So...John Malkovich

[Taomist]

I've never thought of him as a youngin'...can't even think of a role in which he doesn't play a dissolute cynic...but...

Is he ok?

The Siri commercials make it seem as if he's aged 3 decades in one.

Am I just stuck on remembering him from his Dangerous Liason days, or...?

[aruvqan]

I see him as Valmont in Dangerous Liasons, and so he looks very grandfatherish in that commercial. There is really only 4 years difference between him in Places in the Heart and Dangerous Liasons. He is in his late 50s so I suppose he is just refusing to do the whole dye the hair and get a face lift deal that Hollywood normally does. More power to him, I think he looks like someone who would be comfortable to sit across a fireplace from and read while having coffee some winter afternoon.

[Marley23]

I didn't think he seemed especially old or bad in that commercial. He's almost 60 and I thought he looked like a guy of that age who's taking pretty good care of himself.

And he was great in that jewel thief movie.

[dinahmoe]

He lives quite close to me, and I've seen him out and about fairly frequently. He looks like a regular 10-or-so-years older than me dude. Always gives me the "hey person that I vaguely recognize" half-smile/nod when I run into him.

[Uncle Jocko]

It also doesn't help that those iPhone commercials make him look like a creepy old loner. "There's nothing on your schedule for tonight." "Tell me a joke, Siri." That's just weird.

My wife thought it would have been cool if there was something on Malkovich's schedule - gazpacho with Samuel L. Jackson!

I also saw someone said that the Zooey Deschanel commercial becomes more touching if you imagine Zooey has been blind since birth ("Siri, is that rain?").

[cmyk]

Originally Posted by Marley23

...And he was great in that jewel thief movie.

[LawMonkey]

Malkovich malkovich? MALKOVICH!