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Give Roy credit

posted 10 years ago by mercury4
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He didn't even want to be in this movie. He hated it. But he said he would give it his best effort and he did. He was a true professional. I've seen some actors phone it in before, but he didn't.

[–] BuddyLove63 10 years ago

He's almost as good as he is in Jaws. That drunk scene with Hendricks is as good as anything he did in jaws.

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

He was a true professional.

Indeed he was.🐭

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[–] davcalla777 10 years ago

If I read right, I believe he was under contract to film 3 movies with Universal, Jaws was the first, Sorcerer was the second, and Jaws 2 was the 3rd

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[–] slash_pars 10 years ago

He owned it in Jaws 2. Brilliant performance. Even more brilliant when you consider his heart wasn't in the film. He was a total pro.

SEBO!!!

[–] AugustGorman 10 years ago

I disagree, I thought he looked somewhat bored during his performance. Like he didn't want to be there (which was the case).

What is that thing you're using?.... It's technical.

[–] subjectmatter700 10 years ago

Since when has Roy never gotten credit for J2? I always thought he was as wonderful in this as he was in the first Jaws film.

[–] Negasonic_WoodChipper_Warhead 10 years ago

He might have been even better here than in the original, he was given a real chance to shine here.

👾We paved the river, you're standing on it!👾

[–] menotherapy 10 years ago

He might have been even better here than in the original, he was given a real chance to shine here

A truly original post on IMDB.

[–] stones78 9 years ago

If anything, I feel he may've OVERRACTED a bit in Jaws 2, but he was just fine to me.

[–] bastasch8647 9 years ago

I say Three Cheers for Roy. As others have noted, he didn't really want to be in this production, but his utter realism and warm-hearted authenticity made the movie work - as did the continuing great depiction of his and Ellen's marriage, as well as Murray Hamilton's endearing performance (DAMN the Powers who deleted his "voting in favor of Martin Brody" scene")...