Riddle me this, does death save an actor’s career?

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 20 October, 2009 to the movies subset

David Thomson: does death at a young age – as was the case for Heath Ledger and James Dean for example – spare actors the risk of becoming typecast or enduring a long, slow, career decline?
In career terms early death may be a mercy for a young actor. James Dean died with three performances in [...]

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Live long and do not become typecast, Mr Spock

Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 7 April, 2009 to the movies subset

Zachary Quinto seems to have some of the same reservations playing the role of Star Trek’s Mr Spock, as did the original actor, Leonard Nimoy.
“Having to shave [the eyebrows] every day, having my hair in this horrible bowl cut, I felt sort of alienated from myself and alienated from other people,” Quinto says. “I never [...]

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