An Appreciation of Brad Dourif

Having just watched the doc - Living With Chucky and been pleasantly surprised by how brisk and engaging it is for me who has never seen a Child's Play film, I wanted to take a second and say what a particular and unique place Dourif has carved out in 20th and 21st century movies.

Along with folks like Christopher Lloyd, Jean Smart, and of course the finally-properly-superstar-famous Willem Dafoe, he is such a unique and striking actor.

From the start, he's been so good and oddly versatile, even if often in 'weirdo' roles.

Consider the fact that the heart of Deadwood - a brutal show - is located mostly in the honest-hearted characters of John Hawke's Sol Star, and Dourif's Doc Cochran.

Or think of the fact that even your average blockbuster viewer who doesn't care about Deadwood or even Child's Play still will never forget Dourif's Wormwood in LOTR: The Two Towers - whose malevolent whispering to the king inspires some of the best non-battle sequences in the film.

He's done loads of movies, from plenty of kookie flicks to family films. Like Mark Hamill - he found a route from typical stardom to character bits and voice acting roles (which remains an underrated skill), and also being a good dude at conventions and with fan culture, which I'm sure is exhausting and other actors burn out on or become bitter about.

Oh - and he's got an Oscar nomination. It's for his first movie, a little joint called: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (one of three movies in history to win all of the 'big five' Oscars: director, OG screenplay, both lead performers, and picture).

That is all!

Submitted April 18, 2023 at 06:08AM by GTKPR89 https://ift.tt/bjy1T0p