At the "Pirates of the Caribbean" premiere, Geoffrey Rush knew nobody was going to take his photo when they could choose Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, or Kierra Knightley.
So what did the clever bastard do? Geoffrey Rush brought the monkey. Just guess which picture ran with every news article about the Pirates premiere.
Fuck I love House On Haunted Hill so much mostly because of his Vincent Prince impersonation. And him coming back at the end of Pirates 2? Best fucking cliff hanger ever.
Holy crap, the whole confrontation scene between Casanova and Captain Amazing, just Rush and Kinnear having the time of their lives. Still one of the funniest scenes to me even now.
And Bill Nighy. Literally anytime He appears in a movie you Just want to cheer and wait for his character to appear on the Screen again for the Rest of the movie
Fun story - I went and saw that movie in theaters without knowing Bill Nighy was in it. I recognized him under all that CGI by the way he does that little “ah” sigh when he’s disappointed. I leaned over to my friend and was like, “that’s Bill Nighy!!” And she was like, “I don’t know who that is”.
We’re no longer friends.
I always think of how she was in Dream Girls with Beyonce and Jennifer ate that movie up even as a supporting character and went on to win a shit load of awards for her performance in it. She won a SAG, a critics choice, golden globe and an academy award etc. Like damn imagine being in something with Beyonce whose freakishly hyped up and beloved and you ended up outshining her in the film. Damn Jennifer. You go Jennifer Hudson.
Effie White is the marquee awards-bait character with something to do vs Deena Jones who doesn’t do much, especially in the original stage production. Everyone expected White’s actress to steal the show it’s literally how it’s written, that’s why the casting of the character was such a huge deal with nationwide auditions.
Yeah, this is what I was going to say. Never mind the billing, that's just marketing. Effie is the star of the show. They had to write an original song just to give Beyonce something to do.
And she was billed what, 4th? Maybe 5th?
Eddie Murphy
Jamie Foxx
Beyonce
Danny Glover
The names I see billed before her in 2006. She was a known singer from American Idol but by no means a Hollywood star at the time. I kind of remember her being "Introduced" in the end credits after the other stars so the producers knew they were minting her before the movie was released.
Edit - just went to IMDB and those 4 names are the ones ahead of her.
Hugo Weaving in the "Matrix" Trilogy. Even when he's acting like a villain from an '80's cartoon in "Revolutions", he's so memorable and and colorful compared to the mostly bland and lifeless cast.
Scrolled through but can’t see him mentioned - Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov in the Death Of Stalin. Only entered the film halfway through and stole every scene
Everyone is fantastic in the movie, but Alec Baldwin in Glenngary Glen Ross is so fucking good there's a reason he's the one constantly quoted and lauded today despite less than ten minutes of screen time.
And Tilda Swinton as Gabriel. I hated her character so much, but at the same time I could believe that she was an angel, and it was just that angels were assholes.
That man was a stone cold pimp in GB1. He had a bombshell fawning over him at his house party, tons of friends. He gets played off as some sap by the main cast but he's rocking it that entire movie.
I didn’t know JK before those movies, didn’t read any of the comics, and really wasn’t much of a movie buff at the time, but even then it was blatantly obvious that he absolutely nailed the role.
My group of friends used to watch Oz religiously when it originally aired, that show was a murderers row of acting talent (and stunt casting), when we saw JK Simmons got the role we agreed it was perfect. It's been nice seeing him get regular work in interesting projects, he will always be legendarily loathsome as Vern Schillinger. I used to have the JK Simmons figure where his action was yelling and banging on a desk, sadly lost to time.
The running theory is that Shakespeare killed Mercutio because he was overshadowing the leads. More screen/stage time is the only reason Tybalt is more of a scene stealer.
And he went out like a fucking boss. Defending his friend while also telling him he's a fucking moron and both their families suck as he's dying in the street. He knew what was what, accepted it, and hated it. He is all of us.
