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I think the real limitation here is “iconic”. This is like throwing the word “elite” around with QBs.
Woody did have a big role in an iconic show. This is true. Same for Ron Howard. Not same for Hanks or Willis IMO.
All of this accounted for Willis and Hanks pivoted from TV to movie star in one role (especially Willis). Howard had some roles as an actor after Happy Days. But they were mostly TV and voice work. I’m not sure I would count him the same since he pivoted to behind the camera.
Woody stands as the strongest case of making a big pivot to movies without being typecast....but I’m actively trying to another.
Maybe Michael J Fox?
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I tried watching it.......too much of dimensional scenes in it for me....ended up turning it off.
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Watched Young Guns 1 and II.......
Im sure everyone here has seen them....but its been a very long time since I have....
For those who have not,its a thumbs up.....
Im sure everyone here has seen them....but its been a very long time since I have....
For those who have not,its a thumbs up.....
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You can easily argue that Woody was more iconic than Willis on TV (though from what I understand, his show was pretty popular), but Die Hard had to quit showing Willis on the poster because this goofy sitcom guy was getting such backlash for trying to be some tough guy in the movie. The big unveiling of the trailer got booed and laughed at. People had tried to typecast him and he completely shattered that.
Moonlighting was super great IMO. But, it had this weird grasp on people. Decades later we would call it “going viral”. He was the male half of a “will they or won’t they” show (maybe the Rachel-Ross of the 80s) and it was wrapped in a quirky show that was different than what was on TV at the time.
I think there was many that tried to type cast him as this role only for various reasons. Either they loved him in the show and only wanted to see him that way....or they hated the show and everyone to do with it.
You’re right. That might be the tightest attempt at type casting I can remember. And Die Hard was that good....it smashed right through it.
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You could almost call Happy Days the pivot though, and then Lil Opie is the icon
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When I brought up Ron Howard, I was more thinking about Opie, but Richie would qualify as well. He basically played Richie again in American Graffiti before he made the career shift.You could almost call Happy Days the pivot though, and then Lil Opie is the icon
Bussom Buddies was pretty iconic at the time. And Hanks was solidly locked into the dumb comedian mold until Philadelphia blew up his typecast shackles.
Bruce Willis and the Moonlighting/Die Hard dynamic is also a GREAT example. I remember the marketing shift for the movie when they removed Willis from the marketing material.
Another good one is Will Smith. ID4 completely shifted his image and made him a top flight leading man instead of just the rapper/comedy crossover tool.
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Overrated pile of turds.
The South Park parody of it is way better.
Ive seen a few clips of South Park,and thats sums it up for me.....
As for the movies,love westerns,and its still worth watching........
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I didn't remember independence day being Will Smith's real break out role. That is another great example.
Fair. Though I’m thinking he basically played older Opie in most respects in Happy Days....as well as the mentioned American Graffiti.You could almost call Happy Days the pivot though, and then Lil Opie is the icon
I would make the claim that Howard was already being type cast in the TV world and that might have helped escalate the move to director/producer. A case of type casting that worked out for us.
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Yeah I wasn't discounting Hanks's career shift, just saying that I'm not sure it's the same as what Woody did. I think you looked at Tom Hanks and thought "there's that funny guy Tom Hanks in all that funny stuff" but not "there's Kip from Bosom Buddies!".
Michael Keaton is another guy that made a similar transition as Tom Hanks around the same time but he didn't have a TV background.
Did everyone forget about Robin Williams? Mork from Ork was definitely iconic.
One could also argue Jamie Foxx.
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But until GWH, Williams basically played the same character every time out (I know there are exceptions Like 1 Hour Photo). GWH opened doors for him, sure, but he was already a hugely popular big star when that came out.
if you want to include Williams, you could include Lesley Nielsen or Robert Deniro who both rebooted their careers as comedians late in life.
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Michael Keaton and Batman is an OK example, but as you mentioned, he didn’t graduate from a big tv role, which is what started this conversation.