There comes a time in every A- list actor's life when they gather their thoughts and take a step back into smaller budget or more leftfield fare - and for a variety of reasons. They may want to work with a certain director or an emerging directing talent. They might be taken by a fantastic script. They might fancy a new artistic direction.
They may even have a spiritual epiphany and decide to eschew Hollywood and all its decadent trappings, or they may simply just not have a choice, since the big roles have long since dried up for them. The reason for this list then, is to look at some of those shining lights, the household names, and at the films they took up as proof of their artistic integrity. Or, once Hollywood no longer came- a- calling, the post- Hollywood hangover, so to speak (in some cases sparking a return to the Hollywood hights). Some of the choices worked and careers have been revived, but others - not so much.. Michael Keaton: Jackie Brown (1.
Keaton's career was slipping away from him come the mid- 9. Watch My Brother The Devil HDQ on this page. Batman in Tim Burton's 1. His choices then became inconsistent; he generally worked with respected directors, but didn't always choose their better projects. After starring in John Schlesinger's underrated Pacific Heights and also appearing in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, the descent came quickly, with a string of box office underperformers including Ron Howard's The Paper and Harold Ramis' Multiplicity, which incidentally has arguably the worst poster of all time. Cue Quentin Tarantino and his passion for reinvigorating careers, this time with the Elmore Leonard adaptation, Jackie Brown. Keaton stars as federal agent Ray Nicolette, and shows how humorous he can be while playing it straight(ish), and laps up his perfectly suited dialogue by stealing every scene he's in. Did Keaton use this a career shot in the arm?
The short answer is no. Desperate Measures wasn't a bad follow- up, but he seems to have chosen to mainly stay away from the camera, at one stage making his directorial debut with The Merry Gentleman. He recently resurfaced in Toy Story 3, but the big live- action roles are relatively few and far between.
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Keaton was great value, though, in 2. The Other Guys, and he does have a prominent role in next year's Robo. Cop remake. 1. 9.
Pierce Brosnan: Seraphim Falls (2. Brosnan is generally typecast into romantic leading roles when it comes to his Hollywood output, but he's not afraid of stepping out of the limelight and taking on other, more challenging roles. In 2. 00. 6, he starred opposite Liam Neeson (himself going through a successful redesign these days) in the Western chase- thriller, Seraphim Falls, with Brosnan being hunted by his co- star through the snowy Ruby mountains. Cue some horrific traps and some rather grisly deaths. This choice showed that Brosnan isn't afraid to get his hands dirty and that he doesn't care for having a specific image bestowed upon him by his mainstream audience. In other words, he's a man's man and proud of it. These days, he seems happy with his rom- com lot, very infrequently stepping the genre for projects such as Roman Polanksi's 2.
The Ghost. 1. 8. Ben Affleck: Extract (2. Ben Affleck has had a funny career so far, at least when compared to his close chum and alumni, Matt Damon.
After hitting the big time with his aforementioned cohort, he decided to take the more populist route and became a huge Hollywood star. Then came a string of critical or financial misfires, starting with Daredevil and followed by Gigli and Paycheck. He embarked on his new directing direction in 2. Gone Baby Gone, but before he carried on, Affleck starred in the 2.
Extract. To be honest, working with Mike Judge, there's no way he could've failed, and he has a whale of a time as Jason Bateman's hippy best friend. Whether it's delivering questionable relationship advice or selling Bateman a dodgy pill, Affleck revels in a comic role and proves that he can do more than just phone in a performance.
Since Gone Baby Gone, Affleck's new career as a director has really hit the big time, culminating in his Academy win for Argo. As well as working on his next directorial project, Live By Night, he'll also be cleaning up Gotham in the 2. Watch Cypher Full Movie here.
Batman Vs Superman movie - oh, and he's also starring in David Fincher's next film, Gone Girl. Patrick Swayze: Donnie Darko (2. Fondly remembered for his leftfield romantic leads in Ghost and Dirty Dancing, Swayze tried to buck the trend in 1. Point Break, but promptly sank to a decade- long run of mainly straight- to- DVD movies. Ten years after Point Break, Swayze was given a chance of career redemption in a Tarantino- esque move by young director Richard Kelly with his indie time travel melodrama, Donnie Darko. It's rightly considered a cult favourite, and one that gets better with age. But hidden within the cryptic messages is a scene- stealing turn from Swayze as a motivational speaker who is outed by the protagonist as a paedophile.
Swayze is all manufactured confidence and glinting eyes as he tries to improve Darko's behaviour with his condescending speeches, but this, instead, turns the youth deeper to rebellion. It would've been fitting had Hollywood been able to find a new place for Swayze to fit, but it wasn't to be, and he sadly passed away in 2. Hugh Jackman: The Prestige (2. As a young man, Hugh Jackman spent time growing up in Norwich, where he would cheer on his favourite football team, Norwich City, at Carrow Road. These days, you're more likely to find him tearing up box offices with those adamantium claws he's now so famous for. This one is cheating a bit, as Christopher Nolan's The Prestige was studio backed, but it's far removed from the blockbusters he was making before like X- Men, Swordfish and Van Helsing.
Only a year earlier, Jackman had worked with Darren Aronofsky on the fantasy epic, The Fountain, and these two choices showed how good an actor he can be, especially when working under intelligent tutelage. Robert Duvall: The Road (2. Cormac Mc. Carthy likes to strip humanity down to its bare bones to expose the essence of what makes people tick; generally, there's a survival instinct, a heavy dose of violence and in most cases, empathy.
The Road's central duo are an amalgamation of all three with a heavy emphasis on the latter, negotiating and compromising with each other using the Man's logic and the Boy's purity to remain on the right side of the line and "keep carrying the fire". This was brought to the fore predominantly when they encounter Robert Duvall's character and let him eat with them. Who better to play a word- weary and cynical old man than an actor who's enjoyed such a varied life and career? Duvall's early work was full of genuine quality: M*A*S*H, The Godfather, Network and Apocalypse Now are all stand out titles. But in the late 9.
Deep Impact in a move that suggested that his retirement might be imminent. Fortunately, films like Secondhand Lions and Thank You For Smoking kept him going through a spell of Godfather videogame voiceover work, and The Road was a perfect platform to show off Duvall's talent. Elijah Wood: Maniac (2. Before Lord Of The Rings, Elijah Wood was getting parts in big Hollywood films like Forever Young, North, Deep Impact, the excellent The Ice Storm and The Faculty, which had him teetering just over the A line, but then along came Peter Jackson and swiftly pulled that rug from under the fledgling Wood's feet. Maniac is an effective psychological horror that allows Wood to demonstrate what he can offer when allowed to dig deeper into his range.
It's filmed from a first person perspective, and it works because his performance adds a creeping suspense - he genuinely keeps you guessing as to what he'll do next. Wood has since gone on to TV work, starring in Wilfred and the brilliantly named Peter Panzerfaust, plus he has a couple of films in the pipeline. Jim Carrey: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective sent Jim Carrey's career into overdrive.