Everyone in that movie was so on point that it's difficult to say that any one person could have stolen the show. My favorite are the Thermians, especially Enrico Colantoni and Missi Pyle.
Also, Patrick Breen's portrayal of Quellek's death is the only time I've been touched by the trope of an injured character saying some last words than dying in the arms of another character. It's usually so overdone that I can't help but laugh at what's supposed to be a serious scene, but then Galaxy Quest comes along and plays it straight, and I'm in tears.
There's something to be said about big ensemble cast comedies. I think Galaxy Quest, Community, and Futurama all have that same charm that comes from having 7 or so neurotic characters going back and forth, especially around a big table.
*Did you guys ever WATCH the show?!?*
*Look around. Can you form some sort of rudimentary laze?*
“Guy, you have a name!”
“DO I? DO I? For all you know I’m just Crewman Number Six!”
I said the same, for a no name (at the time) to be as memorable as she was in a movie with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci was pretty impressive.
My fave Emily moments, “oh my god, why didn’t you climb into bed with her and ask for a bedtime story” and “I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight”.
Separate game, she wasn't better than the one that got nominated for an Oscar. Even without that Meryl Streep dog walked the rest of the cast.
To your point though I think Stanley Tucci was the best of the rest
Alan Tudyk represented as well...."Uh, betray us, and I will fong you, until your insides are out, your outsides are in, your entrails will become your extrails I will w-rip... all the p... ung. Pain, lots of pain."
I think that Alan Tudyk can be a good answer for this question regardless of the movie he plays in. He is just that amazing, always. Even as the chicken in Moana he stole the show.
I will die on this hill: the actress playing the leading lady and her handmaiden should have swapped. Shannyn Sossamon was out of her depth, but Berenice Bejo was charming.
Shannyn Sossamon was the manic pixie dream girl beta test before Zooey Deschanel perfected the archetype. She's okay in most of her roles, but it's never a performance to remember.
As a kid I only knew him as a standup comedian. From Friday. And Dead Presidents.
Then one day I'm watching channel 5 old movies on Saturday. Chris Tucker pops on screen flamboyant as a drag queen Prince. Completely blown away by the performance
I remember when I first watched it, I didn't get his performance. Just felt awkward in a not good way
Rewatched it later and was like...lol ok, he's great in it
Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer in *The Prophecy*
https://youtu.be/Beogqr20uII
Christopher Walken was good but I remember that movie today because of Mortensen.
I find it amusing that two of my favorite depictions of Lucifer in film history are both brief appearances at the end of their respective movies:
* Viggo Mortensen in *The Prophecy*; and
* Peter Stormare in *Constantine*
First that comes to mind is Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I mean, Morgan Freeman did an awesome job, but he couldn't carry that shitshow by himself.
"I'll *cut* your heart out with a *SPOON!"*
\- "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe, or..."
"Because it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more."
In a similar hammy and hilarious British villain performance, I'd pick Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz. The movie is great, unlike Prince of Thieves, but he still steals the show chewing the scenery so ravenously.
In the final scenic of that movie where he is singing, none of the cast knew he could sing like that. They were expecting it to be kind of a joke when he sang.
So all of the reactions they get are genuine, as Jack belts out Barry White.
That's such a good movie.
Peter Sellers in the first Pink Panther movie. It was supposed to be about David Niven's character. He came out of nowhere and stole the film to such an extent the sequels were about Sellers' inspector Clouseau.
Hank Azaria in everything.
- Are ju afraid of my Guatamalenous?
- You for Scuba?
- You got splat like a puthy pancake. And I’m a lean mean Hispanic fighting maCHINE from American Sweetheart
I wanted to reply sarcastically, because I just think of it as being her movie. You are right. The original is remembered for John Wayne. In the remake Hailee Steinfeld was an unknown child actor in a cast full of heavy weights.
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
She was billed under Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Rose Byrne. She's been around for a while but that movie got her a rare comedic oscar nomination and shot her career to the top. She's now arguably bigger than any of the other three leads, from a movie that still remains popular.
