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The Rock
Ben Stiller
Owen Wilson
Jim Carrey
William Shatner
Sandra Bullock

I sometimes dispair at my own lack of discernment, but it's only fleeting.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think I'll see Doom, but I feel like I should.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

Tom Hanks

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Dom DeLuise

― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

John Cusack

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Dom DeLuise seconded.
Gene Hackman
Paul Newman
Gene Wilder
Gene Levy

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

Will Smith

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

John C. Reilly
Phillip Seymour Hoffman

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

Eugene Levy

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

He STOLE New York Minute. Some people think of it as a Mary-Kate and Ashley movie, but I will always think of it as a Eugene Levy movie.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

Looking forward to Cheaper by the Dozen II?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Johnny Depp.
Jackie Chan.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Vince Vaughn

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Andrew, I think you put a question mark where you meant to put an exclamation mark. I know, in the haste to post, they're easy to confuse.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

Johnny Depp is probably the nearest I get too. He doesn't always pick good'uns, but they're always interesting. And since I've been dating Sgs, Chow Yun Fat is another whose oeuvre I'm becoming more familiar with :)

(the last two films I've seen - Corpse Bride and The Libertine - are both Depp, and both good, the former definitely worth seeing)

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

granted he's dead and gone...

Lee Marvin

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

Paul Giamatti
The Rock(but no way in fuck am I seeing Doom)
PSH
Kumar Pallana
Bruce Campbell
Jackie Chan(non-english roles only)
Jet Li(ditto)
Chow Yun Fatt

hmm. i can't think of any actresses that automatically pull me in.

― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

Zooey Deschanel

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

This is a manly thread.

Jenna Jameson!!

― andy --, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

nick nolte (i'm addicted to crazy)
ben kingsley
gene wilder
anjelica houston
cate blanchett
william h macy

― tres letraj (tehresa), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

Kirsten Dunst

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

Ian McKellen
Christopher Lee

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:24 (nineteen years ago)

Batman, obviously. (Going to see Batman Begins at the IMAX this week. Have already seen it three times, but never on a screen the size of a school bus!)

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:25 (nineteen years ago)

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Djimon Hounsou

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

Samantha Morton

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

Samantha Morton's chest

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

Mark Ruffalo.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

I almost said Samantha Morton, but I can't really say that I'm eagerly waiting for her next movie.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

Any of the Kids in the Hall.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

Michael Caine
Sean Connery
Paul Newman

(mostly applies to older movies now)

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Ron Livingston

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Haha I'm five seconds away from making an evil twin of my monster post from the other thread, going "The Last Castle? Episode III? Bloodrayne? are you people serious?????"

Good call on Bruce Campbell, though.
Ron Perlman.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Harry Dean Stanton

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

"Chiwetel Ejiofor..."?

Oh yeah, what about Powyereh LHohehsoda?

― andy --, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:37 (nineteen years ago)

He's the black English actor from Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity, Melinda & Melinda (which I haven't actually seen yet).

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I was wondering who that was in Melinda and Melinda (which is the only one of those three that I have seen).

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

Rachel Weisz
Keira Knightley
Parminder Nagra

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

Sounds like your Beckham was definitely bended, then.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

Alex Winter

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Don Cheadle
William Macy
Wallace and/or Gromit

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Cooper
& a bunch of xposts to:
Samantha Morton
Paul Giamatti
Mark Ruffalo

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

Stephen Tobolowsky

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.filmweb.no/bilder/multimedia/archive/00039/Rumor_Has_It_39578c.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JOFL.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

Angelina Jolie. Shut up, I LIKE her, okay?
Hope Davis
Michelle Rodriguez

I would say "Vin Diesel" but honestly, even *I* haven't seen the Triple X sequel.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

I totally wanted to see that Witherspoon/Ruffalo vehicle, despite the lousy reviews, just because I like both of them. I am staying away from the Aniston one, though.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

Frank Gorshin

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

Walter Matthau, no guff!

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Margit Carstensen!
BRUNO S!!!!!!!!!!!

― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

Vin Diesel's not in the XXX sequel! He has a knack of getting out in time (see also Fasterer and Furiouser). Probably don't see also Chronicles of Riddick, though.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago)

i don't mind jolie. i think she's a pretty good actress, actually.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I SAW Chronicles of Riddick. It was a horror of an embarrassment. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH MY PITCH BLACK?!?

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Winona Ryder (oh the shame)

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

Which do you prefer: Ice Cube's comedies or his action/drama flicks?

― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

So you mean his comedies vs. his unintentional comedies?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Cillian Murphy
Steve Coogan
Cate Blanchett

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

So you mean his comedies vs. his unintentional comedies?

if you like, sure

― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

My impression is that there is nothing funny about XXX2.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

Cillian Murphy (good call, Roxy), Cate Blanchett, Kevin McKidd, Ben Kingsley, Colm Meaney (even if the film's shit, he's always brilliant), Christopher Guest, Maggie Smith (see Colm Meaney).

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, alright, alright, I'll admit it, I'll see anything with Sean Bean in it. Yes, I have the complete Sharpe on DVD. Happy? Happy now?

