" Bryan Cranston was pretty much just thought of as the cockamamy dad from ' Malcolm in the Middle ' before his turn as Heisenberg . "
In a post shared tor/movies, site useru/Vegas_off_the_Stripsaid, “I believe Matthew McConaughey’s four-year run to rebrand his career was the greatest rebrand of a star in movie history. Who else should be considered as the best rebranded career?” Here are some of the most-upvoted responses:
1.“There was a time whenBruce Williswas a strictly comedic actor.The whole reasonhe was cast inDie Hardis that he wasn’t the action star type.”
2.“Bryan Cranstonwas pretty much just thought of as the goofy dad fromMalcolm in the Middlebefore his turn as Heisenberg.”
3.“Tom Hanks.There was a time when he was only seen as a comedic actor. Then he didPhiladelphia.”
4.“Olivia Colman. She started off as a TV comedy actress and has turned that into being regarded as one of the best actors in the world. She even got an Oscar win.”
5.“Robert Pattinson.”
6.“The public desperately wanted to shove both him and Kirsten Stewart into the ‘pretty teen’ box forTwilightand lock it tight. They both put in serious work to steer very deliberately away from the easy cash-in roles that could have made them a ton of $$$ and instead largely chose smaller, more niche, MUCH more interesting projects and completely changed public and professional assessments of them.”
7.“Daniel Radcliffe. Made absolute bank fromHarry Potter, which allowed him to sit back a bit and choose projects that interest them. I loved Daniel inThe Weird Al MovieandSwiss Army Man.”
8.“Zac Efron seems to be well on his way to being taken more seriously, especially afterThe Iron Claw.”
9.“Dave Bautista going fromWWEto arguably the most talented actor of the wrestlers who’ve moved to Hollywood.”
10.“Elijah Wood post-Lord of the Rings.”
11.“For me, it’s Brendan Fraser.The Whaleas his comeback was amazing.”
12.“Bradley Cooper went from theHangovermovies to exclusively making Oscar bait.”
13.“Channing Tatum went from a guy who was mostly known for dance movies to a comedy superstar, and working with the Coen Brothers and Tarantino.”
14.“I’d say Emma Stone is going through a pretty big rebrand right now.”
15.“Like him or hate him, Mark Wahlberg and his movies have made a ton of money. The fact thathe was a failed and often ridiculed rapperand that is largely not talked about anymore is astounding.”
16.“Wasn’t Leslie Nielsenpicked forAirplane!because of how well he did serious roles? Then he became the go-to ‘straight man’ for absurd humour movies.”
17.“Kurt Russell went from being mostly known as a formerDisney child actorand successfully gained acclaim as an actor withElvis(1979),Used Cars(1980),Escape From New York(1981), andThe Thing(1982).”
Huge shout-out tor/moviesandu/Vegas_off_the_Stripfor having this discussion.
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