I'm not a fan of mafia/mobster movies (maybe it's because I don't like Italian food), so the first movie I saw Ray Liotta in was "Corrina, Corrina." So when I'm flipping through the TV channels and happen upon "Goodfellas," I can't stop picturing him playing the Jell-O jingle on the piano with Whoopi Goldberg. Not very threatening, I know.
The first time I ever saw Hugh Jackman, he was playing Curly in the musical "Oklahoma." Now I can't watch any of the "X-Men" movies without expecting him to break out singing "Surry with the Fringe on Top" in the middle of a big battle scene.
Don't even get me started on Shirley Jones. After years of watching her as Mrs. Partridge, I still can't bear to see her play a prostitute in "Elmer Gantry," even if she did win an Oscar for the role. I'm sorry, I can't. It's just not right.Is it just me?
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No. I can never seem to take Tom Hanks seriously in any sort of drama, having grown up watching him in "Bosom Buddies" in his young, cute, and silly days.
GEO -- oh, me too! I loved that show. "Sonny, Sonny, Sonny."
MmMMmmmm Goodfellas.
p.s. Brad Pitt once broke Carol Seaver's heart on Growing Pains and I've never forgiven him.
AZUCAR -- don't you mean, "Mmmmmmm Good N Plenty"?
What? Brad Pitt was on "Growing Pains"? Him AND Leonardo DiCaprio? Wow, who knew?
I know! I totally see actors in the roles I saw them in first. I can't get over it. Perhaps it's why so many actors are typecast in the same sort of roles, again and again.
RYNELL -- yes, typecasting is horrible, but so true.
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