Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#1Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/1/08 at 1:57pmA good recent example of this would probably be Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder. Could have just been an indulgent "LOL! CRUISE IS DOING STUFF HE'S NEVER DONE!" but the character was actually legitimately good, which surprised me. I wasn't aware that he would be in the movie for that long either. It was an actual supporting performance and not a cameo.
#2re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/1/08 at 3:55pm
Are we actually talking about stunt casting? Or, like...cameos that manage to rise above just being a cameo?
In the case of Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder...I only thought he was funny because it was Tom Cruise acting against his public image.
Trekkie2
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#2re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/1/08 at 4:21pmWell, Hairspray wouldn't have succeeded nearly as much if it hadn't been advertised as "COME SEE JOHN TRAVOLTA IN A DRESS!"
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#3re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/1/08 at 6:57pm
How is casting any movie star in a film "stunt casting?"
Aren't all commercial films "stunt cast?" You're just talking about a cameo in this case.
And they're nothing new. Cameos are by definition (in movie terms) a very brief appearance by a celbrity in a movie.
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#4re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/1/08 at 7:16pmNot for nothing but really, is Tom Snooze a draw anymore? In anything?
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#5re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/2/08 at 6:05am
Well, I think we can all give examples of stunt-casting that *didn't* work. *coughrentahem* So... to a degree... I'll say Nathan Lane in 'The Producers' did work, even though it's not as stunty as other similar casting.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/2/08 at 9:09am
ANATOMY OF A MURDER was on TCM yesterday, and it features a bit of stunt casting that I don't think works at all: Joseph Welch as the judge. While Mr. Welch will live forever as the man who asked Joe McCarthy if he had no sense of decency left, he's just in over his head onscreen with James Stewart and George C. Scott. He tries, but an actor he ain't.
Stuntcasting that works: Tina Turner as The Acid Queen in TOMMY. She's a marvel.
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Updated On: 9/2/08 at 09:09 AM
#7re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/2/08 at 9:20am
I would agree those are examples of movie stunt casting... putting someone who is not an actor by trade in a role. Like casting Donald Trump as a billionaire or Howard Cosell as a sports announcer, etc.
But casting a well-known actor in any movie role isn't stunt casting, it's just good business.
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#8re: Movie stunt casting that actually worked?
Posted: 9/2/08 at 10:27am
With Besty's definition in mind, I'd like to nominate the entire onscreen career of Stan Lee, from 'Mallrats' to 'Iron Man', with everything in between, before, and yet to come!
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