50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
#150 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 4:32pm
A pretty neat list from EW. It includes the obvious choices like the fabulous Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Hellen Mirren, and Emma Thompsom, but it also has some nice unexpected surprises, including a number of stage actors and up-and-coming TV/movie stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Kristen Bell, Cherry Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Rosario Dawson, Amy Adams, and others.
I disagree with some of their choices like Nathan Fillion, Will Ferrell (ugh), and a few others, especially since the likes of Sally Field, Salma Hayek, Al Pacino, Natalie Portman, Matt Damon, and Toni Collette weren't included.
Part I
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20190207,00.html
Part II
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20190294,00.html
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Updated On: 4/20/08 at 04:32 PM
#2re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 4:39pm
Kristen Bell was the first name that came into my mind; nice to see she made the list 
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#2re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 4:49pm
Bet they don't have my choices.
*goes a-hunting for Bruce Campbell, Philip Quast, and Geoffrey Streatfeild*
#3re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 5:56pm
I definitely disagree with Will Ferrell, but I'm glad to see Rosario and Christian Bale on there.
The only one I think they should have mentioned is Jim Carrey. I would definitely watch him in anything.
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#5re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 6:35pm
Jim Carrey hasn't made a good movie since ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND though.
I like Paul Rudd but he wouldn't make my top 50.
I'm glad Laura Linney and Kate Winslet were on there though.
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#6re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 6:41pm
I don't know...I kinda liked A Series of Unfortunate Events. But yes, many of his recent movies have been pretty horrible.
I heard he will be playing Robert Ripley in a new movie though, so I'm excited.
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#7re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 6:53pmIn the history of filmdom, I might be able to come up with 10 actors I'd watch in anything. None of them were on that list.
#8re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 6:58pmI am plesently suprised by some of their choices (Regina King, Joseph Gorden Lovett) but I would have included Reese Witherspoon and Sandra Oh
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#9re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 7:21pm
My list would have to include:
Marcia Gay Harden
Cate Blanchett
Brenda Blethyn
Judi Dench
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#10re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 7:33pmBlethyn and Collette were not included? How sad.
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#11re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 7:54pmMrs R's choice is John Glover.
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#12re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 8:27pm
True, Sandra Oh should have made the list. I'm just glad they didn't necessarily go for all the big celebrities (Katherine Heigl, Jessica Alba, etc) and actually included a lot of talented people that are not really that well known.
I'm surprised Blanchett wasn't included.
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#14re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 9:04pm
It's been forever since I've seen Tom Selleck in anything. Is he still at it?
Robert Downey Jr popped into my head first.
and of course, my fave camera-shy 70s counter-culture icon.^^^^^
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#15re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 9:15pm
Paul Rudd makes my top 10! 
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#16re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 9:15pm
Not too long ago, I had the opportunity to see Jane Alexander - one of my all-time favorites - live, for the first time. Someone asked me about the piece I'd be seeing, and I replied, "I've never heard of it - but it doesn't matter, since I'd watch her read the phone book."
Well, the piece turned out to be an embarrassment - complete with the reading of a grocery list (which was singled out by critics as the highlight).
I no longer think there is anyone I would see in anything.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/03
#17re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 9:46pm
phone book, grocery list, samey samey.
sounds like you got your wish?
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#18re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 10:27pmI'm missing Stockard Channing, Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench, Toni Colette, and Maggie Smith. What gives?
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#19re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/20/08 at 10:39pm
"What gives?"
These lists are created by very young interns who have no real reference point. Some of the people on this list are ridiculous choices. The interns have no real concept of great acting.
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#20re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/21/08 at 8:49amI think this list says more about the crap the writers watch than it does about the talent of the actors.
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#21re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/21/08 at 9:13amIf Maggie Smith is not on the list, it has absolutely no credibility.
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#22re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/21/08 at 9:35am
My 50 actors I’d watch in anything (not in any order):
1. Meryl Streep
2. Judy Garland
3. Bette Davis
4. James Stewart
5. Cate Blanchett
6. Toni Collette
7. Jack Nicholson
8. Johnny Depp
9. Joan Crawford
10. Ethel Barrymore
11. Beaulah Bondi
12. Fay Bainter
13. Guy Kibbee
14. Thomas Mitchell
15. Hattie McDaniel
16. Sandra Oh
17. Peter O’Toole
18. Jane Fonda
19. Norma Shearer
20. Charlie Chaplin
21. Sidney Poitier
22. Doris Day
23. Sally Field
24. Burl Ives
25. Gene Kelly
26. Paul Newman
27. Charlton Heston
28. Fred Astaire
29. Ginger Rogers
30. Deborah Kerr
31. Ann Miller
32. Ethel Merman
33. Daniel Day-Lewis
34. Claudette Colbert
35. Fred MacMurray
36. Barbara Stanwyck
37. Maggie Smith
38. Judi Dench
39. Mildred Natwick
40. Edna May Oliver
41. Alec Guinness
42. Giullietta Mesina
43. Betty Hutton
44. Lon Chaney
45. Emma Thompson
46. Anthony Hopkins
47. Esther Williams
48. Alfre Woodard
49. Patricia Neal
50. Jack Lemmon
Hey, some of mine are dead, but who cares? I stay tuned when I see them in something.
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#23re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/21/08 at 9:35am
Sorry, but even Jude Law couldn't make me sit through COLD MOUNTAIN again.
I will actively avoid movies with that Philip Seymour Hoffman person in them.
Tom Selleck? Where did this come from? Did his publicist pay off EW or something?
I would only ever willingly sit through Mos Def's appearance in his own snuff film.
I am glad, though, that the sublime Jeffrey Wright made the list. Somebody out there's paying attention.
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#24re: 50 Actors We'd Watch in Anything
Posted: 4/21/08 at 12:19pmCoffee is now spewing thru my nostils at the Mos Def comment
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