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sersey
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Sun Aug-03-14 12:52 PM

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"Common just made me realize something about acting/casting"


          

Some actors are cast explicitly to play themselves. And I don't mean in a... I'm a rapper playing a rapper kind of way. But Ina way where the actor is not required to dig deep or show any kind of range to portray what the director is looking for.

See Fredro Starr in the Wire, Method Man in The Wire, DMX in any of his feature films. They are all doing them, regardless of the character's archetype.

I look at Commons career as an actor and wonder how he's gone beyond random cameos and been successful at it.

That Comm/Queen Latifah flick- it's just Common in basketball shorts

He'll On Wheels- Common in western gear.

and the flick that prompted this post- RIPD... Common in a suit, with the same mannerisms, inflections, and accent that we've known him for since the 90s.

So I guess my "no shit" moment of the day comes from realizing that while some successful actors don't have very good acting chops at all...a great natural build, look, and voice encompass something that directors can repeatedly use for a myriad of characters without asking much of the actor themselves....

  

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Common just made me realize something about acting/casting [View all] , sersey, Sun Aug-03-14 12:52 PM
 
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Aug 03rd 2014
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You could say the same thing about almost everyone
Aug 03rd 2014
2
I'd say play the same character rather than playing themselves.
Aug 04th 2014
4
nah, Wil play lot's of different characters - I've seen a fraction of hi...
Aug 05th 2014
21
Common, in particular, is such a terrible actor
Aug 04th 2014
3
completely agree
Aug 04th 2014
5
its painful to watch
Aug 04th 2014
6
one of *the* worst actors ever
Aug 04th 2014
8
2 words explain why Com gets parts
Aug 04th 2014
9
Y'all have insert whatever hot actress y'all like *here*
Aug 05th 2014
14
Or, more likely, he has hella good management that gets him work
Aug 05th 2014
16
Argh it's on netflix
Aug 05th 2014
22
I agree, "LUV" was Common's best performance.
Aug 06th 2014
24
He is bald black and angry looking
Aug 05th 2014
17
Common fucked no fewer than 8 women you were spending $ on
Aug 05th 2014
20
This, I think, is why the term "character actor" is an important distinc...
Aug 04th 2014
7
2 things
Aug 04th 2014
10
he isnt a name though
Aug 05th 2014
11
      anybody popular in one medium who jumps to another
Aug 05th 2014
18
LMAOOO @ fucking COMMON being used as the example
Aug 05th 2014
12
Thank you.
Aug 05th 2014
13
Because he's handsome
Aug 05th 2014
15
Yeah it's that John Cusack shit.
Aug 05th 2014
19
So what about Mos Def???
Aug 05th 2014
23

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