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To: durasell
Brendan Fraser. A much under appreciated actor. He'll take one in the nads for a laugh and can really act. He was excellent in The Quiet American.

Haven't seen it, but I'll look into it.

At one time, a few years ago, Brandon Fraser was one of my two favorite actors in movies (not stars or celebrities, mind you, but actors). He does well in drama, comedy, kid stuff, action, and even total crap (Dudley Doo-Right comes to mind here). I can't think of a light drama that I saw him in, but he'd probably do fairly well. After "The Mummy 2" (Returns? whatever.), I thought he was poised to be a sort of Saturday matinee idol, sort of (but probably not quite) the next Harrison Ford. And if you ever see a JPEG of the old Doc Savage magazine covers from the 30s and 40s, Fraser is the spitting image of Doc.

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154 posted on 02/13/2006 3:05:50 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Audie Murphy played the title role in the Quiet American in the original. I always thought he did a good job in it. Fraser played the role in the more recent version and did a very good job in it. Note: I'm not a Graham Greene fan.


168 posted on 02/13/2006 7:44:03 PM PST by durasell (!)
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