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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess if we’re going with surprising, then Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. This was the movie that turned him from the comedic leading man into the serious one. [/quote]

I thought Hanks was terrible. He was incapable of seeming actually in love with Antonio Banderas.

A friend of mine is married to a movie producer, and told me at the time that Philadelphia was “an important movie for Hollywood to make.” I told her it was almost a decade too late to claim that mantle. [b]Hanks got the Oscar because Hollywood thought it was brave to pretend to be gay on film[/b].[/quote]

Yup. Just look who else he was nominated with:
Anthony Hopkins, The Remains of the Day
Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father
Laurence Fishburne, What's Love Got to Do with It
Liam Nelson, Schindler's List

It's quite a stretch to claim that Hanks' acting was superior to those four performances.
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Yet he won none the less, and this thread is about surprisingly good casting decisions, not about who was the best actor in a given movie/role. [/quote]

I guess that depends on if you think the point of casting decisions is to hire someone who succeeds in bringing their character to life or to hire someone who wins trophies.[/quote]

The point is to bring in a bigger ROI. Hanks is far superior if that is the measuring stick then all of the other named actors. I love me some DD Lewis but his movies pale in comparison from a box office take perspective. I also like the “1,000 of other actors are better than Hanks” comment above. That poster lost all credibility with that statement. [/quote]

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