Such a brilliant performance. I still crack up at her driving down the highway with all the puppies.
“I took nine. I took nine.
I did slightly overcommit, turns out I might have been more comfortable with six”.
Yeah, i still remember his entry scene in the movie. One of the best. Mom died, girl left me but i got the van so everything is good. And everyone lip syncing to his voice over. It was so funny. How can antman 3 miss that? At least, he should be in the mid credit scene narrating some thing.
Maximilian Schell won Best Actor for Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) while having 5th billing. He only had 22% screentime which ranks him second lowest of all time to win Best Actor. Anthony Hopkins has 21% in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
In season 1 of GoT, I believe Peter Dinklage was like 13th billed or something like that.
Eventually, he would become first billed, and boy did he earn it.
I don't remember enough of his movies where he wasn't the star, but I'll agree on Mission Impossible 3. The movie was pretty bland outside of his great performance. His acting on the plane was so good.
Freddy Miles in Talented Mr. Ripley or GTFO. An asshole played so convincingly well that I disliked PSH in real life for a while after that. He snatched that movie from all involved EXCEPT Jude Law who's star was born.
But we all know PSH was a monumental actor in anything he did. He managed to steal a movie from Hanks and Julia Roberts too...
I saw it when it premiered in theatres and no talk about it had been released yet.
I had no clue it was Tom Cruise at all until the credits. Blew my fucking mind.
If I may be allowed to Hot Take:
Tom Arnold in True Lies. Yeah, a lot of very talented actors giving great performances ... and then some fat schlub who slept his way to the top of Hollywood absolutely brings the energy that film needs to bring it all together.
Perhaps the most over-competant acting performance ever.
Dante Basco in Hook. Who didn't cry when Rufio died? Maybe he didn't steal the show because Hoffman was so good, but his performance was like a dash of black pepper on an already good dish.
In 'Pulp Fiction,' Samuel L. Jackson's performance as Jules stole the show. He brought such charisma and intensity to the role that it's hard to imagine anyone else playing it.
Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings?
One of the biggest movie trilogies of all time. A performance so iconic it’s been parodied to death, and surely he was nowhere near top billing?
I don’t think he outshined the rest of the cast though. He maybe just stood out award wise because of the revolutions made in special effects with his character.
Iann Mckellen, Viggo Mortenson, Elijah Wood and Sean Astin are equally as impressive and all ended up becoming iconic characters in pop culture.
His is the final great sacrifice in the film and he says his last lines with a degree of tenderness that really stands out surrounded by the chaos of the moment.
"Witness... me." 🥺
12 Years a Slave (2013). Lupita Nyong'o put in such a phenomenal performance that’s she’s been soaring ever since. Role essentially made her a household name.
I don't think she's come close to that role since. I thought she was good in Us, but haven't really seen her flex her acting muscles too much since then. She's just there in the Black Panther films.
I hope we see her in more eye catching roles down the road.
JK Simmons in Burn after Reading
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now, his performance alone is most memorable in the film even Brando doesn't come close.
Christopher Walken in Deer Hunter, De Niro was for sure the bigger star but was Meryl Streep and John Cazale had been in the Godfather films and Dog Day Afternoon by then. Stole that film even though De Niro was at this peak.
Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond, stole the film from Leo imo.
Thomasin McKenzie in Jojo Rabbit.
R Lee Emery in Full Mental Jacket.
Christoph Waltz in both Tarantino films he won Oscars for.
Was Hounsou 2nd or 3rd (behind Jennifer Connelly) in Blood Diamond? The latter would make the entry valid.
Waltz was 2nd billed behind Foxx so that one doesn't count, only 3rd or more.
Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson were the best part of Easy A
"Is everything alright? It sounds like you’re having sex in here; which I know can’t be true due to the fact that you have a homosexual boyfriend."
"So where you from origionaly?" They are amazing.
WHO TOLD YOU
“Who told you you’re adopted??”
