He manages to
make racist cops likeable, protective mothers highly petulant, lonely kids seem to be the real grownups, and he has no problem turning everything upside down and watching what these people do.
Some argue that
he makes the racist cop he plays too sympathetic.
Not exact matches
«He plays a
racist cop in a way that
makes us understand where the racism comes from,» Travers said.
The Bay Area's own Sam Rockwell won a Screen Actors Guild Award on Sunday, Jan. 21 for best supporting actor for his performance as a dimwitted
racist cop in «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» and
made sure to give a shoutout to his hometown roots.
Its unpredictability is one of its prime draws, but even more impressive are the performances of Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell, the former in the role of Mildred, who
makes no bones about giving her opinions loud and clear, and Rockwell, as Dixon, a
racist cop who does not actively seek redemption until conversion comes his way.