That's how you streamline production... Not only does he play the same character every movie... He actually produces- from his own production house- the same movie, again and again... And people always continue to line up in droves to see it, again... AGAIN! The Rock literally has a filmography you never have to rewatch... When you want to watch the Rock play the same the Rock in any movie he has ever done. All you have to do is go and see his newest movie out this year, and it's guaranteed to be the same Rock in the same movie, time and time again... I swear he gets one script a year and he can't veer from it- every day- even when he's staring in the mirror- for continuity purposes... I'm not knocking him i like his persona in film and most of his movies and he's as rich and successful as any person could be- and hardworking and deserving of all of his success, i might add...
you think that khaki shirt is in his closet calling out to him like the green goblin? “one more jungle movie couldn’t possibly hurt, Dwayne… we like the climate anyway now, don’t we?”
The one time he didn’t and was actually pretty good was Hobbs in Fast Five the character has devolved into just being the Rock now but when he was first introduced he was actually a badass intimidating secondary antagonist
The Rock is weird since he can actually act but is too lazy to actually choose riskier roles instead of mid-tier blockbusters where he can play himself
“I fear not the actor who could play 10,000 roles once, but I fear the man who plays the same role 10,000 times.” - Bruce Lee, talking about Mark Wahlberg maybe
Wahlberg is what you call a "flavor" actor. When you want a specific flavor, you hire a specific actor to fill that role. Wahlberg, Statham, Clooney, Bernthal. These guys are flavor actors. You hire them specifically to fill a specific energy in a movie. Danny Trejo is another one. In fact, there's a funny story about the film Predators and how he got his role. The part he played in the film was described in the script as "Danny Trejo-like." He got the job, because he literally fit the flavor of the character the filmmakers where going for.
@gaiusx287 You can still have range while being a flavor actor. Denzel is another one with great range, but is essentially a flavor. With Bernthal, you're looking to fill a role for an intense, mildly unhinged, badass. That doesn't mean they're stuck in this flavor (Bernthal in Ford vs. Ferrari comes to mind), but 9/10 you're gonna get that core flavor when you hire them. It's not a bad thing though, and it's not really their fault. Filmmakers are more lazy these days, and as a result, they make more derivative movies that prioritize flavor over character. _Most_ superstars in Hollywood are actually flavor actors. The actors with the most range tend to be your smaller, character actors: Paul Giamatti, Steven Root, JK Simmons, Michael Pena, etc.
The Mark Wahlberg Cinematic Universe should use The Departed universe as its base instead of the real world, because that was his most authentic Mark Wahlberg character. And we’re living in the Mark Wahlberg strange alternate universe where he became marky mark and then became a successful movie star.
Maybe Mark Wahlberg should expand his range and play a Transvestite or something like that. Or maybe he should play a Pedophile. I'm sure that would attract a Huge Audience.
The majority of actors essentially play themselves and yeah it is a weakness and a strength. They're not going to be auditioning for a wide range of roles but if they manage to get popular enough playing themselves then they'll find themselves in scenarios where the writer or director has essentially written the part for them.
Mark Wahlberg is an incredibly hard worker who’s up at 4 AM pushing himself physically and mentally all to produce some of the worst movies you’ve ever seen.
Very true. No one questions that man’a hard work and dedication. He is also one note. Go watch Boogie nights and transformers. Two movies should be nothing alike. Then tell me he has range. He has a range of cash to show for his hard work and good for him.
In The Dark knight trilogy , Nolan actually intended Gary Oldman to play the role of Ras Al Ghul. But for some reasons he didn't , and was cast as Gordon. He was considered for Two different characters in the same movie , and the thing is , I can see Gary Oldman nailing both roles.
I heard Christopher Nolan wanted to “subvert expectations” by casting Oldman (a traditional villain) as the heroic Jim Gordon and Liam Neeson (often the “good guy”) as the evil Ra’s al Ghul.
He peaked with "The Departed." They accidentally gave him an Oscar nomination for that. EDIT: By the way, this isn’t necessarily meant to be a dig. Cary Grant played himself in every movie but I still enjoy his performances.
I’m willing to believe Connery as a Russian. I’m willing to believe Schwarzenegger is a guy named Doug or Harry. I will never believe Mark Wahlberg is anything other than a Boston meathead.
@@SkooraOh you should watch The Shrink Next Door though, a genuine departure for Paul Rudd, where he plays a manipulative parasitic psychiatrist. Will Ferrel also plays a straight role in this for a change.
Who's worse between Paul Rudd and Jack Black. Both are "comedy" actors who have absolutely ZERO comedic talent or talent in general but yet both keep getting work.
He may not have range but that doesn’t mean he’s a bad actor. He was great in Lone Survivor, Patriots Day, The Departed and plenty of other films. He’s really good at playing these types of characters and in my opinion I find him under appreciated as an actor.
Plenty of the one note actors are good at the role they play like the rock isn’t a bad actor to some stale yes but to me he’s charming Kevin hart is a pretty good slapstick comedian and Adam Sandler movies are just dumb fun
And hollywood couldn't use him well or applaud him. Honestly, working class European actors are actually much better actors than hollywood ones. They're always a delight to watch.
The only one who really comes to mind who did that was Cary Grant and he was more charismatic than 99% of actors in the last 50 years. You have to have screen presence and charm for it to work and the movies to actually be good. Marky Mark, the Rock, etc. are there for braindead summer blockbusters that are about spectacle and the familiar comfort of tropes. Their lack of personality and generic charisma allows for paying less for scripts and just pumping it all into CGI and acting, with no care for nuance or direction. Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart could give nuance despite reprising similar roles. I have never seen nuance in Wahlberg, the Rock, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, etc.
@@slightexagabsolutely agree! Those golden age actors had personality, the new ones are just a character trait personified, very stale and gets old fast.
