Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
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Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
For me, whenever i see Josh Brolin in The Goonies, i just can't believe that he has become the actor he is, good and popular. i mean he could be considered A-list and was in The Goonies. i love things like that...
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Christian Bale. I enjoyed seeing him in American Psycho and Equilibrium might be one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures of all time so I was super jazzed about seeing him cast as Batman and watching him in more action roles.
But then going from that to an Academy Award winner was a pleasant surprise, which I should have seen coming after The Machinist.
But then going from that to an Academy Award winner was a pleasant surprise, which I should have seen coming after The Machinist.
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Johnny Depp
James Spader
Neil Patrick Harris
Rob Lowe
Jon Cryer
Robert Downey Jr
Jason Bateman
Patrick Dempsey
Richard Grieco being the only casualty
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Yep. I was a Bosom Buddies fan and when he did that movie Bachelor Party post BB's they filmed some scenes around the block from my school in Culver City CA and we met him and got autographs. Nice guy. Who would have known he would be the big powerful A-lister he is today back then.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Christian Bale. I enjoyed seeing him in American Psycho and Equilibrium might be one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures of all time so I was super jazzed about seeing him cast as Batman and watching him in more action roles.
But then going from that to an Academy Award winner was a pleasant surprise, which I should have seen coming after The Machinist.
But then going from that to an Academy Award winner was a pleasant surprise, which I should have seen coming after The Machinist.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Jack Black.
I just don't get him.
I just don't get him.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Yep. I was a Bosom Buddies fan and when he did that movie Bachelor Party post BB's they filmed some scenes around the block from my school in Culver City CA and we met him and got autographs. Nice guy. Who would have known he would be the big powerful A-lister he is today back then.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Dwayne Johnson.
I figured him for an action genre star ala Segal, Van Damme, Norris, Statham, etc.
Instead he's the star of A list, mass audience blockbusters.
I figured him for an action genre star ala Segal, Van Damme, Norris, Statham, etc.
Instead he's the star of A list, mass audience blockbusters.
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Val Kilmer
Dude got huge. From a handsome Batman to a porky pig.
Dude got huge. From a handsome Batman to a porky pig.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Channing Tatum
The guy has not talent but gets big roles.
Dakota Johnson could be the female Tatum.
The guy has not talent but gets big roles.
Dakota Johnson could be the female Tatum.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
John Holmes, damnit! John Holmes!
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
John C. Reilly and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. It's not because they're not talented, it's because they're not "hotties" in a business that demands more and more stringent requirement for such.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Oddly enough, I don’t mind Kevin Hart in his movies but I can’t stand his over-rehearsed, written by committee stand-up comedy.
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Bradley Cooper. Who knew the foil in Wedding Crashers and the guy who asked Robert De Niro a question many many years ago on Inside the Actor's Studio would become a brilliant talent, imo. Acting, writing, directing. multi-faceted threat. just a completely upward trajectory career...
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Re: Which actors surprised you by becoming so big?
Mark Wahlberg
Will Ferrell
Gwyneth Paltrow
and last but not least
Steven Seagal
Will Ferrell
Gwyneth Paltrow
and last but not least
Steven Seagal

Last edited by JoeySeven; 12-25-18 at 11:44 PM.