Good examples of actors “chewing the scenery”

[u/NotBruceJustWayne]

I just rewatched Spider-Man (2002) and the scenes where Willam Dafoe is playing the deranged Norman Osbourne just look likes he’s really really over acting and having a lot of fun with it. Chewing the scenery as they say.

Can anyone think of any other great examples of movies with actors doing the same?

[u/rwags2024]

Everyone is fantastic in The Death of Stalin, but the whole cast goes out the window when Jason Isaacs enters the room

[u/SutterCane → u/rwags2024]

Am I the one who gets to post the fact that they had to give Isaacs less medals than the real guy?

[u/miklettes → u/SutterCane]

Fewer

[u/Carinne89 → u/rwags2024]

He hugged me at a convention once. It was lovely ☺️

[u/ready_or_not_3434 → u/rwags2024]

The slow motion entrance where he throws off his coat is just perfect. He definately knew what kind of movie he was in and cranked it up to 11.

[u/solon_isonomia → u/rwags2024]

"Right, that's me told."

[u/chunga_95 → u/solon_isonomia]

Im off to represent the Red Army at the buffet.

[u/moonsorrow9 → u/rwags2024]

I loved him as Lucius Malfoy. The hair, the cane, the voice, the whole vibe was just so extra it's amazing.

[u/DuaneHicks → u/rwags2024]

"I'm smiling but I'm furious"

[u/butt5tuffthr0waway → u/rwags2024]

Who’s a man got to fuck to get some lubrication around here?!

[u/mecha_andyman]

Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a prime example of this

[u/Tovrin → u/mecha_andyman]

And Die Hard. I am an *exceptional** thief, and since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.*

I so miss Alan Rickman.

[u/emjaywood → u/Tovrin]

He was great in Dogma, too. Funny & sarcastic, he also brought a great sensitivity to that role, and was absolutely perfect in the scene by the creek. How fortunate for us that he chose acting, as we can still revisit him & experience his gifts over & again.

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Because it’ll HURT MORE !

[u/washismypilotnow → u/cbelt3]

And cancel Christmas!

[u/B-ran8088 → u/cbelt3]

Bring a friend

[u/VipperofVip → u/B-ran8088]

And keep the stitches smaaaall.

[u/streakermaximus → u/cbelt3]

You twit!!

[u/wrdnd → u/mecha_andyman]

And in Galaxy Quest! BY GRABTHAR'S HAMMER!

[u/AWildEnglishman → u/wrdnd]

I played Richard III. There were five curtain calls. I was an actor once, damn it! Now look at me. Look at me! I won't go out there and say that stupid line one more time.

[u/Flight_Harbinger → u/wrdnd]

Literally the perfect actor in the perfect role.

"... What a savings...."

[u/Mysterious_Wash9071 → u/wrdnd]

They're miners not minors!!!

[u/solon_isonomia → u/mecha_andyman]

He knew exactly what the movie was, what his job was, and did it perfectly.

[u/hyzerflipthescript → u/mecha_andyman]

Tim Curry in the three musketeers too.

[u/Pryach → u/mecha_andyman]

I recently found out there's an Extended Edition of Prince of Thieves and most of the additional scenes are his.

[u/papierdoll → u/Pryach]

Where??

[u/_life_is_a_joke_ → u/papierdoll]

You can stream it on Amazon. The additional scenes really do add to the movie too. They're not just fluff. I prefer the director's cut on rewatches

[u/Willie_Mays_Hayes00 → u/mecha_andyman]

One of my favorite performances of all-time!

"THAT'S MY WIFE, CHRONE!"

[u/Lurifix1]

Choosing Willam Dafoe is cheating. Just look at Boondocks Saints

[u/Woodie626 → u/Lurifix1]

THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT

[u/_life_is_a_joke_ → u/Woodie626]

His responses to the casual homophobia from one of the detectives.

[u/mfyxtplyx → u/Lurifix1]

And The Lighthouse. First thing I thought of.

