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13 Mar 2015, 8:55 pm

^^^
he lost a TON of weight for the role and does indeed look fitting for the part at least physically.

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13 Mar 2015, 10:08 pm

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^^^
he lost a TON of weight for the role and does indeed look fitting for the part at least physically.

I would LOVE to see that! The movie was absolutely hilarious.

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13 Mar 2015, 10:11 pm

he is playing the part on broadway, from what I can tell.

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13 Mar 2015, 10:20 pm

Speaking of Kubrick ....

R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket". His casting could be called 'stunt casting' as he had actually been a Marine Drill Sergeant, and was not a trained actor. Now that I think of it, he's probably the only actor in any Kubrick film to have that distinction.

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13 Mar 2015, 10:28 pm

he left the marines [back in the day] as a staff-sergeant. but after that movie came out, he was given an honorary promotion to "gunny" with full military ceremony.

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16 Mar 2015, 9:50 pm

Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator. Though primarily a stage actor, he is well known for providing the voice of the HAL 9000 computer for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

That voice is stuck in the mind of everyone who has ever seen that film. Even people who say the first third of the film is boring, and the last third incomprehensible, acknowledge THAT VOICE ! !

"OPEN THE POD BAY DOORS, HAL ! !! !"
"I'm sorry Dave, I cannot comply with that request."

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19 Apr 2015, 5:19 am

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes.

To think, he almost said 'no' to the role!

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19 Apr 2015, 9:57 am

Powers Boothe as Curly Bill Brocious in Tombstone.

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04 May 2015, 8:08 am

"Lark Rise to Candleford"

-- Julia Sawalha - as Dorcas Lane
-- Claudie Blakley - as Emma Timmins
-- Ruby Bentall - as Minnie Mude
-- John Dagleish - as Alf Arless

The first two, I've been a fan of, for several years----they're just BEYOND fabulous actresses!!

The third one, Ruby, is unbelievably talented, for someone fairly new to the scene (new, to acting). I couldn't get enough of her character, Minnie, on "Lark Rise....."

The fourth person I've listed, is new to me----but, I just LOVE his character, Alf!!

Really, is there even a bad actor, in Britain? I don't think so!!

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04 May 2015, 10:49 pm

Rutger Hauer as serial killer John Ryder in The Hitcher. A dark, twisted story of psychological sadism that couldn't have worked without Hauer.

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04 May 2015, 10:54 pm

rutger hauer as roy batty.

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04 May 2015, 11:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:

rutger hauer as roy batty.

Maybe Rutger's greatest role.

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05 May 2015, 3:37 am

Rose Leslie as Ygritte in Game of Thrones.

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08 May 2015, 8:34 am

Laurie Metcalf and Christine Baranski as Mary Cooper and Beverly Hofstadter, respectively ("The Big Bang Theory").

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08 May 2015, 8:42 am

Campin_Cat wrote:

Laurie Metcalf and Christine Baranski as Mary Cooper and Beverly Hofstadter, respectively ("The Big Bang Theory").

I agree!!

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08 May 2015, 3:21 pm

leslie nielson in the various naked gun movies, nobody else had that kind of deadpan humor down cold like he did.

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