Actors who got better with age

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Actors who got better with age - your nomination?

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January 10, 2018, 09:37 PM

Balzé Halzé

Actors who got better with age - your nomination?

quote:
Originally posted by Kevbo:
I’ll throw one out that hasn’t been mentioned

Ben Affleck

He was mentioned on page one.

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January 10, 2018, 09:48 PM

Captain Morgan

So many good ones but ill throw in Anthony Hopkins and Michael Kaine.

January 11, 2018, 05:09 PM

RichN

I submit Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Not that he ever became a great actor, but the difference between the '70s (Hercules in New Yord, The Villian), the '80s (Conan, Commando), and the '90s (Total Recall, True Lies) is significant. I'm not sure he continued to get better after the '90s, but I don't think he's gotten any worse.

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January 11, 2018, 05:48 PM

LastCubScout

quote:
Originally posted by RichN:
I submit Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I'm not sure he continued to get better after the '90s, but I don't think he's gotten any worse.

I have to say, I've been enjoying his performances post-governorship, now that he's not big top-of-the-box-office-world movie star anymore. I like these older, grayer, darker, more sullen and melancholy Schwarzenegger roles, such as in The Last Stand, Sabotage, Maggie and Aftermath. They're much more interesting, nuanced, and flawed characters than, say, Harry Tasker, Jack Slater, or the Terminator.

January 12, 2018, 04:30 PM

fatmanspencer

Dame Judi Dench people.

January 12, 2018, 08:02 PM

Rey HRH

quote:
Originally posted by fatmanspencer:
Dame Judi Dench people.

Yeah, I agree.

Setting aside her politics, I think Meryl Streep is as good an actress as one can get. In any of her recent movies, I only see the character and have a hard time seeing Meryl Streep. Devil wears Prada, Julia Childs, etc.

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