Hollywood Tough Guys

[Lil Red]

+J.M.J.+
i was reading [url="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/kschlichter/2009/08/04/lee-marvin-that-glorious-bastard/"]this from Big Hollywood[/url], where he talks about the fact that Quentin Tarantino is trying to pass off Brad Pitt as a tough guy and that he doesn't match up to Lee Marvin.

i agree that it seems like the tough guys coming out of Hollywood nowadays are panty-waists. when i think of tough guy hero, i think Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, etc.

what do you think? are there any tough guys left in Hollywood that aren't effeminate shadows of the old Hollywood tough guys?

[CatherineM]

I remember when Brad Pitt was making Seven, he broke his hand doing a stunt, and they just wrote it into the script. Most of the tough guys making movies today aren't really actors, they are converted wrestlers and the like. Actors get paid too much money to be risked in the same way. Studios don't tolerate the same level of drinking either because they get picked up for DUI and it's an embarrassment, plus it increases the amount of money that insurance companies charge to insure a film. I guess Bruce Willis is about the youngest tough guy type.

[Kaeldra]

don't forget bogart, not quite in the same realm, but I wouldn't mess with him!! And yeah, I'm having a hard time thinking of an actual tough guy nowadays.... Harrison Ford used to be pretty cool?

[Maximilianus]

No fair Lil Red, Lee Marvin was wounded in Saipan, Pitt was wounded filming a movie.

[scardella]

Jason Statham?

Roles:
"Handsome Rob" - Italian Job
Frank Martin - Transporter

[T-Bone _]

I'm with Catherine. Bruce Willis is the last of the tough guys. Maybe Wesley Snipes--but he hasn't made a movie in forever...

[Winchester]

R. Lee Ermey.


And that guy that beat up Rihanna--he's pretty tough, apparently.

Edited August 6, 2009 by Winchester

[Kaeldra]

winchester, haha that's a little messed up. I love your avatar! Jayne is a tough guy, right?

[txdinghysailor]

[quote name='scardella' post='1941827' date='Aug 6 2009, 10:08 AM']Jason Statham?

Roles:
"Handsome Rob" - Italian Job
Frank Martin - Transporter[/quote]

Hear hear! Don't forget about Crank, either.

And Bruce Willis, of course.

I think Matt Damon's a pretty tough guy... Not as intimidating maybe, but tough as nails.

[Lil Red]

+J.M.J.+
[quote name='CatherineM' post='1940520' date='Aug 4 2009, 01:09 PM']I remember when Brad Pitt was making Seven, he broke his hand doing a stunt, and they just wrote it into the script. Most of the tough guys making movies today aren't really actors, they are converted wrestlers and the like. Actors get paid too much money to be risked in the same way. Studios don't tolerate the same level of drinking either because they get picked up for DUI and it's an embarrassment, plus it increases the amount of money that insurance companies charge to insure a film. I guess Bruce Willis is about the youngest tough guy type.[/quote]
very true.

[quote name='Kaeldra' post='1941439' date='Aug 5 2009, 07:13 PM']don't forget bogart, not quite in the same realm, but I wouldn't mess with him!! And yeah, I'm having a hard time thinking of an actual tough guy nowadays.... Harrison Ford used to be pretty cool?[/quote]
used to be is the key words. now he's just an aging hippie (note the earring the ear to be 'cool').

[quote name='Maximilianus' post='1941744' date='Aug 6 2009, 12:24 AM']No fair Lil Red, Lee Marvin was wounded in Saipan, Pitt was wounded filming a movie. [/quote]

[quote name='scardella' post='1941827' date='Aug 6 2009, 07:08 AM']Jason Statham?

Roles:
"Handsome Rob" - Italian Job
Frank Martin - Transporter[/quote]
well, maybe.

[quote name='txdinghysailor' post='1941901' date='Aug 6 2009, 09:23 AM']Hear hear! Don't forget about Crank, either.

And Bruce Willis, of course.

I think Matt Damon's a pretty tough guy... Not as intimidating maybe, but tough as nails.[/quote]
i definitely agree with Matt Damon.

[Archaeology cat]

Lee Marvin rocks

[Era Might]

Take away their guns, and what makes any Hollywood tough guy so tough?

[Winchester]

[quote name='Kaeldra' post='1941896' date='Aug 6 2009, 11:20 AM']winchester, haha that's a little messed up. I love your avatar! Jayne is a tough guy, right? [/quote]
Jayne is cuddly.

[Seven77]

i was watching The Dirty Dozen again yesterday... those were some real tough guys man

[Maximilianus]

Charles Bronson...'nuff said.