# A poser... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416 "2013-09-22T03:50:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/1 "2013-09-22T03:50:01Z")
Lately we’ve seen movies that are usually decent but cram packed with ‘big’ stars. Ocean 11 seems to have been the first to do this since the olden Hollywood days. Now we have The Expendables and RED. Which got me thinking… The Ocean movies put George Clooney and Brad Pitt on the screen at the same time, what would happen if you tried putting Clooney, Pitt, and Robert Downey Jr on the screen at the same time? Would the celluloid melt? I would love to see it. That is my ‘could it be done trio’. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/2 "2013-09-22T14:02:54Z")
**Mars Attacks** had quite a few big-name stars prior to **Ocean’s 11.** As for my “could it be done trio”… well, can I have more than three? I gotta go for more than three. I would love to see a movie about a group of aging Shakespearean actors starring Patrick Stewart, Ian McKlellan, Charles Dance, Gary Oldman, Judi Dench and Helen Mirren. Throw Peter Dinklage in there to play Puck and I’d be happy. (I’ve been toying around with collaborating with a writer to put together a pitch for something like this, but I had better hurry up before half of them die…!) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/3 "2013-09-22T14:11:51Z")
Back in the 1970s it was Redford and Newman in _Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid_ and _The Sting_ that had this effect on the movie-going multitude. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/4 "2013-09-22T17:31:00Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Back in the 1970s it was Redford and Newman in _Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid_ and _The Sting_ that had this effect on the movie-going multitude. It had quite the effect on me too. Redford was pretty but Newman? Those eyes and that smile… much thinking on swooning. I guess what I was shooting for, and not very well, was the wattage of star power. These are actors that when on screen even if not speaking, you can’t look away from. And I would love to see that cast in an adaptation of A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Trying to think up two actors to pair with Idris Elba… ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/5 "2013-09-23T10:37:13Z")
> [@catnoe](#): > > Which got me thinking… The Ocean movies put George Clooney and Brad Pitt on the screen at the same time, what would happen if you tried putting Clooney, Pitt, and Robert Downey Jr on the screen at the same time? I’ve wished for at least ten years that someone casts **Clooney** and **Depp** in the same movie. Or **Pitt** and **Depp**. **Robert Downey Jr** would be another great choice. As far as hypothetical trios are concerned, I’d say that **Clooney** , **Robert Downey Jr** and **Depp** would sound promising. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/6 "2013-09-23T11:33:08Z")
The first? Old Hollywood was gone by 1960, yet you had movies like **The Way We Were** , **The Towering Inferno** , **The Poseidon Adventure** , **Gosford Park, Bran Stoker’s Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Hamlet** (all directed by Kenneth Branagh), and **Glengarry Glen Ross** , to name a small sampling. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/7 "2013-09-23T20:54:17Z")
True enough. The Way We Were was Redford and Streisand and I’m looking for more than two huge stars. Much Ado About Nothing had a great cast but Americans (most I know anyway) would only recognize Denzel and Keanu if they even saw the movie. Ditto for Hamlet. While the actors in Gosford Park might be big in the UK they are not the big Hollywood draw I was thinking of. And Glengarry Glen Ross? Most folks when asked who was in it would remember Al Pacino and maybe Alec Baldwin but not that Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, and Alan Arkin were too. I haven’t seen Love’s Labour’s Lost. The 70’s stuff while exciting then doesn’t thrill much anymore. The rest you listed… Loved Branagh’s movies, Really enjoyed Gosford Park. Glengarry Glen Ross, was hoping to see a movie where Pacino is not constantly screaming. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poser/669416/8 "2013-09-23T23:07:02Z")
> [@catnoe](#): > > I > > Trying to think up two actors to pair with Idris Elba… Denzel Washington and Terrence Howard?