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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The large supporting cast of the remake, combined with a number of cameos, creates a veritable smorgasbord of well-known and respected character actors, including [[Deliverance|Jon]] [[Midnight Cowboy|Voight]], [[Casino Royale|Jeffrey Wright]], [[The Hurt Locker|Anthony Mackie]], [[Al Franken]], [[Up in the Air|Vera Farmiga]], [[Blue Velvet|Dean Stockwell]], [[Monk|Ted]] [[The Silence of the Lambs|Levine]], [[Crossing Jordan|Miguel Ferrer]], [[Downfall (film)|Bruno Ganz]], and [[Sidney Lumet]]. Even co-star [[Salt|Liev Schrieber]] arguably falls into this trope. |
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The large supporting cast of the remake, combined with a number of cameos, creates a veritable smorgasbord of well-known and respected character actors, including [[Deliverance|Jon]] [[Midnight Cowboy|Voight]], [[Casino Royale|Jeffrey Wright]], [[The Hurt Locker|Anthony Mackie]], [[Al Franken]], [[Up in the Air|Vera Farmiga]], [[Blue Velvet|Dean Stockwell]], [[Monk|Ted]] [[The Silence of the Lambs|Levine]], [[Crossing Jordan|Miguel Ferrer]], [[Downfall (film)|Bruno Ganz]], and [[Sidney Lumet]]. Even co-star [[Salt|Liev Schrieber]] arguably falls into this trope. |
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* [[Playing Against Type]]: It wasn't playing against type at the time, as Lansbury had played her fair share of schemers and antagonists. But for a modern day viewer who might know her from ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' or ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'', watching her play Mrs. Iselin could be jarring. |
* [[Playing Against Type]]: It wasn't playing against type at the time, as Lansbury had played her fair share of schemers and antagonists. But for a modern day viewer who might know her from ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' or ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'', watching her play Mrs. Iselin could be jarring. |
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* [[Real Life Relative]]: The 2004 film co-stars Pablo Schreiber, half-brother of star Liev Schreiber. |
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Revision as of 19:58, 18 June 2014
- Fake American: Angela Lansbury and Laurence Harvey, who are both British.
- Hey, It's That Guy!: The large supporting cast of the remake, combined with a number of cameos, creates a veritable smorgasbord of well-known and respected character actors, including Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Al Franken, Vera Farmiga, Dean Stockwell, Ted Levine, Miguel Ferrer, Bruno Ganz, and Sidney Lumet. Even co-star Liev Schrieber arguably falls into this trope.
- Playing Against Type: It wasn't playing against type at the time, as Lansbury had played her fair share of schemers and antagonists. But for a modern day viewer who might know her from Murder, She Wrote or Beauty and The Beast, watching her play Mrs. Iselin could be jarring.
- Real Life Relative: The 2004 film co-stars Pablo Schreiber, half-brother of star Liev Schreiber.