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Post by getclutch on Dec 20, 2023 19:04:03 GMT
Schoeffling was going places it seemed & disappeared in ’91. I’ll even throw in Skeet Ulrich & Johnathan Taylor Thomas who were on their way & never panned out.
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Post by ibbi on Dec 20, 2023 20:35:35 GMT
I wanted to pose a general question as it pertains to this topic - do you think an actor's name can affect his/her chances of success? I.e. If an actor's name is too difficult to pronounce or spell, do you think it can negatively impact their career? I'm thinking specifically of Ioan Gruffudd and Romola Garai in this instance - all of the ingredients required for stardom are there, they're both quite talented - but their names might be too strange for mainstream Hollywood. I don't really buy that. If you've got something unique that nobody else is selling then you can be called Arnold Schwarzenegger and it won't stand in your way one bit. If you're just a good looking good actor who could be interchanged with numerous others good looking good actors it might even be hard for many people to tell you apart from, then sure. It's not your name that is the primary problem there though. In general with this question, a lot of these people don't ever seem to have been interested in being a star for one reason or another. Billy Crudup is one I'd throw on that pile among people already named. Maybe Jim Caviezel also. Unlike folks like Patric, Bana, Clive Owen, who really did seem to try. Gretchen Mol is another of those. I'm pretty sure big things were expected of her. Though with women it is maybe easier to understand...
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Post by stephen on Dec 20, 2023 20:43:16 GMT
I wanted to pose a general question as it pertains to this topic - do you think an actor's name can affect his/her chances of success? I.e. If an actor's name is too difficult to pronounce or spell, do you think it can negatively impact their career? I'm thinking specifically of Ioan Gruffudd and Romola Garai in this instance - all of the ingredients required for stardom are there, they're both quite talented - but their names might be too strange for mainstream Hollywood. I don't really buy that. If you've got something unique that nobody else is selling then you can be called Arnold Schwarzenegger and it won't stand in your way one bit. If you're just a good looking good actor who could be interchanged with numerous others good looking good actors it might even be hard for many people to tell you apart from, then sure. It's not your name that is the primary problem there though. To be fair, Arnold quickly became "Arnold." It helps that he has an uncommon but not unpronounceable first name so that he can be a mononym if he so chose, and it's not like he was actively competing with scores of former champion bodybuilders-turned-actors for a slice of the proverbial pie. Arnold's an anomaly all unto his own.
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 31, 2023 1:16:24 GMT
Steven Bauer
His performance in Scarface alone as Manny is close to iconic. He holds his own against Al Pacino at the height of his powers. He was movie star good looking, charismatic, and Scarface should have been a starmaking performance, but the opportunities never came for him after that, and he drifted into journeyman/jobbing actor status. I feel he had a similar quality to John Travolta, as far as star potential was concerned, so it's a shame he never attained stardom.
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