The Station Agent...Patricia Clarkson, Peter Dinklage, Bobby Cannavale. Characters, every one!
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
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beekaytee - Dec 01, 2006 2:56:49 pm PST #6117 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
DavidS - Dec 01, 2006 3:16:15 pm PST #6118 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Love Patricia Clarkson in Station Agent, Pieces of April and Far From Heaven.
Straitharn's been good in so much stuff - particularly his work with Sayles which goes all the way back to Return of the Secaucus Seven. But as Ple well knows, it is his work on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd where he achieved absolute perfection. Ahhh, I could recreate that Ingrid Bergman speech almost verbatim from memory and I haven't seen it in 20 years.
Amy - Dec 01, 2006 3:56:09 pm PST #6119 of 10001
Because books.
God, I had forgotten all about Molly Dodd. I watched that show, once upon a time.
Wasn't David Straitharn the abusive husband in Delores Claiborne, too?
sumi - Dec 01, 2006 5:02:33 pm PST #6120 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Is Molly Dodd out on dvd? If not - it totally should be.
SailAweigh - Dec 01, 2006 5:13:17 pm PST #6121 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
For some reason, I don't think I can think of any modern character actors. All mine go back to the 60s or ealier.
George Kennedy
Shelly Winters
Lucille Ball (yes, she had her own TV series, but she started in film in the 30s and as a studio starlet, never made it past character parts.)
megan walker - Dec 01, 2006 5:14:24 pm PST #6122 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Interrupting you characters to give a heads-up about the Frank Capra theme on TCM tomorrow evening (Saturday). Starting at 8 pm, they are showing Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It With You, American Madness, Lady For A Day, and Arsenic And Old Lace.
Kathy A - Dec 01, 2006 5:32:45 pm PST #6123 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wasn't David Straitharn the abusive husband in Delores Claiborne, too?
Yes, he was. That flashback to him forcing his daughter to give him a hand job is one of the creepiest things I've seen on screen.
erikaj - Dec 01, 2006 5:44:38 pm PST #6124 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
He was Edward R. Murrow. God, he rocked that part. And it's weird...I'm still not gonna remember his name, probably. But "Hey! It's Murrow!" is better than "Look. That Guy!" At least I hope he would think so. That movie could have been so ruined by some actor being all "Dig me, playing a legend." I missed Molly Dodd, but I still have a Molly Dodd story. Apparently the actor that played her brother(?) is really a Balmerite and is working on "The Wire" in some capacity or other. Anyway, he told Simon that on Molly Dodd, he used a heavy baltimore accent but then he got letters that were like "Is the brother retarded or something? He talks funny."
sumi - Dec 01, 2006 5:48:17 pm PST #6125 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Molly Dodd's brother was played by John Glover (Lionel Luther on Smallville) and yes, he's from Maryland and used his native accent on Molly Dodd.
Amy - Dec 01, 2006 5:57:55 pm PST #6126 of 10001
Because books.
Oh, John Glover is another good one! Although maybe he's past character actor status by now?