Actors that automatically get a pass from you

[acedrake]

There are a few actors that get a pass from me even if the movie they are in are awful. The most obvious to me is Hugh Jackman. Any others that can do that for you?

 

[Deserana]

Tom Hardy.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Sean Bean

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Roger Moore. He's almost always good, even if the rest of the movie blows.

 

[zeroapoc]

Michael Sheen

 

[Tanin]

Nicholas Cage

 

[Sawyer]

No passes. For anyone.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

No passes. For anyone.

I don't believe that's fair. If an actor or actress gives a good performance in a bad film, that's hardly his or her fault.

Now if the actor also gives a poor performance in addition to the other problems, that's a different story.

 

[Green Goblin]

Charlie Sheen

 

[zeroapoc]

I don't believe that's fair. If an actor or actress gives a good performance in a bad film, that's hardly his or her fault.

Frank Langella in Masters of the Universe sums that up for me. It's like he's in a different film than everyone else.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Frank Langella in Masters of the Universe sums that up for me. It's like he's in a different film than everyone else.

Or Raul Julia in Street Fighter for a similar example.

 

[The Navigator]

Harrison Ford and Jason Bateman come to mind.

 

[Fenrir]

Daniel Day-Lewis.

Philip Seymour Hoffman.

 

[Sawyer]

I don't believe that's fair. If an actor or actress gives a good performance in a bad film, that's hardly his or her fault.

Now if the actor also gives a poor performance in addition to the other problems, that's a different story.

Given that the pass is automatic, I think it applies to good performance and bad performance both. I just don't play that game. I've seen too many people look at what they perceive will be a bad movie and say "Well, now that they've cast _______, I guess I HAVE to see it!" No. No matter how much I might like an actor, they're not going to get me to see a movie that I'm not interested in or have already written off.

 

[Piper Maru]

Christian Bale

 

[slumcat]

Isabelle Huppert

 

[Duke]

I have a select few that get a pass from me. Here's the few I like.

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tom Hanks
Harrison Ford
Mel Gibson
Denzel Washington

 

[Warhammer]

Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Cruise
Denzel Washington
Hugh Jackman
Michael Caine (because his accent is so ridiculous, you can't help but to give him a pass)

 

[kvz5]

Neeson
Bale
Oldman (he really pushed it though with Unborn and Red Riding Hood )

 

[Warhammer]

Oh man. I forgot about Oldman. That man deserved his Oscar ten years ago.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Christian Bale
Edward Norton
Hugh Jackman

 

[Brain Damage]

Michale Shannon

 

[Rockbottom]

Christian Bale, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Keaton, Michael Caine have all already been said but I also gotta go with the person who is probably my favourite actor, Clint Eastwood.

He makes any film pretty much watchable by just being himself.

 

[Dave McFly]

Tim Curry, he just makes a movie awesome even in a small role

 

[kedrell]

I'm with Sawyer on this. No actor/actress that I might like is in and of themselves just being in a film enough of a reason to get me to see it. Best I can do is maybe if there are two actors in a film and I'm really curious how they're on screen chemistry will play out if I hadn't seen it before or if I had and I like them together...then that might be enough. But usually I need the premise to hook me if I'm gonna see any film.

And no, I give no free passes. I also don't keep tabs of bad films an actor has been in, just bad performances.