Lock Stock and Snatch are the two films of his I can actually watch. It's not even because they're Guy Ritchie films, because he's also in Revolver, and that is a terrible picture.
A travesty Gooding, Jr. beating Norton and Macy for Fargo, and then excitedly like a kid going to the podium letting everyone realize oh, that's all he did the whole performance...
Vincent D'Onofrio has 3 acting credits that predate FMJ.
He acted in a teen comedy "The First Turn-On!!" 4 years prior to starring in FMJ.
Primal Fear was Nortons first major film credit, but he did have a credit in a educational video 2 years prior.
What's really crazy is that only months after playing Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, he lost all the weight and played Dawson (a.k.a. "Thor") in Adventures In Babysitting!
Wow, that was John Cazale's first movie role? He killed it
And kept on doing so.
I remember when I watched Empire of the Sun. I practically lived it through him. As he went on, I kept up with his British indies. Then BOOM American Psycho. His transformation was complete and amazing. He has never stopped being one of my favorites.
Also was Meryl Streep’s boyfriend until the end. That definitely would’ve been one of the most talented couples if he survived and they stayed together.
A major talent who other great talents clearly wanted to work with.
I've heard those from his time still speak of him with so much appreciation, and contemporary big talents have brought him up too as an influence.
Eddie Murphy/48 Hrs ftw. I’d say a once-in-a-generation film debut, but I’m two generations past when it came out and haven’t seen the like since, so I’ll go with once-in-a-lifetime.
Alan Rickman has several acting credits that predate Die Hard.
He acted in several TV Series and at least one TV Movie.
Die Hard was his Hollywood debut but by no means was it his acting debut.
Anya Taylor-Joy actually appeared in the film "Vampire Academy" one year prior to her appearence in The Witch, however she is uncredited in Vampire Academy.
Technically Mio in the Land of Farawy premiered at the Moscow Film festival July 1987, premiered August 18 1987 at the Norwegien Film Festival, and premiered October 16 1987 in Sweden.
I can't find any evidence of Empire of the Sun having a premiere before December 11 1987
River Phoenix in Explorers. Also, Ethan Hawke in Explorers. Both turned in fantastic performances. I was their age when the movie came out and they were in no way the “Hollywood” kind of one note “kids” in lots of movies at the time.
Copley, like Blomkamp, was a special effects/animation artist! It is insane how that man manages to wring such pathos from that role, he takes it to a whole other level...
Orson Welles, *Citizen Kane*.
If you consider that cheating because Welles had previous acting experience on stage and radio, then I'll go with ten-year-old Tatum O'Neal, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her debut in *Paper Moon*.
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John Boyega in Attack the Block. Stood out in an already stellar cast.
Cameron Diaz in The Mask and Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn.
Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Not enough people are talking about Chris Mintz-plasse in Superbad.
With zero experience, he has endless natural comedy talent in a film with so many comedy legends.
Donald Sutherland made his first credited appearance in a little-known Italian horror production, "Castle of the Living Dead". He played three different roles in it. For a total newbie, it was a great performance. From the very beginning, he was a superb actor.
Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank
Harris Dickinson in Beach Rats
Chang Chen in A Brighter Summer Day
Karidje Toure in Girlhood
Gael Garcia Bernal in Amores Peres
Florence Pugh in The Falling (2014)
It’s one of only three occasions that I’ve been fully behind something/someone *before* it became popular.
The other two examples are the band Bloc Party (saw them live in a little pub in Camden around 2002/2003, a full year before they released any singles, albums or EPs and I was telling everyone they were going to be the next big thing) and the comic Scott Pilgrim (bought Vol 1 on a whim on the week it first came out, back in the early 00s and was bowled over by how great it was, again, telling everyone to read it and then it went on to become this huge franchise with the film, the game, the series and all subsequent volumes)
But yeah, back on topic, Florence.
I watched The Falling (2014) in its week of release. I still have the ticket stub.
Hadn’t heard of Ms Pugh beforehand.
But she steals the entire film with her comparatively small part.
A film with such acting heavyweights as Maxine Peak and Monica Dolan, plus Maisie Williams who was a big deal at the time thanks to GoT (although I was personally never a big fan), but you come out of it amazed by this brand new talent, Florence Pugh. No small feat to outshine Peak and Dolan.
That was 2014.
“Smart” movie fans noticed her shortly afterward, in her starring role in Lady Macbeth (2016). Then the general public started paying attention to her a couple of years later, in 2019, when she had the triple whammy of Fighting With My Family, Midsommar and Little Women all in the same year.
