Sentences with phrase «eccentric characters played»

Generating some laughs through its eccentric characters played by Keith, Landau and Pleasence, the amiable western spoof never caught fire and stumbled along in a clumsy way until it became almost unbearable.

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But of course, it's Depp who steals the show once again, proving that he's at his best playing eccentric characters like Tonto, and it doesn't take a genius to realize that the oddball Comanche is the juicier of the two lead roles.

Greta Gerwig has played a variety of eccentric characters before to the point of making it a trademark feature for her.

Speaking of characters, the story's self - loving and eccentric villain, played by the charmingly buffoonish Hugh Grant, is just another highlight of the picture, while Brendan Gleeson shines as the no - nonsense Chef Knuckles who Paddington befriends in prison, with their friendship blossoming through their shared love of marmalade.

Stardust plays like The Princess Bride as if directed by Terry GIlliam (a la The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Time Bandits) on a more subdued day, with eccentric characters and a meandering storyline that entertain more through visual confections, artistic flourishes, and deep character quirks galore that it does through the gist of the story at its core.

The actor is in talks to play Jeb, «eccentric uncle» to Saoirse Ronan «s character Melanie.

There are serious miscalculations throughout The Lone Ranger, starting with the casting: Hammer plays the masked hero with the dim enthusiasm (or enthusiastic dimness) of Brendan Fraser at his most stilted; Depp's Tonto is an ethnically dubious repurposing of his popular Jack Sparrow character, more stoic but equally eccentric; and Helena Bonham Carter, as a brothel madam with a lethal fake leg, does little but add to the cartoon grotesquerie.

Kline, who won his Oscar playing a similarly eccentric character in A Fish Called Wanda, proves once again that the quirkiest of the quirky roles are for him.

Franco — who plays the eccentric European filmmaker Wiseau in The Disaster Artist — revealed that in order to get into character as Wiseau he had to sit through hours of pre-production each day, with the end result shocking most people who turned up on set.

Of all the star - studded names wearing great costumes and playing eccentric characters in Wes Anderson «s «The Grand Budapest Hotel «-- Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Mathieu Amalric, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Lea Seydoux, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson — one of the main faces leading the movie is someone who you probably haven't heard of: Tony Revolori.

Fraser is renown for playing unconventional and eccentric characters throughout his two decades - plus career.

That movie's lead character, played by Charlie Hunnam, was rendered entirely forgettable by dazzling supporting performances: a career - best Sienna Miller as the explorer's wife and, even more surprising, Robert Pattinson as his eccentric (and occasionally drunk) sidekick Henry Costin.

Bill Murray is playing a very Murray-esque type character as the eccentric and unpredictable man behind the satellite launch.

When: June 19th Why: Mark Ruffalo is hands - down one of the best actors working today, but while he's earned great reviews for his performance in writer Maya Forbes» directorial debut, his character feels a little too close to the eccentric fathers he's played over the past few years, especially in fellow indies like «The Kids Are All Right» and «Begin Again.»

The aviator / film - producer depicted here by Beatty (who is twenty - years older than the character he's playing) is a past his prime, germaphobe whose eccentric behaviour leads many to want to have him committed.

The town has an assorted cast of characters — small - town eccentrics of various stripes — many of whom become possible suspects, played by actors including Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Isaach De Bankolé, Orla O'Rourke and the seemingly immortal American character actor M. Emmet Walsh.

Much like The Fighter, the eccentric stereotypical Boston family play a large part in Gyllenhaal's character and the decisions he faces.

All that begins to change when the family receives a visit from an eccentric, long - lost relative from Italy, Uncle Nino, played by veteran character actor Pierrino Mascarino.

Though Johnny Depp will almost certainly be a riot as the dead - bird wearing Tonto (he's at his best when playing eccentric characters), Armie Hammer has yet to prove himself as a viable leading man.

Haim's character meets the eccentric Frog Brothers, played by Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander, at this shop, which is actually located in downtown Santa Cruz — not on the boardwalk, as it appears to be in the film.

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«They both depict eccentric characters in a complex narrative, yet Alexander Klingspor's fantastical dramatic scenes where bodies stretch and writhe in theatrical environments exhibit an extreme contrast to Margo Selski's calculated diorama-esque compositions presenting the figures frozen, posing while the viewer dissects the roles each character plays within the narrative.»