# Actors who should branch out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063 "2021-10-23T14:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/21 "2021-10-24T20:37:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Easy top five, I’ll grant you. Although really, they phoned it in on the name. Killgrave? I think Jessica Jones asked if Murder McDeath was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/22 "2021-10-24T21:07:18Z")
Fair enough, and the gods know there are incalculable numbers of women in the acting field who didn’t get taken seriously until the wrinkles showed up. And there’s nothing much pretty about Brad in _Kalifornia,_ he plays a straight up psycho killer. Does it really well too. _\*shudder_\* ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/23 "2021-10-24T21:50:59Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > > Easy top five, I’ll grant you. > > Although really, they phoned it in on the name. Killgrave? I think Jessica Jones asked if Murder McDeath was already taken. For a comic book villain created in 1964 it’s practically the epitome of subtlety. As least they only had him dress in purple. In the comic books he has purple skin and hair. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/24 "2021-10-24T22:22:26Z")
I think Michael Cera could totally nail the role of a serial killer. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/25 "2021-10-24T22:41:41Z")
Dunno, really feels like typecasting to me! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/26 "2021-10-24T23:02:46Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > There was also a crop of pretty boy leading men like Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio who I hated until they got older and actually had to act instead stand there and smile. One of Brad Pitt’s earliest roles was Paul Maclean in _A River Runs Through It._ He was partially cast for his looks, I think - part of the story was the protagonist Norman’s view of his brother as a “golden boy” - but it was a dramatic role that he pulled off very well. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/27 "2021-10-25T02:21:17Z")
We’ve been binge watching the **Hawaii 5-0** re-boot and Chi (Capt. Lou Grover) McBride is just fantastic – he’s funny, he can cry on cue, he’s menacing when needed, an all-around good actor. I see he also does voice work for Marvel cartoon shows (as Nick Fury). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/28 "2021-10-25T08:46:07Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > He was also the voice of Scrooge McDuck in the recent DuckTales remake. It’s a very different kind of character. Not to mention voicing Lord Commander in _Final Space_. Still sci-fi, but even knowing it’s Tennant I struggle to place the voice with the actor. He also does a fun Charles Darwin in _The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!_. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/29 "2021-10-25T11:54:23Z")
At least “Killmonger” was a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/30 "2021-10-25T11:56:05Z")
I’ll allow it…this time. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/31 "2021-10-25T13:12:44Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > DiCaprio went full retard right outta the chute in Moderating: This is Cafe Society, which is a kinder, gentler forum. And “retard” is a slur, especially the way you have used it. Maybe not the worst possible slur, but please try to avoid using it as a slur in Cafe Society. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/32 "2021-10-25T13:18:01Z")
Not objecting to the moderation as such, but just noting for reader context that the phrase “going full retard” is a _Tropic Thunder_ reference. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/33 "2021-10-25T13:28:13Z")
Thanks, good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/34 "2021-10-25T20:04:51Z")
Henry Fonda, Ronald Reagan and Chuck-you Norris all made their careers playing good guys with one notable exception each; e.g., _Once Upon a Time in the West_, _The Killers_ (1964) and _The Way of the Dragon_, respectively (note: if Mr. Norris played another bad guy, I undoubtedly missed it as I haven’t seen any of his other movies). I don’t think Clint Eastwood ever played an out-and-out bad guy (i.e., one whom the audience was rooting against). He would have been awesome. Even at 91, he could still be an awesome SOB. That aside, he would have been ideally cast as Steve Ditko’s Mr. A back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/35 "2021-10-25T23:37:00Z")
Used precisely as used in _Tropic Thunder,_ where there was a long disquisition from one actor who played a mentally challenged character explaining to another character (a white guy wearing blackface) on how it’s actually somewhat dangerous to “go full retard.” And if you’ve seen _Gilbert Grape_ you’ll know why this was a completely apropos comment, using an apropos quote from another movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/X6WHBO_Qc-Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Tropic Thunder (5/10) Movie CLIP - Never Go Full Retard (2008) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/36 "2021-10-26T00:36:52Z")
Character actress Margo Martindale? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/37 "2021-10-26T00:38:29Z")
Now I want to see her do a Ma Barker kind of role. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/38 "2021-10-26T12:00:51Z")
And Djimon Hounsou was funnier than I expected in What If…? ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/39 "2021-10-28T11:49:36Z")
I only recognize her name from the podcast, _I Spy_. I didn’t know she was an actor too–and it looks like a [prolific one](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margo_Martindale), too. Tripler Ignoranc fought. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063/40 "2021-10-28T17:49:02Z")
Try watching her in her Emmy winning role on_Justified_. It’s in the second season so even if you insist on watching in order you’ll catch up quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-should-branch-out/953063.md?page=3)