I remember when the first trailer for the Uncharted movie came out and everyone in the comments was joking about Peter- I mean Tom not shooting webs or something as he was free falling from the sky
Agreed. He's a talented actor, but he doesn't have a lot of range. Those are two separate skills. Like how some great actors struggle with accents outside of their own--they're still good actors, but they don't have that particular skill. And then there are people like Gary Oldman, who can do basically anything.
@@zoyadulzura7490he perfected one type of person and it works for him. The tough Boston guy will always be a character archetype that exists in movies, and Mark perfected it and plays it very well.
@zoyadulzura7490 i agree, i didnt deny he doesnt have any range. Hes allot like Christopher Walken, Bob Odenkirk, Nicholas Cage, Owen Wilson. Same exact person in every movie. But that doesnt necessarily make them bad (other than Nicholas Cage). Its rare to see actors like Daniel Day Lewis or Christian Bale where they completely transform themselves for their roles.
@@Theanonymousbystander hating on nic cage immediately let's me know you've never watched Mandy, Color out of Space, or Pig. Never hate on Nicholas Cage again 😡
@@melissasmith4254zendaya in dune was such a hard watch, Euphoria & challengers was just rated R disney acting. blake lively is another one that i immediately thought of.
@@User-54631Precisely! You have to go back 30-40 years to find a quality film from Denzel. He's been making the same formulaic shlock for decades. Had this been any other job he would have been fired for lack of performance. No pun intended. eh BTW, there's absolutely nothing different about The Equalizer which was a brilliant tv show that gave Miami Vice a run for its money. In lieu of originality, we see another needless, horrible remake.
He doesn’t pretend to be anything more, he acts in « B movies » with big budgets, he is happy, the director is happy, his fans are happy… good for everyone.
Jack Nicholson and Denzel Washington also play their personality. They almost never deviate. But, they do a lot with their personality. They dont have the most range, they have depth.
Denzel from Training Day is not the Denzel from Flight and that's not the same Denzel from Malcom X and that's not the same Denzel from The Little Things or The Preacher's Wife, or Philadelphia... as a matter of fact, how many Denzel movies have you seen? Sure his acting STYLE is his style, but he's not always playing himself or the exact same character.
In comedies, sure but I honestly don't care because he's one of the few that's so good at playing himself. He's one of my favorite comedic actors. He doesn't have limited range though. He's very underrated as a serious actor. Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete, Arkansas & Freaky (he partially played himself but while also making for a convincing serial killer).
Wahlberg is a movie star, not an actor, his job is literally to play himself in every project in order to generate box office. That's the job of a movie star and he does it very well. You know exactly what you are going to get each time he appears in something, that's great brand consistency. Only Dwayne, Cruise, Gadot and Reynolds are as good at doing that as Wahlberg.
Gadot is quite bad, Reynolds and Wahlberg I put them on the same level, The Rock is the Rock, no one really care about what he does. Tom Cruise is a different kind, iconic movies, lot of them, I can't compare him to someone else
@@BGatts666 Gadot has been really good at playing herself since Fast and Furious and Wonder Woman (basically tough, beautiful and sexy), all the way through to Heart of Stone and Red Notice she has managed to bring that same persona consistently, that's the mark of a good movie star. Same for Reynolds with his fast-talking and charming comedy shtick, he delivers again and again very consistently so that audiences know exactly what they're getting with each new commercial project that's announced. The Rock's persona is equally very popular and dependable for giving audiences exactly what they expect from him. Cruise's selling point is the same charisma and stunt work that has made him a reliable box office cash cow where he has full control of each project to be able to always deliver on his brand expectations.
@@alphamega1811 Yes indeed, Hart and also Stiller and Ferrell are further great examples of movie stars delivering well on audiences brand expectations of their personas, 100%.
Mark Wahlberg actually does a really good job playing Charlie in the remake of the Italian Job. It's one of my favorite casual films and I think it's his best film. His character is portrayed by him as a charismatic do-gooder thief, unlike any of his "tough guy" roles.
As previously mentioned, guys like him are hired for their vibe. It doesn't mean they are bad actors, but it does mean they typically don't disappear into roles. With these types of stars, the audience wants to see them and their familiar traits to some degree. You see this with all the big movie stars, where they never disappear entirely into a role because it would defeat the purpose of casting them. That's what happens with Pitt, Cruise, Washington, and Depp as well. Like Nicholson, all of those guys can act, but they have an essence they bring to every role that the audience wants.
Kinda true. Daniel Day vs: Tom Cruise. Actors and also movie stars: Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Timothee Chalamet, Judy Garland, Matt Damon, Angela Basset.
@@Weeklythrower58 Yes, but Washington has an essence or style that appears in most films he plays. He doesn't typically disappear into the role, and the audience wouldn't want him to because they pay to see him. He's a movie star who is a very good actor. Even Tom Cruise, in his earlier years, was a good actor. But guys like Washington and Cruise get paid to bring an element of themselves to the roles they appear in. The same thing is true for Samuel L. Jackson. It's not any fault of theirs. It's the difference between a movie star and a character actor.
the theory of a Mark Wahlberg Multivers, where every character he plays is just a different "variant" of the same Wahlberg, is the most accurate thing to describe his acting spectrum
There are a lot of other cases like this. The most prominent being Tom Cruise. However, that used to be how Hollywood worked. Actors didn't pride themselves on disapearing into the character like the ideal is now. Actors were hired to be a easily identifiable version of themselves. People always knew what they were getting when they saw Marilyn Monroe or John Wayne on the screen and producers knew what they were getting when they hired them. Their faces had value and it worked. So in this new age, if it works for Wahlberg, let him Wahlberg.
That is false, actors in the 70's for example had far more range compared to today. Tom Cruise does have range, and he showed it more in his younger years when he was doing dramas. John Wayne was best known for one kind of character, but he also had some range and some of his movies are not the typical westerns.
