L.A. Confidential/Trivia: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
(A Good Name for a Rock Band is not a Trivia Trope) |
HLIAA14YOG (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
(3 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
* [[Billing Displacement]]: Kevin Spacey is listed first, though Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce's roles are more substantial in the film. This is probably an effort to establish Spacey as a decoy protagonist considering he was the most famous actor in the film. Crowe was an unknown at the time, and only later became a "name" actor. The even lesser-known Pearce, who is arguably the main character, is given third billing after Crowe and Spacey. |
* [[Billing Displacement]]: Kevin Spacey is listed first, though Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce's roles are more substantial in the film. This is probably an effort to establish Spacey as a decoy protagonist considering he was the most famous actor in the film. Crowe was an unknown at the time, and only later became a "name" actor. The even lesser-known Pearce, who is arguably the main character, is given third billing after Crowe and Spacey. |
||
* [[Dueling Movies]]: In contest with ''Mulholland Falls'' (1996). |
* [[Dueling Movies]]: In contest with ''Mulholland Falls'' (1996). |
||
* [[Fake American]]: [[Russell Crowe]] and Guy Pearce are Aussies. |
* [[Fake American]]: The two leads, [[Russell Crowe]] and Guy Pearce, are actually Aussies. |
||
** In the 'Making of' featurette, the producer relates his reaction to the casting decision. |
|||
{{quote|''You want to make a period crime film, set in Los Angeles, starring two Australians?''}} |
|||
* [[Fake Irish]]: James Cromwell as Irish-American Dudley Smith, with a pretty decent accent. |
* [[Fake Irish]]: James Cromwell as Irish-American Dudley Smith, with a pretty decent accent. |
||
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: |
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: |
||
** [[Alias (TV series)|Arvin Sloane]] as D.A. Ellis Loew. |
** [[Alias (TV series)|Arvin Sloane]] as D.A. Ellis Loew. |
||
** A young [[The Mentalist|Simon Baker]] as Matt Reynolds. |
** A young [[The Mentalist|Simon Baker]] as Matt Reynolds. |
||
** [[CSI|Jim Brass]] as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Mickey Cohen. |
** [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|Jim Brass]] as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Mickey Cohen. |
||
** [[Good Night and Good Luck|Edward R. Murrow]] as Pierce Patchett. |
** [[Good Night and Good Luck|Edward R. Murrow]] as Pierce Patchett. |
||
** [[Boardwalk Empire|Mayor Bader]] as Chief Green. |
** [[Boardwalk Empire|Mayor Bader]] as Chief Green. |
||
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Crowe and Pearce, but especially Crowe. |
* [[Star-Making Role]]: For Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, but especially Crowe. |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
[[Category:L.A. Confidential]] |
[[Category:L.A. Confidential]] |
Latest revision as of 13:51, 6 November 2023
- All-Star Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and James Cromwell.
- Billing Displacement: Kevin Spacey is listed first, though Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce's roles are more substantial in the film. This is probably an effort to establish Spacey as a decoy protagonist considering he was the most famous actor in the film. Crowe was an unknown at the time, and only later became a "name" actor. The even lesser-known Pearce, who is arguably the main character, is given third billing after Crowe and Spacey.
- Dueling Movies: In contest with Mulholland Falls (1996).
- Fake American: The two leads, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, are actually Aussies.
- In the 'Making of' featurette, the producer relates his reaction to the casting decision.
You want to make a period crime film, set in Los Angeles, starring two Australians? |
- Fake Irish: James Cromwell as Irish-American Dudley Smith, with a pretty decent accent.
- Hey, It's That Guy!:
- Arvin Sloane as D.A. Ellis Loew.
- A young Simon Baker as Matt Reynolds.
- Jim Brass as a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Mickey Cohen.
- Edward R. Murrow as Pierce Patchett.
- Mayor Bader as Chief Green.
- Star-Making Role: For Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, but especially Crowe.