Who can name the Actors that started out as sleazeballs but become leading men?
06-07-06, 04:39 PM
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Who can name the Actors that started out as sleazeballs but become leading men?
Who can name the actors that started out as sleazeballs early in their film career, but later on become leading men?
Here are some that I can think of at the top of my head:
VIGGO MORTENSON
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
BILLY BOB THORNTON
DANIEL CRAIG
Here are some that I can think of at the top of my head:
VIGGO MORTENSON
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
BILLY BOB THORNTON
DANIEL CRAIG
06-07-06, 04:42 PM
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Jeff Goldblum was involved with the gang rape of a girl in the first Death Wish movie. Ain't much sleazier than that.
Or do you mean actors who were sleazeballs in their real lives, not as characters they played?
Or do you mean actors who were sleazeballs in their real lives, not as characters they played?
06-07-06, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Rypro 525
define "sleezeball" like bit actor's that went on to big parts, or those who kind of matured to more serious roles like tom hanks or jim carrey
This guy's question is confusing.
06-07-06, 05:03 PM
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I'm thinking mainly of actors who were consistently cast as sleazeball villain types in a bunch of movies, before becoming respectable likable leading men in their films....I'm actually not thinking of ones in one bit part such as Jim Carrey in one of those Dirty Harry films. I'm thinking more on the lines of film after film being typecast...
06-07-06, 05:22 PM
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Humphrey Bogart
06-07-06, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by toddly6666
JIM CARREY was also petty criminal in one of the Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry movies.
06-07-06, 06:43 PM
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They may not be major leading men at the moment but:
William Sanderson-Played a much despised character in the controversial Fight For Your Life.
Eriq La Salle-Played a pimp in a Ruggero Deodato movie. Need I say more?
William Sanderson-Played a much despised character in the controversial Fight For Your Life.
Eriq La Salle-Played a pimp in a Ruggero Deodato movie. Need I say more?
06-07-06, 09:56 PM
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Kiefer Sutherland started out as a bad boy, had a brief period where he was an A-List leading man, got typecast as bad guys again, went straight-to-video for a while, then became a hero again with 24.
06-07-06, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Bill Paxton. Played a random thug in the first Terminator movie.
He was the first I thought of also.
06-08-06, 08:27 AM
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I think the question is better phrased as:
"What actors, who started out by playing unlikeable sleazeball roles, were able to move beyond that role or roles to become respected leading men?"
"What actors, who started out by playing unlikeable sleazeball roles, were able to move beyond that role or roles to become respected leading men?"
06-08-06, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by FantasticVSDoom
Wouldn't most actors start out like this?? I mean I cant think of many actors who went straight to leading man status...
Val Kilmer's first movie was starring in Top Secret, and Kyle MacLachlan's was Dune.
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06-08-06, 01:22 PM
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Billy Zane played one of Biff's goons in Back to the Future, then played a sleazeball in one of Hollywood's biggest films: Titanic. And then got the chance to play the lead as the Phantom. But has now since disappeared into obscurity.