Especially because he just could not play himself.
John Wayne always played himself, as does Jack Nicholson, DeNiro, Tom Hanks and so many others.
In this case a man became somebody else. Literally and figuratively. And convincingly.
Somebody who never before existed.
What really struck me was how his unusual laughter choked him.
He really did become someone else.
John Wayne always played himself, as does Jack Nicholson, DeNiro, Tom Hanks and so many others.
DeNiro? He’s a pudgy little douche, not a mafia badass.
Hanks is also a weenie.