A sheep, a werewolf and a walrus walk into a bar.

Christoph Waltz
Elizabeth Taylor
Judy Garland
Maggie Smith

- 4 expected wins with clear cut margins there. 

 - Next round might be a little bit closer in some ties. Coincidentally round 1 opponents Marie Jose Croze and Mathieu Almaric appeared together in 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' which is a great film. 


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Results:
Gina Torres 0 v 9 Christoph Waltz
James Garner 1 v 10 Elizabeth Taylor
Freddie Highmore 0 v 10 Judy Garland
Maggie Smith 10 v 1 Isabelle Huppert

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Round 1 - Matches 137 - 140 (I think!)


Robert Vaughn - Appeared in three different films with Steve McQueen: The Magnificent Seven (1960), Bullitt (1968) and The Towering Inferno (1974).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001816/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Tommy Lee Jones - Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school as the former First Lady Laura Bush.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Marie Jose Croze - In 2014, she starred in Cavalry by Irish director John McDonagh and alongside Mathieu Kassovitz in Matthieu Delaporte's Nobody from Nowhere.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189887/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Matthieu Almaric - Born to Jacques Almaric, who has worked as an editorial journalist for the French newspapers Le Monde and Libération, and his wife Nicole Zand, a literary critic for Le Monde.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023832/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Naomie Harris - One of her favorite pastimes is experiencing sensory deprivation by spending regular periods in a flotation tank.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365140/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Simon Pegg - Is a huge Star Wars fan and his work often includes references to the Star Wars saga. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670408/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Kathy Bates -  Her Oscar-winning role as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990) was ranked #17 on the American Film Institute's villains list of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000870/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Henry Fonda -  Was twice a roommate and a very close friend of James Stewart. They met and shared a room when the two were both struggling young actors in the early 1930s. Fonda went to Hollywood shortly before Stewart. When Stewart arrived he shared Fonda's home, where they both gained reputations as ladies' men. After both married and had kids, the more mellow buddies still hung out, usually spending time building model airplanes.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000020/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 34 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 35 arrives.
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Robert Vaughn v Tommy Lee Jones
Marie jose Crozee v Matthieu Almaric
Naomie Harris v Simon Pegg
Kathy Bates v Henry Fonda
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Tommy Lee Jones
Abstain
Simon Pegg
Kathy Bates

Tommy Lee Jones
Abstain - never even heard of either of them
Simon Pegg
Kathy Bates

Tommy Lee Jones
Matthieu Almaric
Simon Pegg
Henry Fonda

Tommy Lee Jones
Pass
Pass
Henry Fonda

Robert Vaughn v Tommy Lee Jones - I do love TLJ, and he'll probably win this, but Vaughn was a Magnificent 7 and was some other cracking films, so I have to go with him here.
Marie jose Crozee v Matthieu Almaric I don't really know either, but have vague memories of seeing his work more than hers.
Naomie Harris v Simon Pegg - just been in better movies overall.
Kathy Bates v Henry Fonda - Bates is great. But Fonda was in 12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the We, Mister Roberts which were all above average, as well as plenty of other decent movies.

Tommy Lee Jones
Marie jose Crozee
Simon Pegg
Kathy Bates

Robert Vaughn
Marie jose Crozee
Naomie Harris
Henry Fonda

Tommy Lee Jones
Matthieu Almaric
Simon Pegg
Henry Fonda

Tommy Lee Jones

Marie jose Crozee v Matthieu Almaric - Without looking into their filmography, I'm pretty certain they starred alongside each other in Munich, Matthieu being the informant. Probably the only film I can recall for either of then at the mo so on that alone will pluck for Matthieu here

Simon Pegg

Henry Fonda

Tommy Lee Jones
Matthieu Almaric
Simon Pegg
Kathy Bates

Mathieu Amalric was also in 'Quantum of Solace'.

Popping this up now as it's highly likely there wont be another one up until Sunday afternoon. 

Last - Tommy Lee Jones waltzes through quickly followed by Matthieu Amalric, Simon Pegg & Henry Fonda. 

Next - Includes at least two that I know very little about. 

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Results:
Robert Vaughn 2 v 8 Tommy Lee Jones
Marie Jose Croze 2 v 5 Matthieu Amalric
Naomie Harris 1 v 8 Simon Pegg
Kathy Bates 4 v 6 Henry Fonda

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Round 1 - Matches 141 - 144 

Helena Bonham Carter - She based her performance of Marla Singer in Fight Club (1999) on Judy Garland in the later stages of her life. To help her get into the mindset, director David Fincher would often call her Judy on-set.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000307/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Alan Tudyk - During the filming of Trumbo, he entertained his on-screen son, Elijah Miskowski, and the other kids on set by performing his voice work from Frozen, Ice Age and Wreck It Ralph. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876138/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Kate Winslet - Prefers to wear boots rather than ordinary shoes because it makes her feel that her feet are "firmly on the ground".
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000701/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jensen Ackles - His parents named him Jensen because they considered other names, such as Justin too common. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010075/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Yvonne De Carlo - Took the role of Lily Munster on The Munsters (1964) to help pay husband Bob Morgan's medical bills. Morgan, an actor and stuntman, had suffered near-fatal injuries while filming How the West Was Won (1962).
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001119/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Leonardo DiCaprio - Early in his career he appeared as a contestant on a game show called "Fun House" where stunts were performed - his involved trying to catch fish in a small pool with only his teeth.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Juliette Binoche - She is the first actress to win the European 'Triple Crown': Best Actress at Venice, Berlin and Cannes film festivals for Trois Couleurs Bleu, The English Patient and Copie Conforme respectively.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000300/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Richard Burton - His movie contracts contained a clause that he did not have to work on the 1st of March, St David's Day, the day honoring the patron saint of Wales.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000009/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 35 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 36 arrives.
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Helena Bonham Carter v Alan Tudyk 
Kate Winslet v Jensen Ackles 
Yvonne De Carlo v Leonardo Di Caprio
Juliette Binoche v Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter
Jensen Ackles
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Alan Tudyk
Jensen Ackles
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

