These movie performances went completely over the top, and sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't, but they were always memorable.
Whether by direction or the creative design of their actors, these over the top movie performances. There are various methods of acting, from Strasberg to Stanislavski, that involve techniques as all-encompassing as completely surrendering an actor's identity in order to become a character, or accessing deep emotions in order to embody their every mannerism and eccentricity.
14 Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Batman's nemesis has always been over the top, but Heath Ledger's interpretation of the Clown Prince of Crime hit differently in The Dark Knight. Ledger went beyond the flamboyant energy of Cesar Romero and the conniving criminal of Jack Nicholson to make a truly radical monster.
11 Jack Nicholson - The Shining Part of the appeal of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is the slow and impending dread that overshadows the film like the snow-capped mountains around the Overlook Hotel. It's also reflected in Jack Nicholson's performance as the hotel's caretaker for the winter, a novelist who hopes to complete his manuscript in relative serenity.
8 Bruce Campbell - Army Of Darkness In the first Evil Dead movie, Bruce Campbell played Ash fairly conventionally until the last half hour. The sequel, which took a hard swerve into camp, saw Campbell give Ash a little more personality as the threat of demonic possession increased.
5 Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder There are several arguably over-the-top performances in Tropic Thunder, particularly depending on fans' interpretation of Robert Downey Jr's Lazarus, but the most salient has to be Tom Cruise's Les Grossman. Normally known for participating in movie's most over-the-top stunts, here Cruise is a blatant parody of corporate greed and its effects on artistic integrity.
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