[RodHull]

Originally Posted by The Penguin

His moderate fame comes primarily from being associated with great films. Whether you like him in the house or not, that's what he is. So let's not make out he's some big Hollywood star. He's not.

Thats the funniest thing Ive read in days. You could apply that logic to just about anyone in any film ever. Would De Niro be a massive star if he hadn't been given roles in great films?? Good example would be Dan Akroyd who was about as big a comedy actor as you could get in the 80s and 90s but when the roles dried up he faded into obscurity. Did he suddenly become crap overnight or was it perhaps just the mercurial nature of fame and celebrity in Hollywood.

Take Mickey Rourke (who I believe is mates with Michael) up until the Wrestler and Sin City he was a washed up nobody. And for that matter Travolta in his role in Pulp Fiction, that totally resurrected his career.

Madsen pretty much IS reservoir dogs, he and Harvey Keitel hold the whole film together. For that alone he is a film legend, that film revolutionised the way films are made, Tarantino is a genuis, the fact he cast him in 3 separate films tells me he must be fairly talented.

The Doors- Tom Baker(1991)
Thelma and Louise- Jimmy(1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Free Willy (1993)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
The Getaway (1994)
Species (1995)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Die Another Day (2002)
Kill Bill: Volume 1- Budd (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2- Budd (2004)
Sin City (2005)

Thats a selection of the 150 films hes made. Ive seen all of those (except the free willy films lol) and hes good in all of them.

[The Penguin]

Originally Posted by RodHull

Thats the funniest thing Ive read in days. You could apply that logic to just about anyone in any film ever. Would De Niro be a massive star if he hadn't been given roles in great films?? Good example would be Dan Akroyd who was about as big a comedy actor as you could get in the 80s and 90s but when the roles dried up he faded into obscurity. Did he suddenly become crap overnight or was it perhaps just the mercurial nature of fame and celebrity in Hollywood.

Take Mickey Rourke (who I believe is mates with Michael) up until the Wrestler and Sin City he was a washed up nobody. And for that matter Travolta in his role in Pulp Fiction, that totally resurrected his career.

Madsen pretty much IS reservoir dogs, he and Harvey Keitel hold the whole film together. For that alone he is a film legend, that film revolutionised the way films are made, Tarantino is a genuis, the fact he cast him in 3 separate films tells me he must be fairly talented.

The Doors- Tom Baker(1991)
Thelma and Louise- Jimmy(1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Free Willy (1993)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
The Getaway (1994)
Species (1995)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Die Another Day (2002)
Kill Bill: Volume 1- Budd (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 2- Budd (2004)
Sin City (2005)

Thats a selection of the 150 films hes made. Ive seen all of those (except the free willy films lol) and hes good in all of them.

My original point was on the twins comment about how people have seen all his films. Most of the great films he has been in, he was not the thing people remember about the film and he didn't play one of the main characters. Reservoir Dogs and that infamous scene are probably the exception. And his part in Die Another Day was so minor that I forgot he was in it.

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Tarrantino wanted Michael for the role of Vincent in Pulp Fiction but he had to turn it down due to other commitments and the part went to Travolta