@@Yippeykaymf I love Tom Cruise, big dog. But name a movie in the past 15 years where he hasn't played the same character. Rock of Ages is maybe the best example, but even that's debatable. It's obvious he likes playing a certain type of character. Not sure why you have such a hard on for him.
You can say this about 96% of the actors in Hollywood. In fact, its easier to name the handful of actors that actually have range: Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Leo...that's really about it.
Mark Wahlberg is genuinely one of the only "serious" actors that can get a genuine chuckle out of me. His performance in The Other Guys was top tier comedy😂
Nah, we're talking about the guy who VA'd Groot. You gotta give the man credit for pulling a range off emotions and meanings out of exactly one word. Also the Iron Giant and Riddick don't share many character traits.
I might be mistaken, but Bruce Lee once said: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times".
To be fair, when most young actors were busy putting in the hours at acting school, studying Stanislavski, Meisner and doing endless theatre productions, honing their craft and dreaming of becoming the next Laurence Olivier, Mr Walberg was rapping. Say no more.
Mark Wahlberg's acting style is no different than 90% of all the other actors. Fact is his style fits him right in there as the majority of the other all time greats, such as Clint Eastwood, Clint Walker, Fess Parker, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart...So what's the difference? People like him and that's all that matters.
I saw Mark Wahlberg at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
I’m not mad about it nor will I ever heavily criticize him about it. If I could be HALF as successful as Marky Mark by only playing 1 kind of character then I’d do the exact same thing.
@@v4v819 lol you’re funny but I don’t mind correcting you…. His brother DONNIE was in New Kids on the Block. But MARK before he was an actor he was nicknamed Marky Mark. He was in the HipHop group called “Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch”.
In “father stu” I found his transformation into a disabled man so striking, I bursted into tears. Don’t know if it was his acting talent, but that scene reminded me of how my mother became disabled because of ALS. His facial expression and posture in that wheel chair were spot on.
Character actors often are hired to make a character their own. If a lot of people didn't think he'd be right for a role, presumably he wouldn't have got it. A lot of Hollywood actors and comedians often play themselves. It can really add or take away to/ from a movie. Character actors have a place in movies.
I was looking for this comment. It's true, there are actually very few actors who get to consistently show off their versatility because most keep getting typecast in every movie after their one iconic role. On the other hand, there are also actors who have the capacity to adapt to the role, but instead choose to adapt the role to their most iconic performance from a past movie (like De Niro who channels the wiseguy from "Goodfellas" even in a drama where he's a retired accountant whose daughter is dying from a terminal illness). That said, Mark Wahlberg is not in any of those categories. Mark is just playing Mark all the time.
Mark Wahlberg isn't a character actor. He's a leading man. The term character actor refers to the people in smaller roles who you may recognize but usually don't know their names.
That's the difference between movie stars and character actors. Movie stars are hired to bring their essence to every role, even if they are capable of disappearing into it like a character actor. That's what the producers and audience want from them.
The line - "you know what you are getting when going in for a Mark Wahlberg movie" sums it up pretty nicely. It's like a comfort food. How many times have I described a movie as "it's a Mark Wahlberg movie" and expect the other person to understand is testament to this..
I don't have a problem with an actor who plays one character if that character is a good fit for the script. The issue is that they stick Mark Whalberg in everything and it gets annoying
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Just to be clear, was this video about Mark Wahlberg?
It's called charisma. Something you don't even an ounce of.
So what?
Nah not really, he plays a pretty good poser/weirdo in the film Adventureland.
Boogie Nights?
Not only does the Rock play the same character in his movies, he also wears the same outfit and goes to the jungle every time lol
That's how you streamline production... Not only does he play the same character every movie... He actually produces- from his own production house- the same movie, again and again... And people always continue to line up in droves to see it, again... AGAIN! The Rock literally has a filmography you never have to rewatch... When you want to watch the Rock play the same the Rock in any movie he has ever done. All you have to do is go and see his newest movie out this year, and it's guaranteed to be the same Rock in the same movie, time and time again... I swear he gets one script a year and he can't veer from it- every day- even when he's staring in the mirror- for continuity purposes... I'm not knocking him i like his persona in film and most of his movies and he's as rich and successful as any person could be- and hardworking and deserving of all of his success, i might add...
you think that khaki shirt is in his closet calling out to him like the green goblin?
“one more jungle movie couldn’t possibly hurt, Dwayne… we like the climate anyway now, don’t we?”
That's right.
The one time he didn’t and was actually pretty good was Hobbs in Fast Five the character has devolved into just being the Rock now but when he was first introduced he was actually a badass intimidating secondary antagonist
@@loganwithlightsabers3051 That is so far removed from his typical Rock persona...
The rock played black Adam as the rock
The Rock is weird since he can actually act but is too lazy to actually choose riskier roles instead of mid-tier blockbusters where he can play himself
But he's great in Pain & gain...and few things else. He made an effort there though and used his size to the movies advantage.
@@christofferjenzen78 he was hilarious in pain and gain lmao
Filled with ego, as always
@@quakethedoombringer - The Rock can act 😂😂😂 good one
Also, reported for misinformation
“I fear not the actor who could play 10,000 roles once, but I fear the man who plays the same role 10,000 times.”
- Bruce Lee, talking about Mark Wahlberg maybe
That's rich coming from him!
Or Steve McQueen
I don’t think he ever said this.
🤣🤣🤣
Could be talking about himself as well tbh
The Rock, Kevin Hart, Will Ferrell, and Vin Diesel play the same character in every movie 💀
Not Vin Diesel, you can't compare Loretto to Riddick
As does Ryan Reynolds
@@alangabrielnietosaavedra3639When he younger he actually knew how to play different role but one day he just stopped an started to play only one role
jasos statham huh?
Will Ferrell - Stranger than fiction
Vin Diesel - The Pacifier
Ryan Reynolds has been Deadpool since Blade
He’s been Deadpool since Van Wilder.
@@drjcup3228 True... except for Buried.
