What are some good examples of actors associated with certain directors? I’m thinking of actors that seem to work with certain directors every once in a while (like Tom Hanks star in movies directed by Spielberg or Zemeckis), rather than just having had a single big hit (like John Travolta with Pulp Fiction). As in, it appears that the actor and director have a “bond” of sorts.
Tom Shadyac and Jim Carry
M. Night Shyamalan and M. Night Shyamalan (:p)
Alfred Hitchcock and Grace Kelly (kind of?)
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp has become a bit of a joke among certain people.
As has Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, but their marriage is a much more obvious reason for that to happen.
Martin Scorcese and Robert Deniro, followed by Leo DiCaprio.
James Cameron and Arnie.
John Ford and John Wayne.
Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly.
The Coen Brothers and the Coen Brothers Stock Company.
George Clooney, John Turturro?
Francis McDormand, John Goodman…
…Steve Buscemi…
James Cameron and Bill Paxton (Terminator, Aliens, True Lies, Titanic)
Robert Rodreguez and Danny “Machete” Trejo (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2, Grindhouse)
Ron Howard and his brother Clint Howard Backdraft, (Far and Away, Apollo 13, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon)
M Night Shamalan and Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village, Lady in the Water)
M Night Shamalan and Joaquin Phoenix (Signs, The Village)
Sam Raimi, his brother Ted and Bruce Cambell (Evil Dead films, Spider Man films, Darkman)
George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn
Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune
Clint Eastwood
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton/Mia Farrow (for a time).
John Ford and Victor McLaughlin, as well as other members of his “stock company”: John Carradine, Ward Bond, Francis Ford, etc.
Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell.
Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson (when they were married)
Also Tony Roberts, for a time.
Thank God Soon-Yi can’t act, huh?
Kevin Smith: Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson, Brian O’Halloran, Jennifer Schwalbach, Joey Lauren Adams
David Mamet: William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon
(It should be noted, as Tengu does regarding Burton and Bonham Carter, that the women above are/were significant others of the directors).
Kyle MacLachlan and David Lynch (Dune, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks)
Nice one!
I’ll add Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog (Aguirre: Wrath of God, Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo). This is a youtube clip which does a pretty good job of explaining their relationship. I really like that clip.
Also casts Salma Hayak a lot
John Cassavetes and his wife Gena Rowlands.
**Wes Anderson **- Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Bill Murray, Anjelica Houston, etc