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Actors you didn't think much of that ended up impressing you

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Robert Pattinson

Never saw the Twilight movies (since I'm not a teenage girl) but I knew he gained fame as the pretty boy vampire so I never took him seriously.

My opinion has 100% changed now that I'm finally watching "The Lighthouse".   He's doing a great job.

What actors/actresses ended up impressing you after you initially wrote them off? 

Edit: Thanks to Worms for pointing out I got his damn name wrong 😅

 

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Jason Bateman.  I knew his sister Justine from Family Ties (may have rubbed out one or a bunch of times to her), and figured he was just glomming onto the name.

But after Arrested Development and Ozark... big fan.  :thumbsup:

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Ryan Gosling

His character in "The Gray Man" was spot on to the book and did a fukkin incredible job making me believe he was Sierra Six. 

Plus, he's kinda buff and stuff :wub:

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1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

Jason Bateman.  I knew his sister Justine from Family Ties (may have rubbed out one or a bunch of times to her), and figured he was just glomming onto the name.

But after Arrested Development and Ozark... big fan.  :thumbsup:

Good one. I couldn't stand him until Ozark came out.  I almost didn't watch Ozark because of him.  Glad I was wrong.

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1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

Jason Bateman.  I knew his sister Justine from Family Ties (may have rubbed out one or a bunch of times to her), and figured he was just glomming onto the name.

But after Arrested Development and Ozark... big fan.  :thumbsup:

He's one of those actors that I pretty much like in everything.

Agreed on Mallory(?) Keaton btw

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Val Kilmer

While i liked many movies he was in, i thought he was rather cheesy.

 

After watching Val I have a new respect for him and his craft. 

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3 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

Val Kilmer

While i liked many movies he was in, i thought he was rather cheesy.

 

 

I liked your mom in most of the movies she was in.  :ninja:

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1 minute ago, SUXBNME said:

I liked your mom in most of the movies she was in.  :ninja:

thank you... you may have paid for my college with your OF subscription

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7 minutes ago, DonS said:

He's one of those actors that I pretty much like in everything.

Agreed on Mallory(?) Keaton btw

yeah... not sure of many roles i don't like him in

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1 minute ago, SUXBNME said:

I liked your mom in most of the movies she was in.  :ninja:

BBC Ass to Mouth Vol 5 was a cinematic masterpiece! 

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26 minutes ago, Bier Meister said:

thank you... you may have paid for my college with your OF subscription

I couldn't even afford VHS back then :(

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26 minutes ago, DonS said:

BBC Ass to Mouth Vol 5 was a cinematic masterpiece! 

That was your mom, dummy :rolleyes:

 

Also, The SF Giants are about to play....GO GIANTS !@# 

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I was going to say Pattinson too.

He was great in The Lighthouse and Good Time. Feel like I’ve seen him shine in some other stuff too.

He is as good at acting as Kristen Stewart is bad :thumbsup:

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6 minutes ago, IGotWorms said:

I was going to say Pattinson too.

He was great in The Lighthouse and Good Time. Feel like I’ve seen him shine in some other stuff too.

He is as good at acting as Kristen Stewart is bad :thumbsup:

Thanks for making me realize I got his name wrong. 

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6 minutes ago, wiffleball said:

Keanu Reeves 

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2 hours ago, IGotWorms said:

I was going to say Pattinson too.

He was great in The Lighthouse and Good Time. Feel like I’ve seen him shine in some other stuff too.

He is as good at acting as Kristen Stewart is bad :thumbsup:

Yeah I saw Good Time before The Lighthouse, that's when I realized he was a pretty good actor. The Devil All The Time isn't a great flick, it's ok, but he's pretty good in that too.

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Dang looking at his resume dude has been in a fock load of movies in the last 14 years

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Matt Damon has turned himself into a pretty solid actor.   His butt buddy Ben Affleck, has not

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Another one for Pattinson.

The Lighthouse, Rover, Good Time, The Devil All The Time, I like him in The Batman.

Seems kind of like  Johnny Depp; a pretty boy who could have gotten any heart throb role he wanted; but instead decided to projects that interested him.  

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I thought Matthew McConaughey was pretty meh until I saw the first season of True Detective.  

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29 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Matt Damon has turned himself into a pretty solid actor.   His butt buddy Ben Affleck, has not

 

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