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
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.
in fast and furious (cant remember wich number) he act like a extroverted/g4y villain, the whole movie sucksbut at least he tried something different for once
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.
add vince vaughn to that list. Dude always plays these out of shape middle age characters that (thru movie magic) still manage to constantly sleep with girls in their 20s. I think it's just pretense for a bunch of these actors to get action.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 😡
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.
John Wayne starring as John Wayne in the role of John Wayne in a John Wayne movie comes to mind. You know exactly which movie I mean, the one with John Wayne. And boy, did he John Wayne it in that one.
@@elevenseven-yq4vu It's true john wayne always played himself, but you should watch one of the first movies where he played the main character, Shadow of the Eagle, it's a suspense murder mystery, I quite liked it. and I personally don't really care for john waynes later movies, him being grumpy all the time gets old, I definitely prefer his movies where he was young.
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.
@@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 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.
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.
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.
This is why Tom Hanks is such a good actor compare his roles in forest gump and Big to moives, like saving private ryan and Captain phillips. The man has crazy rang.
@@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.
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
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.
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).
@@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.
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%.
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.
I thought Mark Wahlberg’s best performance by far was in Boogie Nights. Ironically, that’s the one film that he’s ashamed of and wishes he didn’t make. He literally covered all the bases in that film. We saw his character grow throughout. Never saw that kind of range again throughout his career.
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.
He does play the same character in pretty much every movie but there is one movie where he does actually change it up slightly, that being Boogie Nights.
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😂
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.
He had the most acting range in Boogir Nights going from an innocent naive kid into a popular pornstar. Too bad he denounces that role now because that was one of his best acting performances. Now he just phones it in.
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.
This wasn't really hate. He said Mark perfected this. That's a compliment. Watch a Blake Lively video from the past few weeks. Now that's hate. (Deservingly so though)
So you're not allowed to critique someone or something if they don't know you exist? So pretty much every review ever or satirical piece created should be removed?
King of Comedy, Taxi Driver, This Boy's Life, Jackie Brown, Analyze That, Inside Hollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon - He's got range when he is on top of his game... The sad part is that he has reached a status where he can just phone it in and still gets booked, and he knows it.
@@mpeacraft8585 Ironically, he had more charm and depth to him when I was a child and he was Ted. He's never had another role quite as animated. But yeah.... Best thing he did was switch to action. He's got some cult classics.
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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
Missed opportunity at 0:40 to say "his range extends from Mark to Wahlberg"
Ha......nice
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.
naaa more of a drugy type character.@@toby099
you've refuted this nasty video! well done
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...
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*
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
“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
Or Steve McQueen
I don’t think he ever said this.
🤣🤣🤣
Could be talking about himself as well tbh
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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 👍
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...
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!
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
in fast and furious (cant remember wich number) he act like a extroverted/g4y villain, the whole movie sucksbut at least he tried something different for once
He is typecasted. Stargate and Game of Thrones proved where he shined...
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
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.
@@courier6960 i agree but i’m being funny 😂
add vince vaughn to that list. Dude always plays these out of shape middle age characters that (thru movie magic) still manage to constantly sleep with girls in their 20s. I think it's just pretense for a bunch of these actors to get action.
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.
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
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
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.
"Say Hi to ya mother for me ok?"
😂
Thank you Andy Samberg!
@@lonelycatman308Andy
I always think about that line lmao
And your stepmother
You forgot to mention Mark Wahlberg in zip up hoodie, a Wahlberg classic
A certified hood classic.
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
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 😂
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
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@@samuelc.9686Will has some great comedy movies that Lil marky boy will never achieve
Mark isn’t an actor…… he’s an inventor
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.
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 .
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 😡
Ryan Gosling portrays me like he's literally in many movies.
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.
John Wayne starring as John Wayne in the role of John Wayne in a John Wayne movie comes to mind. You know exactly which movie I mean, the one with John Wayne. And boy, did he John Wayne it in that one.
@@elevenseven-yq4vu It's true john wayne always played himself, but you should watch one of the first movies where he played the main character, Shadow of the Eagle, it's a suspense murder mystery, I quite liked it.
and I personally don't really care for john waynes later movies, him being grumpy all the time gets old, I definitely prefer his movies where he was young.
At the very least he changes clothes,the rock on the other hand looks like he moves from 1 movie set to another 😂
And almost every set is the same jungle.
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! 😂
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.
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 !
On the opposite end of the spectrum: Gary Oldman and Ralph Fiennes.
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.
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
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 Rock Dwayne, Mark Wahlberg and Jason Statham all play the same character in every movie 😂
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.
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 ❤
@@anjithnivan7846 The Last King of Scotland? Atonement?
'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
This is why Tom Hanks is such a good actor compare his roles in forest gump and Big to moives, like saving private ryan and Captain phillips. The man has crazy rang.
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
Yes he did good in that movie 😢 very heart wrenching film
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.
@@melissasmith4254 Beyonce?
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.
this should be called I set Mark Wahlberg in fire for 1 minutes and 53 seconds
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
@@reggie18b He was great in the Crowded Room. He should go for those roles more.
