When you think of _____ you think of what performance?

Gregory Peck = Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird

Billy Bob Thornton = Slingblade

Brad Pitt = The Twelve Monkeys

Meryl Streep = Sophie’s Choice
Anyone wanna play?

Yeah. I have a few. I’m going with “first impressions” and not the one that may be “most popular” or “most recognized” by others.

Brando – Streetcar
James Dean – Rebel Without A Cause
Montgomery Clift – From Here To Eternity
Robert Mitchum – Thunder Road
Burt Lancaster – The Crimson Pirate
Kirk Douglas – The Vikings
Alan Ladd - Shane
Paul Newman – Cool Hand Luke
Steve McQueen – Bullitt

Elizabeth Taylor – Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Grace Kelly – High Noon
Sophia Loren – Two Women
Virginia Mayo – The Iron Mistress
Bette Davis – Now Voyager
Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch
Jane Russell – The Outlaw

I’ll stop, but I could name another dozen of each gender.

Mae West - My Little Chickadee
Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein

John Haymes Newton - Desert Kickboxer.

Lisa Marie - If, Dog, Rabbit.

Michael Caine - The Man Who Would Be King
Hugo Weaving - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Judi Dench - Her Majesty, Mrs Brown
Peter Lorre - The Maltese Falcon
Danny Kaye - The Court Jester
Ingrid Bergman - Notorious