Talents So Incredibly Thin

[tonewheel]

Do any of you have actors or actresses in mind who in your humble opinions had a talent so incredibly thin and yet have managed to stretch it over a lifetime of film and television, and if so how do or did they get away with it. At the moment in television there is I feel just far to many to mention.

[smudge]

The clipboard is vital to continuity ; I have seen one.



It has important trigger notes written in Berol marker. The one I saw was from CITV. One example of the notes was. " Breathe in....Breathe out....Breathe In....Breathe out...."



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[Harbottle]

That reminds me I see Ray "SHOUTING A LOT Winstone is starring in Sweeney Todd tonight

[dorisjosser]

(Harbottle @ Jan 3 2006, 08:44 PM)

That reminds me I see Ray "SHOUTING A LOT Winstone is starring in Sweeney Todd tonight

He certainly wins the award for one dimensional character. His Henry V111 was NOT a new and exciting slant on the character, it's the only way he knows!!

[Ascoyne D'Ascoyne]

I think Bill Roache has been very wise to stick with his Ken Barlow role; other soap actors who have had delusions of grandeur have soon realised how limited their supply of talent is after leaving a series and have either sunk without trace or returned to their old roles.

To my mind, thinness of talent affects the music industry far more than it does the world of the theatre. Honours galore and untold riches have been heaped on performing and composing "talents" over the last 40 years that would formerly have been hissed off the stage in amateur contests.

[bartonbank]

can I be controversial and suggest Sean Connery? To say he was the greates Bond is a rather narrow plank to build a career on and, once he became sucessful, he decided that any accent would do as long as it was Scottish.

When DickVan Dyke (another qualifier?) is correctly criticised for the Mary Poppins performance, the Irish accent by Scottish Sean in 'The Untouchables' is right up there in my view.



However....the winner is......Eddie Murphy

[Harbottle]

(bartonbank @ Jan 13 2006, 11:26 PM)

can I be controversial and suggest Sean Connery?



However....the winner is......Eddie Murphy

Please do!

[mysteriesofedgarwallace]

(bartonbank @ Jan 13 2006, 11:26 PM)

can I be controversial and suggest Sean Connery?

Agreed, I've never been a Connery fan.

[ollie]

Connery's best work imo is the excellent "The Offence." [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapping.gif[/img] he's ok in The Hill also.



cheers Ollie.

[mysteriesofedgarwallace]

Ian Bannen

Can always be relied upon for a good turn.

[ollie]

Currently doing the roster on sky cinema atm,(good print),it was on last night i think



cheers Ollie.

[Shadwell]

"The Offence" is a little cracker. Good performances from Connery and Bannen. No extras I'm afraid, just the film.

[tonewheel]

What about Colin farrell he appears to have no artistic sensibility whatsoever.

[ollie]

]No dog's on sky cinema



cheers Ollie.

[Steve Crook]

(ollie @ Jan 14 2006, 07:15 PM)

No dog's on sky cinema



cheers Ollie.

But do they have a surfeit of apostrophe's?



Steve

[ollie]

(Steve Crook @ Jan 14 2006, 08:27 PM)

But do they have a surfeit of apostrophe's?



Steve

Thank you sir! for pointing out my inadequacy shall i fetch the slipper ?



cheers Ollie.

[Steve Crook]

(ollie @ Jan 15 2006, 10:30 AM)

Thank you sir! for pointing out my inadequacy shall i fetch the slipper ?

cheers Ollie.

Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?



Steve

[smudge]

(Steve Crook @ Jan 15 2006, 12:22 PM)

Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?



Steve

Dare I say it ? I dare....



"Why, in the dog of course !"



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[Marky B]

(tonewheel @ Jan 14 2006, 06:16 PM)

What about Colin farrell he appears to have no artistic sensibility whatsoever.

I agree - though he was goood in Phonebooth. I think Alexander has probably proved his limitations,likewise its director Oliver Stone. He should stick to films like Platoon,JFK.

Ta Ta

Marky B

[tonewheel]

(Marky B @ Jan 15 2006, 04:16 PM)

I agree - though he was goood in Phonebooth. I think Alexander has probably proved his limitations,likewise its director Oliver Stone. He should stick to films like Platoon,JFK.

Ta Ta

Marky B

I watched Colin Farrell in Alexander and he was lamentable, he sounded awful and looked a total fool.