Have you ever seen an actor in a role and it is hard to see them the same again?

[Shell Beau]

After seeing Charlize Theron in Monster, she isn't quite as pretty as she used to be to me because I still see that serial killer woman. No doubt that she is hands down one of the most gorgeous people in the world, but you know what I mean?

[S n o w b a l l]

1. Yes...Arnold! n/t

[Catshrink]

5. How's this?

Arnold as a Bond girl:

[S n o w b a l l]

7. ha!!!....omg...noooooooo! nt

[Shell Beau]

6. Well he pretty muched sucked as an actor IMO.

[LynzM]

2. Yes

I watched a TON of Star Trek: TNG growing up. Brent Spiner, Patrick Stawart and Marina Sirtis, as well as the woman who played Beverly Crusher, will forever be those characters in my mind. Likewise with the guy who played the original Mr. Smith in the Matrix. He will always be that guy.

[LeftyMom]

19. Hugo Weaving? Yeah, that's one.

When I was watching Lord of the Rings I kept expecting Elrond to turn into an agent and start taking people out with guns and kung fu.

[LynzM]

22. LOL, yup, that one......

And I can't see Viggo Mortensen as anyone else after those movies, either. *sigh*

[Nomad559]

63. Did you know that Hugo Weaving

also played V, In V for Vendetta.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915989

:)

[Rob H.]

65. LOL, I can see that

Elrond: Do you hear that, Mr. Underhill? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Underhill.

Frodo: My name...is FRODO!

[sarge43]

67. I kept waiting for Agent Smith and Elrond to morph into

Mizzy del Bra. Weaver is like Alec Guinness; he becomes the character. He's one of the best character actors working right now.

[Initech]

3. I cant see Billy Bob Thorton as anything but a drunken asshole.

He pulled that role off beautifully in Bad Santa.

[Shell Beau]

4. Yes he did!! But he also was PHENOMENAL in Sling Blade!

I think he is a great actor. He might be a little odd, but he is great!

[S n o w b a l l]

9. ITA....

He is....Monster's Ball is another.

[XemaSab]

8. Jack Nicholson in The Shining

Even though most of his other characters are nothing like that, his barely contained evil in The Shining still seems to be present. :scared:

[Shell Beau]

10. His evil in that movie still scares me! That is the scariest movie IMO!

I thought he was great in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!

[XemaSab]

17. But it's hard to not see

the dude in Cuckoo's nest as having a nasty, malicious edge after The Shining. At least for me. :shrug:

[Shell Beau]

18. No, I agree! I didn't see that, though, in Terms of Endearment or

Something's Gotta Give! And Easy Rider!! Not sure if that one came before or after The Shining!

[rug]

11. Ned Beatty

[Shell Beau]

13. Which movie?

[Shell Beau]

14. Also Robert DeNiro! As much as I LOVE him, and he is great, I

will always see him as mobster!

[rug]

20. Deliverance

"Squeal like a pig."

:scared:

[Shell Beau]

23. Duh!! I can't believe I didn't know that one!

[Kerrytravelers]

55. Squeal like a pig!

Deliverance.




Ooops. Didn't read the whole thread before responding! :blush:

[tinfoil tiaras]

12. Gregory Peck

I cant see him as anything but Atticus...:loveya:

[YankeyMCC]

69. delete - wrong spot

Wrong Spot

[darmok167]

15. Mandy Patinkin in Dead Like Me.

I like the show Criminal Minds, but after watching Dead Like Me, I keep expecting to hear him say "fuck" (as only he can :) ) every other word.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

72. Have you seen "The Music of Chance"?

I think that's his greatest performance.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107623/

I must get round to watching 'Dead Like Me'. I've seen the pilot and was really impressed.

[darmok167]

16. Bob Saget

He may have "sucked dick for crack" but he's always going to be the Dad from Full House. LOL

[AlCzervik]

21. Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, he should have stopped after that.

[Shell Beau]

24. What movie was he Henry Hill in?

Because I see Goodfella's every time I think of him.

[AlCzervik]

28. Goodfellas, you're being a smarty pants now.

[Shell Beau]

30. No, I couldn't remember his name in the movie! I thought

it was some Italian name! :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

35. nope It was Henry, Mom was italian, Dad was Irish.

[Shell Beau]

36. Ah! Its been a while since I watched it!

A very good movie though! Not my fave mobster movie, but great nonetheless!

[AlCzervik]

37. it's my favorite movie of all time, don't why but it just is

Caddyshack, The Jerk and Stripes are all tied for second--i have weird taste i'm sure.

[Shell Beau]

40. The Jerk is hilarious!!

The Godfather I and the Godfather II are better than Goodfella's IMO! If we are going by mobster movies that is! I also loved Donnie Brasco, partly because it was based on a true story, but also because somehow, it makes you feel sorry for the mob in some way. Even though we know they are cold blooded killers. I felt for Al Pacino's character in the end of Donnie Bracsco!

[AlCzervik]

42. i love GF1&2-we don't speak of "3" at my house and Donnie Brasco was excellent

Why Goodfellas i can't say for sure, maybe it was the whole wanna be thing that cinched it for me, Henry wanted to be one of the gang so bad and it all turned out so wrong. Hearing "Layla" while the montage of them that got whacked for their unwise spending spree is truly surreal.

