Robert Shaw is one of those actors who conveyed a real menace onscreen. Oliver Reed and Lee Marvin also had that quality, as did Sean Connery. There aren't many actors today - aside from Russell Crowe - who have that quality. Daniel Craig can do it. I'm having a hard time thinking of American actors who go there.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 10:12:57 am PST #8966 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ - Dec 11, 2008 10:21:32 am PST #8967 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Another movie I caught on TCM recently was an odd romantic fantasy titled Portrait of Jennie with Joseph Cotton and Jennifer Jones. Anybody seen it?
Oh, sweetheart, of course. And read the book, too. Have a gentle soft spot for both.
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2008 10:25:28 am PST #8968 of 10000
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Boreanaz in full-on Angelus mode could do a creditable "The only choice I'm giving you is do I start with the left eye or right eye." It pops up occasionally through the goofiness on Bones.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2008 10:28:41 am PST #8969 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
How about the guy that played Tolliver on Deadwood? Of course, he played scary a lot before that too. Maybe modern actors are too worried about being likable?
DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 10:44:35 am PST #8970 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How about the guy that played Tolliver on Deadwood?
Yeah, now that you mention it, the HBO shows had a lot of menacing actors.
Fred Pete - Dec 11, 2008 10:49:46 am PST #8971 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm having a hard time thinking of American actors who go there.
Do they have to be alive? Because Laird Cregar could do menace like nobody's business -- just check out The Lodger on TCM when it comes on near Halloween. If he hadn't died at age 29, he'd have been one of the greats.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2008 10:52:50 am PST #8972 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Omar! Um, I mean, Michael K. Williams of course. Although if I see him I yell "Omar!"
DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 12:31:48 pm PST #8973 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do they have to be alive?
I was looking for a current list, but...
Because Laird Cregar could do menace like nobody's business
...it's always good to remember Laird's intense, weird screen presence.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2008 1:01:14 pm PST #8974 of 10000
"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
I'm having a hard time thinking of American actors who go there.
Viggo Mortensen can do it well enough to make up for the lack of hundreds of other actors.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2008 1:12:56 pm PST #8975 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Viggo Mortensen can do it well enough to make up for the lack of hundreds of other actors.
That's true. I think we've talked before about his performance in The Prophecy.