“GUYS! We were going to wait and do it at the right time!”
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I still remember him as Muerte from Undercover Blues.
“No Morty! Muerte! DEATH!”
Patricia Clarkson played one of the best mothers (Easy A) and one of the worst mothers(Sharp Objects)
Seriously. Sharp Objects was fucked up,
Honey, you look like a prostitute. A high end prostitute, for politicians, but a prostitute nonetheless.
Everyone likes a touch of the Tucci.
Relationship goals.
Geoffrey Rush made a career out of this
At the "Pirates of the Caribbean" premiere, Geoffrey Rush knew nobody was going to take his photo when they could choose Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, or Kierra Knightley. So what did the clever bastard do? Geoffrey Rush brought the monkey. Just guess which picture ran with every news article about the Pirates premiere.
Thank ye, Jack.
We named the monkey Jack
From what I can find, that was only at the "At World's End" premiere, not the first movie.
Fuck I love House On Haunted Hill so much mostly because of his Vincent Prince impersonation. And him coming back at the end of Pirates 2? Best fucking cliff hanger ever.
So, what’s become of my ship? *crunch*
Love him in Mystery Men "Ya, you can take...'ze brewskies'." Fun fact, the Frat Boy he says that to was Michael Bay.
Holy crap, the whole confrontation scene between Casanova and Captain Amazing, just Rush and Kinnear having the time of their lives. Still one of the funniest scenes to me even now.
And Bill Nighy. Literally anytime He appears in a movie you Just want to cheer and wait for his character to appear on the Screen again for the Rest of the movie
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The Davy Jones CGI holds up astonishingly well too
Fun story - I went and saw that movie in theaters without knowing Bill Nighy was in it. I recognized him under all that CGI by the way he does that little “ah” sigh when he’s disappointed. I leaned over to my friend and was like, “that’s Bill Nighy!!” And she was like, “I don’t know who that is”. We’re no longer friends.
😂 AITA for not knowing who Bill Nighy is? *Yes.*
Bill Nighy as Grand Santa in Arthur Christmas is my favorite character ever
I don’t think anyone expected Jennifer Hudson to steal the show the way she did from Beyoncé in “Dream Girls”. That was one well earned Oscar.
Jennifer Hudson was so good in the NBC live production of Hairspray that the cast started crying mid scene.
I always think of how she was in Dream Girls with Beyonce and Jennifer ate that movie up even as a supporting character and went on to win a shit load of awards for her performance in it. She won a SAG, a critics choice, golden globe and an academy award etc. Like damn imagine being in something with Beyonce whose freakishly hyped up and beloved and you ended up outshining her in the film. Damn Jennifer. You go Jennifer Hudson.
Well I mean Beyoncé is not a good actress.
And Deena Jones isn’t a meaty role
Effie White is the marquee awards-bait character with something to do vs Deena Jones who doesn’t do much, especially in the original stage production. Everyone expected White’s actress to steal the show it’s literally how it’s written, that’s why the casting of the character was such a huge deal with nationwide auditions.
Yeah, this is what I was going to say. Never mind the billing, that's just marketing. Effie is the star of the show. They had to write an original song just to give Beyonce something to do.
And she was billed what, 4th? Maybe 5th? Eddie Murphy Jamie Foxx Beyonce Danny Glover The names I see billed before her in 2006. She was a known singer from American Idol but by no means a Hollywood star at the time. I kind of remember her being "Introduced" in the end credits after the other stars so the producers knew they were minting her before the movie was released. Edit - just went to IMDB and those 4 names are the ones ahead of her.
Hugo Weaving in the "Matrix" Trilogy. Even when he's acting like a villain from an '80's cartoon in "Revolutions", he's so memorable and and colorful compared to the mostly bland and lifeless cast.
He's got a fantastic Nicholson impression. "Ooooh, I'm not so BAAAD... Once you get to know me."
Mr. Anderson! MR. ANDERSON!