[Shell Beau]

43. When I went to Little Italy in NYC, a guy tried

to explain that the Godfather 3 was a relevant movie. He told me to watch it again because he thought it was stupid until he watched it again. :shrug: But, I also met Uncle Jr. from The Soprano's while in Little Italy!! :bounce: You watch The Soprano's?

[AlCzervik]

44. love the Sopranos, i cannot wait for this season to start.

i've watched "3" 2 times and it got suckier on the last go round.

[Shell Beau]

46. I'll take your word for it!

[begin_within]

25. Anthony Perkins, even though he was excellent in other movies, never escaped "Psycho"

[begin_within]

26. Name a movie with Linda Blair in it.

[Shell Beau]

31. Hahahahaha!! Yeah, all you can think of is the green pea soup!

How was she to know? :P

[LeftyMom]

27. Robert Patrick.

He was the liquid metal Terminator in Terminator 2, then a few years later he was Scully's new parter on the X Files, and I couldn't watch it because I kept expecting him to turn his hand into a sword and stab her in the eye or something.

[Drum]

51. Same here!

[Ariana Celeste]

29. Oh yes... Kevin Bacon, after seeing The Woodsman

Sure is an emotional fucking movie. And he did a great job, and it was most definitely a risky role to play. It will be years before I will be able to see him and not think of his role in The Woodsman. Specifically the scene with the girl on the bench.

[Shell Beau]

32. Is that the movie where he is a sexual predator and his wife

is in the movie with him?

[Ariana Celeste]

33. Yeah he's a child molester in it

I am not sure who his wife is though? http://imdb.com/title/tt0361127/

It was a very tough movie to watch

[Shell Beau]

34. His wife is Keira Sedgewick and she was the girl he

ended up dating in the movie. Or I guess with him being a child molester, I should say woman.

[WhollyHeretic]

38. Jeff Bridges in The Vanishing

He was freaky in that :scared:

[Shell Beau]

41. Yeah he was! For some reason, I can't think of anything else he was in!

[momophile]

61. is this the one where he buries people?

I couldn't watch him for years after that. I only just saw Big Lebowski and was able to get past my aversion.

[Canadian Socialist]

39. My pretend boyfriend, David Duchovny

He was (and is) the perfect Fox Mulder.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

45. The actor who played Ted Bundy in the movie.

I think his last name is Harmon? Anyway, he has always seemed creepy to me ever since that flick. And also the guy who portrayed Jim Jones. Can't see him as anyone else.

[Shell Beau]

47. Was it Mark Harmon?

[Kerrytravelers]

56. Yep. He was great in that role... but YIKES!

[Patiod]

59. Read an interview, and the role really screwed him up

He stayed in character during the filming, and his friends suggested he not vist them until AFTER the film wrapped

[Scout1071]

48. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Boogie Nights.

Oh....so creepy.

[Shell Beau]

49. To me, he plays every character so well!

Even though Along Came Polly was just an ok movie, he was freakin' hilarious in it!!

[Donnachaidh]

57. I thought that character was kind of sad and confused.

I loved him in Twister. Stole the whole darned flick.

[Kerrytravelers]

58. You should see him in "Happiness."

He... um... "splooged"... :blush: ... all over a wall. Very gross.

[Donnachaidh]

50. Christian Baile

I hope I have the last name right.

First flick I ever watched him in was American Psycho. OM*F*G! I swore never to watch another film with him in it, and to cross the street if I ever saw him in person.

However - I broke my promise and saw several other films of his, including the recent Batman movie. He's an incredible actor.

[Drum]

52. Or "The Machinist"

Really bizarre, seeing him so thin...only by a glimpse of his face in a mirror during a flashback can you tell it's really him. In a way, I appreciate that juxtaposition with him as the beautiful overachiever in American Psycho."
:shrug:
Likewise, though, I also get the double-portrait effect from Michael Douglas...between "Wall Street" and "Falling Down."

[billyskank]

53. You mean like Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted?

:rofl:

[momophile]

62. the most excellent answer. thank you. nt

[Drum]

54. Yes, here are a few:

[ScreamingMeemie]

60. Woody Harrelson in "Natural Born Killers" Richard Gere in "Internal Affairs"...

It was very hard for me to watch either of them again after they did such good jobs in roles as sociopaths.

Woody has never been Cheers "woody" again.

[bikebloke]

64. Sean Connery

To me, he's always James Bond. Even if he left the part decades ago. Though now according to the chatter that we have a real James Bond à la Daniel Craig, he ought to make a brief cameo.

[Left Is Write]

66. Unfortunately, Jeff Daniels will always be Harry Dunne to me...

No matter what other roles he plays. It makes it hard to watch movies in which he has serious roles.

[hedgehog]

68. I've never seen the entire movie, but after seeing Jack Nicholson

in the famous toast scene from Four Easy Pieces, to me he symbolizes all the jerks who think that being a paying customer allows them to abuse minimum wage workers.

A little off topic, but I was traveling on business and ended up in a hotel that seemed to be overcharging on everything. I was going to complain because there was only bath towel for my husband and myself, but then it occurred to me that my complaint would have come down on the head of some poor immigrant trying to make a living. It wasn't worth it. I used one of the little towels instead.

[YankeyMCC]

70. Bob Denver and Fred Gwynne

I don't really have to say which roles do I? :)

[grasswire]

71. yes, Nathan Lane

After Birdcage I always see a bit of that role in him.