@@owie4070don't forget Denzel Washington Safehouse
Yeah I'd say Ryan can do serious roles tbh I did like him in buried
cough* Buried cough*
His early roles in The Basketball Diaries, Fear, Boogie Nights, etc. were actually the most dramatic and versatile in his career.
I agree on The basketball diaries and boogie nights. I think mark might have come close on I ❤ Huckabee's.
Basketball diaries was just another tough guy role. But yeah boogie nights was his most unique standout performance
Yes in Boogie Knights he started out not tough atall and emboding a teenager.
My favourite thing is in Transformers where he's a Boston tough guy who's also a farmer/inventor from Texas
"I'm an inventor"
I mean hell, he could at least try to disguise his accent
@@ZachofPotatoes732- Something tells me that would go as well as Tom Cruise's Irish accent or Keanu's English one....
@@CoolHandLukeDuke well he’s an actor isn’t he?
@@ZachofPotatoes732 - You must not have seen Far & Away or Bram Stoker's Dracula...
Mark Wahlberg's response to this video.
"What!? No!" - Mark Wahlberg
M.N.S. does not approve of your Post !! 🤣👍🏻
That's what happens when you try to steal an old woman's lemon drink Mark.
I was waiting for that phrase to be the closer.
@Irregular_John Same here. Didn't happen but Marky Mark said it himself.
Say Hi to ya mutha!
Ryan Reynolds does this too. He literally always does the same thing and people drink it up. Dude has zero range.
Yeah I never found him funny all the bullshit rom coms and the over the top shit I turn him off
Be careful when you talk bad about Ryan Reynolds, the millennials will kill for him. But you're 100% right
@@jesseg1217 i know! They hang on his every word like he was a god or something 🤣
I wouldn't say that it wasn't until Deadpool
@@akanatural986 Watch blade .
Michelle Rodriguez is the same, she plays the same character in every movie.
I like her tough soldier character(s)!😁
The difference is, she’s been irrelevant for 20 years.
Apparently she got into movies because someone saw her sitting on a bench looking angry.
she always plays the tough female role with lesbian undertone
Eiza Gonzalez too
Clint Eastwood has been playing Clint Eastwood since he first played Clint Eastwood... and its made him a legend.
Clint is also an excellent director.
He was following in the footsteps of John Wayne playing John Wayne.😊
He must've felt lucky, punk.
@@ren212f4Marion Robert Morrison playing John Wayne.
@@jessejames8900 👍
Wahlberg is what you call a "flavor" actor. When you want a specific flavor, you hire a specific actor to fill that role.
Wahlberg, Statham, Clooney, Bernthal. These guys are flavor actors. You hire them specifically to fill a specific energy in a movie. Danny Trejo is another one. In fact, there's a funny story about the film Predators and how he got his role. The part he played in the film was described in the script as "Danny Trejo-like." He got the job, because he literally fit the flavor of the character the filmmakers where going for.
clooney is more than a flavour actor i’d argue
@@paddy45- I agree Clooney hsas range. He can play a good idiot or the cool guy!
Bernthal has insane range though, it's just that his more famous roles all have the same flavor lol
@gaiusx287 You can still have range while being a flavor actor. Denzel is another one with great range, but is essentially a flavor. With Bernthal, you're looking to fill a role for an intense, mildly unhinged, badass. That doesn't mean they're stuck in this flavor (Bernthal in Ford vs. Ferrari comes to mind), but 9/10 you're gonna get that core flavor when you hire them.
It's not a bad thing though, and it's not really their fault. Filmmakers are more lazy these days, and as a result, they make more derivative movies that prioritize flavor over character.
_Most_ superstars in Hollywood are actually flavor actors. The actors with the most range tend to be your smaller, character actors: Paul Giamatti, Steven Root, JK Simmons, Michael Pena, etc.
@@gaiusx287I think he got typecast as unstable assholes as Shane, but the dude can act
"Say Hi to ya mother for me ok?"
😂
Thank you Andy Samberg!
@@lonelycatman308Andy
I always think about that line lmao
And your stepmother
mark wahlberg cinematic universe
Otherwise known as "Earth."
The Mark Wahlberg Cinematic Universe should use The Departed universe as its base instead of the real world, because that was his most authentic Mark Wahlberg character. And we’re living in the Mark Wahlberg strange alternate universe where he became marky mark and then became a successful movie star.
Mark sounds like he's out of breath all the time
Jason Momoa acts like Jason Momoa in every movie lol
Okay, to be completely fair, if he didn't act like Jason Momoa it would be weird. Dude is gigantic and looks like Jason Momoa.
Watch see
@@swissarmyknight4306 Lol
If my job made me $400,000,000, I wouldn’t be trying to make any improvements either.
Maybe Mark Wahlberg should expand his range and play a Transvestite or something like that.
Or maybe he should play a Pedophile.
I'm sure that would attract a Huge Audience.
Good one!
nepotism anyone?
He's the In n Out burger of actors.
I hate to say this but try living comfortably in NY, LA or San Francisco with under a billion dollars, these days...
I find it funny how this is both a weakness & a strength at the same time lmao.
Humanity and cinema are nuanced and multifaceted, who knew
The majority of actors essentially play themselves and yeah it is a weakness and a strength. They're not going to be auditioning for a wide range of roles but if they manage to get popular enough playing themselves then they'll find themselves in scenarios where the writer or director has essentially written the part for them.
'deliver his lines with the same mix of confusion and determination' is the hardest I've laughed in days
I know exactly what he’s talking about too
nerd
Mark Wahlberg is an incredibly hard worker who’s up at 4 AM pushing himself physically and mentally all to produce some of the worst movies you’ve ever seen.
Very true. No one questions that man’a hard work and dedication.
He is also one note. Go watch Boogie nights and transformers. Two movies should be nothing alike. Then tell me he has range. He has a range of cash to show for his hard work and good for him.
