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Originally posted by jas1552
I have to agree Bogart is the king of cool. James Stewart is probably my favorite actor but he's not very cool.
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James Stewart is another original.
Bogart, Cooper, Stewart, and of course Cagney all broke the mold. Guys after them imitated them and so on and so on.
It's unusual to get a real original performer nowadays. Same with actresses. They're imitating people imitating Kathrine Hepburn, Audrie Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe.
That's why you've gotta go back to the classics to see the originals do their stuff. It's not to say there aren't great actors nowadays because there are. Yet acting is about convincing the audience the perfomance is real and not contrived. If I'm watching a movie or tv show or radio drama and I KNOW I'm watching a movie, tv show or radio drama then the acting failed.