Musicians turned actors

[Metaphor]

on the other hand you have a guy like Jared Leto (sp) the dude from requiem for a dream, whos a damn fine actor, but his band sucks soo hard. (30 seconds to mars)

[Nochowderforyou]

Yes, Mark Waulberg (sp?) is a great actor. I caught some of his bro's work too Donny from New Kids. He's a good actor too.

I didn't care much for Eminem's work, not because of his music, but 8mile I didn't care for.

Ludacris is a fine example of bad acting in my opinion. 2 Fast 2 Furious was awful acting.

DMX, hmmm...not bad, but not great either.

Ice-T is a good actor though.

So I guess not all musicians are bad actors, but I do find it unfair that they get an acting role just because of some record sales. That's just me though.

And Eminem sucks! Ha ha! Just kidding, but seriously, I don't like his music.

[robert42]

mos def is good

so is common

[Purple Banana]

Ugh, Jennifer Lopez sucks at BOTH. Thank pot she hasn't come out with a new album lately. My ears are still hurting from Jenny On The Block.

I can't believe after Gigli people still offered her scripts.

[RaoulDuke45]

ice cube is a really good rapper AND actor

[Breukelen advocaat]

Frank Sinatra acted in a lot of good movies including The Manchurian Candidate, and From Here To Eternity.

[birdgirl73]

Francis Albert even won an acting Oscar for that role in From Here to Eternity, unless I'm mistaken. But I don't think I am.

[timothylearyisdead]

One word: Spinal Tap baby!

[crudemood]

I totally agree it's unfair. It's all about the marketing, that's probably one of the biggest reason's this occurs. But...sometimes true talent does show. I actually think Method isn't too bad (I'm not talking about How High). Eminem definitely showed acting talent in 8 Mile, I don't care what anyone says...he even was praised by all the big time movie reviewers, and he's recently had a shitload of scripts to read, he's trying to pick the best one for him...but he's just a rapper with no talent, right Chowda lol. Then there's Ice Cube, but I consider him an actor rather a than musician anyway...same thing with Ice T. DMX has been in a good amount of movies, so obviously some talent there. And Tupac was a very well received actor at his time. And come on, Snoop's just the man, he can do whatever he wants.

Then, you can also say Will Smith and Mark Walhberg...and that definitely turned out for the better...two of the best actors ever right there. And after last night, you gotta add Jennifer Hudson.

So I guess....yeah it's unfair, but if the talent is there, it's there. And if not...you'll only get one shot for marketing purposes, and you can stick to your million dollar day job anyway lol.

If Eminem or 50 cent could act a part other than gangster then I'd give them some sort of credit for acting half decent. But if you act like a gangster within you music and you're sense of style and then act the exact same way in a movie, I don't think thats talent. I think talent is someone who has versatility wihtin their acting ablibites like Johnny Depp for example, then i'd say he or she is a good actor/actress

[notransfer]

i was gonna say wahlburg...
and leto on the flip side..hearing his shit on the radio bothers me

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