"who was the third worst actor/actress in The Wire?"
it's a loaded question but i say third because in my mind (and i would think, most other peoples') Larry Gilliard Jr. as D'angelo Barksdale and Pablo Schreiber as Nick Sobotka were far and away the two worst.
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Tue Feb-09-10 10:27 PM
23. "*omar in the korean store*" In response to Reply # 9
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46. "RE: I fucking HATE Daniels." In response to Reply # 1
Me too. That's a one note performance for 5 seasons!!! Same reaction and speech pattern every time whether he's in bed with his wife or talking to a police board. He's terrible...
5. "Edited" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Feb-09-10 04:35 PM by Sponge
I say Michelle Paress (Alma Gutierrez) and Richard DeAngelis (Colonel Foerster), but their roles were comparatively small. I don't agree about Gilliard but do agree about Schreiber. So out of the big roles, I'll say James Ransone (Ziggy) who wasn't terrible through and through (his work in the scenes after the shooting is outstanding). People will probably bring up Sonja Sohn and I agree that hers is near the bottom but she had some fantastic line readings.
13. "He's not overall bottom 3, but out of the prominent" In response to Reply # 8
roles in the series, I think he is bottom 3 though he is nowhere near as bad as Schreiber. He's mostly down there because I like a lot of performances more than his and I felt him acting instead of "being."
>he was a hateable character, sure, but his performance was >great.
How much I dislike or hate a character doesn't factor in my opinion on the performance. I think his character is pretty irritating in Generation Kill but I liked his performance there.
11. "RE: who was the third worst actor/actress in The Wire?" In response to Reply # 0
Gillard was a fine actor, he just couldn't pull off the accent. His slang always sounded false. Nick Sobotka did kind of suck.
Sonja Sohn is by far the worst actor considering how integral she was to the show. She has no presence and has a distracting smirk after every damn line. But there are definitely worse actors with smaller parts: Officer Stupid Haircut, Snoop, Alma (the other two aren't trained actors so is this chick a real actor or what?).
16. "RE: who was the third worst actor/actress in The Wire?" In response to Reply # 14
At least Snoop was cast to lend the show authenticity. The actress who played Alma didn't even look the part. I always figured she knew somebody involved in the show- I guess I was right.
now or never Member since Oct 27th 2004 3821 posts
Tue Feb-09-10 06:36 PM
17. "i always thought meth was pretty bad." In response to Reply # 0
i love meth, but i don't think there's a moment on the show where it doesn't sound like he's just reciting lines. i didn't think nick was that bad, tho.
20. "RE: i always thought meth was pretty bad." In response to Reply # 17
>i love meth, but i don't think there's a moment on the show >where it doesn't sound like he's just reciting lines.
co-fucking-sign.
I thought he was the worst on the show. Tried waaaaaaaaaaaaay too hard. In season two I remember dood made some joke in front of his crew and they -- and they're ACTING now -- didn't even want to laugh. Meth's all reaching out to them, trying to get a pound or handshake out of them. That scene made/makes me cringe and was my "moment of clarity" concerning his horrendous acting on the show.
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19. "the look on D'Angelo's face when Wee-bay walks him into his house " In response to Reply # 0
>it's a loaded question but i say third because in my mind >(and i would think, most other peoples') Larry Gilliard Jr. as >D'angelo Barksdale and Pablo Schreiber as Nick Sobotka were >far and away the two worst. > >So who's third?
31. "are you serious? that's one of his worst moments imo" In response to Reply # 22
the scene's so well written and dude's got zero emotional conviction in it. maybe it's just me. i thought even in his best scenes he was awkward and missed the character by miles.
d'angelo had some great scenes...i think people mistake him not being as street as the others as bad acting when in fact thats exactly what his character was supposed to be.
dula dibiasi Member since Apr 05th 2004 21925 posts
Tue Feb-09-10 10:37 PM
24. "most of the non-pros are pretty bad." In response to Reply # 0
the deacon cat. jay landsman. snoop, of course.
mef is bad but his charm/persona still wins
a lot of the accents are off. son that plays partlow don't sound hood AT ALL. stringer sounds like a new yorker.
i actually like gilliard's work on that show. he overdoes it @ times but still, a lot of standout scenes.
out of the regulars, sonja sohn might be the worst. dom (herc) is no brando either.
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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
i don't really look at the performances and think "who is the worst?". the performances seem to inform the characters for me, but i really didn't like brandy burre/theresa d'agostino.
38. "i think all of the actors were pretty good" In response to Reply # 0
except the guy who played Marlow;he always sounded like he was talking through clenched teeth or something; and sometimes it was obvious that Idris Elba was trying real hard not to speak with an english accent
47. "that lesbian cop kimmy or whatever she can't act. worst by far of all th..." In response to Reply # 0
you out of your mind if u cited ziggy, jay landsmann or even dangelo what's next ? bubbles ? bodie ? I also agree with whoever cited Marlo. he really did a poor job portraying that character but he was an amateur when he landed on the show so... there's no point really knocking them for their lack of skills
next worst is prolly the dude who played Daniels yeah. he's a better singer
oh btw "nice dolphin nigguh" is the wire's greatest quote
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