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Live Poll: Actor Who Could Never Break Free of Their Iconic Role
No matter how many movies or characters they played, these actors recognized only for a particular role that made them famous. They will forever be known for that one role. Which one do you think is the hardest to forget? List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls024662903/ Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/V_A2HSeYeFU/
jeorj_euler
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It's funny how Culkin and Wood are consecutively listed.
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Peter_pbn
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Christopher Reeve
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ElMaruecan82
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I have no objection against any of these options but most of them concern actors who haven't played a wide range of memorable characters so it's only fair that they're remembered for the most iconic part. Hopkins is an exception because he did play many great roles but Lecter is such a larger-than-life character he instantly overshadows the others.FYCPeter Lorre as MMichael J. Fox as Marty McFlyF. Murray Abraham as SalieriAnthony Quinn as Zorbas the GreekEdward G Robinson as Little Ceasar (m'yeah, see?)
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stephennrussell
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& the actor who played Harmon Rabb on TV show JAG, havent seen since JAG ended.
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leavey_2
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FYC: Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
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ACT_1
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Poll Suggestion: Actor Who Could Never Break Free of Their Iconic Role ? ? Ned Beatty https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000885/Actor: TV (81 credits) Actor: Movie (79 credits) Deliverance (1972) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068473/referenceNed Beatty ... Bobby Mountain Man: I bet you can squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee! Bobby: Weee! Mountain Man: Weeeeeeee! Bobby: Weee! - - - Charles Martin Smithhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001747/Actor: TV (53 credits) Actor: Movie (34 credits) American Graffiti (1973) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/referenceCharles Martin Smith ... Terry Terry Fields: Pardon me, sir, but I lost my I.D. in... in a floodand I'd like to get some Old Harper, hard stuff. Would you mind buying a bottle for me?
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This list in inherently flawed. These may be the actors' iconic roles, but so many of them are NOT recognized for that one role. I mean, DiCaprio? Hopkins?These should not be on this list:DiCaprioHopkinsCraigJackmanWoodFoxAbrahamQuinnDepp
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ElMaruecan82
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Linda Blair?
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iakhtar175_gmailcom
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My Vote: Rowan Atkinson.
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mrtharindu
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Schwarzenegger as Terminator?My vote:Mark Hamill
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rubyfruit76
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'Great idea and several good options. I would probably remove DiCaprio, Maguire, Craig, Jackman , and Robinson - and maybe Hopkins, although, despite his many memorable roles, Lecter is certainly his iconic role in a big way (but "could never break free?" He, like the others I mentioned, have had such successful careers otherwise so he wasn't bound to that role in a way that trapped or limited him). It would be different if this were a "most iconic role" poll.
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lapoubelle
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Anthony Hopkins
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rubyfruit76
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ACT-1 suggested Ned Beatty (for his role in 'Deliverance') and I strongly agree.
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Jessica
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Corrections:Actors Who Could Never Break Free of Their Iconic RoleNo matter how many movies or characters they played, these actors are recognized only for a particular role that made them famous. They will forever be known for that one role.
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rubyfruit76
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This looks really good but I'm thinking about the phrase, "They will forever be known for that one role." We can't really know that so perhaps mitigating it a bit? Perhaps "They may forever be known for that one role, while they've done a lot of other work." I'm just thinking of Tobey Maguire, for example. Like some others on this list, he's still young so who knows what will happen? Also memories and knowledge of movies change. It's entirely possible that 'Wonder Boys' or 'The Ice Storm' have more staying power than the Spiderman movies and that's what he's remembered for. Or he could start doing a lot of films again and... John Travolta, for example, might have been thought to never be able to break out of 'Saturday Night Live,' and then 'Pulp Fiction' happened. I think it's a great poll and I think this list is quite good. I'd just suggest that one small change. :)
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