Comments on: Pedro Almodovar Says Daniel Day-Lewis Can’t Do Comedy (And Neither Could Marlon Brando)

By: dmso

dmso — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:14 +0000

I guess Pedro has never seen A ROOM WITH A VIEW.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:14 +0000

Bravo Almodovar. As I commented on this site in the past, it is easier for a comedic actor to excel in a dramatic role than the contrary.

By: Eoin Daly

Eoin Daly — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

Just because Lewis does not do full comedies like Bridesmaids or even SNL does not mean he is not funny. He is funny in every one of his films and I agree that he is funny in real life as well but I like that Lewis picks great projects over bad ones and while most of them are not slap stick comedies does not mean he can be funny without having to try bad sex or fall over. I actually think he is quite funny in Room With a View.

By: Drew Morton

Drew Morton — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

DDL did a pretty good job at this year's Oscars.

By: Alan the Car Salesman

Alan the Car Salesman — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

Dustin Hoffman? Jack Nicholson?

By: cattt

cattt — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

TWBB and Gangs have a few funny bits, thanks to Day-Lewis.

Speaking of Gangs of NY: Di Caprio can't do comedy.

By: Duddi

Duddi — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

I've seen DDL in only one "clean" comedy so far, and that was "Starts and Bars" which was awful even thou it had its little moments, and DDL's performance wasn't bad at all, he was acceptable… But i understand why he never got back to that stuff, because he's better at more serious genre. And about Brando comments that Almadovar did, I would say that he was good in comedy either. I've seen this movie with Brando "The Tea House ofthe August Moon"" in which I think it's the best comedy performance from Brando (Also The Freshman and A Countess from Hong Kong, Bed Time Story come in mind as comedy movies that he did and he's good at them).

By: MDL

MDL — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

Daniel Day-Lewis had a light touch in Lincoln, which even had him tell a couple of jokes. I have no doubt that he could do comedy – and well. He's just not typecast that way. But who cares? Don't we have enough comedians?

By: DG

DG — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

Bedtime Story is a great movie and Brando is funny in that (I kind of think that movie could work as a remake/update if they got the right cast, maybe Owen Wilson in the older playboy role). Daniel Plainview makes me laugh out loud at certainty times but obviously is not traditionally funny. I think DDL could easily be funny or fit into an ensemble comedy but there's no way he could pull off a comedic lead a la Will Ferrel, Paul Rudd, Kristin Wiig, Adam Scott, etc.

By: wes

wes — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

While I admire and respect Almodovar, I think he doesn't know what he's talking about here.

By: ERFNK

ERFNK — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

JOHNNY DEPP is the greatest actor alive

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

DDL is freakin' hilarious. How about the end of There Will Be Blood…had me in tears laughing! Almodovar is brilliant, but comparing DDL with miss Monroe and then topping it with "DDL can't do comedy" is nuts. Nothing against Monroe (she was great), but acting-wise she isn't in the same league with DDL. Sorry Pedro, but you are wrong…*presses button and launches your ass off the bridge….."

By: kb rai

kb rai — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

its pretty obvious he has not heard of THE FRESHMAN – where brando was hilarious or TEA HOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON…even in guys and dolls – marlon was the epitiomy of cool and swagger

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

No. Brando could not do comedy. He was stiff. He had a couple of great moments in Missouri, which was a dramatic film, but that was all. In the Countess of Hong Kong he was terrible. The great Meryl Streep, whom I love, drives me nuts in comedies since she has the tendency of laughing/giggling excessively. She was insufferable in Mama Mia and It's Complicated. But, for instance, Jack Lemmon and Walther Matthau were great in Odd Couple and equally great in The Days of Wine and Roses and Charlie Varrick, respectively. Being hilarious and being 'light' do not necessarily come as one same package.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

Er has he seen There Will Be Blood? Or the numerous interviews where hes funny? I think he probably could do a comedy but depends what comedy hes talking about? Like The Hangover? Why would DDL do something like that and why would we want to see it? I think Christian Bale is an example of a method actor who can do serious drama and comedy, he is hilarious and serious at the same time in American Psycho.

By: hannah

hannah — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

I mean..DDL was really funny in Lincoln. Lincoln was a funny person, and DDL captured that totally. I'm not sure he's Will Ferrell, but able to do a comedy? Probably.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

Gene Wilder: Method Actor.

By: MAZO

MAZO — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

JOHNNY DEPP is one of the greatest method-actors and the greatest character-actor and he can play every thing every role every matter

By: Jackol Bari

Jackol Bari — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:13 +0000

JOHNNY DEPP can play everything & he is a method actor