(07-11-2021, 01:23 AM)Zaph Wrote: [ -> ]Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Same please

Helena Bonham Carter
Jensen Ackles
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter v Alan Tudyk
Kate Winslet v Jensen Ackles
Yvonne De Carlo v Leonardo Di Caprio
Juliette Binoche v Richard Burton

Alan Tudyk
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Juliette Binoche

Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di CapRio
Richard Burton

Helena Bonham Carter
Kate Winslet
Leonardo Di Caprio
Richard Burton

Pre - After bright starts both Alan Tudyk & Jensen Ackles went down 9-3. Leonardo Di Caprio gave a 12-0 drubbing to Lily Munster.

Post - Big names, french names, a former doctor and a singer all forming the next batch. 
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Results:
Helena Bonham Carter 9 v 3 Alan Tudyk
Kate Winslet 9 v 3 Jensen Ackles
Yvonne De Carlo 0 v 12 Leonardo Di Caprio
Juliette Binoche 2 v 10 Richard Burton

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Round 1 - Matches 145 - 148

Tony Curtis - Broke a Hollywood taboo in the 1950s by insisting that an African-American actor, Sidney Poitier, have co-starring billing next to him in the movie The Defiant Ones (1958). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000348/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Matt Smith - He is well-known to co-stars for being extremely clumsy. Producers have even taken bets on how long it will take him to break props.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1741002/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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John Slattery - Quote - "I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis."
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805476/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Hilary Swank - Competed in the Junior Olympics and Washington state championships in swimming; ranked fifth in the state in all-around gymnastics.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005476/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Richard Harris - While living in England he popped out for milk one day and saw in a newspaper that Young Munster were playing in Thomond Park, Limerick. He got the next available flight to Ireland and spent the next three weeks on a drinking binge.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001321/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Elvis Presley - A remix of his song "A Little Less Conversation" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Ocean's Eleven (2001) and became a Billboard #1 hit single, over 20 years after his death. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000062/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Jean Jujardin - He's been best friends with Guillaume Canet since childhood. They once worked together as stable boys for iconic actor and passionate horse breeder Jean Rochefort. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241121/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Jack Nicholson - Boyhood friends with Danny DeVito. Nicholson's relatives and DeVito's relatives managed a hair salon together. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Voting on post 36 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 37 arrives.
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Tony Curtis v Matt Smith
John Slattery v Hilary Swank
Richard Harris v Elvis Presley
Jean Jujardin v Jack Nicholson
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Tony Curtis
Hilary Swank
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Tony Curtis
Hilary Swank
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson
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Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Matt Smith
John Slattery
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Tony Curtis
John Slattery
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Tony Curtis
Hilary Swank
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Matt Smith
Hilary Swank
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Tony Curtis
John Slattery (I don't like Hillary Swank)
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

I'm discovering that the list of Actors I dislike is growing day by day here ☺

Tony Curtis v Matt Smith
John Slattery v Hilary Swank
Richard Harris v Elvis Presley
Jean Jujardin v Jack Nicholson

Tony Curtis
Hilary Swank
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Matt Smith
Hilary Swank
Richard Harris
Jack Nicholson

Tony Curtis
John Slattery
Richard Harris
Jean Jujardin

A - Richard Harris & Jack Nicholson were massive margin winners as one would expect. Tony Curtis eases through and closest of all was a 1 vote win for Hilary Swank. 

B - I really think these 4 could go either way. Has the look of a 2nd round batch rather than 1st round. 

Results:
Tony Curtis 8 v 3 Matt Smith
John Slattery 5 v 6 Hilary Swank
Richard Harris 12 v 0 Elvis Presley
Jean Jujardin 1 v 11 Jack Nicholson

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Round 1 - Matches 149 - 152

Helen Mirren - In 1975, she was famously dubbed "the 'sex queen' of the Royal Shakespeare Company" by the BBC's Michael Parkinson.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000545/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Bryan Cranston -He won the 2017 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Network" at the National Theatre in London.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186505/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Woody Harrelson - He climbed the Golden Gate Bridge and put up a sign that read, "Hurwitz. Aren't ancient redwoods more precious than gold?" in protest of MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber CEO Charles Hurwitz, who once stated, "He who has the gold, makes the rules". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000437/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Emma Stone - Emily Jean "Emma" Stone was born on November 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to Krista Jean Stone (née Yeager), a homemaker & Jeffrey Charles "Jeff" Stone, a contracting company founder and CEO.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1297015/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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William Hurt - He is the son of Claire Isabel (McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked in the state department. His stepfather, Henry Luce III, was the son of Time magazine founder Henry Luce. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000458/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Ryan Gosling - Born in the same hospital as his The Notebook (2004) co-star Rachel McAdams -- St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario -- though he's younger.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331516/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Michelle Williams - Two of her films premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Certain Women (2016). She couldn't attend the festival because she was in rehearsals for the Broadway play "Blackbird".

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931329/

Nicole Kidman - Elegant Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Helen Mirren v Bryan Cranston
Woody Harrelson v Emma Stone
William Hurt v Ryan Gosling
Michelle Williams v Nicole Kidman
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