Movie Characters You Fear You'll Become

[Nathan Dodge]

Have you ever seen a film and identify with one of the characters for all the "wrong" reasons? I was enjoying the 2009 Woody Allen opus, Whatever Works but winced at the possibility that my current "track" may well lead me to Boris Yellnikoff territory. I haven't had that jarring realization since seeing Max Von Sydow's character Frederick ranting about society in Hannah and Her Sisters.

Recently, I fear that unless I defeat the forces of ennui, I'll end up looking and behaving like François Berléand in La fille coupée en deux:

So what about the rest of you? Don't be afraid...embrace the fear!

 

[Edward]

Steve Buscemi in a lot of stuff. Bogart as Rick Blaine in Casablanca - the cynical, world-weary character he is at the beginning (though in truth I see that as something to which to aspire).

 

[DNO]

Charles Foster Kane...surrounded by possessions, and alone.

 

[Fletch]

Seymour from Ghost World.

 

[herringbonekid]

Boris Lermontov, 'The Red Shoes'. this is pretty much my everyday expression already:

 

[Old Rogue]

Always pictured myself as Rick Blaine in Casablanca, but fear that maybe I'm more like Ugarte....

 

[dhermann1]

This is just too scarey to talk about:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I always fear I'll become Walter Matthau in the Grumpy/Grumpier Old Men movies.

 

[Lincsong]

I was always scared to death of Gene Wilder in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Mrs Matt Black


[video=youtube;kmZisPMTFcA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZisPMTFcA[/video]



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[Flicka]

When I saw Pride & Prejudice with some friends, I had the horrible feeling of seeing myself when Kitty and Lydia make fools of themselves by drunken giggling and flirting. I leaned towards my friend and whispered: "That's not us is it?" at the very same moment as my other friend whispered: "OMG, that is SO you two!" :eeek:

But I identified rather painfully with Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets. More than a fleeting similarity, actually.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Man, that is fantastic! And I mean that in as non-sarcastic a way as possible. That's too much!

Thank you for "embracing the fear"!
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"Come on, read my future for me."
"You haven't got any."
"Hmm? What do you mean?"
"Your future's all used up."

This is just too scarey to talk about:

 

[Edward]

Seymour from Ghost World.

I think I mostly am him already.

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

Baby Jane Hudson or Norma Desmond.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Tugboat Annie.

 

[The Wolf]

William Powell's character from High Pressure; a man with good ideas that needs to be found once in a while and cleaned up.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Stearmen]

Droppy Dog! [video=youtube;3AA7Ub1c2cI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AA7Ub1c2cI[/video]

 

[The Good]

I don't consider myself a particularly greedy or rude person (of course I'm wrong some of the time, it's a part of human nature to commit ill will against others), but I hope I don't ever end up like Fred C. Dobbs did in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; pursuing some sort of fortune or goal in life, only to suffer dire consequences and lose something (or my life) of great value because of it.

 

[Yeps]

Wait, did you say fear or aspire...


Also,

 

[Chasseur]

Somewhere between these guys in measures yet to be determined...

Mason's character not Gielgud's