Saturday, 12 April 2014
Remember how Amitabh Bachchan used to die in most of his films; he died in Deewaar, Sholay, Muqaddar ka Sikander, Shakti and many others. Even Hrithik Roshan dies in a lot of his films. These great performances when comes in a dying role, makes an instant connect with the viewers.
After watching a hell lot of films from the west, I can say that death is equally important in Hollywood as well. Here is a list of popular Hollywood actors whose character died more often than others.
Totally Spoiler free.
After watching a hell lot of films from the west, I can say that death is equally important in Hollywood as well. Here is a list of popular Hollywood actors whose character died more often than others.
Totally Spoiler free.
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John Hurt, who played the role of Mr. Ollivander, the guy who handed Harry Potter his first wand, saying "the wand chooses the Wizard", died 40 times in his career, he acted in 186 films and died in more than 20 percent of them.
Sean Benn, Ned Stark of Game of Thrones, has acted in 100 films and has died 24 times, that is beyond John Hurt if we compare the percentage.
Robert DeNiro died 17 times in the 96 films he has done. Gary Oldman and Johnny Depp have tied their scores with 12 each, only Depp has done this in only 64 films while Gary Oldman took 73 films to die the same number of times.
Bruce Willis stands next to Depp with 11 deaths in 92 films and the one who is closing in on Willis is Leonardo DiCaprio.
But even though everyone outnumbered Leo DiCaprio, he beats everyone in percentage. Leonardo DiCaprio died in 9 films out of only 35 films he did. That's more than 25 percent of his films.
Poor guy, so many deaths and still no Oscar.
Amritt Rukhaiyaar
[This post is a part of the A to Z Challenge in April 2014. Let's celebrate blogging.]
Note: Number of films include some television roles as well
Note: Number of films include some television roles as well
NIce post !
ReplyDeleteglad you liked it Ananya :)
DeleteI cried when many of these people died (in the movies) :(
ReplyDelete~S(t)ri
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DeleteI hate it when leaf actors die. Breaks my heart. Nice compilation.
ReplyDeletethanks. glad you liked it :)
DeleteWhat an interesting post. I didn't realize that their acting career is a large percentage of death. Good performances though for the most part.
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thanks a ton Cely :)
DeleteI believe dying on stage takes a special talent - maybe when Hollywood choose an actor for a particular role they have to be sure they are a good "dier"--is that a word???
ReplyDeleteCarol @ Battered Hope
Dier or DYER not sure... :P
DeleteOh this is a unique post :) Catalogue of on-screen deaths. Sometimes, the character must die to further the story.
ReplyDeleteShailaja @Doting Mom
thanks a ton Shailaja :)
DeleteWow! That's a very very interesting topic to share, Amritt!! When a lead actor dies, it somehow depresses me :P
ReplyDeleteYeah, but they die for good... :) in most cases :P
DeletePoor Leo Indeed!! Love his movies except the titanic, he was wonderful in it but did not like him dying in that one.
ReplyDeleteLove it that these are spoiler free.
http://inderpreetkaur.blogspot.in/2014/04/zealous-zeal.html
Yeah, I know the over for cinema, can't spoil it for my readers :)
DeleteI am glad you liked the post Inderpreet