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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIf you had to pick one actor/actress and from now on could only watch movies with them in it...
... who would you pick?
I'm still trying to figure out my pick, but it would probably be a younger actor so that I could watch new movies as they came out in the future. Picking an actor from the past would limit your movie choice to those that have already been released.
Tentatively, my top candidate is Jennifer Lawrence.
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INdemo
(6,994 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Watching her in the series High Seas on Netflix and very impressed with her work.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)His turns in "Tell Me Your Secrets" and "Midnight Mass" were magnifico!
Runner up: his partner, Lily Rabe! Also quirky and mesmerizing!!
Shermann
(7,423 posts)Harker
(14,024 posts)Over 600 films.
Correction... 142 films, many TV appearances.
Croney
(4,661 posts)hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)wryter2000
(46,051 posts)A huge body of work. Many different types of stories. Fine actor. Bonus: he's a sweet person from Oakland.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)I think he's headed for greatness, plus he's young enough that I can enjoy his new movies for whatever length of time I have left. Close runner-up: Emma Watson
Thanks for a very thought-provoking question, Binkie!
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)There are so many movies with both of them that I have never seen so that would keep me busy for awhile. Plus, they're both still making movies, so I'd be set going forward.
mockmonkey
(2,817 posts)Yes, I'm cheating.
Movies
Cary Grant. I can and do watch his movies over and over.
Frances McDormand. Mostly because I like a lot of the Coen Brothers movies.
TV
Olivia Colman. I haven't seen most of her TV shows so I would have plenty to watch if I had access to them. I enjoyed her in "Flowers", "Peep Show" and "Green Wing".
Mark Heap. He is so funny in "Green Wing" and "Friday Night Dinner". Why isn't he more well known?
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)Lots of movie version comfort food.
Aristus
(66,387 posts)Because no matter what movie ("Caligula" excepted for obvious reasons) she's in, or at what age she appeared in it, I just love watching her...
mentalsolstice
(4,461 posts)The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover! Just dont!
Aristus
(66,387 posts)![](/emoticons/wow.gif)
Polly Hennessey
(6,799 posts)and Nicola Walker, a great British actress.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)He has the most credits of any actor in Hollywood so I would have the largest selection of movies available.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)Allan Rickman.
happybird
(4,608 posts)Last edited Sun Oct 3, 2021, 03:20 PM - Edit history (1)
and their movies.
So far, Gary Oldman is winning.
Edit to add:
My other contenders: Daniel Day Lewis and Leo DiCaprio
Coworker 1: Tom Cruise and Tom Hardy
Coworker 2: is Schwarzenegger all the way
Edit 2: Kevin Costner has entered the debate. Oldman is still winning. Harrison Ford gets a mention.
Edit 3: Samuel L. Mutherfuckin Jackson. For both the huge number of movies hes in and because hes Samuel L. MFn Jackson.
Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)marble falls
(57,102 posts)VarryOn
(2,343 posts)One of the beat
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)there's just something about him.....he directs, too
a kennedy
(29,673 posts)Then theres always, George Clooney, and Brad Pitt ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
tanyev
(42,566 posts)Makes everything hes in better.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)He's the lead in most of my favorite movies.
For female choice, it would be Cher b/c she acts as well as she sings.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Such a fantastic catalog of great movies.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)at around 18-20 films each, and Cher has certainly done more TV work. Moonstruck is my favorite of Cher's films. Compared to BS, I also prefer her singing.
But then, that's why we have opinions! There's no right answer.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)I'm going with Amy Adams every time.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Loved her in Julie and Julia, Enchanted, and that one where she was driving across Ireland (don't remember the title). I also remember her as cousin Beth on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
tanyev
(42,566 posts)Amys great, but I mostly remember that movie for Matthew Goode.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)"Arrival" was marvelous as well.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)She's Margaret Thatcher. She's doing a song and dance in Mamma Mia, she's that witch in the Sondheim musical, she's a conniving nun in Doubt, a holocaust survivor in Sophie's Choice, etc.
If I were a drama teacher I would assign scenes from those movies to be shown to my students. Here's how it is done by the best. Learn from her.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)"Bridges of Madison County." Powerful roles she played so well, in addition to her more famous ones. Emotion just pours out of her.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)out of that car is one of the most heart wrenching moments on screen that I have ever seen.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)It was so powerful.
LeftInTX
(25,372 posts)![](https://filmfare.wwmindia.com/content/2020/nov/thumbnail-john-abraham-1605159680.jpg)
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Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)But then, I'm a clean-shaven dude, so what do I know?
LeftInTX
(25,372 posts)I know John had acne as a teen and I think he still had it as an adult. Also John is Indian and has alot of facial hair. My dad was Armenian and he would shave twice a day.
I spend too much time getting rid of my facial hair and I'm a 65 year old she.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)"You decide," Christian's famous line from Ford vs Ferrari.
Tom always makes me happy.
Brad is The Best Eye-Candy.
And Christian is just one of the best actors ever.
And female? I agree with Yankee above: Meryl Streep. Hands down, Meryl's the best ever!
Worthy mention is Matt Damon because he's just a cutie & he's funny.
catbyte
(34,402 posts)I think he's seriously underrated as an actor, plus eye candy, even at 57.