# Is Kevin Costner bound for cult status? Does he already have it?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-costner-bound-for-cult-status-does-he-already-have-it/382649 "2006-12-03T01:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-costner-bound-for-cult-status-does-he-already-have-it/382649/21 "2006-12-04T22:35:27Z")

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[QUOTE=glee]  
I think Costner has been in some fine films.  
But compare him to Alan Rickman on ‘Robin Hood’ to see what real acting is about.  
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Chewing scenery?

🆒

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**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-costner-bound-for-cult-status-does-he-already-have-it/382649/22 "2006-12-05T03:30:59Z")

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I’m absolutely _not_ a Costner fan, but I thought his performance in **The Upside of Anger** was great. He was also good in **Bull Durham**. Or possibly, I’m such a baseball nut that I loved the movie _and_ everything in it. However, I’d say if he was ever going to reach cult status, it would be because of movies like **A Perfect World**. That movie rocked on so many levels and is almost non-existent to most everyone. If you haven’t checked it out, you might consider giving it a look-see.

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kevin-costner-bound-for-cult-status-does-he-already-have-it/382649/23 "2006-12-05T04:01:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Zebra]  
Now if you want an underappreciated Costner performance watch A Perfect World. I also enjoyed his Wyatt Earp

Dances with Wolves  
The Untouchables  
Field of Dreams  
Bull Durham  
**Silverado**  
No Way Out

All excellent films and his performance added to the quality of the film.  
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I always thought that Silverado was the best role he ever had. To me, Costner is at his best when he’s being a bit goofy, and “Jake” was just perfect. That same Costner is revisited in Bull Durham, my second favorite of his roles. Cocksure, silly, a bit ditzy, that’s the Costner that I like. Overwrought and melodramatic (say Dances with Wolves) turns me right off. He doesn’t have the chops to do heavy stuff. He’s right there with Kevin Bacon in that regard, at least according to the book of Cluricaun.

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