Mike_H
August 10, 2023, 8:30pm
701
Rappers in non-rapping/musical roles
LL Cool J, Any Given Sunday
Vanilla Ice, Cool as Ice
Dr. Dre - Training Day
Queen Latifah - Set It Off
Tom Green - Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Rihanna - Battleship
Snoop Dog - Training Day
Ice Cube - Barbershop
LL Cool J - Toys
Rappers in non-rapping/musical roles
LL Cool J, Any Given Sunday
Vanilla Ice, Cool as Ice
Dr. Dre - Training Day
Queen Latifah - Set It Off
Tom Green - Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Rihanna - Battleship
Snoop Dog - Training Day
Ice Cube - Barbershop
LL Cool J - Toys
50 Cent - Righteous Kill
An entirely forgettable film (18% Rotten Tomatoes), except it co-starred Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
Sports stars in films
Brett Favre - There’s Something About Mary
Sports stars in films
Brett Favre - There’s Something About Mary
Dennis Rodman - Double Team
Buddy comedy with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Wheelz
August 11, 2023, 2:30am
708
Sports stars in films
Brett Favre - There’s Something About Mary
Dennis Rodman - Double Team
Babe Ruth - Pride of the Yankees
Bill Goldberg - Universal Soldier: The Return
Alex Karras - Blazing Saddles
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Airplane!
O.J. Simpson - The Naked Gun
At the time, he was known primarily for sports.
Sports stars in films
Brett Favre - There’s Something About Mary
Dennis Rodman - Double Team
Babe Ruth - Pride of the Yankees
Bill Goldberg - Universal Soldier: The Return
Alex Karras - Blazing Saddles
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Airplane!
O.J. Simpson - The Naked Gun
Michael Jordan - Space Jam
Might as well pluck the low-hanging fruit.
Sports stars in films
Brett Favre - There’s Something About Mary
Dennis Rodman - Double Team
Babe Ruth - Pride of the Yankees
Bill Goldberg - Universal Soldier: The Return
Alex Karras - Blazing Saddles
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Airplane!
O.J. Simpson - The Naked Gun
Michael Jordan - Space Jam
LeBron James - Space Jam: A New Legacy
Hulk Hogan - Suburban Commando
New category:
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
With Campbell Scott as his uncle, the two hit the town at night.
gkster
August 11, 2023, 4:18am
713
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Brooke Shields - Pretty Baby
She appeared in nude scenes at the age of 11. Very controversial. And she followed soon with another controversial role in The Blue Lagoon at age 15.
Spoons
August 11, 2023, 4:23am
715
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Brooke Shields - Pretty Baby
Jodie Foster - Napoleon and Samantha
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Brooke Shields - Pretty Baby
Jodie Foster - Napoleon and Samantha
Wil Wheaton - Stand by Me
He made his acting debut a few years earlier, but this is what put him on the map and prepared him to become Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Brooke Shields - Pretty Baby
Jodie Foster - Napoleon and Samantha
Wil Wheaton - Stand by Me
Tatum O’Neal – Paper Moon
Having Ryan O’Neal for a daddy and winning an Oscar (for Best Supporting Actress) in your very first role certainly doesn’t hurt your chances…
-“BB”-
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Brooke Shields - Pretty Baby
Jodie Foster - Napoleon and Samantha
Wil Wheaton - Stand by Me
Tatum O’Neal – Paper Moon
Patty Duke – Kitty Foyle
She played one of the main characters as a child. It was a 1958 film. She was noticed, and got a lot of work after, but the role that made America sit up and notice-- the role that made her a star-- was in 1962: The Miracle Worker.
Child actors who went on to great fame and success as adults, and their first major role
Drew Barrymore - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jesse Eisenberg - Roger Dodger
Saoirse Ronan - I Could Never Be Your Woman
Brooke Shields - Pretty Baby
Jodie Foster - Napoleon and Samantha
Wil Wheaton - Stand by Me
Tatum O’Neal – Paper Moon
Patty Duke – Kitty Foyle
Natalie Portman - Léon: The Professional
Bayaker
August 11, 2023, 11:44am
720
RivkahChaya:
Patty Duke – Kitty Foyle
She played one of the main characters as a child. It was a 1958 film. She was noticed, and got a lot of work after, but the role that made America sit up and notice-- the role that made her a star-- was in 1962: The Miracle Worker.
Ahem. The movie Kitty Foyle came out in 1940. Patty Duke was born in '46. Duke was in the 1958 TV spinoff of the radio soap opera Kitty Foyle , which was loosely based on the much more memorable movie with Ginger Rogers