Re: Actor Types - Who Reminds You Of Someone Else
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Russell Crowe = William Holden
Think about it, couldn't Crowe play Stalag 17, Born Yesterday, Sabrina, Bridge on The River Kwai, completely fit in in all those roles, and make everyone else in the picture look good too?
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I dunno. Could he play in Network, or The Christmas Tree? Or Sunset Boulevard.
Holden had some sophistication about him. He could be a scoundrel and wastrel, but my, what a polished and elegant one. It's a stretch to see him play truly downscale.
Crowe is a ruffian, and has to stretch to go upscale and play anything like a normal fellow or one with some sort of restraint and composure and familiarity with a comb and a razor and a haircut that doesn't look like one he did himself while black-out drunk. He's the kind of guy who could make even a fresh tux look less than top notch and even a Royal Navy officer look like a cabin boy caught playing dress-up.
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