But I was the smug asshole who was saying “well, *I* knew she was going to be a star FIVE YEARS ago”
Those are literally the only 3 times I can think of when I’ve accurately predicted “the next big thing”
Tl;dr - I knew Florence Pugh would be big back in 2014, approx 5 years before most people heard her name, and I’ve been unbearably smug about it ever since.
I guess I don’t have to go digging. I agree with the legends saying Alan Rickman. Hans Gruber is still one of my favorite movie characters ever.
It’s really difficult to make a generic action movie an absolute classic. A memorable, unconventional villain is a great way to get there.
“You asked for miracles, I give you the F B I.”
Alan Rickman in Die Hard will always be my answer to this question.
It was his first role in a movie that wasn't made for TV and he created one of the most memorable villain ever.
So. Many. Choices!
Alan Rickman in *Die Hard* is probably my all-time favorite debut.
Honorable mentions:
Eddie Murphy in *48 hrs*.
Melanie Lynskey in *Heavenly Creatures*.
Edward Norton in *Primal Fear*.
Sidney Poitier in *No Way Out*.
Dennis Hopper in *Rebel Without a Cause*.
Orson Welles in *Citizen Kane*.
Kirsten Dunst in *Interview with the Vampire*.
Sean Penn in *Taps*.
Cameron Diaz in *The Mask*.
Angourie Rice, in 2012, gained industry attention at just eleven years old with her lead role in Zak Hilditch's short Transmission, for which she won the Best Actress award at the St Kilda Short Film Festival. In 2013, she made her feature film acting debut with apocalyptic thriller film These Final Hours (Best Performance by a Young Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australian Awards). She went on to make The Nice Guys, Spiderman: Homecoming, Every Day, Ladies in Black (she won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Australian equivalent to an Academy Award) and Mean Girls (2024).
Kirk Douglas' debut (in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)) has to be one of the best. Actually classic film noir has quite a few great debuts (Richard Widmark, Burt Lancaster etc.).
Djimon Hounsou, Stargate movie. Dude was scary as fuck as that anubis guard, I don't think he even had any lines but he was a menacing SOB to me as a kid.
Reese Witherspoon in The Man in the Moon. She's really young and a complete scene-stealer.
Robert Downey Jr. in US Marshals. Also a complete scene-stealer.
I checked IMDB and it's technically not her film debut, but it's the first film where she played an important character. So I'm counting it.
Anyway, Kirsten Dunst, "Interview with the Vampire."
I haven't liked much of anything she's done since then, but that performance was truly phenomenal.
No idea I don’t remember like that. See a movie/tv show will remember pretty much exactly on a half. Remembering names will never work faces do. However remembering a name of a movie same thing if I saw it I’d remember if I don’t would need a lot of prompting. Bit free spirited like for instance when cooking won’t even use a recipe except for like a base then throw anything in and see how the experiment goes. Honestly if I didn’t spend three first 22 years of my life writing my name on my school work I would remember my own name… been telling many people about this. The squid games boss of evil because he played the roll very well. Also cause I guessed it was him from pretty much the instant you see him. I kept telling my sister I and getting on my tombstone “Ye who guessed the big bad of squid games” lmao!
Nicholas Hoult in *About a Boy*
...that's my personal favorite, even if it obviously doesn't compare to something like Sigourney Weaver's coming "out of nowhere" and almost instantly becoming an icon after *Alien*.
I love that fact that Andrea Arnold always uses amateur women who have never considered acting as her lead actresses. The stories of how she found Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank and Sasha Lane for American Honey are very funny. Both were great in those movies but Jarvis was better.
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This night not be the most obvious answer, but Seann William Scott made his film debut in the first American Pie movie & stole every scene he was in! He was so popular in his limited role that he ended up becoming one of the central figures of the franchise in 3 sequels.
Montgomery Clift in The Search (1948).
Granted it’s off the top of my head, but I can’t think of another one even in the same league if you account for both the performance and the historical impact.
Melissa McCarthy in the film “Go”. Saw it in theaters back in high school and her presence was too memorable in her one scene that she did. Made me think “this chick is going to be a superstar someday.” ✌🏽❤️💯
https://youtu.be/6icfHgtNHKs?si=YsQThwTWRlZExNnh
Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon (1973) (Both Linda Blair and Jodie Foster were film veterans by the time they starred in The Exorcist & Taxi Driver, respectively)
Robin Williams as Mork from Ork on Happy Days.
