# Performers that Completely Change the Character they Played **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 10, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-that-completely-change-the-character-they-played/992944 "2023-11-10T15:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 39
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-that-completely-change-the-character-they-played/992944/39 "2023-11-11T14:39:11Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Here is an odd thing- They are supposedly close friends, but never call each other by their First names. Is it really that odd, for that time and place? > [@Called by last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/called-by-last-name/987377/29): > > I believe this is a British thing that the Americans adopted. Last names were the form in which all students were referred to, both by teachers and other students, at least on the playing fields of Eton. And what else counted? The form was continue throughout adulthood. In the Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes is always referred to as Holmes, except by his brother, and Watson is always referred to as Watson, except by his wife, who called him James. Yes, that’s true. Look it up. Doyle forget what… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-that-completely-change-the-character-they-played/992944)._