Scrolled through but can’t see him mentioned - Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov in the Death Of Stalin. Only entered the film halfway through and stole every scene
Isaacs completely owned every scene he was in. His first scene was fucking amazing.
“I’m going to have to report this. Accusing a member of the presidium is a capital offense, and *you should see the fucking look on your face*”
I fucked Germany, I think I can take on a flesh lump in a waist coat.
I know I'm smiling but I assure you I am really fucking furious.
Everyone is fantastic in the movie, but Alec Baldwin in Glenngary Glen Ross is so fucking good there's a reason he's the one constantly quoted and lauded today despite less than ten minutes of screen time.
He apparently took the role to work with Al Pacino but they never shared a scene together, lol. Great cast. Great movie.
"Are they all here?" "All but one." "Well, I'm going anyways."
In a role created just for the movie
"Coffee is for closers" will never ever ever leave my head and I will say it at any available opportunity.
I used to say this to my kids if they would ask for a snack before finishing their chores.
Peter Stormare as Satan in Constantine
Peter Stormare in The Lost World : Jurassic Park. Small role, but unforgettable one. In fact the whole supporting cast of The Lost World.
Pete Postlethwaite definitely stole the show for me in The Lost World. You're right, though: The entire supporting cast for that movie was amazing.
And Tilda Swinton as Gabriel. I hated her character so much, but at the same time I could believe that she was an angel, and it was just that angels were assholes.
Peter Stormare in Fargo. It was his as much as the main 2.
And Peter Stormare in 8mm. So disturbing.
Peter Stormare in Armageddon
Peter Stormare as Czernobog in American Gods! Blah he was so icky. But fucking awesome!
McLovin
Wazzup gangstas?
Rick Moranis steals every scene he plays in Ghostbusters.
That man was a stone cold pimp in GB1. He had a bombshell fawning over him at his house party, tons of friends. He gets played off as some sap by the main cast but he's rocking it that entire movie.
You wanna play Boggle or Super Mario Bros?
JK Simmons in the Raimi Spider-Man movies
I didn’t know JK before those movies, didn’t read any of the comics, and really wasn’t much of a movie buff at the time, but even then it was blatantly obvious that he absolutely nailed the role.
My group of friends used to watch Oz religiously when it originally aired, that show was a murderers row of acting talent (and stunt casting), when we saw JK Simmons got the role we agreed it was perfect. It's been nice seeing him get regular work in interesting projects, he will always be legendarily loathsome as Vern Schillinger. I used to have the JK Simmons figure where his action was yelling and banging on a desk, sadly lost to time.
Jack Palance in City Slickers
And even won a damn Oscar for it
Tybalt has been stealing the stage for 400 years in that play.
Someone needs to tell Ben Affleck in Shakespeare in Love - he thought it was Mercutio lol
Ben and that movie get a lot of flack, but the way he says, "He dies?" cracks me up every single time
The running theory is that Shakespeare killed Mercutio because he was overshadowing the leads. More screen/stage time is the only reason Tybalt is more of a scene stealer.
This vibes with me so I choose to accept it. Mercutio was always my favorite character.
He's hilarious, then adorable, then tragic and brave. What's not to love?
And he went out like a fucking boss. Defending his friend while also telling him he's a fucking moron and both their families suck as he's dying in the street. He knew what was what, accepted it, and hated it. He is all of us.
Sam Rockwell in Galaxy Quest
Everyone in that movie was so on point that it's difficult to say that any one person could have stolen the show. My favorite are the Thermians, especially Enrico Colantoni and Missi Pyle. Also, Patrick Breen's portrayal of Quellek's death is the only time I've been touched by the trope of an injured character saying some last words than dying in the arms of another character. It's usually so overdone that I can't help but laugh at what's supposed to be a serious scene, but then Galaxy Quest comes along and plays it straight, and I'm in tears.
