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** You can't necessarily tell from his performance, but Aaron Eckhart later admitted [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102214751/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=7475&s=Interviews in an interview] that he could barely keep a straight face through most of his lines.

{{quote|"None of us could believe our eyes when we finally saw who else had been cast. These guys are all great actors; Stanley Tucci, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood. We kind of all looked at each and said 'you too?' ... Stanley Tucci and I got to manhandle some nuclear bombs, and there were times we were laughing so hard that he almost literally went to the bathroom in his space suit." }}

{{quote|'''Time:''' What were you thinking when you accepted a role in ''[[BloodRayne]]''? It's hard to imagine someone so gifted not realizing what a terrible film that would be!

'''Kingsley:''' I don't know whether to be upset or flattered by that question. To be honest, [[Awesome, Dear Boy|I have always wanted to play a vampire, with the teeth and the long black cape]]. Let's say that my motives were somewhat immature for doing it. }}

** And the [[Garrett Hedlund|guy who plays Murtaugh]] is clearly having the time of his life.

** Irons and [[John Malkovich]] also co-hammed in ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'', along with Gerard Depardieu, playing aging [[The Three Musketeers (novel)|Musketeers]]. All three must have been paid per cubic meter of scenery [[Chewing the Scenery|devoured]], although Jeremy Irons takes the cake for delivering lines like "It's ''Judgement Day''" and making them [[So Bad It's Good]].

** Malkovich got into the whole silly, OTT atmosphere in ''[[Con Air]]'' as well. To the point where he's standing on the ramp of a plane in flight, holding a pistol to the head of a soft toy and yelling at an assault chopper.

** The [[Riff Trax]] for ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]'' refers to John Malkovich as "the [[Large Ham|ham's]] [[Incoming Ham|ham]]. He makes Al Pacino look subtle."

* Aasif Mandvi plays Admiral Zhao in ''[[The Last Airbender]]'' pretty much the same way he usually portrays himself on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' or other comedy-based productions. Thus, lines that were supposedly serious come across as hilarious when he reads them ("This is a SCROLL FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY!")

* Kate Nauta in ''[[The Transporter]] 2''. It's pretty clear from her line delivery and facial expressions that once she read the script (which calls for her character, [[The Dragon|Lola]], to spend half her screentime wearing a soaking-wet negligee, disheveled hair and runny eye makeup while dual-wielding pistols and gunning down all manner of individuals), she decided to take it as far as she could, and she looks to be the only person not to deliver the cornball material in a serious manner.

* [[Aaliyah]], Stuart Townsend and Vincent Perez all seem fully aware of how silly ''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' is, and they all look like they're having a great time chewing on the scenery. Townsend and Aaliyah in particular really go to town with it, making ridiculous overblown gestures and milking relatively mundane lines to the point where it's damn near hilarious.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

** For that matter, his sons. [[Goldust]] has won numerous "worst character of the year" awards, but he goes so over the top in his portrayal and voice that it's such a joy to watch. And for "Dashing" [[Cody Rhodes]]...well...just hit him in the face. You can clearly see how much fun he has in his responses.

* [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] seemed to be trying to top him during his later appearances.

** Among the sizable supporting cast, [[Peter Stormare]] does a fair bit of scenery chewing as well. "Who ''[[Mad Scientist|KNOWS]]'' what ''[[Goggles Do Nothing|NIGHTmares]]'' we ''haff'' '''[[Herr Doktor|CREAAATED]]'''?"

* ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'' is, arguably, an enforced version of this. The plot and writing is so completely ridiculous that anything less than [[Large Ham|extreme doses of B-movie overdramatics and yelling]] would've ruined the charm. Note that this is a Japanese game with [[No Export for You]] - yet it is ''entirely in over-the-top English'' and '''recorded by people who speak English natively''' for a game '''''released only in Japan'''''.

** The series in general has Dr. Eggman. While the ''[[Sonic Adventure|Adventure]]'' / ''[[Sonic Heroes|Heroes]]'' era and [[4Kids! Entertainment]] voice actors were much criticized, Deem Bristow and [[Mike Pollock]] respectively stood out in doses of [[Narm Charm|awesomely cheesy]] ham and memorable catchphrases. In fact, when the 4Kids voice actors were replaced, [[Mike Pollock]] retained his job.

*** Indeed, it has often been said about Robotnik that he has never had a bad voice actor. In the cartoon adaptations, [[The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|Long John Baldry]] and [[Sonic Sat AM|Jim Cummings]] both play him ridiculously over-the-top (though in very different ways) and both give the most memorable performances in their respective shows.