# Actors you hate whom you loved in just ONE role? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632 "2005-05-06T01:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/21 "2005-05-06T14:18:20Z")
Kevin Spacey seems so smug and smarmy I want to smack him. This worked perfectly for his role in Se7en. He was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/22 "2005-05-06T14:32:57Z")
Wallace Shawn as The Sicialian in _The Princess Bride._ ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/23 "2005-05-06T14:38:36Z")
I liked **Billy Bob Thorton** in Swingblade but he seem’s to play himself in all the other movies he’s in. I feel the same way about **Tom Hanks**. I liked the Forest Gump character but all his other movies all I see is Tom Hanks. Even when he’s a Russian in The Terminal or a weirdo in The Lady Killers it’s still just Tom Hanks. I heard he was good in Philadelphia but I haven’t seen that one. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/24 "2005-05-06T14:39:15Z")
Sean Penn in _Mystic River_ - I usually can’t _stand_ the guy, but he’s so good in that one movie - sure, he chews scenery, but for once it’s appropriate for his character. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/25 "2005-05-06T14:39:54Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > Nicole Kidman . . . (she’s so pointy!) . . . **Yes**! That’s it _exactly_! There’s always been something about her that bothered me, but I could never put my finger on it. And you named it: Nicole Kidman is pointy! ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/26 "2005-05-06T15:29:37Z")
There are a lot of perceptive comments here I would second. I will add that until I saw **Fellowship of the Ring** , I never thought Elijah Wood was worth a shit. He struck me as the epitome of what Roger Ebert called the “over-coached professional kid.” He was terribly false and mannered in **The Ice Storm** , especially compared to the brilliant performances of Tobey Maguire and Adam Hann-Byrd. But his Frodo won me over. Maybe he just needed the right material. > [@pinkfreud](#): > > I dislike Brad Pitt with a passion, but I thought he was quite good as the obnoxious psycho in _Twelve Monkeys_. I think Pitt’s dirty little secret is that he’s really a character actor who got stuck as a leading man because of his looks. He was funny as the mumbling boxer in **Snatch** as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/27 "2005-05-06T15:41:45Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Val Kilmer. Normally he’s just annoying, but he made a great Doc Holliday in _Tombstone_. The bar-room “duel” in which he faces off against a showoff gun-twirling Michael Biehn, and languidly shows him up by mockingly twiddling his cup is a brilliant scene. I never hated Val Kilmer, but I certainly didn’t think he was up to the role of a “cowboy” type when I heard he was going to be in Tombstone. He was fantastic! I also couldn’t believe that Luke Perry would be able to pull off that attitude in 8 Seconds but he did it very well. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/28 "2005-05-06T15:48:15Z")
I had a violent, raging hatred of Leonardo DiCaprio after _Romeo+Juliet_ and _Titanic_… until I saw _The Aviator_. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Dog\_Klaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@My\_Dog\_Klaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Dog_Klaus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/29 "2005-05-06T15:52:39Z")
Every movie I have seen with Sandra Bullock has had me rolling my eyes and leaving the room after 10 minutes (and I’ve seen all of them because my daughter loves her). But I actually liked Miss Congeniality. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/30 "2005-05-06T15:58:22Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > I hate Keanu Reeves more than any other actor in film history, but I actually enjoyed him in _Parenthood_. He seemed almost…human. This was the first thing that came to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/31 "2005-05-06T17:09:01Z")
Tom Cruise and _Risky Business_, I’m sure I’m in the minority but I loved him in that, hated him ever since. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/32 "2005-05-06T17:15:29Z")
As noted by Excalibre, the first thing I thought of was Nicholas Cage in Adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/33 "2005-05-06T17:30:47Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I had a violent, raging hatred of Leonardo DiCaprio after _Romeo+Juliet_ and _Titanic_… until I saw _The Aviator_. DiCaprio is \*exactly \* the reason I haven’t seen “The Aviator”. Maybe I should reconsider. > [@Big\_Norse](#): > > Tom Cruise and Risky Business, I’m sure I’m in the minority but I loved him in that, hated him ever since. I was going to say Tom Cruise but the only movie I like him in is “A Few Good Men”. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/34 "2005-05-06T17:33:04Z")
Jim Carry in _Eternal Sunshine_ is offically thirded! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/35 "2005-05-06T17:50:26Z")
Steve Martin in _All of Me_. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/36 "2005-05-06T18:00:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I’m trying to think if Ben Affleck has ever been good in anything? Hmmmm…nope! _Shakespeare in Love_? ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/37 "2005-05-06T18:04:26Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > I think Pitt’s dirty little secret is that he’s really a character actor who got stuck as a leading man because of his looks. He was funny as the mumbling boxer in **Snatch** as well. . . . and as Floyd, the stoner in _True Romance_. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/38 "2005-05-06T19:03:30Z")
Jim Carrey. But I did enjoy him in The Mask. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/39 "2005-05-06T21:10:22Z")
Courtney Love in “Man on the Moon”. Tom Cruise in “Rain Man”. John Belushi in “The Blues Brothers”. ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632/40 "2005-05-06T21:19:54Z")
I’ve never liked Richard Dreyfuss (and I’m fully aware that I have little to no company with that opinion) in anything he’s been in. Except for “Mr. Holland’s Opus”, where I really, really, thought he was perfect for the part. Which made me re-watch him in other movies. Where I still thought he was crap. I only liked him as Mr. Holland. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hate-whom-you-loved-in-just-one-role/302632.md?page=3)