https://staging2.theplaylist.net/r-i-p-bob-hoskins-1942-2014-20140430/ Fri, 13 May 2016 07:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/r-i-p-bob-hoskins-1942-2014-20140430/#comment-33575 Fri, 13 May 2016 07:37:57 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2014/more/uncategorized/r-i-p-bob-hoskins-1942-2014-86554/#comment-33575 Hoskins was in the tradition of a Cagney, Bogart or Robinson: a great character actor who won over audiences through his personality and sheer on-screen dynamism. In supporting roles, he wiped the floor with his better paid co-stars and – with lead roles – he showed just how vacuous and inadequate most other actors are. He didn't need to act toughness; he just exuded the quality, which made his on-screen vulnerability all the more touching and authentic. George in 'Mona Lisa' is one of my favorite performances for the strange bullishness and poignancy he brought to the role. Others might have played the naive George a little more ironically, but Hoskins completed invested in the character's bruising exterior and childlike interior.

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