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James Nesbitt
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As the BBC trumpets about the re-tread of its Cold Feet series, does anyone agree with me that James Nesbitt is a titanically lousy actor with the range of a paper clip?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.hc4361 - //Maybe those actors can play totally different roles but are never given the chance to - typecast. //
I don't think that's true.
Look at the undisputed emperor of one-dimensional acting, Sean Connery, and the variety of roles he has played - a secret agent, a medieval king, a dragon, an Irish cop (he got an Oscar for that!), a Russian submarine captain ... and he is exactly and precisely the same in every single one of them!
I don't think that's true.
Look at the undisputed emperor of one-dimensional acting, Sean Connery, and the variety of roles he has played - a secret agent, a medieval king, a dragon, an Irish cop (he got an Oscar for that!), a Russian submarine captain ... and he is exactly and precisely the same in every single one of them!
ichkeria - //There is a lot more to acting than being able to adopt different persona. //
There is, but it is still a fundamental principle of the craft.
Acting - by definition, means playing a part, and if you are playing yourself, you are not playing a part.
So at one extreme you have Nesbitt, Caine and Connery, and at the other you have people like Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio, and let's never underestimate Paul Whithouse - whom Johnny Depp rates as one of the best character actors in the world - and he would know.
There is, but it is still a fundamental principle of the craft.
Acting - by definition, means playing a part, and if you are playing yourself, you are not playing a part.
So at one extreme you have Nesbitt, Caine and Connery, and at the other you have people like Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio, and let's never underestimate Paul Whithouse - whom Johnny Depp rates as one of the best character actors in the world - and he would know.