As an aside, I notice that there were several comments about Karl Urban's looks (ok, ok, including mine) ... but none about Andre Braugher's excellent acting which is what makes me doggedly watch whatever he's in, in the usually vain hope that it won't be cancelled after the first four episodes. Luckily Brooklyn Nine Nine seems good to go for a while.
Back on topic, this made me look for a list I had of actors who will make me take a second look at a show or movie I'd never have considered otherwise. Hey. I told you already ... I make lists. Lots of lists.
This particular list seems embarrassingly long, but I'm going to share it anyway. It seems rather eclectic now that I'm rereading it several months after I first made it. Some of these are just plain American. I mean, really, Will Smith and Robert Downey Jr. are on everyone's list, am I right?
In no particular order except how they popped out of my pen and onto the paper:
- Sam Rockwell
- Paul Bettany
- Nathan Fillion
- Andre Braugher
- Steve Carrell
- Guy Pearce
- Jim Caviezel
- Alan Rickman
- Tyrone Power (yes, you read that right)
- Boris Karloff (and yes, you read that right)
- Toni Collette
- Will Smith
- Rachel Weitz
- Bruce Willis
- Victor Garber
- Daniel Craig
- Scott Glenn
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Sean Bean
- Emma Stone
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- David Tennant
- Karl Urban
Obviously this is a work in progress based on the fact that Karl is last on the list. I only realize these things when I've got to fight off an urge to see The Fifth Estate despite (and strangely enough, because of) Benedict Cumberbatch's weird wig. And then the list gets another name.
Who's on your list?
