Typecast Actors

[JK]

Missus put on a movie last night which was supposed to be a bit of a thriller, but as soon as you see Ray Liotta as a Policeman that puts an end to the guesswork lol

Why do the casting agents and actors themselves allow it?

Who else plays the same roles over and over?

[Johno6]

William Defoe.

Has he ever played anything but a villain.

[JK]

William Defoe.

Has he ever played anything but a villain.

Body Of Evidence?

[Cambridge Clarrie]

Do you mean Willem Dafoe?

He played a good guy in Mississippi Burning.

Liotta is definitely only able to play one type of role. Billy Crystal plays the same type of person in all of his roles IMHO.

[Hondo]

While the actors from "Friends" were getting film gigs they were basically just playing their same roles from the TV series. Jennifer Aniston was just playing the Rachel character over and over.

Steve Carroll so far has played pretty much the same character albeit doing it very well. I reckon he could do a great villain if he gets the chance a la Robin Williams in the movie where he works in the photo lab.

Good thread JK

[Johno6]

Do you mean Willem Dafoe?

He played a good guy in Mississippi Burning.

Liotta is definitely only able to play one type of role. Billy Crystal plays the same type of person in all of his roles IMHO.

Sorry iPhone auto correct

But yes him

He is the bad guy in 90% of his films I reckon

[JK]

Hugh Grant always seems to play that bumbling/charming Englishman type of role .. In "About A Boy" at least he added some pretty dry, and non-politically correct humour to it.

He'll probably never win an Oscar for it, but at least you can admire a bloke like Mark Wahlberg who can keep similar mannerisms, but use them equally well in both action or comedy movies.

[Interceptor]

Robert Davi

Always seems to be either a villain or a cop.
Couldn't imagine him as anything else.

[Magpiespower]

Easy answer for the actors: it's a job/paid gig. Few have the luxury of turning one down.

Others slip into a comfort zone or lack the confidence/full of insecurity to take on more challenging roles.

Not always casting's fault: they're often at the mercy of producers and directors.

Lazy and uninspired as it can be, some actors are pretty much just "shorthand" for a particular character type.

And so David Field is nearly always cast as a battler/crim/dodgy cop...

[JK]

Not always casting's fault: they're often at the mercy of producers and directors.

Understand the budget dictates a lot when it comes to casting, but it can have big ramafications for a flick.

The Daniel Craig version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was a good example, when the evil mastermind was the most known actor among the surviving characters

[Magpiespower]

Understand the budget dictates a lot when it comes to casting, but it can have big ramafications for a flick.

Massively important!

You'll often hear directors say something along the line of "casting is 70% of directing a film."

Probably truer when you can't cherry pick the big names.

Because really, you don't direct those actors anyway...

[Kahuna]

Henry Winkler

[Footy Chick]

You could always count on Kiefer Sutherland to play a decent bad guy....

[GWW]

Henry Winkler

Wasn't his character in "Nightshift" pretty much the complete opposite to his Fonz character?

[JK]

You could always count on Kiefer Sutherland to play a decent bad guy....

His old man these days nearly always plays the bad guy too, but both have had several roles where they don't so it's not always the case

[GWW]

Alan Rickman

[Magpiespower]

A little quirk is casting actors to type in comedies with funny results.

De Niro is a great example...

You could always count on Kiefer Sutherland to play a decent bad guy....

His distinctive voice kinda ruined Phone Booth.

Even though, IIRC, you don't/hardly ever see his face, I sat there thinking the whole time...

"It's Kiefer Sutherland!"

[Dogwatcher]

Robert Davi

Always seems to be either a villain or a cop.
Couldn't imagine him as anything else.

Goonies!!!!!!

[Dogwatcher]

Henry Winkler

Not really, at all.
Plays a lot of dunderheads - Waterboy is an example.

[Dogwatcher]

Ron Howard's brother - always gets a cameo in space type movies in the operations centre. Bald/wears glasses.