People love to exaggerate. Marks movies aren't even close to the trash Will Ferrell pumps out. Marks action movies are actually solid action flicks.
@@samuelc.9686Yeah but he's still playing Mark Wahlberg in every single one
🤣🤣🤣
@@samuelc.9686Will has some great comedy movies that Lil marky boy will never achieve
Lots of actors come to mind who use this method, but the ultimate boss doing this is Steven Seagal.
Sensei stuffed-crust is in a universe of his own 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t know if I’d use the phrase “ultimate boss” to describe him being this, “embarrassing failure” would be a better descriptor
But we’re not talking about that level of mastery.
Steven Segal somehow turned into a old black man in his later movies.
😂
@@courier6960 i agree but i’m being funny 😂
Finally someone called Wahlberg out 😂😂😂
Feel the same way for Jason Statham
Very true, I like Jason but there is no range at all
@@ONAWY Although in "The Spy" with Melissa McCarthy he was quite funny, but still kind of played a dumb version of the usual self.
The monk…
@@RodolfLeclerc I really enjoyed his performance in Spy.
Statham is the absolute worst 😂
There are actors who are chameleons, like Gary Oldman. Then there are actors like Mark Wahlberg, who I just want to be as Mark Wahlbergy as possible.
In The Dark knight trilogy , Nolan actually intended Gary Oldman to play the role of Ras Al Ghul. But for some reasons he didn't , and was cast as Gordon. He was considered for Two different characters in the same movie , and the thing is , I can see Gary Oldman nailing both roles.
I heard Christopher Nolan wanted to “subvert expectations” by casting Oldman (a traditional villain) as the heroic Jim Gordon and Liam Neeson (often the “good guy”) as the evil Ra’s al Ghul.
@@saavanelias8059 they should cast tom selleck as gordon
Karl Urban is a good chameleon i didn't know the dude was in so many movies I've watched
Correct. You can like both AC/DC and Pink Floyd. Good music is good music. Russell Crowe is the same in every movie too and I love him for it.
You forgot Mark Wahlberg with a teddy bear.
When I saw the title of this video, I was thinking Mark Wahlberg.
😂
Well yea it's kinda obvious his face was in the thumbnail
I was thinking ryan reynolds or the rock also
Facts
@@Johnny-fv5wntbf it’s not entirely Wahlberg’s or Reynolds’ fault for being typecasted, but as for the Rock… yeah he asked for all this
He peaked with "The Departed." They accidentally gave him an Oscar nomination for that.
EDIT: By the way, this isn’t necessarily meant to be a dig. Cary Grant played himself in every movie but I still enjoy his performances.
I honestly think he peaked with Boogie Nights. Which is kinda sad cause that was like his third movie
@@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382 He got so deep into character for Boogie Nights that he never left.
@@zoyadulzura7490 This has my sides hurting. 🤣
"The Departed" was set in Boston. All they had to do was follow Mark around as he went about his average day.
@@vitoc8454 damn😂😂
The fact that we want to see the same guy playing the same guy is actually a real compliment. Means we like the guy!
It means the Casting Director does. Nobody in the mainstream industry cares what any of us like.
He made boogie nights then decided to never act again
That's when he does that softer voice but I agree it was the very last time he used it as an acting tool.
That and Departed
Boogie Nights is one of my all time favorite movies.
@@copperdee3073 mine too, pt Anderson is my favorite director. The scene with Alfred Molina is a masterclass in suspense
@@mikevilla8230nah The Departed is basically Marky Mark as a Cop, and he nearly got an Oscar for that
I dunno. Sean Connery as a Scottish-accented Russian submarine captain was pretty amazing.
I’m willing to believe Connery as a Russian. I’m willing to believe Schwarzenegger is a guy named Doug or Harry. I will never believe Mark Wahlberg is anything other than a Boston meathead.
@@chimpinaneckbrace You are 100% right with the examples you gave, but I’ll never believe Arnie as Uncle Bob.
*Lithuanian
Imagine hearing "You sunk my battleship" in his luscious- yet masculine, lilt, Scottish accent...
Sean Connery was one of those amazing actors that always no matter how ridiculous the script or casting were felt believable.
Mark Wahlberg plays Mark Wahlberg like no one else.
Paul Rudd portrays Paul Rudd with wildly fluctuating degrees of tolerability.
That guy really stinks, never funny.
He’s likeable but his one note schtick has gotten old. He went from “Oh!, he”s in it? to “Ugh, he’s in it”
@@SkooraOh you should watch The Shrink Next Door though, a genuine departure for Paul Rudd, where he plays a manipulative parasitic psychiatrist. Will Ferrel also plays a straight role in this for a change.
Watch him in Mute, eh movie but his character of Cactus Bill is the highlight, he played a evil scumbag rather well.
Who's worse between Paul Rudd and Jack Black. Both are "comedy" actors who have absolutely ZERO comedic talent or talent in general but yet both keep getting work.
Now that is a 1:54 minutes roast ! I approve !
He may not have range but that doesn’t mean he’s a bad actor. He was great in Lone Survivor, Patriots Day, The Departed and plenty of other films. He’s really good at playing these types of characters and in my opinion I find him under appreciated as an actor.
Plenty of the one note actors are good at the role they play like the rock isn’t a bad actor to some stale yes but to me he’s charming Kevin hart is a pretty good slapstick comedian and Adam Sandler movies are just dumb fun
Makes me all the more happy that we have actors like James McAvoy to balance out the cinemaverse
And hollywood couldn't use him well or applaud him. Honestly, working class European actors are actually much better actors than hollywood ones. They're always a delight to watch.
He always play mentally deranged characters tho
@@anjithnivan7846Not really
I LOVE him ❤
Back in the golden age of Hollywood, actors playing one type of character in every movie was a bit more common. Wahlberg didn’t invent this.
Dumb video.
Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, John Wayne - bin them all because apparently playing yourself in all the movies is not acceptable.
