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by Spanks
Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone else avoid actor interviews like the plague?
Replies: 25
Views: 14284

Re: Anyone else avoid actor interviews like the plague?

ShogunRua wrote:
sixx wrote:
And this is the most obvious statement of the thread, but it all goes back to film in its entirety. Intelligent actors star in great films, and idiots star in movies like "Kazaam".


See, I wouldn't say that. Is Francis Ford Coppola an idiot because he did "Jack"? Is Orson Welles a moron for doing animated voice-overs in some crappy films, like the animated Transformers movie?

One of the most intelligent actors I've seen interviews with is Robert Englund, the guy who plays Freddy Krueger. He plays in lots of horrible pictures.


I would call Coppoa's "Jack" and Orson Welles doing voice-overs in "Transformers" to be more duds that anything else. It's obvious these two are pioneers within film, but not everyone is perfect. The actors I was more referring to are the likes of Tyrese Gibson, Rob Schneider, Channing Tatum, or Kevin Smith (I know I'm not going out on a limb with these guys).

Maybe it all goes back to that thread where we discussed directors who have become lackadaisical and more likely are in it for the money than anything else (Michael Bay, George Lucas, Tim Burton). An actor may have an IQ of 150+, pass the MCATs with a 35 out of 36, and have a perfect GPA from Harvard but does it really show when they star in terrible films, raking in a few million per year?

Or maybe that route is pretty smart.
by ShogunRua
Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone else avoid actor interviews like the plague?
Replies: 25
Views: 14284

Re: Anyone else avoid actor interviews like the plague?

sixx wrote:
And this is the most obvious statement of the thread, but it all goes back to film in its entirety. Intelligent actors star in great films, and idiots star in movies like "Kazaam".


See, I wouldn't say that. Is Francis Ford Coppola an idiot because he did "Jack"? Is Orson Welles a moron for doing animated voice-overs in some crappy films, like the animated Transformers movie?

One of the most intelligent actors I've seen interviews with is Robert Englund, the guy who plays Freddy Krueger. He plays in lots of horrible pictures.