[u/Demolitions75 → u/mfyxtplyx]

YER GAHD DAHM FAAHRTS

[u/papierdoll → u/Demolitions75]

Yer fond of me lobster ain't ye!

[u/kneeco28]

Virtually Nic Cage's whole career.

[u/ahorrribledrummer → u/kneeco28]

Seriously, just watch Face/Off or The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

[u/rdkil → u/ahorrribledrummer]

And then follow it with Paddington 2.

[u/Snoogieboogie → u/rdkil]

"Padddington 2 is fucking incredible"

[u/RianJohnsonIsAFool → u/rdkil]

It made me want to be a better man.

[u/eltictac → u/ahorrribledrummer]

I just watched Vampire's Kiss for the first time recently. Incredible Cage performance 😅

[u/BortVanderBoert → u/ahorrribledrummer]

How could you forget the bathroom scene in Mandy?!

[u/Snarl_Marx → u/kneeco28]

I could chew a scene for hours…

[u/TheGlen → u/kneeco28]

Then we have Conair. Where apparently every single actor in the movie took it as a challenge.

[u/AwesomeExo → u/kneeco28]

Currently going through Spider-Noir and there is some stuff in episode 6 and 7 where he looks like he’s having so much fun being Nic Cage.

[u/DetectiveCastellanos → u/AwesomeExo]

Yeah his personality seemed really muted in the first few episodes but I really enjoyed watching him Cage-out in the later half.

[u/Even_Tangerine_4201 → u/AwesomeExo]

I went to a screening with the director and he said that on any given day Cage would say “today I’m doing James Cagney” or Edward G Robinson or whatever.

He also said Cage pitched the idea of filming in both color and black and white to the head of the studio and intimated this created enormous production challenges that at the end of the day probably weren’t worth it

[u/Alabatman → u/Even_Tangerine_4201]

I loved the Black and White version!

[u/RejectingBoredom → u/kneeco28]

So many 2010s era movies that never would have been seen by a soul were watched purely because of Cage sycophants like me

[u/SWEET_LIBERTY_MY_LEG → u/RejectingBoredom]

And none of them were bad because of him

[u/RejectingBoredom → u/SWEET_LIBERTY_MY_LEG]

And to the extent most are worth watching, they’re only worth watching for Cage

[u/Nrksbullet → u/SWEET_LIBERTY_MY_LEG]

To the contrary, he was typically the best part of any film.hes been in

[u/denv0r → u/kneeco28]

I lost my hand! I lost my bride! Johnny has his hand! Johnny has his bride!

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No actor loves the game more than Nic Cage

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William Shatner would like a word.

[u/themrrouge]

Tim Curry used to be restricted to a special on set diet of only eating two pieces of scenery each day

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When Tim Curry opens his mouth to speak, the scenery just jumps right in

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“I’M NOT SHOUTING!”
“Alright I’m shouting. I’m shouting, I’m Shouting, I’m…” (thud).

[u/magnetogrips → u/Lokitusaborg]

He makes that whole movie for me. The whole multiple endings shouldn’t work, but he’s so fun to watch that it works for me.

[u/RianJohnsonIsAFool → u/magnetogrips]

I know because I was there.

[u/MarcBulldog88 → u/Studnaught_Onatopp]

That’s how the sesame cake got in there too.

[u/jmoore5283 → u/MarcBulldog88]

Stop eating my sesame cake!!!!

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/Studnaught_Onatopp]

CHAIN WALLETS

[u/CrumptownCrips → u/SuperVaderMinion]

Shirts with Jack Skellington that.. boney, boney boy!

[u/ccoakley → u/themrrouge]

Muppet Treasure Island disagrees. Give the man all he can eat.

[u/Enchelion → u/ccoakley]

"That's it boys! SHOW 'EM YOU'VE BEEN PRACTICING!"

[u/ptambrosetti → u/Enchelion]

UPSTAGE LADS!!! This is my ONLY number.