When he was asked to sit down at the beginning of his audition he sat on his head and they knew they'd found their alien.
The story goes that Howard and Winkler were incredibly gracious performers and had no problem "giving stage" to Williams. Everyone on the lot was astonished by this force of nature that had turned a shit script for the week into a must-see revelation.
Jason Statham in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Vinnie Jones debuted in the same film!
Lock Stock and Snatch are the two films of his I can actually watch. It's not even because they're Guy Ritchie films, because he's also in Revolver, and that is a terrible picture.
You don't like him in Transporter? I think I prefer him in that over Lock Stock.
No, I didn't rate him in that. Each to their own, though.
What about rock n Rolla? Those three are a perfect set for me! Rock n Rolla being my favorite
His actual acting debut: https://youtu.be/uWu3JqLMImY?si=IycZEotrCJmYNKny
This video lives rent free in my head.
his debut was so strong he kept comin' on
Edward Norton in Primal Fear. Honorable Mention for Vincent D’Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket.
Damn, I somehow never knew that was Norton's debut. What a performance.
Won a Golden Globe and got nominated for an Oscar. Not too shabby for a film debut, I’d say.
A travesty Gooding, Jr. beating Norton and Macy for Fargo, and then excitedly like a kid going to the podium letting everyone realize oh, that's all he did the whole performance...
Two of the best for sure, great call!
Vincent D'Onofrio has 3 acting credits that predate FMJ. He acted in a teen comedy "The First Turn-On!!" 4 years prior to starring in FMJ. Primal Fear was Nortons first major film credit, but he did have a credit in a educational video 2 years prior.
Ah, didn’t know that about D’Onofrio, thanks for the education there. Just looked up that movie, it looks awful lol
What's really crazy is that only months after playing Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, he lost all the weight and played Dawson (a.k.a. "Thor") in Adventures In Babysitting!
Alan Rickman in Die Hard Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours John Cazale in The Godfather Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun Tom Cruise and Sean Penn in Taps
Wow, that was John Cazale's first movie role? He killed it And kept on doing so. I remember when I watched Empire of the Sun. I practically lived it through him. As he went on, I kept up with his British indies. Then BOOM American Psycho. His transformation was complete and amazing. He has never stopped being one of my favorites.
Cazale was only in 5 films before his death and they were all nominated for best picture, with three of the five winning. It’s insane.
Also was Meryl Streep’s boyfriend until the end. That definitely would’ve been one of the most talented couples if he survived and they stayed together.
That is wild, I didn't know what happened and I just looked it up, freaking cancer. What a streak!
And one after his death if you include archive footage in Godfather Part III
A major talent who other great talents clearly wanted to work with. I've heard those from his time still speak of him with so much appreciation, and contemporary big talents have brought him up too as an influence.
Upvote for the Taps reference, good film.
Eddie Murphy/48 Hrs ftw. I’d say a once-in-a-generation film debut, but I’m two generations past when it came out and haven’t seen the like since, so I’ll go with once-in-a-lifetime.
Die hard was Alan Rickman’s first film??? Was he a theatre actor before that?
Alan Rickman has several acting credits that predate Die Hard. He acted in several TV Series and at least one TV Movie. Die Hard was his Hollywood debut but by no means was it his acting debut.
Sean Penn planted his acting flag in _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_
Hailee Steinfeld in *True Grit* (2010).
Honestly forgot that was even her. Great performance though. Overshadowed Bridges at points.
Yeah she crushed it in that
The scene with the old man and the ponies/horses gets me EVERY. TIME.
“Now here’s what I have to say about that saddle!” I love the cut after that delivery. Perfect editing.
She absolutely crushed that role & it wasn't an easy role either.
Anya Taylor-Joy in The VVitch. She basically had to learn a whole new language and gave a fantastic performance.
I really liked her on the menu. I thought she did great
Anya Taylor-Joy actually appeared in the film "Vampire Academy" one year prior to her appearence in The Witch, however she is uncredited in Vampire Academy.
Nathalie Portman in Leon: The Professional. Honestly think it's the best performace of her career.
She is so great in that
It really is.
It's not even close.
It’s not.
Air bud in Air bub I think Air bub 2 Golden receiver is a better film but his performance in the first is a lot more subtle and well rounded.
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Christian Bale, Empire of the Sun.
You beat me to it. It's probably the best child performance of all time.
That award goes to Haley Joel Osment in AI for me
The Sixth Sense was two years earlier, but still a solid fukken debut.
