Actors that should have made it big
Discussion
Sadly Fred Ward of Tremors fame passed away recently. He was really good in that film and came across great on screen yet he didn’t seem to get any more big roles (at least that I can recall). Similarly there is Michael Biehn of Terminator and Aliens fame who doesn’t seem to have found any other big roles outside of James Cameron films, even though I thought he was great in those films.
Presumably being in the right place at the right time (or maybe having the right agent) is what counts ultimately. Or maybe there is a large slice of luck too.
Any others actors that you think should have gone onto leading roles and a big career but didn’t?
Presumably being in the right place at the right time (or maybe having the right agent) is what counts ultimately. Or maybe there is a large slice of luck too.
Any others actors that you think should have gone onto leading roles and a big career but didn’t?
I didn't know that Fred Ward had passed. Tremors is one of my favourite monster films. I didn't realise there was such an age gap between him and Kevin Bacon.
How about Brooke Adams? She was in the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers and later The Dead Zone. I saw a film discussion on YT and they mentioned her and wondered why she never "made it big."
My Dad told me that back in the 60's/70's it was known that Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha in Bewitched) always wanted to make it as a big Hollywood actress, but it never happened.
Sometimes big TV stars don't make it in films. I suppose some TV stars are "bigger" than some film stars though.
How about Brooke Adams? She was in the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers and later The Dead Zone. I saw a film discussion on YT and they mentioned her and wondered why she never "made it big."
My Dad told me that back in the 60's/70's it was known that Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha in Bewitched) always wanted to make it as a big Hollywood actress, but it never happened.
Sometimes big TV stars don't make it in films. I suppose some TV stars are "bigger" than some film stars though.
george peppard, not sure if he turned down roles he shouldn't have, or was " difficult" on set.
anthony perkins, Psycho probably ruined his career.
sarah miles, don't know what happened to her, could be Ryan's Daughter blighted her career although
she's the best thing in it.
Keir Dulleau - could be simply his name.
anthony perkins, Psycho probably ruined his career.
sarah miles, don't know what happened to her, could be Ryan's Daughter blighted her career although
she's the best thing in it.
Keir Dulleau - could be simply his name.
Punctilio said:
george peppard, not sure if he turned down roles he shouldn't have, or was " difficult" on set.
anthony perkins, Psycho probably ruined his career.
sarah miles, don't know what happened to her, could be Ryan's Daughter blighted her career although
she's the best thing in it.
Keir Dulleau - could be simply his name.
I'm afraid I can't do that, Keir.anthony perkins, Psycho probably ruined his career.
sarah miles, don't know what happened to her, could be Ryan's Daughter blighted her career although
she's the best thing in it.
Keir Dulleau - could be simply his name.
Punctilio said:
george peppard, not sure if he turned down roles he shouldn't have, or was " difficult" on set.
I remember a Wigan interview he did. He came over as being on his high horse and slated a fellow actor on the A Team.
Many years later. Justin something or other did a “bring back the A team”. Special.
Actor after actor hinted that George was not the easiest to work with and that the draw for the show was not him. But a good wearing bloke who was not classically trained. (That apparently grounded George’s gears)
Digger said:
DickyC said:
Clive Owen.
He would have made a good Bond.
Have you seen him run?He would have made a good Bond.
The actor who played Peter Guillam in the BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor nearly ruined the whole thing or me because he couldn't run. Shades of Phoebe Buffay.
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