I thought it was interesting that "3:10 to Yuma" used Russell Crowe and Christian Bale to play iconic Western Characters. With Crowe from New Zealand / Australia and Bale from Wales, just how far afield do we have to go to find guys tough enough to play in Westerns, a genre which only 50 years ago was brimming with enough tough guy American actors to stretch from Mid-Wilshire to the Sea?
The metrosexualization of the hairier sex has left us in a predicament. Where are the tough guys?
Crowe and Bale - covered them.
Hugh Jackman - iconic US comic book Wolverine character? Doh, he's from Australia.
Sean Bean - If you don't know who he is, find out because he's fantastic - England, btw.
Clive Owen - England
Daniel Craig - England
Ok, in the US corner: Bruce Willis (Born in Germany but really from here), Brad Pitt and for the slick action stuff; Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon. Viggo Mortensen and Nick Cage are pretty good but for "John Wayne sit on a horse and load your six shooter kind of tough", we're not doing too well.
I'm packaging a Western and have been thinking about this a lot lately. So tell me, who am I missing?
Who are the next generation tough guys? I'm fairly sure none of the above are under 30.
Is the 'tough-guy' going extinct?
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The American Tough Guy is going extinct..Yes. One of the biggest action stars from the 80s is an Austrian - Sly is past his prime. Clint is Clint..but has had is day.. Where is the new Steve McQueen???!?!?
On the other hand, it is a bit refreshing to see that Hollywood is finally recognizing talent from outside its gilded borders.
Was thinking about this for a bit..
Michael Madsen and possibly
Denis Leary (under-rated in my opinion)
..there is a definite derth of tough-guy actors still capable of kicking some butt...
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