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8 Terrible Actors Who Got Lucky Breaks
YouTube ^ | January 19, 2017 | WhatCulture

Posted on 02/02/2018 9:18:48 AM PST by EveningStar

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To: Lady Heron

How about Vigo Mortensen?

After being Aragon in the LOTR, what has he done? Some movie about a horse and as a submarine officer. Two movies.

Totally type-cast into fantasy movies I guess.


41 posted on 02/02/2018 9:55:37 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (-man)
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To: EveningStar

Diane Keaton. She got the Godfather gig b//c she was dating Pacino. But she’s painful to watch in everything she does.


42 posted on 02/02/2018 9:55:57 AM PST by ronniesgal (still winning !!)
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To: ssaftler
For example, cast Schwarzenegger as a muscle-bound, low-brow action hero who throws off some punny lines, and he’s not bad. Anything else, including governing California, and the man is completely lost.

I agree that Arnold has good comedic timing and a goofy charm in his genre. As governor, he started out OK then completely changed. Almost like he was being blackmailed.

43 posted on 02/02/2018 9:57:27 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Cowboy Bob
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44 posted on 02/02/2018 9:59:29 AM PST by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: kosciusko51

Stallone didn’t catch a lucky break.
HE MADE ONE.

He wrote an underdog film called “Rocky” and used it as his starring vehicle. He literally printed his own ticket to stardom.


45 posted on 02/02/2018 10:00:26 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: CarmichaelPatriot
So, you admit that General/Chat is just useless BS?

Nice try.....LOL!

46 posted on 02/02/2018 10:01:15 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: kosciusko51

“John Travolta”

Whaaaat? You are on crack! His portrayal as Vinnie Barbarino was probably the single greatest gift to humanity that any single individual could possibly make.


47 posted on 02/02/2018 10:01:20 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: CrazyIvan; CarmichaelPatriot

Well to be a MumbleBumbler he will need to refer to YouTube posters in sexual terms, every post, all the time.


48 posted on 02/02/2018 10:02:39 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Yes, and “Rocky” is the biggest sports hero in Philly. They even have a statue to him.

Still doesn’t make Stallone a good actor.


49 posted on 02/02/2018 10:02:53 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Michael.SF.

John Wayne didn’t have to act. He played John Wayne and he was America’s favorite actor for decades.


50 posted on 02/02/2018 10:03:05 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: EveningStar

How..is William Shatner...NOT..number 1?


51 posted on 02/02/2018 10:04:07 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: Michael.SF.

John Wayne had a tendency to play himself in most movies.

After filming “Red River”, Howard Hawks commented that it was the first time he realized the big guy could act.


52 posted on 02/02/2018 10:04:17 AM PST by yarddog
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To: CarmichaelPatriot

Ok. Hellary, the lead actress in Benghazi, was totally unbelievable in her role. She never brings any credibility to any of roles yet she gets break after break.


53 posted on 02/02/2018 10:04:41 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: dsrtsage
Keanu Reeves played stoned and stupid far better than Travolta ☺
54 posted on 02/02/2018 10:05:12 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: jimmygrace

I agree with you re: Arnold and Vin. They never have made a pretense of being great actors. Neither would consider themselves artists or talk about “the craft” of acting. They found a lucrative niche and enjoyed making lots of money. Good for them.


55 posted on 02/02/2018 10:05:27 AM PST by Nevadan
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To: dsrtsage

Travolta was good in “Saturday Night Fever.”


56 posted on 02/02/2018 10:06:11 AM PST by Cecily
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To: EveningStar

>7. Sam Worthington

He was funny when standing on his head.


57 posted on 02/02/2018 10:09:39 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: j.argese

Much better Jack Ryan than Affleck could ever be, even if Affleck were the only actor left standing.

Whoever cast Affleck in that role, should be selling rocks on the side of the road, in the desert.


58 posted on 02/02/2018 10:10:33 AM PST by qaz123
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To: kosciusko51

No, but no one should use the term “lucky” to describe his accomplishments. It takes hard work to literally FORCE yourself into Hollywood.


59 posted on 02/02/2018 10:12:06 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: dsrtsage
Barbarino
60 posted on 02/02/2018 10:12:56 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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