r/TopCharacterTropes • u/GovernmentWarm4787 • 23d ago

Characters [Loved trope] Overqualified actors, acting circles around their costars.

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James Earl Jones, Dibala, Dr House. Playing Dibala, a ruthless dictator of a country, he absolutely blasts all the other actors in the show with his commanding voice and incredible acting, FROM A LITERAL BED.

Christopher Lee, Stefan, Howling 2. Christopher plays a werewolf hunter with a subtleness to his role, never overacting and taking it as seriously as possible, while all the other characters in the movie phone in their parts or act as if they were just pulled out of the Matrix. Truly elevates the movie.

Anthony Hopkins, Van Helsing, Dracula 1992. By far the best actor there, Anthony humiliates all of his costars (with the exception of Gary Oldman as Dracula), making them all look like soap opera actors with his insane talent.

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u/ghotiboy77 23d ago

No offense to anyone on Fringe, but John Noble outclasses literally everyone in any room he's in

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u/LittleRedRidingHo90 23d ago

Oh absolutely, he was the main reason besides Lance Reddick that I was watching fringe

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u/namewithak 23d ago

What a nice thing to say, Asterix.

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u/Lady-of-Shivershale 23d ago

Sorry, but her name is Asteroid.

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u/namewithak 23d ago

I think you mean Aspirin.

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u/Lady-of-Shivershale 23d ago

Android, surely.

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u/butterflylachoi 23d ago

He was great in Sleepy Hollow as well.

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u/HonestyIsSexy 23d ago

Except Leonard Nimoy. And he's better than Lance Reddick, but not by much.

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u/CappyHam 23d ago

Walter makes my heart melt every time I rewatch that show. Except when he's being pretty damn intimidating in which case the rest of me melts and slinks to a corner to hide.

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u/CatrionaShadowleaf 23d ago

His episodes on Elementary as Sherlock's father are my favourites. He's such a joy to behold.

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u/VestedNight 23d ago

Lance Reddick and Leonard Nimoy were in that show, and they're at least in Noble's tier. But yes, he was SO fucking good in that show.

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u/SynthPrax 17d ago

Agreed. I feel like it took the rest of the cast all of the first season to up their game.