I saw Kevin Spacey on stage at the Old Vic a few years back, the lead in the Iceman Cometh. I'm not a great theatre goer ( I live 10 miles from the RSC in Stratford on Avon. My wife is there every few weeks, Ive never been, except to the excellent restaurant.) and this is an exceptionally long play. He was mesmerising, true genius. Check out the US version of House of Cards on Netflix - he is brilliant in that as well. Also, beautiful underplaying in The Shipping News with Judi Dench.
I'd probably go with Harrison Ford, based largely on his part in the brilliant Blade Runner. Though Sean Young was hot in that film - disappointed she has a reputation as a bunny boiler. Can't watch Jim Carrey. All those face muscles moving at once. Torture
Going back a bit, but I always enjoy any film with Charles Laughton in it, Mutiny on the Bounty, Hobson's Choice, Hunchback of Notre Dame and Witness for the Prosecution. He also directed Night of the Hunter (Robert Mitchum). Anyone else find Daniel Day Lewis a bit painful to watch? Humourless and overly stiff in my opinion.
I used to really enjoy the 80s Brat Pack ensemble movies too, particularly St. Elmo's Fire in which I can see something of myself in the 'qualities' of all the male leads. The Breakfast Club is also a favourite. I'm sure it's something to do with my nostalgia for the era within which I entered adulthood, but I have a lot of affection for a number of movies from that decade: Back To The Future, Risky Business, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Beverley Hill's Cop, The Three Amigos, Fletch, Splash, Planes Trains & Automobiles and so on. Gregory's Girl gets a special mention too.
...and Will Ferrell's brand of humour (especially in random sports parodies) gets me running for the exit.
The Greatest of them all:: Charlie Chaplin. Best film ever "the great dictator" also the gold rush and modern times.
Harrison Ford has been in a lot of my favourite films so he'd have to be up there. I notice all the actors chosen seem to lean towards serious films. I'd like to put Ben stiller and will ferrell forward, always make me laugh whether the films great or ok.......
Great choice, Flumster! I love the Carry Ons, me. Even today after seeing them all umpteen times, I still discover a new double entendre or euphemism I'd missed previously. Nobody did a 'phwoar!' as well as Sid, except perhaps Kenneth Connor. I also love to listen to Hancock's Half Hour on the iPlayer in which Sid also was a regular with Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams; the latter also appearing in Around The Horne (also on iPlayer). Anybody know what a 'gruntfuttock' is?
Al Pacino in Carlitos way. One of my favourite movies and Sean Penn puts in a good turn too. Agree about Michael Caine, but he had had a couple if shockers.. " blame it on rio " springs to mind...
