I think part of his problem may be that he immerses so deeply into a lot of roles that people don't realize it's the same actor from movie to movie. The characters in Romeo Is Bleeding, The Fifth Element, Dracula and True Romance don't seem like they could all be played by the same person.
I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!
Willow ,'Showtime'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 20, 2005 12:47:17 pm PDT #8087 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 12:48:43 pm PDT #8088 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When I think of accent points, I think of Meryl Streep. Who else has reaped the accent awards benefits?
Nutty - Oct 20, 2005 12:49:54 pm PDT #8089 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
ita has sussed out the fact that I cannot read. Shoot.
I thought the equation was "play a tragic but noble minority or injured person, get an award."
Well, aren't all people with accents tragic?? Also, I tend to think that Charlize Theron got nominated for playing ugly, more than for playing homicidal or lesbian. (Which is not to say she didn't do a good job, and I don't mind that she won.) Then again, am I wrong or did Russell Crowe get it for playing crazy, but it was really a belated award for playing fat and old the previous year? (A movie I thought was far superior, and in which he did a better job, whatever he looked like.)
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 12:51:17 pm PDT #8090 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was just reading an Oscar bait piece -- it laid out accents, disabled (physically or mentally), or ugly. I imagine playing the Hunchback of Notre Dame would make you a shoe in.
Dana - Oct 20, 2005 12:52:45 pm PDT #8091 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tom Hanks won for playing mentally disabled, and then for having AIDS.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 20, 2005 1:06:16 pm PDT #8092 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Why didn't Sellers win for playing Dr. Strangelove?
P.M. Marc - Oct 20, 2005 1:07:50 pm PDT #8093 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
When I think of accent points, I think of Meryl Streep. Who else has reaped the accent awards benefits?
Gwynnie.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2005 1:07:59 pm PDT #8094 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
...animals will be bred and SLAUGHTERED!
Gris - Oct 20, 2005 1:14:10 pm PDT #8095 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I gathered accent was a good part of Renee's Cold Mountain nod. But then, I didn't see it.
Hayden - Oct 20, 2005 1:19:32 pm PDT #8096 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think Hollywood also equates "ugly" with "injured".