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Tce_ t1_j20eqys wrote

Reply to comment by ShimmerFaux in Why are actors with amazing performances in one high profile role, not re-casted in other high profile roles? by Royal-Geologist587

Absolutely, there are! That's the risk of playing a single role for so many years, while I assume the reward (apart from liking the show and the role) is stability and a steady income. Most professions have different risks like that and you have to weigh them against each other. I just don't like the idea of blaming fans who love a certain role for the actor's association with it. People are allowed to enjoy pop culture and it's the actor who chose that role and chose to stay with it so long after all (I know there are contracts that span several years, but few people sign 15-year contracts for a role - they choose sign new ones after a while).

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ShimmerFaux t1_j20hrmg wrote

That’s it isnt it? That distinction. You don’t like blaming the fans because they simply consume the media, buy the soundtracks, play the shows on their streaming service of choice…

But they drive the sales too? The actor is partially only great because they have great behind the scenes stuff… writers, music, props teams, countless others. But the actor becomes known for playing that character for such a long time simply because the company was allowed to continue to cast them for such a long time, because revenue streams continued for such a long time.

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Tce_ t1_j20zlq4 wrote

But they can choose to drop out (once their first contract is over). You can't assign responsibility to the audience and none to the person actually putting themselves in that position. They're the only one who knows what they want, after all.

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ShimmerFaux t1_j212p0n wrote

I wonder at that, past a certain point there’s no going back.

You’re too well known for one role, one type. I still cannot look at Patrick Stewart and not see Picard. Recently he’s reprised that role and brought it back. But before he did that he went big screen in multiple different IP’s including X-Men. I will forever hear his voice and hear “make it so”.

I am partly to blame for this very thing. I recognize that and i’m blaming myself. As a life long fan of his distinguished acting career, i will forever put him as Captain Picard.

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Tce_ t1_j2164y5 wrote

I was gonna say, I associate him pretty strongly with Professor X! But then I haven't watched Star Trek either, so that might help. It's a little like David Boreanaz though - he got two iconic roles and they're the only ones I can ever imagine him in. At least one of the roles spanned two different shows. :P

There definitely seems to be a point of no return with these things... Although in very rare occasions I believe some actors have broken out and started getting other roles and changed the view of them. Must be hard though, and rely a lot on luck as well.

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