My new favorite actor - and I've never heard of him before or to my knowledge ever seen his work:

[Richardo]

Here's why:

'Angels & Demons' Actor: Dan Brown 'A Terribly Bad Writer'

STOCKHOLM — Actor Stellan Skarsgard says he's no big fan of Dan Brown's writing and accepted a role in "Angels & Demons" only after reading the script based on Brown's book.

"I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliffhangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading," Skarsgard told Swedish broadcaster SVT.

"It's like eating peanuts at a bar. You don't like them, but you keep on eating them anyway," he said.

The Swedish actor, who plays the head of the Pope's Swiss guard in the movie, said director Ron Howard's script was significantly different from the book.

<snip>

"Angels & Demons" is better than the first film, Skarsgard said in the interview aired late Wednesday, because "the story is more simple and straightforward but just as dramatic."

:applause:


"Stellan Skarsgard"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/angels-demons-actor-dan-b_n_203651.html

[rcrush]

1. Ive never been to a bar that had peanuts

WTF where are these bars?

[Richardo]

2. Sweden, I guess

:shrug:

[skygazer]

12. That's old school

You used to get peanuts in bars. Also relatively cheap drinks. Ah, the good old days!

[Sequoia]

20. Ha....the ones that have sawdust on the floor.

I've been to one where you just throw the shells on the floor. I hate to be messy like that. I like the bars where they serve chips and salsa.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. That's because you haven't seen enough Scandinavian movies

:-)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. more about him -- here:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001745/

[Pierre.Suave]

7. Thanks for the link

I had forgotten just how many movies he has been in.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. yw. n/t

[Richardo]

8. I know all I need to know about him from the article.

I'm a fan of any non-fan of Dan Brown.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. good for you.

your ass be smart.

[Richardo]

14. I've read all four of his books.

Each one was horrible. x(

At least I didn't pay for them so it's not like I'm encouraging him. :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. my point was about the actor --

Not Dan Brown. However, you made your point. Your curiosity has been sated.

[Richardo]

18. Oops!

:blush:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. awww...no big deal --

:hug:

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

19. So have I...

I moderately enjoyed the first one (Da Vinci Code), for the reason mentioned in the interview.

By the time I was reading the second (Angels & Demons), I was thinking that it seemed awfully familiar.

The third book I read (the one in the arctic) was the same thing with different characters (it doesn't have the Tom Hanks' character)...

And once I was done with the fourth one I was thinking "I've read the same basic book four times. Let's never do that again...."

The one thing I do like about Dan Brown though: He pisses off the Vatican! :evilgrin:

[Richardo]

24. My reaction exactly

Plus, his 'code experts' can take up to 10 pages to unscramble a simple anagram. In the case of "Digital Fortress" an anagram was a pivotal plot point and took the entire book to solve :eyes:

[Richardo]

25. Welcome to DU, by the way

:patriot:

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

28. Thanks....

and I know what you mean above...

<Beware: possible spoilers for The Da Vinci Code below>

I remember the end of the Da Vinci code, where they had to solve the last riddle, that was something along the lines of Newton's ball. I immediately thought "Like what, an apple? It's got five letters and all." That was my first thought. The big expert guy needed pages and pages of riddling before coming to the most obvious conclusion. That annoyed me to no end.

And it's true that his experts are always completely clueless until the very moment that the plot requires them to figure things out...

<\spoilers>

Why did I read those books again???

[Pierre.Suave]

5. He is a good actor

I have seen him in a few films, the biggest one was Ronin.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. He was in Hunt for Red October, and of course the great film "Breaking the Waves"

Good actor.

[Captain Hilts]

16. Oh, man, I love Emily Watson, but HATED that one....

and all those ocean vistas without the color blue.

Maddening.

[peekaloo]

9. the guy who looks like Frank Burns from 'Breaking the Waves'.

who apparently knows a crappy writer when he reads one.

[grace0418]

10. He's been in a ton of stuff. He's a good actor.

I think he was in Good Will Hunting.

[EastTennesseeDem]

17. He was indeed

Played Gerald Lambeau, the professor who was trying to manipulate Will into becoming a mathematician.

[MrScorpio]

22. He played the former-East German baddie in RONIN

He's good

[DS1]

23. Ronin!

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Yet he's willing to work with one of the most mediocre filmmakers of all time?

Don't aim too high, I guess.

[driver8]

27. He was in "Good Will Hunting". n/t

[PassingFair]

29. If you like HIM, you will LOVE THIS:

Insomnia

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119375/

There was an American remake with
Al Pacino, but....

NO CONTEST.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. He is hysterically funny in "Mamma Mia" the movie.

he has a scene with Julie Walters that made me hurt it was so funny.