The only one who really comes to mind who did that was Cary Grant and he was more charismatic than 99% of actors in the last 50 years. You have to have screen presence and charm for it to work and the movies to actually be good. Marky Mark, the Rock, etc. are there for braindead summer blockbusters that are about spectacle and the familiar comfort of tropes. Their lack of personality and generic charisma allows for paying less for scripts and just pumping it all into CGI and acting, with no care for nuance or direction. Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart could give nuance despite reprising similar roles. I have never seen nuance in Wahlberg, the Rock, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, etc.
@@slightexagabsolutely agree! Those golden age actors had personality, the new ones are just a character trait personified, very stale and gets old fast.
You literally just described The Rock and used Mark Wahlberg's name to do it 😂
Let's not forget that Jeff Goldblum, uh, finds a way!
Ha , Ha , Ha. !
I like the "uh" you snuck in there.
Hilarious
And Christopher Walken... also finds... awaay.
Yes, yes, without the oops.
Blame Jurassic Park for that, before Ian Malcolm he was like a completely different actor
Hey hey that’s enough,✋🏿watch ya mouth! Y’all better not be coming for Jeff! 😂
Tom Holland plays spiderman in every movie he is in
I did think it worked out really well in Spiderman though.
I remember when the first trailer for the Uncharted movie came out and everyone in the comments was joking about Peter- I mean Tom not shooting webs or something as he was free falling from the sky
Prolly I never watched many movies of his
These backhanded compliments had me howling.
He plays the same person, but he still does it convincingly in the circumstances of his characters that you believe the character is who they are.
Agreed. He's a talented actor, but he doesn't have a lot of range. Those are two separate skills. Like how some great actors struggle with accents outside of their own--they're still good actors, but they don't have that particular skill. And then there are people like Gary Oldman, who can do basically anything.
@@zoyadulzura7490he perfected one type of person and it works for him. The tough Boston guy will always be a character archetype that exists in movies, and Mark perfected it and plays it very well.
I like how he played Daniel Lugo in No pain no Gain
@zoyadulzura7490 i agree, i didnt deny he doesnt have any range. Hes allot like Christopher Walken, Bob Odenkirk, Nicholas Cage, Owen Wilson. Same exact person in every movie. But that doesnt necessarily make them bad (other than Nicholas Cage).
Its rare to see actors like Daniel Day Lewis or Christian Bale where they completely transform themselves for their roles.
@@Theanonymousbystander hating on nic cage immediately let's me know you've never watched Mandy, Color out of Space, or Pig. Never hate on Nicholas Cage again 😡
90% of actors have no range. It takes a truly special actor to be able to play in many different ways.
brad pitt, got looks and can turn into any character
Robert Pattinson, from vampire to autistic dude, to Batman 😅
Leo di caprio, christian bale, ddl
Eh, 90% is pretty extreme. If you include amateur actors yeah I guess but legitimate big name Hollywood actors? Nah.
Christian Bale does a good job! Also Viola Davis has very good range.
At the very least he changes clothes,the rock on the other hand looks like he moves from 1 movie set to another 😂
Jennifer Lopez. Wait, hold my beer.
Plus Zendaya, Victoria Justice and Shailene Woodley the list goes on lol
@@melissasmith4254 Michelle Rodriguez and Mia goth
@@melissasmith4254zendaya in dune was such a hard watch, Euphoria & challengers was just rated R disney acting. blake lively is another one that i immediately thought of.
Denzel Washington has been slapping paper cups for 30 years 😂
Really? I felt his role in Philadelphia or the Shakespearean movie was very different then equalizer for example
I thought he did a great job in Glory.
Delete this, it's not too late. The Hurricane. Malcolm X. Training Day. Foh.
@@User-54631Precisely! You have to go back 30-40 years to find a quality film from Denzel. He's been making the same formulaic shlock for decades. Had this been any other job he would have been fired for lack of performance. No pun intended. eh BTW, there's absolutely nothing different about The Equalizer which was a brilliant tv show that gave Miami Vice a run for its money. In lieu of originality, we see another needless, horrible remake.
@@darrint3573fences and training day are two different people. You must be joking
Imagine you take time out of your day to hate on a person who doesn't know you exist.
Mark Walberg’s burner account ^
He doesn’t pretend to be anything more, he acts in « B movies » with big budgets, he is happy, the director is happy, his fans are happy… good for everyone.
Jack Nicholson and Denzel Washington also play their personality. They almost never deviate. But, they do a lot with their personality. They dont have the most range, they have depth.
Glad you said Nicholson. I'm old enough to have seen a lot of his work and yeah... It's just different flavors of Jack.
Very well said, agree 💯
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman
That's well put.
Denzel from Training Day is not the Denzel from Flight and that's not the same Denzel from Malcom X and that's not the same Denzel from The Little Things or The Preacher's Wife, or Philadelphia... as a matter of fact, how many Denzel movies have you seen? Sure his acting STYLE is his style, but he's not always playing himself or the exact same character.
I loved his performance in "The Happening". Timeless classic.
Not complaining but Vince Vaughan
true
Cell Block 99 ?
@@RibbonPLwhen I close my eyes I see that face stomp scene to this day.
It just pops in 🧠 uninvited!!!
In comedies, sure but I honestly don't care because he's one of the few that's so good at playing himself. He's one of my favorite comedic actors. He doesn't have limited range though. He's very underrated as a serious actor. Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete, Arkansas & Freaky (he partially played himself but while also making for a convincing serial killer).
Watch him in hacksaw ridge. He does a pretty good job as a drill seargent
Wahlberg is a movie star, not an actor, his job is literally to play himself in every project in order to generate box office. That's the job of a movie star and he does it very well. You know exactly what you are going to get each time he appears in something, that's great brand consistency. Only Dwayne, Cruise, Gadot and Reynolds are as good at doing that as Wahlberg.