There's something to be said about big ensemble cast comedies. I think Galaxy Quest, Community, and Futurama all have that same charm that comes from having 7 or so neurotic characters going back and forth, especially around a big table.
>Enrico Colantoni He was gold here.
Sam Rockwell in anything
The Green Mile, for example...
Is there AIR?! You don't KNOW!
We gotta get out of here before before one of these things kills Guy!
I love that, even though I haven’t seen this movie in probably 10 years, I can still hear all of these lines in my head!
*Did you guys ever WATCH the show?!?* *Look around. Can you form some sort of rudimentary laze?* “Guy, you have a name!” “DO I? DO I? For all you know I’m just Crewman Number Six!”
lathe.
I think Emily Blunt's supporting role in The Devil Wears Prada caused a lot of people to think "Hello, who is she?".
I said the same, for a no name (at the time) to be as memorable as she was in a movie with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Stanley Tucci was pretty impressive. My fave Emily moments, “oh my god, why didn’t you climb into bed with her and ask for a bedtime story” and “I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight”.
“I love my job I love my job I love my job” in a tense whisper lol
Separate game, she wasn't better than the one that got nominated for an Oscar. Even without that Meryl Streep dog walked the rest of the cast. To your point though I think Stanley Tucci was the best of the rest
Agreed about Tucci. He had some of the best lines...."Gird Your Loins"
I'm not sure what the billing order was, but Paul Bettany carried A Knights Tale
Alan Tudyk represented as well...."Uh, betray us, and I will fong you, until your insides are out, your outsides are in, your entrails will become your extrails I will w-rip... all the p... ung. Pain, lots of pain."
I think that Alan Tudyk can be a good answer for this question regardless of the movie he plays in. He is just that amazing, always. Even as the chicken in Moana he stole the show.
'"Ha, I went to Juliard.."
Steve the Pirate! Who? Uh.. the guy on our team that dresses like a pirate?
“There’s a guy on our team dressed as a pirate?” Then he shows up in regular clothes. “Ohhhhh, Steve the Pirate.”
“The Duke of Weasletown”
I think there were a lot of greats in that movie, only the lead love interest was bland
I will die on this hill: the actress playing the leading lady and her handmaiden should have swapped. Shannyn Sossamon was out of her depth, but Berenice Bejo was charming.
I was in love with the blacksmith myself
Shannyn Sossamon was the manic pixie dream girl beta test before Zooey Deschanel perfected the archetype. She's okay in most of her roles, but it's never a performance to remember.
My good people, I missed my introduction!
Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element
As a kid I only knew him as a standup comedian. From Friday. And Dead Presidents. Then one day I'm watching channel 5 old movies on Saturday. Chris Tucker pops on screen flamboyant as a drag queen Prince. Completely blown away by the performance
"Drag Queen Prince" perfectly describes his character.
Eh, Prince would have worn every single one of Ruby's outfits and it would have been a Tuesday.
“Game…… blouses” 🥞
The role was supposed to be for Prince.
Super green
I remember when I first watched it, I didn't get his performance. Just felt awkward in a not good way Rewatched it later and was like...lol ok, he's great in it
That's the best show I ever did.
Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer in *The Prophecy* https://youtu.be/Beogqr20uII Christopher Walken was good but I remember that movie today because of Mortensen.
I find it amusing that two of my favorite depictions of Lucifer in film history are both brief appearances at the end of their respective movies: * Viggo Mortensen in *The Prophecy*; and * Peter Stormare in *Constantine*
First that comes to mind is Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I mean, Morgan Freeman did an awesome job, but he couldn't carry that shitshow by himself. "I'll *cut* your heart out with a *SPOON!"* \- "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe, or..." "Because it's dull, you twit, it'll hurt more."
In a similar hammy and hilarious British villain performance, I'd pick Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz. The movie is great, unlike Prince of Thieves, but he still steals the show chewing the scenery so ravenously.
Jack Black in High Fidelity
In the final scenic of that movie where he is singing, none of the cast knew he could sing like that. They were expecting it to be kind of a joke when he sang. So all of the reactions they get are genuine, as Jack belts out Barry White. That's such a good movie.
