Liam Neeson or Ralph Fiennes?

[laura888]

Two of my favorite actors by far....

Who's your favorite?

[JohnKleeb]

1. Deniro, Hanks, and my director is Martin Scorcese

on edit I liked Neeson in Gangs of New York as Priest Vallon.

[izzie]

2. Ralph oh my my what an actor.

n/t

[Maccagirl]

3. They're both excellent actors

but I'll take Ralph home with me.


:loveya:

[SiobhanClancy]

4. Liam,of course

:)

[stanwyck]

5. Liam, plus Willem and Christopher

Liam Neeson, Willem Dafoe, and Christopher Walken. I've been told I'm a freak. But I'm a pushover for those craggy, "Eastern Bloc" looking guys.

[laura888]

6. wo! we have the EXACT SAME TASTES!

I forgot to add those 3 to the list!

Willem Dafoe - well now - he's a real hottie. And Walken's got that undefineable somethin (?)... what is it?

[stanwyck]

9. My cosmic twin!

I've been dissed for years for my taste in men. And, now, finally, I'm vindicated! I am not a freak! OR not the only one. Thanks, Laura888. Obviously, you're a woman of incredibly refined sensibilities. As for that "undefineable" quality of Walknen's...I think that would be crazy.

[laura888]

12. LOL - yes that's it

but its a sort of cute, trustworthy crazy. I especially loved him in "Catch me if you can" and his dance across the hotel room in the rap video.

One more for ya: Ray Liotta

[stanwyck]

13. Walken is an excellent dancer

he started on Broadway. Not quite an entranced with Liotta but can understand the appeal. Got the same "almost insane" gleam in his eye. Guess we're both attracted to the intense types. And I also enjoyed "Catch Me if You Can". There's also a movie which is not very good with Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken as the parents of a boy raised in their bomb shelter...don't remember the name. But Spacek and Walken are very funny.

[maxanne]

7. I'll take

them both, thanks ;-)

[Kahuna]

8. Both!

:D If I had to absolutely choose, I'd take Neeson.

[LynneSin]

10. Joseph Fiennes!

I adore him!

[Love Bug]

11. Why choose?

Both are on my "hottie list"! :evilgrin:

[mitchum]

14. Right now it's William Holden

I watched him in "Stalag 17" last night, and I'm stll blown away by how good he was (my reaction any time I see one of his performances)

[stanwyck]

15. This might not make a difference to you

but I believe Holden was a major conservative. I wish that didn't matter to me, but it does. I am completely turned off by right-wing actors/actresses to the point I avoid their movies. I realize that is hardly open-minded of me. But I just can't shake it. Of course, Holden was a very good actor and good-looking, too.

[mitchum]

16. You're right. He was a conservative (but I always just attribute it...

to wet-brain due to his alcoholism)

[Sophree]

17. Edward Norton

What a fantastic actor.

I also love Joseph Fiennes- Ralph's brother. And Jude Law. They were both incredible in "Enemy at the Gates." And Rachel Weiss- she has a REAL woman's body and is absolutely beautiful and a fine actress. I think I'm in love with all three of them! :loveya:

[tjdee]

18. Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes, and Edward Norton.

Honestly--I would fake fight somebody over Adrien, LOL. :loveya:

All three of them are my sweet babies! Ewan Mcgregor (SO underrated) and Jude Law round out my top five. Orlando Bloom is an up and comer, haven't seen enough of his acting to officially add him to my best actor list (though, there's another..er...list of mine in which he's VERY close to the top, LOL!).

Enormously, enormously talented, all of them. Also, not very difficult to watch for hours, they are all very sexy.

Funny though, I had always had enormous respect for Ed Norton's work--but after seeing him in Death to Smoochy, of all things, I was like hey, he's got a little mojo happening too! Grrrooowwwllll! He also helped out Salma Hayek when they needed to retouch the script for Frida. What a guy!

[Sophree]

20. I think we have the same taste in men, tjdee

"Funny though, I had always had enormous respect for Ed Norton's work--but after seeing him in Death to Smoochy, of all things, I was like hey, he's got a little mojo happening too! Grrrooowwwllll!"

I know! I love that look Nora gives him when she sees him with his shirt off.

And I love Ewan McGregor, too.

And Adrian Brody.

You're a Sen. Edwards girl too, right? ;-)

[tjdee]

21. Yup.....

I'm an Edwards chick...

Hey--you have good taste, LOL!

I was giving Ed that same look Nora was. I'd never looked at him that way before, mmhhhmmmm.

I almost fainted dead away when I found out that Ewan McGregor and Jude Law have a production company together (with Angelina Jolie's first husband, brit Jonny Lee Miller). Rather, I almost bought me a ticket to UK, filled out an application, and begged for an interview.

[FloridaJudy]

19. Favorite Actors

Daniel Day-Lewis by a landslide.

Those English/Irish/Scots actors take their craft seriously. They don't want to be stars, they just want to give the most believable performance *ever*.

Daniel Day-Lewis made me believe in him as a gay English punk, an Irish cripple, an IRA martyr, an American Indian scout, an American Aristocrat, and a sleazy Gang Leader. He's a consumate professional.

I have this fantasy about re-doing "The Last Temptation of Christ" with a decent cast. Daniel Day-Lewis would take title role, of course. I can't think of any other living actor with the gravitas to pull that off. And Ralph Fiennes would be the perfect Judas; he's got to be gorgeous, tortured and complex.

What was Scorsese thinking of, to cast Harvey Corman as Judas? I kept expecting him snarl "I'm getting thirty big ones to whack the messiah. Any of youse guys want in with me?"

I'm still trying to cast Mary Magdalen.

[arwalden]

22. LIAM!!!! Why? My husband looks like Liam Neeson!!! It's scary...

... a flight attendant actually thought he was Liam.

-- Allen

[NashVegas]

23. Liam Neeson

Of those two, the more Liam movies I've seen, the more impressed with him I get.

With Fiennes, I'm sad to say it goes in the other direction. (Onegin, anyone?)

Else, here're the men on my TiVo wishlist:

Nicholas Cage
Cary Grant
Daniel Day Lewis
James McAvoy --> watch out for this kid, he's a major scene stealer and fantastic presence.
Viggo Mortensen
Guy Pearce
Gregory Peck
James Spader
Julian Sands

[tjdee]

25. Ralph Fiennes' movie choices...

I really have to scratch my head sometimes. Apparently he likes to play ultra-conflicted men with serious problems. That's cool, but I've always wished he'd branch out. And what vehicle did he choose to do that?

Maid in Manhattan.

Sigh.

But he is really an intense, serious actor. Love him.

Liam is great too.

[Maddy McCall]

24. Both of the fiennes are good actors.

I like both of them.