Gadot is quite bad, Reynolds and Wahlberg I put them on the same level, The Rock is the Rock, no one really care about what he does.
Tom Cruise is a different kind, iconic movies, lot of them, I can't compare him to someone else
@@BGatts666 Gadot has been really good at playing herself since Fast and Furious and Wonder Woman (basically tough, beautiful and sexy), all the way through to Heart of Stone and Red Notice she has managed to bring that same persona consistently, that's the mark of a good movie star. Same for Reynolds with his fast-talking and charming comedy shtick, he delivers again and again very consistently so that audiences know exactly what they're getting with each new commercial project that's announced. The Rock's persona is equally very popular and dependable for giving audiences exactly what they expect from him. Cruise's selling point is the same charisma and stunt work that has made him a reliable box office cash cow where he has full control of each project to be able to always deliver on his brand expectations.
Hart as well
@@alphamega1811 Yes indeed, Hart and also Stiller and Ferrell are further great examples of movie stars delivering well on audiences brand expectations of their personas, 100%.
Gal Gadot can't act
Mark Wahlberg actually does a really good job playing Charlie in the remake of the Italian Job. It's one of my favorite casual films and I think it's his best film. His character is portrayed by him as a charismatic do-gooder thief, unlike any of his "tough guy" roles.
Somewhat true for The Lovely Bones. He played a good loving father in grief
That movie was really upsetting. Good Peter Jackson movie.
Yea..I thought he did really well in that movie
And the rock gets to play the same confused meathead Muzza in every movie.
And when he doesn’t, when he plays like a scientist or an architect, we’re like “who do you think you’re kidding?”
Jack Nicholson has been effectively playing himself in every movie. Including Joker in Batman. And he perfectly fits in every movie he appeared in.
As previously mentioned, guys like him are hired for their vibe. It doesn't mean they are bad actors, but it does mean they typically don't disappear into roles. With these types of stars, the audience wants to see them and their familiar traits to some degree. You see this with all the big movie stars, where they never disappear entirely into a role because it would defeat the purpose of casting them. That's what happens with Pitt, Cruise, Washington, and Depp as well. Like Nicholson, all of those guys can act, but they have an essence they bring to every role that the audience wants.
Marky Mark:
Into the Markyverse
No doubt he gets mad whenever Marky mark is brought up
There are actors, and there are movie stars; there is room for both.
Kinda true. Daniel Day vs: Tom Cruise. Actors and also movie stars: Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Timothee Chalamet, Judy Garland, Matt Damon, Angela Basset.
Yes I agree these days they put anyone in them if you can act or not the really good actors are long gone
Hugh Jackman, Ryan Gosling, Anne Hathaway, Nick Offerman are among those who got range: Drama, Action, Comedy, Musical, they swallow them.
@@chrisjonson3820Denzel Washington? Is undoubtedly the greatest actor of modern day. Samuel Jackson is just amazing
@@Weeklythrower58 Yes, but Washington has an essence or style that appears in most films he plays. He doesn't typically disappear into the role, and the audience wouldn't want him to because they pay to see him. He's a movie star who is a very good actor. Even Tom Cruise, in his earlier years, was a good actor. But guys like Washington and Cruise get paid to bring an element of themselves to the roles they appear in. The same thing is true for Samuel L. Jackson. It's not any fault of theirs. It's the difference between a movie star and a character actor.
RDJ always has that charismatic nature in almost every movie..
Nah bruh he went hard on tropic thunder
“What? What’s goin’ on here? Huh?! What the hell’s goin’ on here?! WHAT?!”
"The acting equivalent of a restaurant that only serves one dish" This was beautiful. Sub'd
the theory of a Mark Wahlberg Multivers, where every character he plays is just a different "variant" of the same Wahlberg, is the most accurate thing to describe his acting spectrum
When you have Hollywood writers who write the same thing over and over, then you really don't need actors who can act.
Correction: studios and producers who instruct writers to produce the same story formulae over and over.
There are a lot of other cases like this. The most prominent being Tom Cruise. However, that used to be how Hollywood worked. Actors didn't pride themselves on disapearing into the character like the ideal is now. Actors were hired to be a easily identifiable version of themselves. People always knew what they were getting when they saw Marilyn Monroe or John Wayne on the screen and producers knew what they were getting when they hired them. Their faces had value and it worked. So in this new age, if it works for Wahlberg, let him Wahlberg.
@@Soccer333bc tom cruise? Tom cruise? Just watch more movies lil bro
Tom Cruise in Magnolia. Enuff said.
That is false, actors in the 70's for example had far more range compared to today. Tom Cruise does have range, and he showed it more in his younger years when he was doing dramas. John Wayne was best known for one kind of character, but he also had some range and some of his movies are not the typical westerns.
@@MasonGrant0704 I never said they never had range and the 70's isn't the old hollywood I was referring to.
@@Yippeykaymf I love Tom Cruise, big dog. But name a movie in the past 15 years where he hasn't played the same character. Rock of Ages is maybe the best example, but even that's debatable. It's obvious he likes playing a certain type of character. Not sure why you have such a hard on for him.
You can say this about 96% of the actors in Hollywood. In fact, its easier to name the handful of actors that actually have range: Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Leo...that's really about it.
Mark Wahlberg is genuinely one of the only "serious" actors that can get a genuine chuckle out of me. His performance in The Other Guys was top tier comedy😂
I unironically think that the most range Mark Wahlberg has shown was in both of the Ted movies
Even as a teen, before his acting career, he was nailing his stability in his role with his habit of committing hate crimes
Whalberg is nothing compared with Vin Diesel, The Rock and Jason Statham. These guys ALWAYS play same character.
Nah, we're talking about the guy who VA'd Groot. You gotta give the man credit for pulling a range off emotions and meanings out of exactly one word.
Also the Iron Giant and Riddick don't share many character traits.
Same thing with Seth Rogan.
Mark is funnier, though.
I can't stomach that guy.
