sounds like an excellent supporting cast. I'm rather surprised myself by the choice - perhaps it's because I actually like Neeson far too much (come on, he's an excellent actor even if the roles he plays sometimes stupefy me. Darkman, anyone?) and I would love to have seen him get more screen presence in certain films.
what I find, though, and I'm actually speaking about a lot of Bollywood films here, is that when the main cast of a film is populated by virtual unknowns, or else actors that have only just made a jump from television to cinema, having a big name in the mix (even if the mentioned actor appears oin screen for, what, five minutes in total) is usually a marketing tactic. I haven't seen the movie and even from here it doesn't strike me as the kind of movie that would necessarily have to employ such a means to draw in the target audience, but that is usually the case.
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Date: 2005-09-27 02:32 am (UTC)what I find, though, and I'm actually speaking about a lot of Bollywood films here, is that when the main cast of a film is populated by virtual unknowns, or else actors that have only just made a jump from television to cinema, having a big name in the mix (even if the mentioned actor appears oin screen for, what, five minutes in total) is usually a marketing tactic. I haven't seen the movie and even from here it doesn't strike me as the kind of movie that would necessarily have to employ such a means to draw in the target audience, but that is usually the case.
-Kiks