Atypical or funny roles of actors that went beyond their usual roles (29 photos)

Many famous actors have their own roles. However, sometimes they go beyond the usual images at their own request or at the request of the director. True, in the latter case, some castings look ironic, since they contradict the roles in which the actors are remembered by the viewer.





But let's start in order. For example, Hugh Grant was a regular hero in romantic films. But over the years, he apparently wanted to try himself in a different genre, since he ended up in Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen.” By the way, he was right: the image of a cynical detective suited him.







Bruce Willis was considered one of the "badass action heroes". True, this pattern was shaken for the first time when the actor played an unlucky plastic surgeon in the film “Death Becomes Her.”





But Adam Sandler is his complete opposite. He is known to many for his overwhelming number of second-rate comedies. But his role as a debt-ridden gambler in Uncut Gems brought back the reputation he had lost in trash films.





Ryan Reynolds most often plays himself: the same funny and talkative guy. That's why he gets comical heroes with guns, ready to confront the bad guys. However, the film "Captive", where he played the role of the father of a missing daughter, reveals a different side of him.





The charming Keira Knightley most often appears on screens in beautiful costumes, since many films with her participation belong to the genre of historical melodramas. True, in the film “Domino” she fell out of the usual image, playing a bounty hunter.





Michael Cera has played insecure and unsuccessful comedy characters in most films, for example. However, “The Big Game” presented him as an influential rich man who played poker well in an underground casino.





It is worth mentioning Jackie Chan, who appears in many projects as a cheerful and energetic guy. However, the dramatic thriller “The Foreigner” breaks out of his usual role. And there are no more of the usual funny scenes from filming during the credits.





Now let's move on to the director's cast. It was quite unusual to see Daniel Radcliffe as a fighter against magic in Now You See Me 2 after his long participation in Harry Potter.





Sean Bean has become a real man meme, because in all his films his characters die. Therefore, it is ironic that he got the role of the immortal Zeus in the film about Percy Jackson.





Viewers remember very well how Sigourney Weaver successfully fought against alien life in Alien. She clearly cannot boast of the same in the film Galaxy Quest, where she played a clueless blonde.





Christoph Waltz is without a doubt a talented actor who has added charm to Tarantino's projects. In 2009, he played the racist Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, and three years later he played the role of the anti-racist Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained.





Michael Keaton was invited to play the lead role in “Birdman” for a reason, because the fate of the forgotten hero known for his role as the superhero bird is close to him. True, in real life he played the “man-bat” in two films about “Batman”, and then disappeared from the radar. Luckily, Birdman helped him return to the big screen.





Well, let's end with a strange selection of actors based on height. It is quite strange that the role of the dwarf Gimli fell to John Rhys-Davies, because with his 185-centimeter height he was taller than all the actors representing the Fellowship of the Ring.





It is no less strange that 135-centimeter Peter Dinklage ended up in the finale of “The Avengers” in the role of the giant Eitri.





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