BRIAN PENDREIGH
Young Anakin Skywalker, Danny Torrance, and Homer Parrish are among the most memorable characters in film history. Yet, the actors who played those parts did not appear in another major movie role. Find out why Jake Lloyd, Danny Lloyd, and Harold Russell never wanted t...
List of gay characters played by straight actors, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. One of the great things about being an actor is you get to play ...
he starred in Pedro Almodóvar's "Law of Desire" which features intense same-sex love scenes. On "Inside the Actor's Studio" (viaLos Angeles Times), Banderas revealed that he was more than happy to kiss his "Philadelphia" screen partner and even suggested that the pair lock lips. Hanks,...
Another “Let’s just give them an Oscar already” award, this time for Jessica Tandy, who played the elderly retired schoolteacher and reluctant passenger inDriving Miss Daisy. Tandy had been all over film, television, and stage for decades at that point, and the Academy saw Tandy and Morg...
Movie roles often become synonymous with the actors who play them. The more iconic the film and/or the role, the stronger this impression becomes. It seems impossible that any actor besidesMarlon Brandocould have played Don Vito Corleone inThe Godfather, or that anyone exceptMichael J. Foxcould...
Philadelphia native Sherman Hemsley dropped out of high school to join the Air Force and served for four years. His true career, however, would be on television. He played the role of the iconic sitcom character George Jefferson, who appeared not just on "The Jeffersons," but also on "ER...
even if the thriller mechanics means it is not quite as liberated as the average Looney Toon. Not only is this (possibly) the first blockbuster film to allude to Joyce's 'Ulysses' (the Toon Town/Night Town sequence), but is also an allegory of the McCarthy era, reminding us how animat...
The majority of his characters are actually kind and friendly, as inThe World's Fastest Indian,Amistad,andThe Father. Even his take on Odin was more crotchety than mean. "Anthony Hopkins once played a serial killer. The rest of his career has been nice mentors," saiduser amerijohn. ...
Sometimes the person we see on screen and admire might not have been the directors or studios first choice. So let's take a look at some of the actors and actresses who, if things had played out differently, could've ended up playing these classic roles? Which of these actors who ...