# Actors you hated in one role but loved in another **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397 "2016-05-09T15:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/41 "2016-05-16T19:18:17Z")
Hated Leonardo DiCaprio in everything he did before _Gangs of New York_. I’ve liked him well enough since. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/42 "2016-05-16T19:24:42Z")
Rowan Atkinson I can watch Blackadder over and over. Always witty. Mr. Bean makes my skin crawl. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/43 "2016-05-16T19:29:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > His 5-minute cameo in _Young Frankenstein_ was terrific, and probably the only comedic role I can think of that he was good in. _Get Shorty_, not so much. I thought he was outstanding in _The Royal Tenenbaums_… ---
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/44 "2016-05-16T20:56:17Z")
John Noble, who I usually think is better that the rest of the cast. Was great in the early Sleepy Hollow episodes before he was revealed as the evil warlock, son of what’s his name (didn’t inherit his dad’s stick, or anything else really. Maybe the father wasn’t who we qere told after all)? It’s not his fault, the writers seemed to be losing their minds in general. He was pretty good in Elementary too. ( Irrelevantly, he’s the only actor I’ve ever seen on TV who would eat on camera. Doing his best Denethor act, I think) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/45 "2016-05-17T18:34:40Z")
Will Ferrell. I can’t stand his early movies, but he seems to have gotten better. The Other Guys was very good. Adam Sandler was good in Pixels, but so far I haven’t seen anything else that was any good. I’m tempted to watch Punch Drunk Love, I’ve heard so many good things about it. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/46 "2016-05-17T18:51:17Z")
As long as we’re throwing props at Adam Sandler - I found _Reign Over Me_ to be excellent. Not a hint of his man-child act, and of course Don Cheadle is always good. The rest of his oevure - not so much. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/47 "2016-05-17T21:07:54Z")
Holly Hunter is the first that comes to mind. Loved her in “Always”, but thought she really overblew the part in “The Firm” – the weakest member of the cast… ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/48 "2016-05-18T06:12:44Z")
Peter Bogdanovich…the great director Great in The Sopranos Horrible as a Hugh Hefner like character in Law and Order Criminal Intent ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/49 "2016-05-18T06:28:53Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > I thought he was outstanding in _The Royal Tenenbaums_… I remember seeing that a while back, but it didn’t make much of an impression on me. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/50 "2016-05-18T23:48:08Z")
Hated: Sarah Chalke on Roseanne Loved: Sarah Chalke on Scrubs ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/51 "2016-05-19T03:25:11Z")
John Cusack, who I love in pretty much everything he has done, except The Paperboy. Not because he wasn’t effective, but he was SO effective, it was just gross. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/52 "2016-05-22T05:52:17Z")
[Ashley Johnson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424534/?ref_=nv_sr_1). She has popped up in various Joss Whedon productions and whenever I would see her I would wonder why he kept casting this annoying chick. Then we get to **Blindspot** , which is the opposite of a Joss Whedon production in almost every way and she’s playing the tech girl, Patterson. She’s smart, snarky and can kick ass right alongside the boys when the occasion calls for it. She’s my favorite character on that show. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/53 "2016-05-22T13:27:19Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Hated: Sarah Chalke on Roseanne > > Loved: Sarah Chalke on Scrubs She was just wrong for the part of that shrewish, spoiled-rotten Becky (no offense to Lecy Goranson). Neil Flynn–despised his character on _Scrubs_, he’s outstanding on _The Middle_. He must be talented, or something. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/54 "2016-05-22T13:37:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Thought of one, **Clifton James**. He was annoying as sheriff J.W. Pepper in two Bond movies, but good in _Cool Hand Luke_, _Silver Streak_, and (from what I remember) _The Untouchables_. I’m sure he wasn’t a southern lawman in all his roles. 94 years old, married to the same woman since '51, and IMDb shows him with a movie in pre-production. More power to ya, Clifton. > > And for that matter, **Roger Moore**. His Bond doesn’t really work for me, but he’s been good in a lot of other stuff. Quite agree, [however](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTUKJrlYUA)… ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/55 "2016-05-22T13:38:19Z")
I know I will be completely alone in this but I cannot stand Leonardo DiCaprio in anything but _Titanic_. In my opinion it is his only role that feels honest and doesn’t feel as if he’s “acting” at all (However I didn’t watch his much older films). ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/56 "2016-05-22T13:59:22Z")
One could be excused for thinking that Natalie Portman was an awful actress after seeing the lamentable Star Wars prequels. She’s great in most of the rest. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/57 "2016-05-27T01:07:28Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > [Ashley Johnson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424534/?ref_=nv_sr_1). She has popped up in various Joss Whedon productions and whenever I would see her I would wonder why he kept casting this annoying chick. > > Then we get to **Blindspot** , which is the opposite of a Joss Whedon production in almost every way and she’s playing the tech girl, Patterson. She’s smart, snarky and can kick ass right alongside the boys when the occasion calls for it. She’s my favorite character on that show. Going by your own link, unless I’m missing something, I see her with bit parts in Avengers and Dollhouse. Wow you must have hated her a lot for such a small offering out of a fairly large resume to connect her to Joss for you. Granted, I didn’t particularly care for her in Growing Pains either, but she was like 5 so I’ma cut her a little slack. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397/58 "2016-05-27T07:06:27Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Going by your own link, unless I’m missing something, I see her with bit parts in Avengers and Dollhouse. Wow you must have hated her a lot for such a small offering out of a fairly large resume to connect her to Joss for you. > > Granted, I didn’t particularly care for her in Growing Pains either, but she was like 5 so I’ma cut her a little slack. She was also in Joss’ 2012 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. I’m not sure why I disliked her so much. In Dollhouse she was a random murder victim with about five minutes of screen time (although on further research I see she was also in the unaired pilot as well). However, I do recall specifically hating that fawning waitress in The Avengers. No matter, she’s made up for it now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397.md?page=2)