List the Movies in Which the Main Actors Were Upstaged by Another Actor

Self | March 23, 2013 | PJ-Comix

[mylife]

John Cleese, "Silverado"~What's All This, Then?

[GeronL]

I was watching a subtitled Korean show, I decided to give the fisrt episode a try. The show was boring and formulaic and predictable except for a minor character who was hilarious. The writers toned that character down later too, she should have had her own show. Her facial expressions were awesome too.

The show was called 'Miss Panda & Mr Hedgehog' and it was not very good except for that very minor character played by Oh Yi-Na.

"What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

[packrat35]

Smokey and the Bandit. Jackie Gleason stole it everytime he was on screen.

“I’m goona go home and slap your mother cause there ain’t no way you come from my loins”

[lowbridge]

“The singing miniature twins steal the show from Mothra. That’s why Godzilla refused to be in any scene with them.”

I heard different. It was the twins that refused to be in any scenes with Godzilla because they were snobbish nightclub stars on the rise, and they considered Godzilla to be a low rent actor doing these drive in schlock films, and so was beneath their station. Little did they know that in his earlier years, Godzilla did Shakespeare in the round for 75 seasons in a row.

[Bratch]

Tommy Lee Jones, as Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard, in The Fugitive.

[DManA]

I'm probably weird but I liked how the trees in front of the Reata mansion grew over time.

Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill.

[DManA]

From what I read all the adults upstaged the kid in that movie. It was supposed to be a coming of age story centered around Danny but turned into an ensemble of wacky characters movie.

[P.O.E.]

"As You Like It" was a tour-de-force and finally got him the recognition he deserved.

And his poetry! (tears welling up now)

Godzilla Haiku

[namvolunteer]

Poor, frumpy Renee Zellweger danced up a storm in Chicago but everyone was watching Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Julie Christie over Warren Beatty in Shampoo.

[Rebelbase]

Bump for Doc.

[musicman]

Almost ANY movie in which Gary Oldman appears.

The Professional

Air Force One

..just to name a few...

[SunTzuWu]

“I’m your huckleberry.”

[lonestar]

The "Prissy" character in a very minor role did a pretty good job in "Gone With the Wind."

Her line "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin no babies" ranks up there with Rhett's "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," and Scarlett's "I'll thinnk about that tomorrow."

[Triple]

Toy Story

[JoeProBono]

"Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty over Harrison Ford as Decker."

Hands down amen!

[rabidralph]

I’m thinking Renee Zellweiger stole just about every scene she was in with Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain.

[dfwgator]

Kevin Spacey in Seven.

[LibertarianLiz]

Perhaps it has more to do with the character of The Joker, than the performance? Or, that character allows an actor a great deal of leeway in being “over the top” with his acting.

[mass55th]

Matthew Broderick upstaged Godzilla in 1998.

[mylife]

That reminded me of "Long Duk Dong" LOL