What is that ground shattering role? Not Jack Sparrow, right?
One of them. The second one would be Edward Scissorhands.
Overall I think for an actor it’s much more difficult to be genuinely hillarious without looking too ridiculous than being deep and dramatic.
I don’t remember the roles of a bunch of actors who got an Oscar - or I do remember them but they are a bit of a blur - but I can name several really memorable ones by Depp. I don’t worship him and I never have, but this is what it boils down to for me. Do I vividly remember a character five years later? If the answer is yes, the actor did their job.
Edit: It’s funny - you mentioned a ground shattering role and I actually spent a good ten minutes thinking of an actor I would say had one. I am absolutely blank, to be honest.
I think I must agree with the hilarity over dramatic issue. But then there is a personal preference involved in it - I rarely want to see comedy and if I do, I go for Kummeli or Monty Python. Another thing is, on the topic of Jack Sparrow, I don’t find him too funny. All I saw in Jack Sparrow was Johnny Depp the actor doing funny faces and acting like he was drunk. I think I giggled at some things he did but I wasn’t sold.
Roles can be memorable, but that if something doesn’t make it Oscar worthy. Everybody remembers Leo DiCaprio from Titanic, but it wasn’t (all) him what made the movie so great.
I could name roles that I thought were mindblowing (god knows I think about thse things a lot. not ashamed), but yes, it is a very hard question when you give any deeper thought to it :P
Edit: alrighty Public Enemies rn c ya ———>
unless your point was that he shouldn’t have been nominated for jack sparrow, i just realised that might have been what you meant l o l
This is what I meant :D the reasons why I think so are in the first post. I’ve seen the three first Pirates and they were ok but they weren’t amazing.
I used to worship the ground he walked on. Pretty much literally. But I don’t see him as Oscar worthy. He is good, definitely. And if he were to win an Oscar, I’d go with Finding Neverland or Sweeney Todd. But I don’t know. Eh.
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I think he is Oscar worthy. You are right, he doesn’t have deep or tragic roles, but this isn’t the only amplua that deserves an Oscar. Even if he plays one role over and over it’s a damn good one.
What is that ground shattering role? Not Jack Sparrow, right?
