Another tribute from Erik. Beautiful – go read it.
I love the main romance in When Harry Met Sally, but the romance between Bruno Kirby’s character and Carrie Fisher’s character is just as important to that film. It wouldn’t work without him.
Yup. They call it a “supporting actor” for a reason. He does his job and he does it well – his job is mainly in “supporting” others, “supporting” the star. Therefore: these people rarely get the glory. But the stars being “supported” by these people could not shine as bright without these actors.
thank you for the shoutout sheila! it’s so true about how the people who rarely get the glory are often the actors who really make the movie.
now i want to resurrect the post i started months ago and never finished (because i forgot about it until i just read your post) about my favorite character actors, i’ll have to dig that one out. (i remember that amy aquino was on the list–do you know amy aquino? she mostly does tv, but the first time i noticed her was in one her first roles–she’s in the very last scene of Working Girl, she plays Melanie Griffith’s secretary in that last scene, she’s so good in it.) (Oh, and I know Grace Zabriskie was on the list too–she’s always playing freakazoid mothers, and she’s almost always perilously close to over the top but never really goes over the top and her performances are just so fierce and crazy and heartbreaking.)