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* Macaulay Culkin was ''so'' sick of being associated with [[Home Alone|Kevin]] and that goddamn cheek-slapping "AAAUGH!!!" that he decided to play a psychopathic boy who murdered his brother, [[Kick the Dog|shoots a dog for no reason]], and tries to murder his cousin in ''[[The Good Son]]''. |
* Macaulay Culkin was ''so'' sick of being associated with [[Home Alone|Kevin]] and that goddamn cheek-slapping "AAAUGH!!!" that he decided to play a psychopathic boy who murdered his brother, [[Kick the Dog|shoots a dog for no reason]], and tries to murder his cousin in ''[[The Good Son]]''. |
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** It didn't quite work. As an adult he played a [[Hollywood Atheist]] in ''[[Saved]]'' as well as Michael Alig, the controversial Club Kids founder who was ''convicted of murder'' in ''Party Monster'' |
** It didn't quite work. As an adult he played a [[Hollywood Atheist]] in ''[[Saved]]'' as well as Michael Alig, the controversial Club Kids founder who was ''convicted of murder'' in ''Party Monster'' |
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* While Christopher Lloyd is known for playing villains, he also plays Dr. Emmett Brown from the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' movies, a scientist who while can be considered crazy is one of the heroes of the films. |
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* This is a plot point in ''S.O.B.'', in which an actress with a sugary-sweet reputation is asked to show her breasts in a soft-core film. The best part? The actress was played by [[Julie Andrews]], whose actual film career had suffered after the one-two punch of ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' typecast her. This was one of several films her husband Blake Edwards directed her in that broke her out of this mold in various ways. (Others included ''10'' and ''[[Victor Victoria]]''.) |
* This is a plot point in ''S.O.B.'', in which an actress with a sugary-sweet reputation is asked to show her breasts in a soft-core film. The best part? The actress was played by [[Julie Andrews]], whose actual film career had suffered after the one-two punch of ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' typecast her. This was one of several films her husband Blake Edwards directed her in that broke her out of this mold in various ways. (Others included ''10'' and ''[[Victor Victoria]]''.) |
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** A different example of this is in the live-action Eloise movies, where she plays Nanny, a [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|high-strung]] and over tired old woman who can't sing or dance. Rather a change from [[The Sound of Music|Maria]] and [[Mary Poppins]]. |
** A different example of this is in the live-action Eloise movies, where she plays Nanny, a [[Badly-Battered Babysitter|high-strung]] and over tired old woman who can't sing or dance. Rather a change from [[The Sound of Music|Maria]] and [[Mary Poppins]]. |
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