22 Great Performances That Were Nevertheless Overshadowed
It’s hard out there for a character actor. Sure, you get the meatier roles, a steady paycheck and a life of privacy, but if you’re going up against, say, Tom Hanks, it doesn’t matter if you can act his face off. When Oscar time rolls around, he’s getting the nod. Even if you’re just less famous than Tom Hanks, and that’s a pool that includes everyone, it’s hard to get credit where it’s due.Similarly, “Denzel Washington basically gets universal praise for Training Day (and rightfully so), to the point that I feel like it sort of overshadows how good Ethan Hawke was as well,” Redditor JayQuips told r/Movies. “And I say this as someone whose favorite actor of all time is Denzel. The King Kong scene seems to be the first scene people bring up with this movie, but I actually might put the bathtub scene over it.”They then asked, “What’s a movie where one actor gets most of the praise despite another actor also having a great performance?” and their fellow Redditors proved that playing second fiddle is really in the eye of the beholder.
22 Everything Everywhere All at Once
21 BlacKkKlansman
20 Amadeus
19 Good Will Hunting
18 Foxcatcher
17 In the Heat of the Night
16 Tombstone
15 The Hours
14 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
13 Dumb and Dumber
12 The Silence of the Lambs
11 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
10 There Will Be Blood
9 The Revenant
8 Rain Man
7 12 Monkeys
6 Men in Black
5 No Country for Old Men
4 Titanic
3 Schindler’s List
2 The Dark Knight
1 Star Wars
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