Saturday, February 21, 2009

The Well Known Guest Star Theory

Just a random thought for the day :

Something i`ve noticed when watching pretty much any Drama....well I suppose any Tv show that requires a villain or fall guy is that the most well known guest star is generally the person who did it. Basically if the show you are watching has a character that is not normally a re-curring character that is played by an actor that you are sitting there thinking what do I know that person from, then you will find that most of the time the villain is the character played by that actor.

Reasoning behind this appears to be that the day to day villain is generally required to deliver lines and acting that is above the norm for your everyday "extra" or sub-par wannabe actor, so basically it requires an actor that has generally proven themselves in a speaking role previously, i`m not saying every villain is a well known actor{i.e a well know A-List Actor), it is just usually a case of that actor looking familiar from somewhere.

Anyway that`s my theory it seems to work, Adele and I have tested this on Criminal Minds, Bones, NCIS and a few other shows, it doesn`t always work as we have not seen every show on the planet, but generally if you look at imdb after a show is over and look at the credits for the main villain they will have had some part in a show that required some lines or acting to be delivered.

Well it`s been a plethora(Jefe, do you know what a plethora is?) of posts today but I think that`s it for the day. Bye.

3 comments:

foxylady said...

who is Jefe????

Phrog said...

El guapo`s side kick : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6E682C7Jj4

Kirsty said...

Oh mum...