Who are some of the "Plan B" actors and actresses working today?

IvaBigWun

I thought of this when I saw Monica Potter described as a "poor man's Julia Roberts" and you can kinda see why. Good at what she does but not exactly amazing. The kind of actress you would have hired in the 90s if your budget couldnt have stretched to Julia herself.




Also

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman instead of Robert De Niro.

Jeremy Renner when you cant afford Tom Cruise.

The Rock when Will Smith wont return your calls.

Amy Adams when Sandra Bullock wants too much money (she made $70 million from Gravity)


Who else are some of the "Plan B" actors and actresses working today and who is their comparative Plan A?

sky88

Jude law for a while seemed like he was always getting the roles tom cruise turned down in the early 2000s

Birneybau

Bill Pullman is a poor man's Bill Paxton.

JohnFalstaff

Plan A: Alec Baldwin
Plan B: Billy Baldwin
Plan C: Stephen Baldwin
Plan Daniel Baldwin

JaseBelleVie

Richard Gere was the Plan B actor for many roles that John Travolta turned down in the 1980's/90's, including An Officer And A Gentleman, American Gigolo and Pretty Woman. Travolta turned the roles down. Gere accepted them and was made a superstar.

IvaBigWun

JaseHeath wrote: »

Gere accepted them and was made a superstar.

Gere was never a superstar or more than a B list actor inho.

JaseBelleVie

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Gere was never a superstar or more than a B list actor inho.

Maybe so, but back in the 1980's and early 90's, he was huge. Star has faded a bit now, maybe. But way back when, he was huge.

fruvai

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I thought of this when I saw Monica Potter described as a "poor man's Juliet Roberts" and you can kinda see why. Good at what she does but not exactly amazing. The kind of actress you would have hired in the 90s if your budget couldnt have stretched to Juliet herself.




Also

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman instead of Robert De Niro.

Jeremy Renner when you cant afford Tom Cruise.

The Rock when Will Smith wont return your calls.

Amy Adams when Sandra Bullock wants too much money (she made $70 million from Gravity)


Who else are some of the "Plan B" actors and actresses working today and who is their comparative Plan A?

Juliet Roberts
Julia Roberts is a poor man's Juliet Roberts

A lot of those supposed Plan Bs look better than the As

IvaBigWun

fruvai wrote: »

Juliet Roberts
Julia Roberts is a poor man's Juliet Roberts

Ooops. Fixed

the baby bull elephant

Decent list.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PoorMansSubstitute

IvaBigWun

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

Decent list.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PoorMansSubstitute

Well that's the end of the thread so :pac:

Rubber_Soul

I really don't get the Philip Seymour Hoffman/De Niro one. Could you elaborate please?

Ageyev

Colin Farrell got the part in Hart's War when Ed Norton turned it down for The Score.

Farrell got Minority Report when Matt Damon decided to do Bourne Identity instead.

MfMan

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I thought of this when I saw Monica Potter described as a "poor man's Julia Roberts" and you can kinda see why. Good at what she does but not exactly amazing. The kind of actress you would have hired in the 90s if your budget couldnt have stretched to Julia herself.




Also

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman instead of Robert De Niro.

Jeremy Renner when you cant afford Tom Cruise.

The Rock when Will Smith wont return your calls.

Amy Adams when Sandra Bullock wants too much money (she made $70 million from Gravity)


Who else are some of the "Plan B" actors and actresses working today and who is their comparative Plan A?

But.. but.. but those on the left are superior to those on the right. Confused.

IvaBigWun

MfMan wrote: »

But.. but.. but those on the left are superior to those on the right. Confused.

That's purely a matter of opinion but one thing is for sure, they are cheaper

The Rock is arguably a bigger star then Will Smith at the moment

Ole Rodrigo

Monica Potter is Plan B ? Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a backup ? There is no justice in this world.

IvaBigWun

Deleted User wrote: »

The Rock is arguably a bigger star then Will Smith at the moment

Except one charges $15 million per film and the other gets upto $100 million

Indeed but one has been in very successful films of late and the other not so much.

