DC as an actor
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — David Cronenberg
samantha3 — 11 years ago(February 18, 2015 07:17 PM)
I've seen almost none of his acting work, but I was taken by it when I was watching an old film by Gus Van Sant, TO DIE FOR. DC plays the hitman at the end, and I noticed that at that point in his life he looked like a refined and more intelligent, as well as more deeply sinister, version of George Segal, who has a role earlier in the film as a crude TV personality.
I think it might have been a private joke between DC and GVS. It certainly made a nice play on character and theme.
That film, BTW, is some of Nichole Kidman's best work, and the only time I have seen Joaquin Phoenix when he wasn't either grossly miscast or grossly overacting.
I miss River.
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MTmooVz — 10 years ago(October 14, 2015 08:16 AM)
Buttonface was hardly a minor role. He's the main protagonist and steers many of the major story events. Without him this story is about a man who gets therapy gets better marries the girl he loves happily ever after. And the world continues none the wiser to the existence of the Nightbreed. I also agree with OP that Cronenburg was one the better things in the movie. Buttonface is one of my favorite villains.