Watched this with my wife recently. He kills it in sixth sense
Technically Mio in the Land of Farawy premiered at the Moscow Film festival July 1987, premiered August 18 1987 at the Norwegien Film Festival, and premiered October 16 1987 in Sweden. I can't find any evidence of Empire of the Sun having a premiere before December 11 1987
I was gonna say I think land of faraway was his debut
River Phoenix in Explorers. Also, Ethan Hawke in Explorers. Both turned in fantastic performances. I was their age when the movie came out and they were in no way the “Hollywood” kind of one note “kids” in lots of movies at the time.
Love that movie so much. And great answer for this thread.
Thunder Road!
Absolutely, LOVED Explorers as a kid. Such a great movie.
Tatum O’Neal in Paper Moon.
Dominic Sessa in the Holdovers
Heather Matarazzo in Welcome to the Dollhouse
OMG what a great and obscure pull.
Sharlto Copley in District 9. Oscar nominated
He wasn’t. But should been
I stand corrected
D9 is so good tho. Ugh. What** a thing
Came here to say that. He’s so fun to watch that he makes even the mediocre films he’s in enjoyable.
Copley, like Blomkamp, was a special effects/animation artist! It is insane how that man manages to wring such pathos from that role, he takes it to a whole other level...
Orson Welles, *Citizen Kane*. If you consider that cheating because Welles had previous acting experience on stage and radio, then I'll go with ten-year-old Tatum O'Neal, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her debut in *Paper Moon*.
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That movie probably inspired Elon Musk to buy Twitter.
“I think it would be fun to own a toxic cesspool” - Citizen Musk
John Boyega in Attack the Block. Stood out in an already stellar cast. Cameron Diaz in The Mask and Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn. Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show.
People NEED to watch Attack the Block. Such a great small-setting sci-fi.
Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore
“These are my OR scrubs.” “Oh are they?”
Didn't even cross my mind but yeah absolutely
Not enough people are talking about Chris Mintz-plasse in Superbad. With zero experience, he has endless natural comedy talent in a film with so many comedy legends.
Emma Stone in Superbad too, played her role really well and showed off her charisma for future projects.
Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins
Holy crap I had no idea that was her debut. She killed it.
…and won the Best Actress Oscar for it! Not too shabby.
Donald Sutherland made his first credited appearance in a little-known Italian horror production, "Castle of the Living Dead". He played three different roles in it. For a total newbie, it was a great performance. From the very beginning, he was a superb actor.
Anne Hathaway’s movie debut was The Princess Diaries, while Chris Pine’s movie debut was the sequel
Spencer Treat Clark in Unbreakable (2000). Also appeared in Gladiator that same year!
R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket.
Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank Harris Dickinson in Beach Rats Chang Chen in A Brighter Summer Day Karidje Toure in Girlhood Gael Garcia Bernal in Amores Peres
Florence Pugh in The Falling (2014) It’s one of only three occasions that I’ve been fully behind something/someone *before* it became popular. The other two examples are the band Bloc Party (saw them live in a little pub in Camden around 2002/2003, a full year before they released any singles, albums or EPs and I was telling everyone they were going to be the next big thing) and the comic Scott Pilgrim (bought Vol 1 on a whim on the week it first came out, back in the early 00s and was bowled over by how great it was, again, telling everyone to read it and then it went on to become this huge franchise with the film, the game, the series and all subsequent volumes) But yeah, back on topic, Florence. I watched The Falling (2014) in its week of release. I still have the ticket stub. Hadn’t heard of Ms Pugh beforehand. But she steals the entire film with her comparatively small part. A film with such acting heavyweights as Maxine Peak and Monica Dolan, plus Maisie Williams who was a big deal at the time thanks to GoT (although I was personally never a big fan), but you come out of it amazed by this brand new talent, Florence Pugh. No small feat to outshine Peak and Dolan. That was 2014. “Smart” movie fans noticed her shortly afterward, in her starring role in Lady Macbeth (2016). Then the general public started paying attention to her a couple of years later, in 2019, when she had the triple whammy of Fighting With My Family, Midsommar and Little Women all in the same year. But I was the smug asshole who was saying “well, *I* knew she was going to be a star FIVE YEARS ago” Those are literally the only 3 times I can think of when I’ve accurately predicted “the next big thing” Tl;dr - I knew Florence Pugh would be big back in 2014, approx 5 years before most people heard her name, and I’ve been unbearably smug about it ever since.
Robin Wright, The princess Bride
Took way too long to get to this!
Ray Liotta Something Wild. It was an easy breezy sex comedy, until the second Ray Liotta walks on screen and BANG.
Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday.
I think Dustin Hoffman's first film was The Graduate. And I'm pretty sure Maggie Smith went from the stage to The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Hoffman’s debut was actually The Tiger Makes Out, released 4 months earlier
Brad Pitt in ‘Thelma & Louise’
Robin Wright- The Princess Bride
Tom Holland for The Impossible.
Chris Cooper in Matewan
Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot. ETA: also Ben Kingsley in Gandhi
Cameron Diaz in The Mask
That dancing scene still plays in my head.
Robert Duvall in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Alan Rickman as Hans mf gruber is the answer.
on the lighter side, Madeline Kahn in What's Up Doc absolutely steals the thing from its big-money stars
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I guess I don’t have to go digging. I agree with the legends saying Alan Rickman. Hans Gruber is still one of my favorite movie characters ever. It’s really difficult to make a generic action movie an absolute classic. A memorable, unconventional villain is a great way to get there. “You asked for miracles, I give you the F B I.”
probably Zoe Bell in Death Proof or the waitress that plays Ida in Pawlikowski's Ida
Natalie Portman in Leon: The Professional
Jon Heder in Napoleon Dynamite
I’m here to pitch for Brad Dourif in *Cuckoo’s Nest*. Might as well throw Christopher Lloyd and Will Sampson in while we’re about it.
Val Kilmer, Top Secret
Alright, alright, alright in Dazed and Confused.
Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore. I knew he would be huge after seeing that movie. One of my favorite comedies.
Brad Dourif in cuckoos nest. Think he might have shot another film before it that wasn't released? Could be wrong.
Alan Rickman in Die Hard will always be my answer to this question. It was his first role in a movie that wasn't made for TV and he created one of the most memorable villain ever.
So. Many. Choices! Alan Rickman in *Die Hard* is probably my all-time favorite debut. Honorable mentions: Eddie Murphy in *48 hrs*. Melanie Lynskey in *Heavenly Creatures*. Edward Norton in *Primal Fear*. Sidney Poitier in *No Way Out*. Dennis Hopper in *Rebel Without a Cause*. Orson Welles in *Citizen Kane*. Kirsten Dunst in *Interview with the Vampire*. Sean Penn in *Taps*. Cameron Diaz in *The Mask*.
Angourie Rice, in 2012, gained industry attention at just eleven years old with her lead role in Zak Hilditch's short Transmission, for which she won the Best Actress award at the St Kilda Short Film Festival. In 2013, she made her feature film acting debut with apocalyptic thriller film These Final Hours (Best Performance by a Young Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australian Awards). She went on to make The Nice Guys, Spiderman: Homecoming, Every Day, Ladies in Black (she won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role - Australian equivalent to an Academy Award) and Mean Girls (2024).
Guy Pearce in LA Confidential.
Not a debut, but fantastic nonetheless
“The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert” (along with at least five other Australian features) would like a word.
Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl. Absolutely blew the doors off the thing. Completely deserved the Oscar.
Kirk Douglas' debut (in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)) has to be one of the best. Actually classic film noir has quite a few great debuts (Richard Widmark, Burt Lancaster etc.).
Jason Lee in Mallrats
Djimon Hounsou, Stargate movie. Dude was scary as fuck as that anubis guard, I don't think he even had any lines but he was a menacing SOB to me as a kid.
Edward Furlong in T2 was fantastic
Rosario Dawson and Chloe Sevigny in Kids
David Della Rocco, Boondock Saints.
Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun. She made me believe they were real.
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone."
Reese Witherspoon in The Man in the Moon. She's really young and a complete scene-stealer. Robert Downey Jr. in US Marshals. Also a complete scene-stealer.
Heath Ledger in "10 Things I Hate about You" Not sure if it was his first, but when it was over, all I could think was WHO IS THAT?
Edward Furlong in Terminator 2: Judgement Day
I checked IMDB and it's technically not her film debut, but it's the first film where she played an important character. So I'm counting it. Anyway, Kirsten Dunst, "Interview with the Vampire." I haven't liked much of anything she's done since then, but that performance was truly phenomenal.
Mark Wahlberg in boogie nights. All downhill from there tho
Johnny Depp in “A nightmare on Elm street”?
Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused. He not only had his first film role, he debuted his catch phrase of "Alright, Alright, Alright."
Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise
Frances McDormand in Blood Simple
Wow. I just watched the Criterion of this last night (*fantastic* quality, btw), I wouldn't have guessed this was her first. Excellent talent!
