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Actors you will watch a movie just because they are in it


What actors will you watch solely because they are in it? For me:

Nicolas Cage
Violet McGraw
Jenna Ortega
Meryl Streep
Sydney Sweeney

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Well, unfortunately he is gone now. When he was here, I would watch a movie just because he was in it......

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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Denzel Washington
Nicholas Cage
Humphrey Bogart

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Charles Bronson
Franco Nero
Ivan Rassimov
Nives Navarro
Klaus Kenski
Oliver Reed
Soledad Miranda
Rosalba Neri
Cameron Mitchell
Henry Silva
Edwige Fenech
Barbara Bouchet
Richard Burton

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Klaus Kinski
Oliver Reed


I watched Venom (1981) the other month for the first time, it was cool seeing those two crazy bastards on screen together. I also find it amusing that the director divulged in an interview that the two of them really didn't get along, which doesn't surprise me.

Piers Haggard (director of Venom);
[Oliver Reed was] scary at first because he was always testing you all the time. Difficult but not as difficult as Klaus Kinski. Because Oliver actually had a sense of humour. I was rather fond of him; he could be tricky but he was quite warm really. He just played games and was rather macho and so on. Klaus Kinski was very cold.

The main problem with the film was that the two didn’t get on and they fought like cats. Kinski of course is a fabulous film actor and he’s good in the part, the part suits him very well. They were both well cast but it was a very unhappy film. I think Klaus was the problem but then Oliver spent half the movie just trying to rub him up, pulling his leg all the way. There were shouting matches because Oliver just wouldn’t let up. None of this is about art. All the things that you’re trying to concentrate on tend to slip. So it was not a happy period.

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That’s some very interesting behind the scenes information right there. I’ve never seen this one so I’m adding it to my watchlist.

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Very good stuff, like Mrmojo I love behind scenes stuff. Kinski had a notorious reputation for being surly and Reed was probably half drunk all the time LOL!

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Wow! There is something really horrifying about an aggressive snake that strikes multiple times and is extremely venomous. I grew up in Cottonmouth country but damn, it would be a nightmare to get attacked by one of those mambas. Cottonmouths are lethargic compared to that thing.

The death of the girl was brutal and then Kinski wrestling with the thing was bonkers. lol

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I haven't seen all of their work but these are actresses who I have worked through fair chunks of their past filmography and that I will actively seek out almost all of their new releases.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Gal Gadot
Rose Byrne

Naturally, MEW is my most watched actress with Byrne and Gadot being third and fourth. Scarlett Johansson is second.

Rebecca Hall, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley & Audrey Hepburn have some major pull too.



Whilst actresses have more sway with me, actors like Christopher Lee, Vincent Price & Peter Cushing have some pull. Lee and Cushing are my most and third most watched actors respectively (in large part due to all their Hammer production collaborations), Samuel L. Jackson is second most.

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Nicolas Cage
Leonardo DiCaprio
Robert Downey Jnr
Clint Eastwood
Sam Rockwell

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Jackie Chan

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A few Brits
Jim Broadbent
Michael Gambon
Tom Wilkinson
John Hurt
Derek Jacobi
John Gielgud
a few more

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I love Derek Jacobi. From Thespian theatre to Dr Who. Totally believe him in every role I've seen, a fantastic actor 👏

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I, Claudius is a must for any Derek Jacobi fan!

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Keanu Reeves
Jim Carrey
Johnny Depp
Rowan Atkinson
Simon Pegg

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