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

She was meant to be, nervy, hyper, manic, not eating properly, tense, she even leaves without her suitcase, then after a while she returns for their son, confident,
calm, cooperative.
Hoffman and young Justin Henry excellent foils for Streep’s utterly believable performance.

Completely agree!

Also Jason Statham, but I do find him quite watchable. I think it's a case of, "aah, he's trying so hard bless him!"

@Lancrelady80 he was funny in Spy! with Melissa McCarthy, sending himself up, especially the very end when MM wakes up in bed with him and his verbal assurance

I would have said David Tennant but I loved him in good omens so maybe sometimes it’s bad direction too.

I stand by the Emma Watson critique. She was super young in HP but she was awful in Beauty and The Beast and Little Women both of which I was really looking forward to.

Agree. I thought Emma Watson did a reasonable job in the first HP. It was a bit school panto over-acted, but she caught the tension between Hermione's intellect and insecurity quite nicely, and she was young enough for the over-acting to work in a precocious way.

Unfortunately, now that she's an adult, her lack of acting ability has become more noticeable. To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, she runs the range of human emotions from A to B. Also not helped by her delivery - which is akin to someone freshly numbed from the dentist.

Cilla Black. Fucking awful yet shovel in our faces for decades.

I really like watching Kiera Knightley. I loved "Last Night" & "Atonement", BILBeckham & Pirates, not so much.

I agree. Nothing against Judi Dench, but she is always Judi Dench. Bill Nighy, same. Olivia Coleman, same. They are all ‘national treasures’.

Nicole Kidman 100% - she gets some of the best roles and I’ve never understood why …

Yeah, there are a few One Trick Ponies aren't there? All who are treated like utter legends. Dare I suggest Maggie Smith too? Again, she always has a role as a grumpy curmudgeon of a woman.

Now Kate Winslet. SHE is an actress! She has done many different roles, and is amazing IMO...

Leonardo Dicaprio. Almost always utterly unconvincing. Good in Django Unchained but that's it.

Liam Neeson. Saw him at the theatre in the 80s and I thought someone had thrown a wardrobe on stage. Could not believe he got his first film role let alone all the subsequent ones. Seems like a really lovely, very funny bloke so it's a shame but there we are.

There's a face pulled in Mamma Mia by either him when she's singing or her when he's singing, that I think is supposed to be a thoughtful, longing look. But I just see "...did I unplug the iron??"

I wouldn't say many or any of these. Whilst most actors are naturally gifted with good looks, voice and poise, I think they are hugely underestimated.

Have any of you tried acting?

Paddy Mcguiness, shuts down every program he is in

Dominic Purcell in prison break. Omfg so wooden

Was a friend of the Beatles

Have never understood his success.

Not keen on Julia Robert's either

Roberts

Yep. Emma Watson, just awful, wooden, I struggled to get through beauty and the beast, which was a shame. She doesn’t seem to be able to empathise, can’t get over herself. I didn’t rate Keira Knightly but she has improved a lot judging by ‘black doves’ which was bonkers but enjoyable.

The only person on the lists so far that I agree are
Adam Sandler
Russell Brand

Nobody mentioned the bloke that does BORAT 🤢

Andy pandy is so wooden

I can’t stand him in Bridget Jones’s, not Hugh Grant the Mark Darcy man. Same in everything

The guy who plays Ste Hay in Hollyoaks, he's also won awards but is awful.

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Jenifer Lawrence. Know I'll get some hate for that one but she plays every role the same way. She does seem to be a lovely person though.