Peter Sellers in the first Pink Panther movie. It was supposed to be about David Niven's character. He came out of nowhere and stole the film to such an extent the sequels were about Sellers' inspector Clouseau.
Hank Azaria in everything. - Are ju afraid of my Guatamalenous? - You for Scuba? - You got splat like a puthy pancake. And I’m a lean mean Hispanic fighting maCHINE from American Sweetheart
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I wanted to reply sarcastically, because I just think of it as being her movie. You are right. The original is remembered for John Wayne. In the remake Hailee Steinfeld was an unknown child actor in a cast full of heavy weights.
It's honestly kinda nuts how she just showed up and started dominating whatever she's in. Oh and she has a pop star singing career as a side gig.
I came here to say this! Mattie Ross is a badass up there with Ripley and Sarah Conner.
Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids She was billed under Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Rose Byrne. She's been around for a while but that movie got her a rare comedic oscar nomination and shot her career to the top. She's now arguably bigger than any of the other three leads, from a movie that still remains popular.
Such a brilliant performance. I still crack up at her driving down the highway with all the puppies. “I took nine. I took nine. I did slightly overcommit, turns out I might have been more comfortable with six”.
"You feel that steam heat? Thats from my undercarriage."
The 13yo girl in the jewellery store was also great in that one scene.
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder. He had. What, maybe 10 minutes at max of screen time. And I still go on YouTube to watch his scenes.
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Michael Peña in Ant-Man. i could listen to that guy recap MCU movies all day.
I Love that part where the often serious hope van dyne is talking in his voice.. can't remember the exact words she/he said
Yeah, i still remember his entry scene in the movie. One of the best. Mom died, girl left me but i got the van so everything is good. And everyone lip syncing to his voice over. It was so funny. How can antman 3 miss that? At least, he should be in the mid credit scene narrating some thing.
His delivery became so iconic that now TicTok is stealing it for their latest TV commercials.
Maximilian Schell won Best Actor for Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) while having 5th billing. He only had 22% screentime which ranks him second lowest of all time to win Best Actor. Anthony Hopkins has 21% in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
In season 1 of GoT, I believe Peter Dinklage was like 13th billed or something like that. Eventually, he would become first billed, and boy did he earn it.
Philip Seymore Hofman in Twister
Food *FOOD*
We crave sustenance! He’s gonna rue the day. We’re talking imminent rueage!
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Along Came Polly
RAINMAKER!
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I don't remember enough of his movies where he wasn't the star, but I'll agree on Mission Impossible 3. The movie was pretty bland outside of his great performance. His acting on the plane was so good.
PSH in Punch-Drunk Love
Freddy Miles in Talented Mr. Ripley or GTFO. An asshole played so convincingly well that I disliked PSH in real life for a while after that. He snatched that movie from all involved EXCEPT Jude Law who's star was born. But we all know PSH was a monumental actor in anything he did. He managed to steal a movie from Hanks and Julia Roberts too...
Does Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazarus/Sgt Osiris in Tropic Thunder (2008) count?
What do you mean, you people?
What do YOU mean you people?!
Im a Dude playin a dude disguised as another dude!
nah, but the Tom Cruise cameo almost did. holy shit, I HATE that guy, but you gotta give him props for how he played that character.
I saw it when it premiered in theatres and no talk about it had been released yet. I had no clue it was Tom Cruise at all until the credits. Blew my fucking mind.
Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma.
Leslie Nielson in Airplane!.
If I may be allowed to Hot Take: Tom Arnold in True Lies. Yeah, a lot of very talented actors giving great performances ... and then some fat schlub who slept his way to the top of Hollywood absolutely brings the energy that film needs to bring it all together. Perhaps the most over-competant acting performance ever.
Bill Paxton as Hudson in Aliens
Every single line of dialogue from Hudson is a classic quote. "Why don't you put her in charge?!"
