quality performances in film/tv

minty said:
piggybacking off this altho he's a great comedian i fucking love how deliciously evil he is in creepshow. 10/10 performance. solid movie all arouns tbh. watching him crack up is great
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I was so used to Leslie Nielsen being a comedic actor that I was legitimately caught off guard seeing him in dramatic roles, like in Forbidden Planet


I guess his serious acting chops is why him in Airplane! was a real coup because audiences were expecting a serious film (afterall, it has Leslie Nielsen in it!)
 
minty said:
craig charles in red dwarf is classic
i think the key is that the role fits his personality so he didn't have to act much

also, everything leslie nielsen touched in the 80's was gold
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Red Dwarf is an all time classic

OK so they used to play Red Dwarf on local PBS station KTEH-54 in San Jose as part of Sci-Fi Sunday, and the Boys from the Dwarf would regularly visit the station and just have lots of fun during their PBS pledge drives. It sucks because a lot of that footage is lost to time but I love seeing it when it reappears now and then:

 
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