JP Liz V1

Jeremy Renner isn't a plan b actor anymore

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Jeremy Renner isn't a plan b actor anymore

Indeed

*Edit* Plan B'd his last big lead role though no? Bourne something or other

FortuneChip

I'd argue Jeremy Renner needs to own a role soon to stop himself returning to Plan B. I haven't seen Kill The Messenger yet, but that looks like a good vehicle.

JP Liz V1

FortuneChip wrote: »

I'd argue Jeremy Renner needs to own a role soon to stop himself returning to Plan B. I haven't seen Kill The Messenger yet, but that looks like a good vehicle.

I would have thought The Hurt Locker took him away from "Plan B" but then after he did they seem to take any role offered to him

Baron Kurtz

Plan B is a Plan B.

The_Captain

Has Jeremy Renner had any decent roles besides The Hurt Locker?

Pretty much only know him from that and a small role as the arrow guy in the avengers

JP Liz V1

The_Captain wrote: »

Has Jeremy Renner had any decent roles besides The Hurt Locker?

Pretty much only know him from that and a small role as the arrow guy in the avengers

I actually thought he was one of better things about the overrated American Hustle but had limited screen time


He did get another Oscar nomination for The Town


How is he in The Immigrant or is he in the way behind in the shadow of Joaquin Phoenix?

Rubber_Soul

The_Captain wrote: »

Has Jeremy Renner had any decent roles besides The Hurt Locker?

Pretty much only know him from that and a small role as the arrow guy in the avengers

He had a very good role in "The Town". Excellent performance too.

JP Liz V1

Ole Rodrigo wrote: »

Monica Potter is Plan B ? Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a backup ? There is no justice in this world.

Potter is amazing on the tv show Parenthood

Birneybau

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

Plan B is a Plan B.

He's the Eminem Plan B

sweetie

Skeet Ulrich is johnny depps plan B

FortuneChip

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I actually thought he was one of better things about the overrated American Hustle but had limited screen time


He did get another Oscar nomination for The Town


How is he in The Immigrant or is he in the way behind in the shadow of Joaquin Phoenix?

He's a great character in The Town (I wonder was it a demanding role for him though?)

Didn't think much of his turn in American Hustle, but that movie did very little for me anyway.

Jai Courtney is the Plan B for EVERY/ANY action star.

IvaBigWun

Deleted User wrote: »

Indeed but one has been in very successful films of late and the other not so much.

Really? Lets put that to the test

The Rock's last two films:

Empire State (straight to DVD) $3,639,345

Hercules $243.4 million

Will Smith's last two films:

Men In Black 3 $624,026,776

After Earth $243,843,127



So no, not so much.

Agent Coulson

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Really? Lets put that to the test

The Rock's last two films:

Empire State (straight to DVD) $3,639,345

Hercules $243.4 million

Will Smith's last two films:

Men In Black 3 $624,026,776

After Earth $243,843,127



So no, not so much.

From Forbes.
Dwayne Johnson Is The Top-Grossing Actor Of 2013

Fast & Furious 6; one big film, G.I. Joe: Retaliation; and two smaller films. Together they added up to $1.3 billion at the global box office.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/12/16/dwayne-johnson-is-the-top-grossing-actor-of-2013/

Will Smith doesn't even make the top 10 list.

IvaBigWun

Agent Coulson wrote: »

From Forbes.
Dwayne Johnson Is The Top-Grossing Actor Of 2013



http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/12/16/dwayne-johnson-is-the-top-grossing-actor-of-2013/

Will Smith doesn't even make the top 10 list.

Ageyev

Birneybau

Oh, back in the day Michael Ironside for Jack Nicholson.

Tipsy McSwagger

StarshipPooper wrote: »

I really don't get the Philip Seymour Hoffman/De Niro one. Could you elaborate please?

I think he's trying to say PSH is a poor mans De Niro, also a small little thing but I don't think PSH is working today.