We want to know which performance completely shocked you from an unexpected actor or actress.
It can be very easy for us to pigeonhole certain actors, only because that is the kind of actors we know them to be.
Think of Heath Ledger, who before he blew the roof off in The Dark Knight as the Joker, was probably most likely known for being a teenage heartthrob in 10 Things I Hate About You, or a conflicted cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. We certainly weren’t expecting him to channel evil as well as he did in the Batman blockbuster.
Over the years there have been so many different actors who have successfully managed to invert our expectations of who they are by playing completely against type – just look at Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems last month, or Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse this month – but what we want to know is, which of this 180 career turning performances most impressed you?
If you’ve got your own favourite, let us know here, and you can check out the Big Reviewski’s answers to this very same question from 01:58 in the link below:
As it was Justine’s question, she got to answer first and she went with Channing Tatum in Magic Mike. Prior to that, most people might only have known him for being the charming dancer with a heart in Step Up. But now they knew him as the charming dancer with a heart… who likes to take his clothes off for money!
Rory went next, and he chose Albert Brooks in Drive. Remember the creepily smiling guy who ends up cutting Bryan Cranston’s wrists? Yeah. That guy. He is maybe better known for being the over-worrying dad in Finding Nemo, or Jacques (or Hank Scorpio) in The Simpsons. Basically a funny guy who does voices.
Paul chose Steve Carrell‘s incredible performance in Foxcatcher, and if you’ve ever seen the ever-cuddly Carrell in the likes of Anchorman or The Office or Bruce Almighty, then you’ll totally understand why the cinema-going world’s jaws collectively hit the floor after this movie.
And, finally, Eoghan went with Jim Carrey in The Truman Show. Sure, the rubber-faced comedian would go on to make some even more serious movies than this, but the high-concept sci-fi drama was the moment when we all realised that Carrey wasn’t just funny. He could actually ACT.
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