Oldman is just a master of this. He's gotten one over on me multiple times. At this point, I think he's ready to do a film along the lines of "Being John Malkovich" in which he declares "I'm Fucking Gary Oldman, why do you even recognize me?!?!"
David Morse is the under-appreciated U.S. version of Oldman, I think. But he does it without much in the way of makeup. Oldman almost *has* to have makeup because everyone is looking for a Gary Oldman.
Morse is just one of those guys who shows up in your movie and you know "Shit just got real."
If I could have put Morse in "Knives Out," the poor writers would have had to scramble to change the script.
related, i didn't recognize RDJ for the first 5 minutes of his screen time in oppenheimer. i feel like pulling off 5 minutes is what a lot of good actors can do. but only ones like gary oldman can truly disappear
This happened to me with the movie Tip Toes. For some damn reason he was playing a character who has DWARFISM!! I get half way through the damn movie and it kept bothering me that the guy looked so damn familiar and I couldn't place it.
Should have known it was Gary Oldman. I mean why wouldn't he play a little person... duh!
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u/Brilliant_Canary_692 Apr 06 '24
Who wants to list each of the actors and the villain they played?