Defining Roles

GREAT Thread...

To REED, THE 1st Flick that Springs to Mind is the Actor's Defining Role...YES, that's VERY Subjective...

Nicholson - "The Shining"...Like Brother Xplosive Said, "Here's Johnny" SEALED It...Jack's 1 of THE More Quotable Actors Ever, but that's his SIGNATURE Line & a Role PERFECTLY Suited to his Personality...Probably the Genesis of Nicholson just Being "Nicholson" On Screen, as Opposed to "Acting"...

DeNiro - "Raging Bull"
Pacino - "Scarface"....REED's Never Seen the Movie in it's ENTIRETY, but this is Always the 1st to Spring to Mind, when Thinking Pacino Flicks...

Schwarzenegger - "Terminator"
Stallone - "Rocky"
Willis - "Die Hard"...Yippy Ki Yay, Motherfuckers!!!...
Cruise - "Top Gun"
Russell - "Escape from New York" or "Tango & Cash"
Kilmer - "The Doors"
Van Damme - "Breakin":hut:...But Seriously, Either "Bloodsport", "Lionheart" or the Futuristic Karate Flick he Made...
Seagal - "Above the Law" or the 1 that Followed, which Featured his Then Wife, Kelly LeBrock...
Costner - "Bull Durham" or "The Bodyguard"




REED:mj:

 

Dicaprio - "Titanic" or "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
Denzel - "Mo Better Blues" or "Training Day"
Affleck - Has Yet to RESONATE w/REED in Any Particular Role, Honestly...
Diesel - "Fast & Furious" or the Flick where he's the Daredevilish Guy who's Recruited to Do Special Missions....

Damon - "Good Will Hunting"




REED:dancingBaby:

 

Crowe - "L.A. Confidential"
Bale - "American Psycho"
Penn - "Bad Boys"
Clooney - Any of the "Oceans" Flicks...





REED:mj:

 

Hackman - "Superman" or "Mississippi Burning"
Freeman - "Street Smart", "Lean on Me" or "Shawshank Redemption"
Spacey - "Se7en" or "American Beauty"




REED:mj:

 

No man. It was Shawshenk Redemption.

 

Thank god

He would've been horrendous in that role

 

No way, man... French Connection all the way... He won Best Actor and the film won Best Picture, Friedkin won Best Director... Put him on the map in a big way, made him a star

 

Denzel - training day
Affleck - Gigli (sad but true, thats probably what he's most closely associated with in the public mind)
Diesel - Pitch black/Riddick
Damon - Bourne
Hackman - French connection (I havent even seen it (YET, Clogg :scared2:) and the 'pickipsi' scene is still the first thing I think of when I think Hackman)
Freeman - Shawshank
Clooney - Ocean
Crowe - Gladiator

 

Honestly, when i think usual Suspects i think Gabriel Byrne before I think Spacey. Spacey was American beauty. And it was arguably a bigger film, too.

 

He would have butchered it, but would still get an Oscar nom.

 

But REED's Never Seen "French Connection"...SUBJECTIVE List, Bro...



REED:dunno:

 

I took the thread as being 'subjective' the same way a 'keynesian beauty contest' is though - it's about judging public perception. I've never seen it either but if you see a clip of Hackman on TV its usually as 'Popeye'. The first picture on his wiki page is him as popeye. Thats the iconic hackman role, imo. Crimson Tide might be second?

 

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Perhaps

I just think it's so stereotypically him, that role

 

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Yeah and Anthony would post some wooden youtube clip and say "THAT is acting. It doesn't get any better":giggle:

 

holler

 

Can't believe people chose the obvious OTT roles for Jack Nicholson yet missed off arguably his best performance:
Chinatown

But I guess 'Best' isn't always 'Defining' or 'Quintessential'
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Yes, different words mean different things. Good insight :::scared2:

 

You could make the arguement that Hackman's defining role was Unforgiven. However, I'm gonna agree with Cdogg and say French Connection.

Oh, and for Morgan Freeman, I'm gonna agree with whoever said Shawshank. That movie is both his, and Tim Robbins defining roles.

Anybody say Tom Hanks yet? If so, that's a pathetically easy one. He'll ALWAYS ALWAYS be most remembered as Gump.

 

What about:

Jodie Foster
Matt Dillon
Dustin Hoffman
John Cusack
Ray Liotta

 

Iconic, then.

 

I'll leave the rest for somebody else, but for Liotta it's EASY. Goodfellas.

 

Foster - Silence of the Lambs
Dillon - Outsiders
Hoffman - Tootsie or Rainman
Cusack - Better Off Dead or Gross Pointe Blank
Liotta - Goodfellas




REED:mj:

 

Jodie Foster - Silence of the lambs
Matt Dillon - In the UK its probably the fairytale of New York video ::
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
John Cusack - Hi Fidelity
Ray Liotta - goodfellas

 

Gross Pointe Blank. :nono:

 

Happy to concede on that one - not very familiar with Cusack