Non-Actor Vehicle: Difference between revisions

* [[Steven Soderbergh]] likes this trope, apparently stemming from his experience working with non-actors in the 2005 indie film ''Bubble''.

** ''[[The Girlfriend Experience]]'' stars porn actress Sasha Grey as a high-class callgirl.

** Sodebergh's use of this trope actual started with his surreal 1996 opus ''Shizopolis'' which stars the man himself in not one but two roles. Its probably one of the more interesting examples of the trope because underneath all its weird and surreal humor its really about Soderbergh examining the crumbling of his marriage (his real life ex-wife appears as his characters wife) as well as his anxieties about the future of his directing career in the wake of a series of flops following his debut ''Sex Lies & videotape''.

* The 1956 Broadway musical ''Mr. Wonderful'' gave Sammy Davis, Jr. his first starring role; it incorporated a large portion of his nightclub act wholesale.

* Perhaps one of the more interesting examples: director [[Steven Soderbergh]]