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I hope it goes well. I have no reason to doubt he can't act, but he has such a dumb-lug rep based on what seems to be not much more than the size of his biceps, that I can't help but root for him.
If the movie is any good, it should be interesting given the premise. Sidney Lumet's been more on the miss than on the hit side lately, but he's done good work over the years. And, yeah, Peter Dinklage makes thing interesting too.
He kind of acted in "Boiler Room". I really liked him in that.
The only time I remember him playing a dumb lug (albeit a sweet one), was SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Usually I think of him playing a smart lug.
Ultraviolet didn't prescreen for critics. Anyone know how bad it was?Here's another clue a movie is being foisted on an unsuspecting public. The studio sends a CD-ROM press kit completely unaccompanied by any kind of print materials. So you know, press kits can be more elaborate than even this. (Not my auction, just the easiest pic to find.)
The press kit for Ultraviolet was a CD-ROM unaccompanied by print materials. So just ask your local movie critic what kind of press kit he received.
He acted in Iron Giant too, but that never seems to come up when he's being slammed.
ETA, no wonder he shaves his head - with hair he kinda looks like Jeremy Piven's bulkier brother.That could explain some of his less than brilliant choices of star vehicles. They were picked by Ari Gold, or the real life equivalent of Piven's character on Entourage.
He acted in Iron Giant too, but that never seems to come up when he's being slammed.
I was going to sat that one, too. But I think the majority of people don't count voice acting acting, even though it toally is.
"Soooperman!"
wipes tears
For me, it's not his biceps, but his voice. For some reason his voice triggers the "this guy is dumb" switch in my brain, though when I read interviews and stuff, he's obviously not.
He's the only "[insert name of actor here] in [insert name of movie]" star I can think of who's geeked out about playing Dungeons & Dragons on national television. While not necessarily an indication of intelligence, that buys an enormous amount of cred with me.
I wonder if that was his hair.
I strongly suspect hairpiece. Putting hair on actors is one of the single most common make up applications for pros. You'd be very, very surprised, I think, to find out just how many actors out there are never seen with their normal hair. More than you would think are prematurely balding.
And even when not balding, it's actually much easier to just do a hairpiece, rather than try to get somebody's normal hair into a period style, or some complicated fashion style.