I think one of the things working against them is that the films were such a big thing, with everyone besides McKellen, Bean, and Blanchett being relatively small name actors going in, that almost none of the hype and public familiarity got transferred to the actors themselves rather than sticking with their characters.
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 15, 2009 9:05:22 am PST #5601 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:05:27 am PST #5602 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In the time it took me to proclaim my laziness, Scola comes through with the Nilly.
Ahhh, yes. Dead Bear Daddy.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 9:07:37 am PST #5603 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
In the time it took me to proclaim my laziness, Scola comes through with the Nilly.
Embrace the irony.
And the awesomeness that is Scola.
JZ - Dec 15, 2009 9:07:43 am PST #5604 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
And the whole discussion/explanation was in LoTR: The Two Towers (go to the archives, under "Other Media"), starting at post 5106.
Tom Scola - Dec 15, 2009 9:08:34 am PST #5605 of 30000
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See also: Hamill, Mark; Fisher, Carrie; Williams, Billy Dee.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:09:18 am PST #5606 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's funny because I thought they all did well. Viggo got moved up to movie star. And while he didn't make much off LoTR, he made a shit ton on things like Hidalgo. Dom got work on Lost. Orlando became a lead. The name actors - Cate, Ian, Bean - continued to work. Though Bean less so. Elijah's doing the work he wants to do. Sean is mostly directing, which is the direction he was moving towards.
The two actors that could possibly come out of it as stars - Viggo and Orlando - did. And Orlando has gone about as far as his talent will take him.
Viggo's gone on to a particularly fruitful collaboration with Cronenberg.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:10:58 am PST #5607 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dude, Where's My Precious?
Heh.
bon bon - Dec 15, 2009 9:11:32 am PST #5608 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Tom gets there while I'm trying to think of Mark Hamill's name. Also Hayden Christensen. I think real acting careers are accomplished despite huge fantasy franchises, not because of them.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:12:20 am PST #5609 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think real acting careers are accomplished despite huge fantasy franchises, not because of them.
Yeah, but it helps to have a Viggo or Harrison Ford to anchor the special effects.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 9:13:09 am PST #5610 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Orlando is totally not a movie star. He got carried by Johnny Depp in Pirates. What has he done without him that made money? Troy was a flop, and look at that cast. The less said about Elizabethtown the better. He's a star star. Not a movie star. Not a lead.
he made a shit ton on things like Hidalgo
Hidalgo, Alatriste, etc, not big movies with big box offices. Now, that might very well be as Viggo likes them, but I don't think there's any "shit ton" there.