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Lack of Range?

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Posted by Bambi B on March 11, 2005 at 18:13:48

In Reply to: Why is Jeremy Irons so under-appreciated? Name an posted by tinear on March 11, 2005 at 05:02:56:

tinear,

I have to say I alternately love and loath Irons. He and Hugh Grant all remind me a bit of Jimmy Stewart- excellent and entertaining when acting in something that already suits them, but thrust into a broader arena, the lack of real acting range starts to appear.

When Irons (or Grant, or Stewart) is the Everyman, a slightly wide-eyed, ineffective observer- like "Brideshead Revisited" or his cypher/chameleon-like Von Bulow, he does well, but sometimes he ends up with ridiculous parts like his villain in "Die Hard with a Vengance".

Irons may take on projects with this poor casting because becoming the movie's "name brand" actor usually comes with a too- large- to- pass- up cheque. [Look also at Maggie Smith and K. Branaugh doing the "Harry Potter" disasters, Judi Dench in "Bond" stuff.]

If Irons had a bigger acting range and was more selective in the parts he accepts, he would have a more even critical position.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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