Trading Places
With Tom Cruise going grey and turning nasty for Collateral, we take a look at some of the other Hollywood stars that have attempted to break away from their typecast roles.Out of work actors would step over their own grandmothers to get a job in Hollywood.
Even if they are only offered a chance to become a typecast, run-of-the-mill character actor, an actor, working part-time in a Los Angeles restaraunt or Hollywood petrol station, would be a fool to turn that chance down.
Tom Cruise
Ben Kingsley
Henry Fonda
Jim Carrey
Cameron Diaz
Tom Hanks
Charlize Theron
Kevin Costner
Will Smith
Steve Martin
Yet this is something they seem to forget about when they sign the deal with the devil, or whoever it is that rules the world of Hollywood.
Indeed, once they have made a name for themselves in the movies they will invariably attempt to do something different.
In an effort to break the mould and to escape the roles that have made them famous, most Hollywood actors will think about playing a bad guy, or in the case of some of the comedians, a serious character.
So take a look at the gallery of Hollywood stars that have tried to break away from their heroic performances and thus decided it was time for something new, time for a change. Time for something completely different.
Richard Phippen