I think he plays awkward teenager heart throb really well. The movie where mens thoughts are projected comes to mind... dont remember the name.
Tom Holland doesn't even play Spider-Man. He's Iron Boy.
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.
@@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.
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
So much promise with his performance in Boogie Nights. He was incredible in that masterpiece. Great role in The Departed too
Marky Mark:
Into the Markyverse
No doubt he gets mad whenever Marky mark is brought up
"Into the Mah'key vehrse"
There, I fixed it for you. 😏
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
"The acting equivalent of a restaurant that only serves one dish" This was beautiful. Sub'd
Casting directors love Mark. He is the old reliable horse that you can always depend on for certain characters.
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
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?”
“What? What’s goin’ on here? Huh?! What the hell’s goin’ on here?! WHAT?!”
I will say his role in four brothers was the most mark Wahlberg role but somehow his best role 😂
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.
Ironically I have heard he regrets being in it. As does Burt Reynolds.
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.
Some people just like watching their same favorite guy do different shit
You're just jealous because you can't out-Mark Wahlberg Mark Wahlberg.
Finally someone called Wahlberg out 😂😂😂
"Just be yourself"- Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg plays Mark Wahlberg like no one else.
Daniel Day Lewis is the ultimate actor...best by far, can play anything
he's like the Nickleback of Hollywood xD
Same thing with Seth Rogan.
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
Seth Rogen is insufferable. Sorry.
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.
I thought Mark Wahlberg’s best performance by far was in Boogie Nights. Ironically, that’s the one film that he’s ashamed of and wishes he didn’t make. He literally covered all the bases in that film. We saw his character grow throughout. Never saw that kind of range again throughout his career.
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.
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.
0:35 made me do a double-take
He does play the same character in pretty much every movie but there is one movie where he does actually change it up slightly, that being Boogie Nights.
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😂
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.
Who watches more than 2 or 3 Wahlberg Movies.
@@allwetterreifen_1386 me, 🤣
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.
The Fighter as well, may have still been Mark Wahlberg but a good variation.
I felt this way about Tom Cruise, too, until I saw him in Tropic Thunder
Even as a teen, before his acting career, he was nailing his stability in his role with his habit of committing hate crimes
You literally just described The Rock and used Mark Wahlberg's name to do it 😂
like any other job, the key to success is 90% luck
Calvin Kline underwear and a famous brother.
He had the most acting range in Boogir Nights going from an innocent naive kid into a popular pornstar. Too bad he denounces that role now because that was one of his best acting performances. Now he just phones it in.
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
@@optionzmenu
It’s a popular copy-pasta that’s had a bunch of different celebrity names placed in it
I unironically think that the most range Mark Wahlberg has shown was in both of the Ted movies
And then there's Jennifer Aniston! Been playing Rachel from Friends in every film she ever stared in!
The morning show guys. Definitely a grey character
I can replace Mark Wahlberg in every movie with just these 3 emojis. 🤔😐🤨
Nobody is a worse actor than Seth Rogan. He can only play himself.
see Freaks and Geeks.
He was good in the Steve Jobs movie
Literally everyone in Hollywood rn is stuck in a role that they play every movie 😂😂😂
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.
Sean Connery says Hi.
Don't forget he has to take off his shirt in at least half of his roles. Must be in the contract.
Imagine you take time out of your day to hate on a person who doesn't know you exist.
Mark Walberg’s burner account ^
This wasn't really hate. He said Mark perfected this. That's a compliment. Watch a Blake Lively video from the past few weeks. Now that's hate. (Deservingly so though)
So you're not allowed to critique someone or something if they don't know you exist? So pretty much every review ever or satirical piece created should be removed?
I am a peacock, you gotta let me fly!
😂😂
If you was with me you wouldn't be here in this strip club shaking it for dollar bills!
Robert deniro always plays Robert deniro
he plays against type in Jackie Brown
Not really, his roles in taxi driver, the deerhunter were very different from the stuff he plays in mob movies.
King of Comedy, Taxi Driver, This Boy's Life, Jackie Brown, Analyze That, Inside Hollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon - He's got range when he is on top of his game... The sad part is that he has reached a status where he can just phone it in and still gets booked, and he knows it.
Kind of weird that he regretted doing "Boogie Nights" and it's arguably his best performance.
I feel the same about Keanu Reeves. But I love Keanu. Who doesn't?
I did a video on him
@@jemywemy. What are the odds? And you just made it too I see. I'ma check it out rn. Subscribed.
Finally someone says it. Maybe there’s a reason Hollywood gave him a gun instead of a monologue. Without the matrix and John Wick he’d be forgettable.
@@mpeacraft8585 Ironically, he had more charm and depth to him when I was a child and he was Ted. He's never had another role quite as animated. But yeah.... Best thing he did was switch to action. He's got some cult classics.
Have you watched The Lake House? He isn't John Wick in that movie.
You forgot Mark Wahlberg with a teddy bear.
He was so good in the departed that he turned that role into his entire career
When i saw the title and heard the first 5 secs of the vid, i knew this was a good channel. Subbed