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

What did she ever act in? I do love her two big song hits though, I can still listen to them, but wasn’t a fan.

I despise that film but I agree that scene was superb.

IMO it's not a matter of "fitting the role," it's whether an actor has any range or if they are one-note performers. Meryl Streep is a perfect example of an actor with tremendous range. Someone like Tom Cruise can only play one type, he seems to lack the ability to do anything else.

Tom Hanks.
Never understood it.

My husband two most notable celeb crushes, back in the day. He's obviously got a type 🤣
One of his crushes played the other ones body double/decoy in star wars

Kerry Washington. Omg she's unbearable with her lips trembling

George Clooney and Colin Farrell

Kylie Jenner's boyfriend, given way too much attention! Timothy chalamet!

Zendeaya! The girls a model, not an actress

Against the grain here ...

I really liked Emma Watson in the live action Beauty and the Beast. I thought she made a good Hermione too.

Kristen Stewart - I think she suits the character in Twilight even if she's not technically a great actress.

I don’t think Catherine zeta jones is particularly good. I think she’s done so well because she’s beautiful not because she can act. Although I did like Chicago

I think Dev in Coronation Street is truly abysmal

Zendaya is multi talented. She's been acting in live plays since very young, has already won awards, and she's only just 25.
Every time I see her I feel at ease - she can handle herself in every situation, zero cringe factor.

John Wayne, was always exactly the same in every film he made. I
Not keen on Jim Carey as I hate the stupid faces he pulls and I can take or leave Kiera Knighley it's the voice with her.
I really like Olivia Coleman and Keanu Reeves

Agree about Meryl Streep, in her earlier films she was so twitchy, hands to face so often, rubbish acting, Kramer v Kramer is typical of her "performances".
She is supposed to be very aloof on film sets.

No, he is just brilliant and exceptionally popular at playing a type.

Having said that, do you really think his characters in, say, Philadelphia and Toy Story are the same?

"Meryl Streep is a shit actor" really isn't the hot take you think it is.

I was referring to Tom Cruise in my post, not Tom Hanks.

(Though I did write a different post about Hanks.)

No, that’s not correct about Tom Cruise. Anyone who’s seen Collateral, Rock of Ages and Valkyrie will know he’s not a one trick pony.

She comes across as such a funny person in real life too. She's best in comedic roles I think. I LOVED motherland. First discovered her in good Omens where she made a character that doesn't even get five minutes of screen time into an instant fan favourite

It is correct IMO or I wouldn't have written it. 😅 Evaluating someone's acting ability is by definition subjective. Tom Cruise has extremely limited range in my view.

The worst.'actor' of all time is Dereck Thompson who played Charlie in Casualty. Also Johnny Depp, we always say he went to the Marlon Brando school of over acting. ( Sorry @Dappy777 ) Most of the cast of Eastenders. Eddie Redmayne, totally ruined the Les Miserables movie.

@LawrenceSMarlowforPresident He plays three very different characters in those films. So nothing to do with subjectivity in this instance, we’re talking facts. Face it, you’re wrong.

Liam Neeson
Gerard Butler
Paul Mescal

I agree on the whole but have you ever seen Notes on a Scandal? A really good portrayal of a difficult unlikeable character.
However I think that's her one deviation from 'Judi Dench playing Judi Dench'.

That was a good book.