo opportunities, appearances
online. Diabolical indeed.

IdylicDay · 15/12/2024 05:40

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

Radcliffe especially. Wooden and emotionless, even in scenes that require a fair bit of emotion.

IdylicDay · 15/12/2024 05:42

Oh, and Meryl Streep. She was so terrible and jittery and all over the place in Kramer vs Kramer, I NEVER understood how she won an award for that. She is a terrible actress and way, way, way over-rated. She is known for being known imo more than acting. I will never understand how she ever became a 'thing'. She's manufactured rubbish with zero talent and only marketing and publicity imo.

Garlicwest · 15/12/2024 05:51

OldScribbler · 15/12/2024 01:44

Two kinds of actor flourish. Those who play a range of characters and those who play themselves. Mark Rylance can play a range of characters. Robert Mitchum almost always played himself because that's who people wanted to see. My interest in Mitchum is because my second wife had an affair with him; in Rylance because he is amazingly good.

Whoa, back up a bit there! This is a story you're now obliged to tell!

BookishBabe · 15/12/2024 06:40

Only got to page 5 and the amount of people slating Daniel Radcliffe has annoyed me!
Have you only seen him in Harry Potter?
He fully admits he was too young to appreciate the opportunity he had and wasted some of it by being lazy.
But have you seen Horns, Swiss army man, guns akimbo, miracle workers?
He's really grown as an actor and takes risks.
I will die on this hill, he has really improved.
I understand everyone will have their own opinions, but they were only kids and then teenagers in Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe is a good actor.

Moglet4 · 15/12/2024 06:59

Ger1atricMillennial · 15/12/2024 01:32

I think some are just mediocre actors who don't have any charm (Daniel Radcliffe). Some are mediocre actors who have a lot of charm so limited range (the Rock and Keanu Reeves). Some have limited talent and are more interested in themselves than doing any actual work (Emma Watson and Gwyneth Paltrow), some are overused by very good i.e. Olivia Coleman- who is a fantastic actress in everything I have seen her in especially Fleabag, though her "everyman persona" is so fake its irritating in interviews.

Some are very good but overhyped (Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer was very dull). Though Hugh Grant has surprised me a bit in a very English Scandal. Also Kate Winslet has also matured very well with Mare of Easttown and Lee was fantastic.

I am looking forward to the comeback of Rupert Grint. I hope him and Tom Felton get over whatever they need to, and start putting out some quality character roles. They were clearly the only child actors to have any talent in the HP films. It would be great if RG comes back as Hagrid and TF comes back as Filch as I think they would nail those roles.

You were doing g well until you put Rupert Grint and talent in the same paragraph- he is literally the worst ‘actor’ to have ever disgraced a screen!

izzywizzydizzy · 15/12/2024 07:01

Bill Nighy is so wooden you could believe he escaped from a thunderbirds set by cutting his own strings
Judi Dench is excellent at playing the Luvvie Judi Dench. I haven't seen her playing anything else.
Simon Pegg is good at playing the vaguely affable bloke down the pub, but so are 5 million vaguely affable blokes down the pub.
Tom Hanks does an excellent impersonation of his own Madame Tussaud's waxwork.
The ubiquitous Ryan Reynolds is not an actor, but a form of cinematic wallpaper. I suspect he is not a person but a virus that infected hollywood's CGI machines and inserted him randomly into several dozen movies.

Chuck Norris, Liam Neeson, Gerard Butler are all interchangeably crap - you could slot any of them into any of the others movies. Steven Seagal is much the same but could probably kill you in various nasty ways in real life, which means he's not even acting. Deleting all of their movies from existence would make the world a better place.

Jennifer Aniston, Rebel wilson and Adam Sandler are reliable turkey indicators. If they're in a movie, it's a turkey - switch channel. Chevy chase also gets an honourable mention in this regard.

Natalie Portman and the kids who played Anakin skywalker in the star wars prequels gave a masterclass in how to get on the big screen with acting skills that would not pass muster for the average reception class nativity play.

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson were all wooden in the first HP movie. By the later movies, I thought Rupert Grint and Emma Watson had improved a little with time - you could tell they'd had acting lessons, though someone should have told Rupert there's more to acting than pulling faces and that sometimes less is more. Only Daniel Radcliffe remained completely impervious to instruction. With half a dozen movies under their belts, Rupert and Emma might just have made the cut for a school play, whereas poor Daniel still wouldn't. I suspect the original casting director confused the deadline date, woke up with the mother of all hangovers the day of the deadline, went to their nearest primary school and said "right - you three...".

One of the better actors in recent star wars sequels was the CGI'ed resurrection of governor Tarkin. If you can be outclassed for charisma and humanity by a CGI bot, as most of the above would be, then you are not an actor in any meaningful sense.

FWIW I think having a go at Dwayne Johnson, Jackie Chan etc. is missing the point. They're the clowns at the circus. and if the custard pies are on target then they're doing their job well.

Moglet4 · 15/12/2024 07:02

BookishBabe · 15/12/2024 06:40

Only got to page 5 and the amount of people slating Daniel Radcliffe has annoyed me!
Have you only seen him in Harry Potter?
He fully admits he was too young to appreciate the opportunity he had and wasted some of it by being lazy.
But have you seen Horns, Swiss army man, guns akimbo, miracle workers?
He's really grown as an actor and takes risks.
I will die on this hill, he has really improved.
I understand everyone will have their own opinions, but they were only kids and then teenagers in Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe is a good actor.

Seen him in other things; he’s dreadful. So bad, in fact, that when I showed Woman in Black as a treat to my year 9s when they’d finished studying it, half way through they declared they’d rather write another essay than have to watch any more of his performance!

KimberleyClark · 15/12/2024 07:02

BookishBabe · 15/12/2024 06:40

Only got to page 5 and the amount of people slating Daniel Radcliffe has annoyed me!
Have you only seen him in Harry Potter?
He fully admits he was too young to appreciate the opportunity he had and wasted some of it by being lazy.
But have you seen Horns, Swiss army man, guns akimbo, miracle workers?
He's really grown as an actor and takes risks.
I will die on this hill, he has really improved.
I understand everyone will have their own opinions, but they were only kids and then teenagers in Harry Potter.
Daniel Radcliffe is a good actor.

I assume people on here hate him because of his views on trans. That gets people blacklisted and cancelled on here.

FeegleFrenzy · 15/12/2024 07:16

user243245346 · 15/12/2024 00:47

David Tennant. He is incredibly stage school and overacts in everything like an annoying kid at theatre group

He’s so annoying. I liked him in dr who even with the craziness as I assumed that was the character of the doctor he was portraying. But he’s been like it in so much other stuff I just think it’s him. Apart from broadchurch, he toned it down in that and was good. Everything else he’s been in is diabolical and I won’t watch stuff with him in it now.

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