MASAMUNE2

Did anybody else feel like Naomi was playing the exact same character in both movies? She's a brilliant actress but it seems she just recycled her role from Mulholland Dr to play Ann in Kong. Maybe not....I'll have to wait until Kong is out on DVD before I can get a better comparison. I've only had one viewing of Kong.


And anyway, while on this topic, I was wondering if you guys can name any other actors who have basically just reprised their same character work in different movies.

devilshalo

Tom Cruise
Harrison Ford
Robert De Niro
Joe Pesci
Sly Stallone
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Count Dooku

Bill Murray

I thought Naomi Watts deserved an Oscar nomination for King Kong

SkullOrchard

Was there a hot lesbian kiss in King Kong?

The Bus

I felt like Jack Black was reprising his role of "Augie" from Airborne.

Mr. Cinema

I've seen Jack Nicholson play Jack Nicholson in several movies. But, I like Jack.

Michael Corvin

Adam Sandler
Jim Carrey
Chris Farley
David Spade

RichC2

I agree theres some similarities between the acting in Mulholland Drive and King Kong, but actually felt King Kong's was a more grounded portrayal. Both have this "classic Hollywood" bit to them, but while her character in Mulholland Drive is completely wide eyed through the entire thing, she had a lot more range and different reactions in Kong (It was less Wide-eyed wonder, more actual "WTF is going on?" which is kind of funny considering what she plays against in the two movies). So similar characters, but different enough to not be a Tom Cruise role (not a slam to his 'acting', it's just every movie I see him in, it's Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise in a different situation. Watts on the otherhand, you'd never mistake her in Mulholland Drive and her in The Ring as being one and the same.)

The_Cube

I totally agree with you on Chris Farley, but I wouldn't want him to play any other type of character. He was just so fun to watch even if the roles he played had no chance of winning an academy award which is a shame in my opinion.

I don't know if I would consider Jim's roles in Ace Ventura, The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Majestic, and Bruce Almighty the same type of character. In the beginning of his career his roles were a little more similar, but not so much in the last seven years.

Legolas

Dan Akroyd
Tim Allen
Ben Affleck

cleaver

Every actor but

taa455

Julia Roberts. I swear she is the same character in every movie.

RichC2

Except in Oceans 12.

clappj

I seems that ever since Scent of a Woman Al Pacino has been playing the same over-the-top, loudmouth over and over again. Not to say he's not a great actor, it's just lately he seems to be becoming a cliche unto himself.

coli

Tom Cruise is great at one type character, an arrogant, smart-ass know it all.
-Top Gun
-Rain Man
-Jerry Maguire
-A Few Good Men
-Days of Thunder
-The Color of Money

Don't get me wrong he is perfect for these roles, and plays them better than anyone else, but he doesn't have much range like a DeNiro or Pacino does. Then again, I don't think he really cares with all the loot he has.

Dr. DVD

Kong didn't end with Ann on a sofa masturbating herself.

taa455

Especially in Oceans 12.

rw2516

John Wayne.
Haven't seen Kong yet, so which version of Watts" Mullholland Dr. character is in it. The perky Miss America goody two-shoes, or the obsessive, jealous loser.

conscience

Just because he doesn't put on accents or drastically change his look all the time like Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't mean he is playing 'himself'.

Check out Prizzi's Honor, Five Easy Pieces, About Schmidt, and Hoffa. Then come back and we'll talk.

conscience

Add De Niro to that list and then give Pacino a point for Angels In America.

Now they're about tied in the 'please quit acting for a few years then come back and wow us with your appropriate acting ability' department.

RichC2

Perky Miss America goody two-shoes. Which is probably why she was considered to begin with.

MoviePage

WTF? In a word, NO.

Mr. Cinema

I said "some movies", not "ALL MOVIES". thanks

Mr. Cinema

He's also a great cold-blooded killer (Collateral).

conscience

Which movies, exactly? And how do you know Nicholson personally as you said he plays "Jack Nicholson"?