KaneKong at the Movies

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Actor's Spotlight: The DeNiro of the Future?


One of my co-workers saw 'Ronin' (1998) for the first time the other night. He rightfully pointed out that Robert DeNiro carries that movie like Three's Company carries a double entendre.

DeNiro is one of a highly endangered hollywood species. The man has been running as solid as a armored car since the early seventies. Not by maintaining visability through the covers of supermarket tabloids, but by his acting and presence alone.

He belongs to the holy trifecta, completed by Pacino and Hoffman.

Which begs this question: Do you see anybody today who you expect will be around twenty years from now? Someone making a movie like 'Ronin', that would otherwise be a throwaway action pic, but instead becomes a classy thriller. My co-worker puts the average shelf-life of today's actor at ~5 years. DeNiro has been around for 30.

Drop any names you care about in the comment box below. I'll Repost this subject when I'm satisfied. Let's look forward to the future, people. Is Keanu the best we can do? Surely not.

Let's have your predictions.

Thank you.

3 Comments:

  • Benicio del Toro
    Kevin Spacey

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:36 PM  

  • I'll agree with Benicio and add Johnny Depp, who, remarkably, gets more popular as he goes along. People love him, even though he confuses them. He keeps doing great work and two decades down the line we'll realize that he's still there and still at the top of his game.

    By Blogger DJ, at 11:31 AM  

  • Seaannnn Willliam Sscottt, if he keeps adding letters to his name.

    By Blogger pegasusgiraffe, at 8:07 AM  

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