That's one guy whose face/voice/writing I never want to experience again.
His cameo is the boys was dogshit.
His laugh pisses me off
I might be mistaken, but Bruce Lee once said: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times".
Some people just like watching their same favorite guy do different shit
Me fr
Dwayne “the rock” Johnson: ..hold my beer
To be fair, when most young actors were busy putting in the hours at acting school, studying Stanislavski, Meisner and doing endless theatre productions, honing their craft and dreaming of becoming the next Laurence Olivier, Mr Walberg was rapping. Say no more.
Prolly cause he didn’t plan on being an actor 😭
Boogie Nights was a little different, but you have a good point.
I agree. I thought he was great in that, amongst many phenomenal actors. He held his own and still was great in his ( almost) first movie.
Mark Wahlberg's acting style is no different than 90% of all the other actors. Fact is his style fits him right in there as the majority of the other all time greats, such as Clint Eastwood, Clint Walker, Fess Parker, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart...So what's the difference? People like him and that's all that matters.
I agree for the most part, but his character from fear and Ted, respectively, are very different.
Not really.
He does this thing where it sounds like he’s out of breath or sighing during huge dialogues. Once you see it, it won’t go away.
The Rock, Sam Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Will Smith, Kevin Hart, Vin Diesel. The list goes on. Literally just play the same character every time.
They all do, never understand why they are put on pedestals.
Come on now, give Morgan Freeman some respect.
Sam L does have a bit of range. Will too, especially when he's playing a non-fictional character.
Will Smith doesn’t, compare Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to The Pursuit of Happyness
@MarkisMellow yea will definitely doesn't deserve to be on that list he was also good in collateral beauty
You forgot to mention Mark Wahlberg in zip up hoodie, a Wahlberg classic
I saw Mark Wahlberg at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Seems like a really down to earth guy. I also shoplift.
Method acting.
87th time I've seen this copypasta drivel. I'd say "do better" but I'm guessing this is the best you got.
This sounds like a totally real story that wasn’t made up
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It’s a popular copy-pasta that’s had a bunch of different celebrity names placed in it
I’m not mad about it nor will I ever heavily criticize him about it. If I could be HALF as successful as Marky Mark by only playing 1 kind of character then I’d do the exact same thing.
You do realize Marky Mark is his older brother and was in the boy band "New Kids on the Block..."
@@v4v819 lol you’re funny but I don’t mind correcting you….
His brother DONNIE was in New Kids on the Block.
But MARK before he was an actor he was nicknamed Marky Mark. He was in the HipHop group called “Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch”.
Dude makes a lot of money and audiences like him. Can't blame the guy
0:35 made me do a double-take
In “father stu” I found his transformation into a disabled man so striking, I bursted into tears. Don’t know if it was his acting talent, but that scene reminded me of how my mother became disabled because of ALS. His facial expression and posture in that wheel chair were spot on.
I like how you havent forgotten past stuff but are still connected to it.
Character actors often are hired to make a character their own. If a lot of people didn't think he'd be right for a role, presumably he wouldn't have got it. A lot of Hollywood actors and comedians often play themselves. It can really add or take away to/ from a movie. Character actors have a place in movies.
I was looking for this comment. It's true, there are actually very few actors who get to consistently show off their versatility because most keep getting typecast in every movie after their one iconic role. On the other hand, there are also actors who have the capacity to adapt to the role, but instead choose to adapt the role to their most iconic performance from a past movie (like De Niro who channels the wiseguy from "Goodfellas" even in a drama where he's a retired accountant whose daughter is dying from a terminal illness).
That said, Mark Wahlberg is not in any of those categories. Mark is just playing Mark all the time.
Personally I look forward to watching actors who change it up. Having said that, I liked the other guys a lot
Mark Wahlberg isn't a character actor. He's a leading man. The term character actor refers to the people in smaller roles who you may recognize but usually don't know their names.
That's the difference between movie stars and character actors. Movie stars are hired to bring their essence to every role, even if they are capable of disappearing into it like a character actor. That's what the producers and audience want from them.
like any other job, the key to success is 90% luck
Calvin Kline underwear and a famous brother.
Ryan Reynolds, the Rock, Will Smith, Seth Rogen, etc. Etc. Ain't nothing new under the sun
Seth Rogen plays himself in literally every single movie, how that guy became a moviestar is beyond me.
Literally everyone in Hollywood rn is stuck in a role that they play every movie 😂😂😂
"Just be yourself"- Mark Wahlberg
The line - "you know what you are getting when going in for a Mark Wahlberg movie" sums it up pretty nicely. It's like a comfort food. How many times have I described a movie as "it's a Mark Wahlberg movie" and expect the other person to understand is testament to this..
I am a peacock, you gotta let me fly!
😂😂
Tons of actors play the same character. Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman...
💯 Tom Cruise is the top of my list for this
@@lisaedwards8505 Magnolia nuff said
Nah man, Cruise has range
@@wraithhechooses not to use it though.
@@slammydunk9787You clearly haven't watched him in Tropic Thunder and Collateral.
I don't have a problem with an actor who plays one character if that character is a good fit for the script. The issue is that they stick Mark Whalberg in everything and it gets annoying
what about pain and gain? He didn't have a different haircut, but he was more jacked...that's range if you ask me
He might be a great example of it, but he's hardly the only example. Plenty of other top-tier actors hardly go outside of their range, if at all.
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finally people start to understand most actors just play themselves reading lines
Same for Keanu reeves. I have seen John wick, 47 Ronin, devil's advocate, matrix 1&2, constantine and found he delivers his lines in the same way.
Keanu is lucky that his wholesome personality doesn't make movie goers question his acting range
He has some range though. Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure and John wick are quite different in character.
Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool are basically the same person and im not mad about it. Same with Dwayne Johnson, except im pissed every time i see him
I get it. You don’t like him. But the majority of actors just act like themselves
Jack Nicholson spent 30 years just being himself.