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What are some underrated / less talked great acting performances that you can recall?
There are plenty of great actors with well known roles, Ledger in Batman Dark Knight, Gary Oldman in True Romance, Adrien Brody in Pianists and so on...
But what about the lesser talked roles? Maybe some of those that flew under the radar for some reason or just from movies that not too many has seen.
I was super impressed by Sean Penn in Assassination of Richard Nixon. Decent movie, nothing great though in my opinion, but his role was near perfection. Great stuff and a positive surprise indeed
Other one that comes into my mind is Jake Gyllenhaal in both Nightcrawlers and Nocturnal Animals. I didnt care for him too much in the past when I saw him in movies but he has really turned my opinion around. Loved in Donnie Darko, although that was an older film, but I saw it only few years back for the first time. Fantastic movie by the way.
Those are couple of examples I can say. One more comes in to my mind, but its not very underrated, not at all actually, but gotta say it. Christopher Waltz in Django (and inglorious bastards as well of course). Man can he act. If you havent seen him for some reason, please do watch those movies.
There are plenty of great actors with well known roles, Ledger in Batman Dark Knight, Gary Oldman in True Romance, Adrien Brody in Pianists and so on...
But what about the lesser talked roles? Maybe some of those that flew under the radar for some reason or just from movies that not too many has seen.
I was super impressed by Sean Penn in Assassination of Richard Nixon. Decent movie, nothing great though in my opinion, but his role was near perfection. Great stuff and a positive surprise indeed
Other one that comes into my mind is Jake Gyllenhaal in both Nightcrawlers and Nocturnal Animals. I didnt care for him too much in the past when I saw him in movies but he has really turned my opinion around. Loved in Donnie Darko, although that was an older film, but I saw it only few years back for the first time. Fantastic movie by the way.
Those are couple of examples I can say. One more comes in to my mind, but its not very underrated, not at all actually, but gotta say it. Christopher Waltz in Django (and inglorious bastards as well of course). Man can he act. If you havent seen him for some reason, please do watch those movies.