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.
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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."
§ 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.
beekaytee - Dec 15, 2009 9:14:59 am PST #5611 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
overweening
Points to ita! My vocab hero...and that's saying something.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 9:15:50 am PST #5612 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think real acting careers are accomplished despite huge fantasy franchises, not because of them.
I don't think any of the Harry Potter kids will be having to do stuff despite the movies. They may never work again, but that's totally their luxury. But I think they have leverage. Spiderman, Dark Knight, I don't think anyone was ill-served by those, although they featured actors who had a lot more prominence at the time.
Points to ita!
Heh. Thanks.
Kathy A - Dec 15, 2009 9:16:25 am PST #5613 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Did you read him saying so?
I think I read that in an interview with either Dom or EW, so I could be wrong about Billy. But, he did settle down with his girlfriend and have a kid right after RotK came out, so it wouldn't surprise me that moving back home was his choice.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:21:26 am PST #5614 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hidalgo, Alatriste, etc, not big movies with big box offices.
No, but he got paid a lot to do them. So he cashed in on LoTR afterwards.
bon bon - Dec 15, 2009 9:22:31 am PST #5615 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Spiderman, Dark Knight, I don't think anyone was ill-served by those, although they featured actors who had a lot more prominence at the time.
But the stars of those movies had established careers. If the question is whether a fantasy franchise can *make* a career for you, Tobey Maguire and Christian Bale are somewhat irrelevant. We're talking relative unknowns here.
Somewhat ironically, apparently Maguire is being considered for The Hobbit.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 9:28:13 am PST #5616 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Somewhat ironically, apparently Maguire is being considered for The Hobbit.
That's actually fitting, unlike, say, PETER PARKER.
t /still bitter
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 9:29:38 am PST #5617 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I like him as Peter Parker. Spider Man 2 is about is good as you're going to get on the big screen for web-headiness.
Tom Scola - Dec 15, 2009 9:29:56 am PST #5618 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, they should have picked an actor that *didn't* have organic web shooters.