In Reply to: "You put Steiger way higher than he belongs." - Not at all. posted by Audiophilander on October 9, 2005 at 10:15:32:
of his roles were in top 1000 films? He goes toe to toe with Brando and you ask 100 film fans who played his character and they'd go... "Ok, I give?" It's a great trivia question.
Brando was a leading actor. You can't compare the two, for Chrissakes.
One Brando performance, let's say "Apocalypse Now," was worth the entire opus of Steiger. You're comparing the second violinist of a major orchestra to a Heifetz.
Just look at their two interpretations of Napoleon. One is boring with no surprises and then there's the mercurial, many-sided Brando's.
Anyhow, thanks for being my foil (har har).
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Follow Ups
- Steiger was a character actor who acted in 95% crap movies: how many - tinear 13:21:57 10/10/05 (1)
- Steiger was both a lead and a character actor. - Audiophilander 10:33:57 10/11/05 (0)