Underrated Actors
Underrated Actors
#0Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 4:41pm
At Carl's suggestion, I'm starting this thread:
Sarah Polley- AMAZING. Watch "My Life Without Me" and TRY not to weep.
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#1re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:12pm
Just a few. I'll add to this list later on.
Sarah Polley - stellar in "Go", "The Sweet Hereafter", "My Life Without Me", and "Dawn of the Dead"
Nicolas Cage - Not a fan at first, then I saw "Adaptation" and "Leaving Las Vegas". I am still eating my words.
Julianne Moore - One of the best living actresses, and she has yet to win a Golden Globe, let alone an Oscar. For this talent, I'd consider that underrated.
Helen Hunt - A lot of hatred on this board, but she was solid in "As Good as It Gets" and "What Women Want". Maybe her performance in "A Good Woman" will earn her some fans.
Hope Davis - Always good, always different.
Lindsay Lohan - Gave three unique, acclaimed performances in "The Parent Trap", "Freaky Friday", and "Mean Girls". And yet, as soon as she gets a reputation for being a party girl, she is labelled as a bad actress.
Timothy Hutton - Gave one of the greatest supporting performances in recent decades with "Ordinary People". And yet, he has not done anything recently. At least nothing to speak of.
Campbell Scott - Saw "Roger Dodger". Adored him. Saw "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle". Adored him even more.
Julia Stiles - MANY people don't like her, but she usually picks very interesting projects that aid in her developement as an actress.
Kirsten Dunst - See Julia Stiles. One of the Hollywood's best young actress. No one knows it yet.
Jared Leto - Is constantly referred to as a tween heartthrob, but he was riveting in "Requiem for a Dream" and "Prefontaine".
Holly Hunter - A beautiful, intelligent, and versatile actress. Still, no one talks about her that much.
Tom Cruise - Hey, I like him! OKAY?!
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Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#2re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:15pmDoes anyone pay attention to Paul Giammati? I think he's great, but no one seems to know who he is...Sideways helped with that, though.
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#3re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:16pmJohn Cusack. "High Fidelity" is one of my Top 5 favorite movies of all time (no pun intended). 80s films- pure genius. Great actor.
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#4re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:16pm
Kirsten Dunst is awful.
She has no screen presence and always sounds like she is reading from the script. She was atrocious in both SPIDER-MAN films and in WIMBLEDON. WIMBLEDON would have been really cute if it hadn't been for Kirsten.
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#5re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:20pm
I agree. Kirsten is cute..she was radiant at the Oscars. But she's not a great actress. She's another that plays the same role over and over.
Now Denise Richards is a vast pool of talent just waiting to be tapped.
#6re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:24pm
Plum-
I definitely agree. He was my pick for Best Actor in 2004.
Ma and Josh-
Have you ever seen the following films:
"The Cat's Meow"
"crazy/beautiful"
"The Virgin Suicides"
"Levity"
Ma - Were you serious about Denise Richards?
All of them are definitely very risky, and different, parts for a young actress.
Updated On: 3/21/05 at 07:24 PM
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#7re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:34pmI saw crazy/beautiful and THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. Not impressed at all.
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#9re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:43pmOf course I'm serious about Denise...did you not see her in that James Bond movie? She's a real star.
#10re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 7:45pmlol Well, she was good in "Wild Things" and "Drop Dead Gorgeous".............. Right?
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#11re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 8:03pmMary-Louise Parker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Some of us have it worse, you know, Dana. Some of us are dating lesbian men. Okay? C'mon."
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#12re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 8:38pm
Actually she was quite enjoyable (truly) in Drop Dead Gorgeous...
BTW, Broadway86--love your avatar...what was her safe word?
Updated On: 3/21/05 at 08:38 PM
#13re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 8:44pm
Jim Carrey
Jeff Daniels
Chris Cooper
Joaquin Phoenix
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#14re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 8:47pmI don't know if she is underrated, but I really love Kate Winslet.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#17re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 10:01pmI AGREE WITH LIEV SCHRIEBER!!!!!! THANK YOU SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
#18re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 10:27pm
Schreiber was excellent in "The Manchurian Candidate".
Ma-
Popcorn!
#19re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:28pm
I didn't think ANYONE other than Streep was excellent in THE MANCHURIAN PILE OF DOGSH*T.
Anyway.
My favorite underrated actors:
Jared Leto
Kieran Culkin
Seth Green
Michael Pitt
Eva Green
Clive Owen
Peter Sarsgaard
Gerard Butler
Lothaire Bluteau
Gael Garcia Bernal
Colin Farrell
Dallas Roberts
Liam Neeson
Robin Wright Penn
Ethan Hawke
Julie Delpy
Freddy Highmore
Glenn Close
Laura Dern
Mark Ruffalo
John Cusack
Jennifer Connelly
Diego Luna
Don Cheedle
Colin Firth
James Van der Beek
Oprah Winfrey
Mary Louise Parker
Angelina Jolie
Laura Linney
Salma Hayack
Jude Law
Kate Hudson
Matt Damon
Joseph Fiennes
Chloe Sevigny
Ryan Gosling
Johnny Depp (until very recently)
Kate Winslet (WHERE IS HER OSCAR!?!?!)
Jim Carrey
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#20re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:30pmGo, munk! Especially Laura Linney. Where is her Oscar???
#21re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:31pmwow, munk...you are incredible.
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
#22re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:41pmBroadway86- Stiles? please, all her characters are EXACTLY the same. let's see some versatility!
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#23re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:43pmAgreed. I think she's dreadful.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#24re: Underrated Actors
Posted: 3/21/05 at 11:49pm
Two of my all time favourite underrated movie actresses would have to be Parker Posey and Catherine O'Hara
Updated On: 3/21/05 at 11:49 PM
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