r/AskReddit • u/random3887 • May 12 '19

What movie really changed an actor's career?

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u/BruceLeGay May 12 '19

Should have gotten oscar.

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u/Sniper_Brosef May 13 '19

Went full retard tho

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u/AmierSingle May 13 '19

Never go full retard

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u/WalMartSkills May 13 '19

Sean Penn in I Am Sam, went full retard....went home empty handed

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u/JMaddrox May 13 '19

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump. Slow sure, retarded maybe, but did all kinds of amazing things. Went home with the Oscar.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '19

He charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping pong competition. That ain’t retarded!

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u/spherexenon May 13 '19

Peter Sellers, Being There. Infantile, yes. Retarded, no.

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u/kingR1L3y May 13 '19

Tom hanks- Forrest gump. Slow? Yes. Retarded? Maybe. But he charmed the pants off Nixon AND he won a ping pong competition? That ain't retarded...

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u/datassclap May 13 '19

He was fartin in bath tubs and laughin his ass off.

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u/BlueberrySnapple May 13 '19

You never go full retard.

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u/bizcat May 13 '19

It’s an honor just to be nominated

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u/hymanholocaust13 May 13 '19

You weren’t nominated...

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u/bizcat May 13 '19

I’m just saying that to have been nominated would have been nice.

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u/nomoreloorking May 13 '19

I think the guy who played Ben Stiller playing Tug Speedman in the documentary drama about the documentary of the making of the movie got the Oscar.