Type Cast as Al Bundy - Serious roles don't work

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Ed O'Neill

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JohnHere — 13 years ago(April 24, 2012 03:01 PM)

When I see him playing a serious role like a cop or something it just doesn't work for me. I'm always like "isn't that Al Bundy".
Anyone else feel the same?

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firstwinsgop — 13 years ago(July 23, 2012 09:48 PM)

"John From Cincinnati" was probably the best work he's done since Married With Children and that was an extremely serious role. You forget that he was Al Bundy within 2 minutes. He was also very good in Spartan. Ed is a great actor, and if the material is good enou1c84gh, he works just fine. The problem I think is if he does "serious" stuff that isn't written to a high quality. If the writing just isn't there, then the audience loses interest and then starts remembering its Al Bundy.

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CharlotteGoldenblatt — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 11:24 AM)

It's ironic bc originally the producers from MWC didn't think he'd make a good al bundy because he Was more of a serious actor before he was cast and look how that turned out.