[quote]NateN wrote:
I read he was even heavier for The Green Mile, like 340. And they had him stand on wooden blocks so he’d look taller. I guess 6’ 5" wasn’t enough.
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That’s why they used stilts, He was suppose to be a big tall black guy that had the mind of a child and the conscience of an angel. He was modeled after Saint Christopher.
Of course being big isn’t marketable. America is full of fat people, so the desired body is skinny. Alot of people would mistake duncan or rhaymes body for fat if they saw the pic I posted earlier.
For some movies it’s desired that the actors hit the weight room. I was very impressed with Will Smith in Irobot, he was fucking built. Now his retard wife made him lose it all because she didn’t like the “muscley” look. Go figure.
I can understand how someone with a passion for acting wouldn’t want to be typecast due to his size.
But what about if someone were to take advantage of his size? I remember someone told me once that I had a bit of talent but I could get certain roles easier because I’m 6’4". I plan on being very muscular. I wonder how much being unusually large (or small) helps a person if they don’t mind playing a niche role.
[quote]NateN wrote:
Like I said, Arnie was no actor. He was a movie star. And he made a huge mistake trying to play the everyman role in his later movies (End of Days, The Sixth Day, that other one). He should have stuck to what he did best (and what the people wanted): Robotic superhuman heroes that kill and/or blow up stuff while saying funny catch phrases and puns.
Matgic wrote:
NateN wrote:
Are you telling me you didn’t almost cry at the end of Terminator 2?
Haha…Certainly not because of Arnold’s ability. I hope and assume that was a joke.
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He did some funny comedies I thought.
“It’s not a toomah!”
I think all the best moments from his movies are when Arnold plays . . . Arnold. It’s the complete opposite of what a true actor is. The measure of a good actor is how well he can “become” a character and have the audience forget he’s anything but. When Arnie tried this he crashed and burned.
The best movies he ever did was when he dropped the whole idea of playing a character and was just his usual over-the-top, funny self.
[quote]hedo wrote:
He did some funny comedies I thought.
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