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Yes, agreed. William Hurt dinnit get his dues.

But don’t blame Hollywood. Blame the viewing public.

In a nutshell, they suck. The standards of what makes a good movie a good film, and what performers are actually actors, have gone down.

Now its crap like Queen Latifah and American Pie and movies that play on innuendo to no endo.

As for William Hurt I have seen him in films like “I Love You to Death”, “Children of a Lesser God” and “Broadcast News”, but like other actors who have never been considered as marquee stars, maybe its also a choice, downplaying themselves as actors in the sense that they will rather get second billing but have steady jobs than hitting it big once or twice then you never see or hear from again.

There’s the top level, they’re the huge stars like Tom Cruise. Yeah they can act, but they’re in movies more often that not because they are in that top-level of stardom. Sure it’s also on their talent, but primarily we’ll see the majority of the bigger movies cast these stars for that reason and hardly ever dip into that mid-level pool.

The mid-level talent pool is the one where all these really great actors are who just don’t get used often enough or given the bigger roles, and that’s a shame. There is a higher level to that pool in the shape of actors such as William Hurt and Jeff Bridges, but the Studios just don’t take enough chances and pull these actors into these roles.

Okay, still something I’m thinking about and trying to get into a richard-style big post, but that’s the rough thought. It just seemed appropriate under this heading.

keaton and leung has william hurt beat, cause hurt hasn’t proven himself as a box office draw yet. he hasn’t starred and carried a film like the aforementioned.

keaton+leung, the 2 most under-rated actors in the world. their performances transcend all genres.

Well… I guess there’s a first time for everything! :P

Cheers!