How about Leo diCaprio's recent role as Hoover? Of course, he's moved steadily away from his 90s fluff-headed pretty boy image with some really good roles along the way, so it's a less shocking change now than it would've been. Still, an oddly cast role that has me mildly intrigued by a movie I'd otherwise be wholly disinterested in.
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dammit Weaver...now I have to go watch the original 21st Jump Street...
on a side note...people were actually complaining that Jonah Hill won't be as funny because he's not typecasted as the "funny fat guy"
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I'm totally confused. Charlize Theron was in Monster not Scarlett Johannsen and Keanu wasn't (to my knowledge) in a Simple Plan with Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton.
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Just a thought. What's the most extreme movie move you've seen an actor/actress pull to escape typecasting?
] Other examples: Scarlett Johannsen as Eileen Wuornos in Monster (terrifying total transformation) Keanu's evil scheming redneck in A Simple Plan |
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Harold and Kumar 3 - Danny Trejo.. not a full break... but dude made THE best cranky father in law EVER in it.
Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity?
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As far as Keanu goes they probably meant The Gift.
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I'm totally confused. Charlize Theron was in Monster not Scarlett Johannsen and Keanu wasn't (to my knowledge) in a Simple Plan with Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton.
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Any other answer besides Jessie Spano in Showgirls is just wrong, and you're wrong for thinking it.
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Ledger as Mr.J in the Dark Knight
Leslie Neilson in Airplane . . . before Airplane, Nielson was known only as a serious actor. His career completely turned around and he became known to a later generation only as a comic actor.
and yeah, Elizabeth Berkley wanted a complete break from her "Saved by the Bell" image, so she became the star of one of the worst movies of all time, "Showgirls."
I remember seeing Erin Moran (Happy Days) in some horrible sci-fi monster movie.
A successful one: Farrah Faucett in "The Burning Bed" about an abused woman getting revenge. She became respected as a serious actress after that.
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John Leguizamo in To Wong Foo.
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Christopher Meloni in Harold & Kumar.
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Robin Williams in both Insomnia and One Hour Photo in 2002.
Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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Bruce Willis in "Die Hard"
I remember seeing trailers for the film a few months before it launched and people in the theater laughing at the thought of Bruce Willis, known only for "Moonlighting" and "Blind Date" at the time, being an action hero.
Was gonna say Jim Carrey for Truman Show. Was his 1st real chance to show an emotional side, with comedy as a backup just in case.
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Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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Was gonna say Jim Carrey for Truman Show. Was his 1st real chance to show an emotional side, with comedy as a backup just in case.
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Keanu Reeves in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Watcher_%28film%29
Ann Hathaway in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havoc_%28film%29
Anthony Hopkins in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sil...mbs_%28film%29
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Yeah, I remember that, too. It was amost a joke. David Addison as an action hero? What were they smoking? Of course, it wasn't long before people wouldn't believe me when I related this.
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Bruce Willis in "Die Hard"
I remember seeing trailers for the film a few months before it launched and people in the theater laughing at the thought of Bruce Willis, known only for "Moonlighting" and "Blind Date" at the time, being an action hero. |
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I'm totally confused. Charlize Theron was in Monster not Scarlett Johannsen and Keanu wasn't (to my knowledge) in a Simple Plan with Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton.
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Keanu was indeed in The Gift.
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Bruce Willis in "Die Hard"
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No doubt about that, I can see shades of Hudson Hawk and Joe Hallenbeck in the scene.
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Yup, though it's not THAT much of a stretch as David Addison was quite badass when necessary... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5uAnQPEew4
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Anne Hathaway totally gets my vote for best breaking out of the mold. She went from typecasted as the Disney princess to being nude in most of the movies she does now. And I couldn't be happier about it.
No one has mentioned Woody Harrelson in Natural Born Killers yet?
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There are a bunch of younger actress that had wholesome TV/movie roles who decided to break out in a few adult roles. Already mentioned Elizabeth Berkly is one but there are a few more.
Alyssa Milano went from who's the boss to movies like Embrace the Vampire and Poison Ivy 2 along with some others.
Drew Barrymore did poison Ivy and some other adult roles along with Playboy.
There are more I'm sure of but its early.
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Funny thing about this: Most of Leslie Nielsen's fans at the time hated him in Airplane and the other comedic movies he ended up doing. Leslie, however, felt that comedy was his true calling, and was glad that he did Airplane.|
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Leslie Neilson in Airplane . . . before Airplane, Nielson was known only as a serious actor. His career completely turned around and he became known to a later generation only as a comic actor.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to break out of his action guy roles, with comedy movies like Kindergarten Cop, Twins, Junior and Jingle All the Way. None were very commercially successful, so he went back to sci-fi/action, with Eraser, the 6th Day, and End of Days.
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Funny thing about this: Most of Leslie Nielsen's fans at the time hated him in Airplane and the other comedic movies he ended up doing. Leslie, however, felt that comedy was his true calling, and was glad that he did Airplane.
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As for my example of typecast breaking how about Paul Reubens' (a.k.a Pee Wee Herman) attempt to play a "serious" evil vampire in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.
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Just a thought. What's the most extreme movie move you've seen an actor/actress pull to escape typecasting?
Brought to mind by everyone's favourite nerdbait love-to-hate Rob Pattinson. Who seems determined to ditch his sparklepony fangbanger fans. And what better way to alienate the precious emo-poppets than by appearing in a David Cronenberg movie? http://t.co/We9e24Or
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Scarlett Johannsen as Eileen Wuornos in Monster (terrifying total transformation)
Keanu's evil scheming redneck in A Simple Plan
Pretty much anything Johnny Depp did for the first 10 years after 21 Jump St
(Incidentally, please identify which idiot greenlit this so I can throttle them... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0mo_oJfn4)
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