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secondary characters did well

posted 16 years ago by danzaiver
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Watching this again today, it occurred to me how I've seen a lot of the secondary characters in modern movies.

The obvious one is of course Simon Pegg.

But there's also Vincent Cassel who plays Gino Bolognese, who is the villain in Derailed. It's funny because I thought I think the potrayal of this character in such a sinister extreme way seemed inappropriate for this comedy movie, but it works well in Derailed.

Also there's Bill Nighy who I've seen quite lately in Underworld. I think he plays a head vampire better than he does an ordinary guest in the hotel.

I think I'm right in saying that these people were pretty much no-names when Paradiso came out, but they're all in top movies now.

[–] megawutt 16 years ago

Vincent Cassel no-name? LOL

[–] danzaiver 16 years ago

after you said that, I went and checked his movies. Before Guest House Paradiso, he's just been in loads of French movies, the exception being Joan of Arc, which is relatively famous. But seriously, he didn't have a major role in another big film before Paradiso.
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[–] megawutt 16 years ago

Right, the whole world is watching only American films, isn't? Besides he's married to Monica Bellucci (lucky bastard), which makes him famous by default.

[–] drizzleinc 16 years ago

Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, and Bill Nighy were all in shaun of the dead, I saw this after shaun of the dead, so i thought that was kind of funny and interesting.

[–] DeadAddiction 15 years ago

wasnt that newly wed guy in master and commander?

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[–] azazel_fallenangel 15 years ago

Hadn't realised til I saw the credits, but the woman who played the french love interest in Dr who, The Girl In The Fireplace,(sorry, forget her name) was one of the dream nymphs.

[–] Battlejayroyale 13 years ago

Vincent Cassel was in La haine before Guest house and that's a pretty famous movie. I believe it's in the IMDB top 250.

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