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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
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Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in their primes in the 70's up to maybe the early to mid 90's.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 14238422)
I love both of them but those are two of the least chameleon like actors out there. With the exception of maybe Raging Bull, it’s De Niro and Pacino doing De Niro and Pacino in every single movie.
"Hoo-hah!" & "Look at me ..." ;) Both great actors, though. Chameleons? Yeah, maybe not so much. |
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Maybe it's because it's so early in his career, but watching Taxi Driver, there is no De Niro, there is only Travis Bickle and he is scary.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 14238422)
I love both of them but those are two of the least chameleon like actors out there. With the exception of maybe Raging Bull, it’s De Niro and Pacino doing De Niro and Pacino in every single movie.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by andicus
(Post 14237733)
Vincent D'onofrio should have his picture in the dictionary under Chameleon actors.
Originally Posted by stvn1974
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To me Bale is the opposite of what the OP has in mind. Bale always takes me out of a scene because he I can tell he is acting.
Originally Posted by Count Dooku
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Sam Rockwell
Originally Posted by DJariya
(Post 14238266)
What about Pedro Pascal. He can play Hispanic, white or even European.
He’s currently playing a white guy named Joel Miller on The Last of Us.
Originally Posted by Coral
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Tatiana Maslany, especially based on her performances on Orphan Black.
All the characters she plays on OB look like Maslany, and yet it feels like they're being played by different actors.
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 14238274)
I know I’m going out on a limb calling Day-Lewis a great actor but i rewatched The Gangs of New York recently and was blown away by how lost he got in that role. The movie could have been better but Daniel Day-Lewis gave possibly the best performance I’ve ever seen on a movie. It’s simply amazing!
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 14238422)
I love both of them but those are two of the least chameleon like actors out there. With the exception of maybe Raging Bull, it’s De Niro and Pacino doing De Niro and Pacino in every single movie.
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When you watch Scarface and Carlito's Way you would have no idea Pacino was Italian and he played a Cuban gangster and a Spanish gangster and you would never thought he was a white guy playing another race.
De Niro in Awakenings and Cape Fear showed his range and two completely different characters and he nailed both of them. Maybe in the 2000's except for a few roles here and there they probably mail it in and don't care about being method but in their primes they were the best. |
Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
(Post 14238752)
When you watch Scarface and Carlito's Way you would have no idea Pacino was Italian and he played a Cuban gangster and a Spanish gangster and you would never thought he was a white guy playing another race.
De Niro in Awakenings and Cape Fear showed his range and two completely different characters and he nailed both of them. Maybe in the 2000's except for a few roles here and there they probably mail it in and don't care about being method but in their primes they were the best. |
Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by Goonies85
(Post 14237784)
In terms of actresses, Sarah Paulson is pretty amazing and chameleon-like.
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Billy Bob Thornton Is a good example of an actor whose face and body seems to uncannily change throughout different roles along with his mannerisms, voice and patterns of speaking.
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Good call! Seeing him transform into Karl Childers on Inside The Actors Studio was amazing.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
(Post 14238752)
When you watch Scarface and Carlito's Way you would have no idea Pacino was Italian and he played a Cuban gangster and a Spanish gangster and you would never thought he was a white guy playing another race.
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Sorry I forgot.
Ethan Hawke seems to never play the same or same kind of guy though maybe you see Ethan Hawke in the role?? |
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Although DeNiro, Pacino or Jack Nicholson all have one or two parts where they completley melt with the role, for me they are the examples of actors who always play themselves, so the complete opposite of chameleons. Saying one couldn't tell that Pacino isn't Puerto Rican or Cuban is not really a chameleon. If it is easy to make impressions of the actor, they probably don't blend into their roles that much.
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Alec Guinness was the perfect example of a chameleon actor.
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Will Smith. Just kidding; Will Smith only knows how to play Will Smith.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by Runaway
(Post 14239705)
Although DeNiro, Pacino or Jack Nicholson all have one or two parts where they completley melt with the role, for me they are the examples of actors who always play themselves, so the complete opposite of chameleons. Saying one couldn't tell that Pacino isn't Puerto Rican or Cuban is not really a chameleon. If it is easy to make impressions of the actor, they probably don't blend into their roles that much.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by HeIsTheZissou
(Post 14240501)
I was thinking about Pacino and this thread recently during a re-watch of "Heat." It's an absolutely fantastic movie, but it also seems to be the movie where Pacino went full "screaming lunatic" as a way to emote. There was no coming back for him after this role.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
(Post 14240518)
I always figured it was Scent of a Woman and all his “Hoo Ah” stuff. Once you win an Oscar, you stick with the schtick.
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Willem Dafoe never does the same thing twice.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
(Post 14240723)
Willem Dafoe never does the same thing twice.
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Re: Chameleon actors
Originally Posted by Runaway
(Post 14240823)
For a guy who has such a unique face, that's really impressive.
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Originally Posted by orangerunner
(Post 14241058)
Very true, you never hear anyone say "Willem Dafoe, he's that actor who sorta reminds me of ..."
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Re: Chameleon actors
Before Kevin Spacey was exposed as a predator and cancelled by the public, he was a pretty good chameleon actor. He played a vast assortment of unique characters in his career.
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