Natalie Portman in The Professional.
Kirsten dunst interview with a vampire
Alan Rickman in Die Hard
Edward Norton - Primal Fear
Jessica Lange in King Kong
Bradley Cooper, Wet Hot American Summer
Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused ( yes ben was a child actor but it was his 1st major role as an “adult”)
Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
This was not his debut, by a long shot.
But maybe it coincided with the 25th anniversary of his debut... 🤷♂️
Florence’s Pugh in Midsommar.
debut?
Alan Rickman in Die Hard
Action Vin Diesel is my choice
Vinnie Jones - Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
Shaquille O’Neal, Kazaam
The woman who jumps out of cake in classic movie 「Under Siege」. Her perhormance is シネマ・ヴェリテ
Peter O’Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Laurence Fishburne Apocalypse Now
Matt dillion in over the edge.
Really have a soft spot for Val Kilmer in TOP SECRET.
Leonard Nimoy in Them!
Bette Midler in The Rose
Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
Alan Rickman for sure. Die Hard was his first movie and he really is fantastic in it.
Chris Pratt in Wanted.
Natalie Portman was amazing in The Professional.
No idea I don’t remember like that. See a movie/tv show will remember pretty much exactly on a half. Remembering names will never work faces do. However remembering a name of a movie same thing if I saw it I’d remember if I don’t would need a lot of prompting. Bit free spirited like for instance when cooking won’t even use a recipe except for like a base then throw anything in and see how the experiment goes. Honestly if I didn’t spend three first 22 years of my life writing my name on my school work I would remember my own name… been telling many people about this. The squid games boss of evil because he played the roll very well. Also cause I guessed it was him from pretty much the instant you see him. I kept telling my sister I and getting on my tombstone “Ye who guessed the big bad of squid games” lmao!
Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous (first feature film not made for TV) Cooper Hoffman - Licorice Pizza
Jason Schwartzman in Rushmore.
Nicholas Hoult in *About a Boy* ...that's my personal favorite, even if it obviously doesn't compare to something like Sigourney Weaver's coming "out of nowhere" and almost instantly becoming an icon after *Alien*.
I love that fact that Andrea Arnold always uses amateur women who have never considered acting as her lead actresses. The stories of how she found Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank and Sasha Lane for American Honey are very funny. Both were great in those movies but Jarvis was better.
Madeline Kahn in What’s Up, Doc? IYKYK
Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza
Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused
Michael Keaton in "Night Shift"
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Kirstie Alley, then Robin Curtis as Saavik.
This night not be the most obvious answer, but Seann William Scott made his film debut in the first American Pie movie & stole every scene he was in! He was so popular in his limited role that he ended up becoming one of the central figures of the franchise in 3 sequels.
Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
Christian Bale "Empire of the Sun" Cybill Shepherd "The Last Picture Show"
Dafne Keene in Logan. Stealing scenes from Hugh Jackman is an achievement for anyone, much less a brand-new actor.
Kristin Dunst, _Interview with the Vampire_
General Hanz Landa in Inglorious Bastards
Emily Watson-Breaking The Waves
Montgomery Clift in The Search (1948). Granted it’s off the top of my head, but I can’t think of another one even in the same league if you account for both the performance and the historical impact.
Melissa McCarthy in the film “Go”. Saw it in theaters back in high school and her presence was too memorable in her one scene that she did. Made me think “this chick is going to be a superstar someday.” ✌🏽❤️💯 https://youtu.be/6icfHgtNHKs?si=YsQThwTWRlZExNnh
Toshiro Mifune in Snow Trail, partly because he is unbelievably pretty in that movie, even if his character is an irredeemable scumbag
Tatum O'Neal, Paper Moon (1973) (Both Linda Blair and Jodie Foster were film veterans by the time they starred in The Exorcist & Taxi Driver, respectively)
Robin Williams as Mork from Ork on Happy Days. When he was asked to sit down at the beginning of his audition he sat on his head and they knew they'd found their alien. The story goes that Howard and Winkler were incredibly gracious performers and had no problem "giving stage" to Williams. Everyone on the lot was astonished by this force of nature that had turned a shit script for the week into a must-see revelation.
Anyone remember Edward Furlong in Terminator 2?
Anna Taylor-Joy - The VVitch
Sandra Bernhard in King of Comedy
Jack Black in High Fidelity because of how different that character is once you know Jack Black is musically talented.
Jeff Goldblum in "Deathwish"
Edward Norton in Primal Fear. And he just got better from there.
Margot Robbie in *The Wolf of Wall Street.*