William Hurt, why does this guy get roles?

[Tamerlane]

I’ll just quote myself ( slightly edited ) from a previous thread…

@Tamerlane

See, now I like William Hurt, despite the lack of a vast range. He’s not a chameleon like Gary Oldman, but then neither was Humphrey Bogart. It’s all a matter of casting - cast him properly and I think he works well. Blocked up and slightly lost is what is called for in films like Accidental Tourist or Rare Birds. And IMHO he can twist slightly-lost-and-vacant to slightly-deranged-and-vacant with good effect as in History of Violence or I Love You To Death.

I don’t think you can fault him all that much for Lost in Space. It was a dog of a movie and I agree he was probably miscast.