Brilliant performances where actor who usually play good/bad character play opposite. Movies and TV included.
1. Jamie Lee Curtis - Mother's Boys(1993)
2. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
share4. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo (2002)
shareAh, great one! I didn't know at the time Williams was a Juilliard trained actor, I thought he was a stand-up comic who had transitioned into acting. And while he had done some good stuff in the past there hadn't been anything that really impressed me. So when I saw One Hour Photo my reaction was, "holy shit, somewhere along the way this guy got very good!"
shareI was likewise impressed by this performance
shareI never rated Robin Williams as a comedian, to me he was like a mental patient off his meds. But as a dramatic actor he really was very good.
> as a dramatic actor he really was very good.
Indeed. At Juilliard there was some sort of advanced workshop for acting that was invitation only. The year he did it, Williams and Christopher Reeve were the only two students invited to participate.
Chevy Chase played a really mean and awful person on a Law & Order episode, an anti-Semite. And very serious. It was so strange seeing him this way.
shareJim Carry in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
share1. Jamie Lee Curtis - Mother's Boys(1993)
2. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
3. TV -- Columbo, "Negative Reaction" -- Dick Van Dyke, perennially cast as Mister Nice Guy, does a fine job playing the arrogant murderer of the week.
4. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo (2002)
5. Charlize Theron - Monster (2003), playing the ugly crazy chick.
One of my favorite performances.
share1. Jamie Lee Curtis - Mother's Boys(1993)
2. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
3. TV -- Columbo, "Negative Reaction"
4. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo (2002)
5. Chevy Chase - Law and Order
6. Jim Carry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
7. Charlize Theron - Monster (2003), playing the ugly crazy chick.
8 . Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
1. Jamie Lee Curtis - Mother's Boys(1993)
2. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
3. TV -- Columbo, "Negative Reaction"
4. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo (2002)
5. Chevy Chase - Law and Order
6. Jim Carry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
7. Charlize Theron - Monster (2003), playing the ugly crazy chick.
8 . Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
9. John Goodman - 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)