Stars of one role

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

If an actor can play equally well in several roles, as, say, Jack Nicholson or Oleg Menshikov, the directors offer him more diverse roles. But what can you do if a star is stuck in one role and, despite all the efforts, cannot get out of it? Most often it happens with comedians: you have played a couple of times successfully in comedies, and the path to the drama has already been ordered for you. Is this a dead end or not a problem at all? Each actor decides for himself.

Oh, these comedians!

Rowan Atkinson: Eternal Bean

One of the most famous comedians in the world - Rowan Atkinson. It is amazing, but many do not even know his name - this comedian has become so closely intertwined with the image of his main character, Mr. Bean. This image haunts him throughout his life, he remains Mr. Bean even in films not about Mr. Bean - "Rat Race" and "Love Actually", for example. However, remaining Bean on television, in the evenings the actor turns into one of Chekhov's characters, entering the stage of the theater. There he gives vent to his dramatic talent. Atkinson leads a quiet, almost reclusive life, surrounded by his wife and children.

The actor's main hobby is collecting expensive sports cars. Rowan also writes a column for the car magazine Car.

Ben Stiller: The Serious Muddler

Unlike, for example, Jim Carrey, comedian Ben Stiller doesn't grimace. Even playing comic roles, he remains a serious and even somewhat tragic character. This is probably what makes him really funny. In dramatic roles, he starred twice, these were the films "Eternal Midnight" in 98, where Ben played a "stuck" addict, and "Greenburg" in 2009. Both of these films did not affect the actor's career in any way, unlike the films Reality Bites and Meet the Parents.

Maybe it's all about heredity (his parents are comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Mira) or his funny angular appearance, or perhaps the fact that back in 98, Stiller impressed Americans as the host of the comic program "The Ben Stiller Show "On MTV.

Ashton Kutcher: the lover hero

Recently, the eternal romantic handsome Ashton Kutcher mentioned in an interview that he is well aware of the limited range of his roles. However, for the guy who started his career as a model and host of an entertainment show on MTV, he has already achieved a lot. Today Kutcher is one of the most popular comedians in romantic and youth cinema. True, he is already emerging from the age of this very "youth" for whom such films are being shot.

He also has a serious role in the fantasy thriller The Butterfly Effect. But for the filmography of a 32-year-old actor, this is not enough. So far, the actor does not say anything about how he sees his future in cinema.

Jennifer Aniston: Rachel Green

By the time Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt met, the girl was much more popular and wealthy than her boyfriend. And all because of the series "Friends". He made a splash: his popularity did not fall for 10 years! Therefore, no one was surprised when, after the end of filming, Jennifer continued her career as an actress in the comedy genre. She starred in a huge number of passable and really good comedies: from "Leprechaun" to "Bruce the Almighty". But with serious cinema, Aniston did not work out. And she understands this very well.

As, however, and the fact that thanks to the role of Rachel Green, she became a very highly paid actress: her fee for one picture is $ 8 million.

Danny DeVito: Shorty Rogue

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. began his career with a serious role: in 75 he starred in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. But already starting with the picture "Romance with a Stone" this cute little man began to play exclusively crooks, swindlers and villains in comedies. True, periodically comedian DeVito was also distracted by dramas, such as Hoffa and Los Angeles Secrets. But even there his roles somehow had a certain touch of comedy. Danny has found use for his other talents as well. "Gattaca", "Man on the Moon", "Erin Brockovich" - these films cannot be called funny, but they were produced by Danny.

Also, the actor acts as a director. He directed the films Duplex, Throw Mom Off the Train, Hoffa. Producer and director are not bad roles for an actor, whose appearance has driven talent into the narrow framework of the comedy genre.

Whoopi Goldberg: Expressive Ugly

My favourite genre -

	Melodrama
	Dramas
	Historical films
	Comedy
	Militants
	Fantasy
	Thrillers
	Fantastic

One of the ugliest actresses of our time (according to generally accepted canons, of course), who did not even graduate from school 10 due to dyslexia, a former hippie and drug addict, a morgue worker … All these biographical details did not prevent Whoopi Goldberg from becoming one of the most popular comedians of the late 20 century, receive an Oscar and two Golden Globe awards. It's hard to imagine, but Whoopi has appeared in approximately 110 films and TV shows! Among her works there are many dramatic roles: the films "Flowers of the Purple Fields", "The Ghosts of the Mississippi", "Homer and Eddie" have definitely brought her success. However, we remember her exclusively as one of the few female comedians: expressive, witty, mobile and completely devoid of complexes. By the way, the nickname Whoopi, which she proudly wears, the actress got thanks to her dubious gift of thundering gas (whoopee cushion in English - "fart pillow").

The real name of the actress is Karin Johnson. She managed to bring an element of comedy even into such melodramatic films as "Ghost".