Top 10 Actors Who Broke Type-Casting
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Quit saying DRA-ma
Robin Williams' "Insomnia" broke the mold first. Both released in 2002 but Insominia 4 months prior to One Hour Photo. Only difference was he supported. Christopher Nolan directed too.
MOJO, what about Adam Sandler in reign over me? That was a way bigger change
Ahhh yes, The Joker. Whoever was the make-up artist on that Ledger kid did a great job.
That's not how you pronounce "drama," just btw
why not eternal sunshine of the spotless mind for jim carrey or good will hunting for The legendary legendary Robin Williams
someone who is playing different roles everytime is christian bale… For me maybe even more than Tom Hanks .. Tom Hanks always plays really emotional characters in emotional movies , movies where you will ( hopefully for the filmmakers ) cry ..
forrest gump, philadelphia, captain philips, green mile , Cast away ,
I absolutely love Tom though , one of the best actors of all time and he seems like a super cool and nice guy too !
Really, John Lithgow isn't even an honorable mention? He played the comedic role of The High Commander in 3rd Rock from the Sun and a serial killer in Dexter.
Seriously?! How is Keanu Reeves not on this list?!
Bryan cranston should be no 1
I hope you guys should definitely do a bigger list because there is so many actors..a better one for Elijah Wood in my opinion would be "Manic". It was a great Psychological/Killer with A first person view not a camera like Cloverfield
Heath Ledger should have been higher ranked… seriously… he died because he literally became the joker and was couldn't take it… but otherwise I agree.
tom cruise shouldve been #1
his role as les grossman was fucking phenomenal
Uhhh Ben Stiller Secret life of Walter Mitty!?
4:35 holy shit lmao
ROBIN WIILLIIAAMMSSS :'(
DRAMA
Money Ball beat The Story
yo, watchmojo narrators and their awful pronunciations
honestly joe pesci should've been #1 watch him in goodfellas and Casino then watch him home alone well it might not even be #1 i just think it's so funny
10:08 XD
Sure Jim Carrey or Robin Williams should have been number one
Batman films give a lot of people the chance to "break type". When Michael Keaton was cast, no one (other than Tim Burton, I guess) believed he could do a serious, dark version of the character. I mean, this was "Johnny Dangerously" we were talking about.
Adam Sandler in Reign O'er Me was super good too.
didnt know about tom hanks, this vid literally just made me watch this at 6am
Omg never knew joe pesci played in home alone xD
If you are going to put Jonah Hill on this list, you should have made it of his role in The Wolf Of Wall Street, he was entirely different in that and he did a magnificent job.
what about Johnny Depp
ummmmmmmm Jennifer Aniston in Cake?????
Bradley Cooper for his role in the hangover vs silver linings playbook moving performance that had multiple levels of emotions
Collateral is probably my favorite Tom Cruise film. Very surprised how good it was.
Butterfly Effect
God I can't stand Jonah hill. I think the movie that really made me hate him was the wolf of wall Street because his character was also a hate-able person.
If you're going to put Adam Sandler on this list, Reign Over Me would have been a better choice for an alternate role.
Denzel Washington: Training Day
I fucking love the Heath's Joker
Um, Have you seen My Cousin Vinny?
Liam Neeson in Taken. He went from a dramatic actor to action star.
Bruce Willis in Die Hard. Comedic actor to action star.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins. Action star to comedic.
dræma
Denzel??? Training Day….I think the only movie where he played a bad guy….
Bruce Willis should be on the list
R.I.P. Heath Ledger and Robin Williams.
There is something wrong in this Top 10
Adam Sandler isnt funny
Hello? Mojo? Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man?