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Unknown players of title roles
Joseph Wiseman is a member of an exclusive club, consisting of people who played the title role in a film, but whose name would mean nothing to all but a few aficionados. In his case, he was
Dr. No. Most everyone can tell you it was a James Bond film, and it was Sean Connery's first foray as Bond, but not one person in a thousand could tell you who played the title role, or who Joseph Wiseman was.
I'd also take issue with Alien (the creature wasn't played by a human actor), The Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio is permanently identified with that role), and Saving Mr Banks (maybe Farrell's role was not as big as Emma Thompson's or Tom Hanks', but it wasn't just a quick cameo either). --
Jack of Oz[pleasantries]08:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)reply
It seems a bit of a pub quiz factoid, than anything that can be quantifed as a "phenomenon". I could tell you the actor from Eraserhead in a heartbeat, but in the same vein, I've never seen The Lawnmower Man. You could then go off on a tangent and ask what the character's name was in films such as Layer Cake. Or who was the actor that you could get into his head in Being John Malkovich.... LugnutsFire Walk with Me20:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Is the pub quiz question to give the name of the eponymous character (who is an actor in the film) or the name of the actor portraying this character? (There is a subtle difference. Bonus question: What is the difference?) --
Lambiam00:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Well, I enjoyed the film but didn't remember his name, and it's one of Mel Brooks's best works, ... yet Jack did discount aficionados ... anyway, I thought it was a worthy example, but I've never even managed to get into the finals of my local annual
Filmbuff quiz. ---
Sluzzelintalk22:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)reply
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Unknown players of title roles
Joseph Wiseman is a member of an exclusive club, consisting of people who played the title role in a film, but whose name would mean nothing to all but a few aficionados. In his case, he was
Dr. No. Most everyone can tell you it was a James Bond film, and it was Sean Connery's first foray as Bond, but not one person in a thousand could tell you who played the title role, or who Joseph Wiseman was.
I'd also take issue with Alien (the creature wasn't played by a human actor), The Karate Kid (Ralph Macchio is permanently identified with that role), and Saving Mr Banks (maybe Farrell's role was not as big as Emma Thompson's or Tom Hanks', but it wasn't just a quick cameo either). --
Jack of Oz[pleasantries]08:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)reply
It seems a bit of a pub quiz factoid, than anything that can be quantifed as a "phenomenon". I could tell you the actor from Eraserhead in a heartbeat, but in the same vein, I've never seen The Lawnmower Man. You could then go off on a tangent and ask what the character's name was in films such as Layer Cake. Or who was the actor that you could get into his head in Being John Malkovich.... LugnutsFire Walk with Me20:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Is the pub quiz question to give the name of the eponymous character (who is an actor in the film) or the name of the actor portraying this character? (There is a subtle difference. Bonus question: What is the difference?) --
Lambiam00:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC)reply
Well, I enjoyed the film but didn't remember his name, and it's one of Mel Brooks's best works, ... yet Jack did discount aficionados ... anyway, I thought it was a worthy example, but I've never even managed to get into the finals of my local annual
Filmbuff quiz. ---
Sluzzelintalk22:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)reply