A parade of character actors famous for
playing sleazeballs get to mistreat Solomon, starting with Paul Giamatti, and including Paul Dano as an imbecile sub - «master» who can't stand the thought that there might be an educated slave in the midst.
Playing a sleazeball who has stumbled upon an excellent excuse for his bent, Cage holds the movie together as best he can.
Not exact matches
There's little doubt that the effortlessly engaging central performances
play a substantial role in the film's success, with D'Agosto and Olsen's charismatic work ensuring that their respective characters never come off as the
sleazeballs one might've anticipated (ie Shawn and Nick's relentless scheming is almost Ferris Buelleresque in its good - naturedness).
James Franco is
playing the captain of the Covenant and he seems like a pretty buttoned - down and serious fellow, a big change of pace from the
sleazeballs and weirdos he
plays so often.
«In Mr. Show, Larry Sanders and other cult hit shows I've
played many a funny
sleazeball, I've impersonated the great Robert Evans, and it's all been building to this.
Roland Turner (marvelously
played by John Goodman), the big, bleary New Orleans bluesman with whom Llewyn shares a disastrous ride to Chicago, is a Falstaffian
sleazeball.