Australia's finest actors/actresses Who do you love?
#3
Posted 31 December 2004 - 05:48 PM
I lke Eric Bana, Russel Crowe, and Guy Pearce.
I thought Russell Crowe was a New Zealander.
Guy Pearce is Australian? I didn't know that...
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#4
Posted 01 January 2005 - 09:51 AM
However, I love all of our Australian actors, especially the ones from Lord of the Rings. We had so many of our fine actors in those films -
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
David Wenhem (Faramir)
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
Some guy whose name I can't remember (Haldir)
Maybe if we could annex New Zealand, we could have Karl Urban (Eomer) too and the man who made these fine movies, Peter Jackson. The downside however, would be that we'd be stuck with Russel Crowe again.
Now, I'd like to take this opportunity to clear up a common misunderstanding. Some people think that crazy nut Mel Gibson is an Australian but I'd like to point out to everyone that he was born in New York. Yes, he spent bulk of his early years in my country but he's an American.
Eric Bana, however (and I am proud to say this), is a true blue Aussie. Yep, Aussie actors are the best.
#5
Posted 01 January 2005 - 12:26 PM
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#6
Posted 01 January 2005 - 05:36 PM
#8
Posted 01 January 2005 - 09:14 PM
And you've reminded me of another great Australian actor there with Geoffrey Rush.
Regarding Nicole Kidman, she may have been born in Hawaii. I don't know.
And Lord Aquaman, I see you're trying to give Mel back to us for some reason. It looks like both our countries are trying to disown him.
#9
Posted 02 January 2005 - 01:09 AM
No one likes Mel anymore after all the controversy he stirred up with "The Passion of the Christ", hence everyone trying to disown him. I still enjoy watching "Mad Max" from time to time though...
Where does Hugh Jackman rate with the rest of you?
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#10
Posted 02 January 2005 - 04:38 AM
I guess with Mel Gibson, we'll have to flip a coin. Heads, you get stuck with him. Tails, we get stuck with him. Either that, or we'll meet halfway and stick him on a boogey board in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
#11
Posted 02 January 2005 - 05:34 AM
Naomi Watts (actually born in England, but again claims Australian citizenship)
Heath Ledger
Colin Friels
Claudia Carvan
Of those already mentioned I rate these as my personal favourites:
Hugo Weaving
Miranda Otto
Hugh Jackman
Cate Blanchett
Yoda
#12
Posted 02 January 2005 - 10:43 AM
And as for 'Poida'. Back in the early nineties there was a skit show called "Full Frontal" which numbered Eric Bana amoung its members. Although he was in a lot of skits over the years, his most famous character was 'Poida'. For those familiar with the term, he was a bogan. He had a terrible mullet, wore checked flannelette shirts(with a pack of winfield's up the sleave), drank cheap beer, drove a rusty old Holden and didn't enouciate his words correctly. Hell, his name was actually Peter, he just pronouced it "Poida". Hence my use of quotation marks when I mentioned him before.
Whilst Christmas shopping, I noticed he had a DVD out of some of his more famous skits. You may be able to order it over the net, if you were so inclined. Don't know where from though.
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#13
Posted 03 January 2005 - 11:10 AM
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Posted 06 January 2005 - 07:57 PM
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