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How does continuing to work comfortably in high profile projects equate to fading into obscurity?

Creative careers are not necessarily defined by unfettered commercial success. One could just as easily assert that after Point Break (working with Keanu as well as future Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow) Swayze chose projects that appealed to a more personally fulfilling sentiment.

Plus, who knows what the future will hold?

Check out his show The Beast, last show he did before he passed.

He worked right to the end - you have to respect that work ethic.

Point Break was/is incredible and Swayze was the highlight - playing a villain so charming you were almost rooting for him. I’m guessing based on that choice he was more interested in challenging roles than becoming a megastar.

Hell, he played a paedophile in Donnie Darko.

I liked Point Break. That's probably the last big film he did.

My guess is bad script picks or he wasn't being offered good scripts. It's difficult for an actor to consistently maintain a career with hit movies. Cruise is the exception, but a lot of his recent movies are rehashed sequels. At least Swayze made a few classics.

CITY OF JOY...FATHERHOOD...TALL TALE...TO WONG FOO...THREE WISHES...BLACK DOG.


ALL RELEASED IN THEATRES WITH DECENT ADVERTISING IN THE 90S...NONE OF THE FILMS REALLY CONNECTED AT THE TIME.

I don't know, but I didn't, and don't, miss him. The only movie he was in that I really like is Red Dawn (1984), and him being in it has nothing to do with why I like it.

What did Clark Gable do after Gone With The Wind? I’m sure he worked but I can’t name the films off the top of my head. Sometimes actors just get a few lucky roles where they can make their mark. Ghost and Dirty Dancing are iconic films.

I feel all the more proud for never having seen it!