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Accentmonkey, are you sure you're not involved with the group of lech-ettes my wife hangs out with? They're all "Viggo-this, SeanBean-that and EricBana-the other."

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

both Eugene Levy & Catherine OHara in the same movie

― kingfish trampycakes (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

"Viggo-this, SeanBean-that and EricBana-the other."

Eric Banal does nothing for me. His face slides off my memory like spit off a hot iron.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

Wait, spit doesn't slide off a hot iron, what am I saying?

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

Like acid off a duck's back.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

Like goose droppings off a guinea pig.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

Edward Norton
Christopher Ecclestone
Gary Oldman

― Amity Wong (noodle vague), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, who am I kidding? Johnny Depp.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

Lee Marvin
Vincent Gallo

― kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 23:40 (nineteen years ago)

Denis Lavant
Kirsten Dunst
Brittany Murphy

― Almond White (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ray Winstone

― Almond White (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

Peter Lorre
Romain Duris
Stellan Skarsgard

― Almond White (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

Jon Lovitz

― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

Johnny Depp
Joaquin Phoenix
Bill Murray
Paul Giamatti
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Zooey Deschanel
Uma Thurman

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

Johnny Depp (even the bad ones are interesting choices)
Gene Hackman
Kate Winslet
Reese Witherspoon (if you'd told me this a few years ago I would have laughed, but she keeps surprising me)
Edward Norton
Helena Bonham Carter (because she was so great in Wings of the Dove)
Salma Hayek
Clint (cuz he's Clint)
Julie Christie / Faye Dunaway (cuz they dazzled me in puberty)
Marky Mark

― steve ketchup, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Monica Bellucci: for obvious reasons (and one can always turn the sound off and get beautiful moving wallpaper:P)
John Cusack, Joaquin Phoenix, Julliette Binoche, Audrey Tautou, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Fiennes, Johnny Depp.

― Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

Charles Napier
George Eastman
Reb Brown
Uschi Digard

― Mestema (davidcorp), Thursday, 8 December 2005 09:50 (nineteen years ago)

Winona Ryder (oh the shame)

I too am afflicted with this curse.

Also, Johnny Depp, Maggie Gyyyyylllllenhaaaalll, teh Dunst and BILL MURRAY.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 8 December 2005 09:55 (nineteen years ago)

Oh: Robert Carlyle.

― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Thursday, 8 December 2005 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

Rees Witherspoon
Jim Carrey
Christina Milian
Kelly Clarkson
Michael Vick

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Wait wait Gareth Gates obv!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Dickon Edwards
The Prince Of All Cosmos
David Foster Wallace

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

Joe Cole
The Pinefox
Any of my secondary school teachers

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

HOLLYWOOD MY DOLLAR LIES UNEXPLOITED

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

A whole bunch mentioned upthread already (John Cusack, William H Macy, Reese Witherspoon and Ed Norton being the main ones)

Ones not yet mentioned:

George Clooney
Jack Nicholson
Hugh Grant (yes, yes, shoot me now...)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

Fern Cotton

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, I forgot Shirley Henderson.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Any of Busted
Any of TaTu
Nadine from Girls Aloud

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

Hugh Grant (yes, yes, shoot me now...)

i usually don't tell people this, but one day i woke up and dsicovered i actually own 2 hugh grant movies...

― tres letraj (tehresa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:40 (nineteen years ago)

and i like them.

― tres letraj (tehresa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

Johnny Depp
Jim Carrey
Gary Oldman
Kate Winslet
Miranda Richardson
Reese Witherspoon
Owen/Luke Wilson
Ed Norton
Jake/Maggie Gyllenhalalalaalal

and zombies of any kind.

― Roz (Roz), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

nineteen years pass...

At the movies the other day, I was struck by the fact that none of the trailers I saw -- for Thunderbolts, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Superman, Until Dawn, and M3gan 2.0 -- touted (by name) the actors who starred in them.

Perhaps understandable in the case of Until Dawn, for instance, which doesn't really have recognizable stars. But Thunderbolts has Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan and David Harbour, and Jurassic World has Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali.

In the Thunderbolts trailer, title cards told us the names of the characters, but not the actors who play them. (Would've been easy to do "Florence Pugh *is* so-and-so.") Felt especially weird that ScarJo's name wasn't mentioned at all, but I guess she is playing second fiddle to the dinosaurs and the franchise.

With Superman, I don't know the lead actor (David Corenswet), but he's been in stuff that surely other people know? And omitting his name seems like a missed opportunity to help make him a star. Meanwhile, I was wondering "who's that playing Lex Luthor?" because I didn't recognize the actor with a shaved head, and the trailer didn't have the courtesy of letting me know it's Nicholas Hoult, which could potentially have made me interested in seeing the movie (though probably not lol).

Interestingly, Superman was the only movie of these that touted the name of the director: "From James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy." I guess Gunn's MCU bona fides are more important to people who might see Superman than any of the actors in the movie.

― jaymc, Monday, 21 April 2025 12:53 (five months ago)

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