“How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit?”
I’ve been saying “game over man!” about the dumbest shit for most of my life.
Bill Paxton in True Lies
I got a little dick, it's pathetic
His rant about how Jamie Lee Curtis looks is absolutely insane hahaha.
And a pair of titties that make you want to stand up and beg for buttermilk!
Hmm, good one. But is that affinity talking? Because Tom Arnold was never better...
Tom Arnold is hilarious in True Lies e.g his rant about his ex-wife taking the ice cube trays from the freezer.
What kind of sick bitch takes the ice cube trays?
In a film chock full of quotable lines, his delivery makes his the best, IMO
Yea, man, but it’s a dry heat!
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Benicio del Toro in Usual Suspects.
Tom Hiddleston in Thor Sharlto Copley in A-Team
Hiddleston's Loki chews scenery unlike anyone in the MCU, and I say let the man feast.
Dante Basco in Hook. Who didn't cry when Rufio died? Maybe he didn't steal the show because Hoffman was so good, but his performance was like a dash of black pepper on an already good dish.
Viola Davis in "Doubt."
In 'Pulp Fiction,' Samuel L. Jackson's performance as Jules stole the show. He brought such charisma and intensity to the role that it's hard to imagine anyone else playing it.
Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings? One of the biggest movie trilogies of all time. A performance so iconic it’s been parodied to death, and surely he was nowhere near top billing?
I don’t think he outshined the rest of the cast though. He maybe just stood out award wise because of the revolutions made in special effects with his character. Iann Mckellen, Viggo Mortenson, Elijah Wood and Sean Astin are equally as impressive and all ended up becoming iconic characters in pop culture.
Mad Max Fury Road is full of phenomenal characters, but I feel like Nux has the most depressing but ultimately hopeful story in the movie
Nicholas Hoult is fantastic in The Great as well.
His is the final great sacrifice in the film and he says his last lines with a degree of tenderness that really stands out surrounded by the chaos of the moment. "Witness... me." 🥺
Brittany Murphy, Clueless.
Steve buscemi fargo
Tom Hardy - Inception
Christopher Reeve was 3rd billed in Superman.
Jason Isaacs in The Patriot.
12 Years a Slave (2013). Lupita Nyong'o put in such a phenomenal performance that’s she’s been soaring ever since. Role essentially made her a household name.
I don't think she's come close to that role since. I thought she was good in Us, but haven't really seen her flex her acting muscles too much since then. She's just there in the Black Panther films. I hope we see her in more eye catching roles down the road.
The seagull in The Lighthouse.
Wasnt on screen for long, but they made every second count 🙏
Melissa Mccarthy - Bridesmaids.
Speaking of her, Jason Statham stole the show parodying himself in Spy.
Lol I'm watching this right now.. He just said: its the rivalry of men..which you wouldn't understand..unless you've got a dong under that skirt
JK Simmons in Burn after Reading Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now, his performance alone is most memorable in the film even Brando doesn't come close. Christopher Walken in Deer Hunter, De Niro was for sure the bigger star but was Meryl Streep and John Cazale had been in the Godfather films and Dog Day Afternoon by then. Stole that film even though De Niro was at this peak. Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond, stole the film from Leo imo. Thomasin McKenzie in Jojo Rabbit. R Lee Emery in Full Mental Jacket. Christoph Waltz in both Tarantino films he won Oscars for.
>R Lee Emery in Full Mental Jacket. Yes. His lines are the only ones I've ever heard anyone quote from FMJ.
Was Hounsou 2nd or 3rd (behind Jennifer Connelly) in Blood Diamond? The latter would make the entry valid. Waltz was 2nd billed behind Foxx so that one doesn't count, only 3rd or more.
Tilda Swinton in... all her films. Michael Stuhlbarg in... all his films.
Chris Tucker in the Fifth Element - The guy stole the show!
Neil Patrick Harris was amazing in Harold and Kumar
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed