James Dean, River Phoenix or Heath Ledger - Which actor would have had the most successful long lasting career? (The Finals)

[Takes Two To Tango]

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If these actors didn't die young - Which 4 would have had the most successful long lasting careers?

(Actors who died before age 45.) I know some of these actors had great short span careers. But I believe Marilyn Monroe career if she lived would have faded imo. My picks:

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[GearSolidMetal]

These mid-post ads on Sherdog are really getting aggravating.

 

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These mid-post ads on Sherdog are really getting aggravating.

When did you get ads? I don't get ads.

 

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When did you get ads? I don't get ads.

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You're a platinum member, you shouldn't be getting ads at all. That's weird.

 

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You're a platinum member, you shouldn't be getting ads at all. That's weird.

Yeah, but all that went out the window after the server-change late last year.

But only recently has the ads been showing up in the middle of OPs.

 

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Yeah, but all that went out the window after the server-change late last year.

But only recently has the ads been showing up in the middle of OPs.

I don't get any ads. So I don't know what's going on there.

 

[mozfonky]

Continuation to this thread.

If these actors didn't die young - Which 4 would have had the most successful long lasting careers?

(Actors who died before age 45.) I know some of these actors had great short span careers. But I believe Marilyn Monroe career if she lived would have faded imo. My picks:

forums.sherdog.com

Please vote, thank you.

Spoiler

@-sin- @Bonos @TheNinja @Plutoburn @TheChance @Tone C @RichardHarrow @Mr. Shickadance @djacobox372 @Brom Bones @Cool Hand Luke @Gene Tunney @TeTe
@TheRash @Reign Supreme @Protectandserve @Osculater @Fuzzybabyducks @Doughie99 @GirthBrooks @MLarson @Ima5starman @Wilmer Digreux @HHJ @Plissken
@Bullitt68 @liner @Elvis. @Thrawn33 @TeTe @zapataxiv @Halifax @VulcanNervPinch @TardStrong @Possum Jenkins @JackWhite @Papachulu @dildos @Protectandserve
@mainevent 140 @west42 @Nameless Ghoul @UberHere @Gomi1977 @Speedy1 @Crash Lance @fungi @The Good The Bad The HBK

James Dean was the prototype and the icon to just about all these younger hearthrobs who came along later. How great an actor he was, I don't really know but he had charisma that pretty much outdoes them all. I've heard great acting teachers say he had "no method" which makes it sound like he had no talent or no technique. Then, others think he would have went on to be as great as anyone ever. I just know that he hit upon something at a certain point in history that made him very special not only to his generation but to later ones and all these other guys are kinda just emulating him. There are brilliant actors but I don't know of anyone who has that mystery and presence he had.

Who's to say how his career would have progressed had he lived. Most careers that start off one way don't necessarily stay that way. Dennis Hopper was a disciple of his and he had a fairly good career so Dean would at least do that well. Brando and Dean both had a monumental effect on later actors, there are moments when I see deniro, pacino, sean penn doing their versions of these guys.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Heath would have been one of the best actors ever imo. Already showed great range in his short career. Great performances in Broke back Mountain and Dark Knight

 

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These mid-post ads on Sherdog are really getting aggravating.

Sometimes I find them amusing when they're not at all in keeping with the tone of the post you're reading.

 

[mozfonky]

Heath would have been one of the best actors ever imo. Already showed great range in his short career. Great performances in Broke back Mountain and Dark Knight

I couldn't watch broke back mountain, i didn't want to watch that shit. he was ok in batman, outside of that, I don't think I've seen anything. Rivers was really good, but so is Leo dicaprio and I think he's sorta limited himself. No way to tell how their careers turn out, as I said, no ones career turns out the way you think it will. Brando was said to totally lose interest in acting and not accomplish anywhere near what he could have.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

I couldn't watch broke back mountain, i didn't want to watch that shit. he was ok in batman, outside of that, I don't think I've seen anything. Rivers was really good, but so is Leo dicaprio and I think he's sorta limited himself. No way to tell how their careers turn out, as I said, no ones career turns out the way you think it will. Brando was said to totally lose interest in acting and not accomplish anywhere near what he could have.

Brokeback is a great movie. It's not gay porn lol.

 

[mozfonky]

Brokeback is a great movie. It's not gay porn lol.

that's what I heard, i shut that shit off. If you like it you can have it.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

that's what I heard, i shut that shit off. If you like it you can have it.

You're missing a great performance. Heath does a great job of portraying a homo who's terrified of being gay like most Sherbros in the war room.

 

[mozfonky]

You're missing a great performance. Heath does a great job of portraying a homo who's terrified of being gay like most Sherbros in the war room.

well, i didn't want to see it so i turned it off. in fact, someone was mentioning the new menendez movie on netflix and said the two brothers are screwing around in it, as well as their dad molested them, i don't need to see that bullshit. disgusting.

 

[RichardHarrow]

James Dean was the prototype and the icon to just about all these younger hearthrobs who came along later. How great an actor he was, I don't really know but he had charisma that pretty much outdoes them all. I've heard great acting teachers say he had "no method" which makes it sound like he had no talent or no technique. Then, others think he would have went on to be as great as anyone ever. I just know that he hit upon something at a certain point in history that made him very special not only to his generation but to later ones and all these other guys are kinda just emulating him. There are brilliant actors but I don't know of anyone who has that mystery and presence he had.

Who's to say how his career would have progressed had he lived. Most careers that start off one way don't necessarily stay that way. Dennis Hopper was a disciple of his and he had a fairly good career so Dean would at least do that well. Brando and Dean both had a monumental effect on later actors, there are moments when I see deniro, pacino, sean penn doing their versions of these guys.

 

[RichardHarrow]

This is a tough one. I think Ledger Parallels Phoenix with some variations.

I’m not learned on Dean.

 

[mozfonky]

yup, a big dean fan. Dean was a Brando fan, sounds just like him but there are points in their movies when Deniro and Pacino are imitating Brando too. The opening scene in taxi driver where deniro says "sorry sir" and the scene in dogday afternoon where Pacino screams, "everyone's a conman!" both are done in that same Brando tone. I like Brando and all but fuck he was nutty as hell, alot of his interviews he just seems so entitled and full of himself that it's irritating. But maybe he really is just that fucking crazy.

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

Impossible to tell. I think all 3 would have had great careers had they not passed. Heath was clearly on his way, his career was already really successful and it was more than just a flash in the pan like Dean (who was a flash in the pan literally because he died so young.) But I mean, who knows. Imagine how hard it would be predicting guys in their 50s when they were in their 20s acting in just the 80s. Some seem like they should have been career A-listers and kinda floundered by the late 90s, and other did better than expected.

 

[moreorless87]

I suspect Dean may well have been young and hip enough to pickup on the New Hollywood movement.