[u/firelock_ny → u/ptambrosetti]

Tim Curry's agent: "But for this part, you'll have to sword fight Kermit the Frog."

Tim Curry: "LET'S DO THIS!!"

[u/hovdeisfunny → u/firelock_ny]

I feel like his agent would know him well enough to say, "get to"

[u/DocB630 → u/ccoakley]

I read somewhere that A Muppet Christmas Carol works because Michael Caine acts like all the muppets are humans. Muppet Treasure Island works because Tim Curry acts like he’s a muppet.

[u/lifeandtimes89 → u/DocB630]

Billy Connolly is also phenomenal in that

Billy Bones: "Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim!"

Gonzo: "I'm not Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim. He's Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim!"

[u/SkyGuy182 → u/ccoakley]

Dude only had one leg and he STILL ate it up! His introduction when Jim, Gonzo, and Rizzo first meet him is both charming, hilarious, and ominous

[u/Euklidis → u/themrrouge]

I'm going to escape to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.

SPACE

[u/SemiAutoAvocado → u/Euklidis]

*SHPASHE

[u/Temporary_Meet8754 → u/Euklidis]

My favorite part is how he uses his eyes to sort of gesture at space as if we don't know where it is.

[u/Euklidis → u/Temporary_Meet8754]

My pick is the little pause of him, trying desperately hard not to laugh, right bfore he says "SPACE".

The whole delivery is like that, but the pause although accidental, fits perfectly in.

[u/dj92wa → u/themrrouge]

He completely devoured it in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 as Premier Cherdenko in the cut scenes. It’s my favorite use of a real person acting in video games.

[u/ienjoymen → u/dj92wa]

SPAAACE

[u/Chaosmusic → u/themrrouge]

It makes him shiver with antici-

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-pation!

[u/ThePeake → u/themrrouge]

I had some cassettes with stories as a kid, and a couple were read by Tim Curry. He can chew scenery even when there is no scenery!

[u/cigr → u/themrrouge]

But he's absolutely not allowed to eat sesame cake.

[u/TheTalentedMrTorres]

Face/Off - Nic Cage & John Travolta really go all out and do interesting impersonations of each other

[u/SvenHudson → u/TheTalentedMrTorres]

They don't do impersonations of each other, though, they're both doing Nic Cage.

[u/Scienlologist → u/TheTalentedMrTorres]

The original "dude disguised as a dude playin' another dude."

[u/jla2001]

Charlese Theron in Snow White and The Huntsman

Eddie Redmayne in Jupiter Ascending

ETA: Caveat, these are NOT good movies but meet your criteria

[u/gold13 → u/jla2001]

I CREATE LIFE!!! and I destroy it

[u/TravisKilgannon]

Jeremy Irons in the Dungeons & Dragons movie from 2000 is inhaling scenery in every scene he's in.

[u/Disastrous-Dog85 → u/TravisKilgannon]

Literally my first thought as well!

"Let their blood raaaaaain from the sky!"

[u/Wonderpants_uk → u/Disastrous-Dog85]

The battle may be over, your highness. But not THE WAR!!

[u/TheGlen → u/TravisKilgannon]

Also the only man that understood the assignment in that movie

[u/Flight_Harbinger → u/TravisKilgannon]

Jeremy Irons in The Time Machine 2004.

"We all have our time machines don't we. The ones that take us back are memories. Those that carry us forward, are dreams".

Campy as hell movie until he just drops that iconic line and it's like, does Jeremy Irons know what movie he's in right now. I know the line is from HG Wells but IIRC it wasn't actually in The Time Machine novella he wrote.

[u/ScriveningQuill → u/TravisKilgannon]

ABSOLUTELY came here to say this.

"LIKE THAT, DO YOU?? GOOOOD. I CAN USE EVERY OUUUNCE OF YOUR RAGE!"

[u/TravisKilgannon → u/ScriveningQuill]

AHHHHH T-T-T-T-T-T

[u/ThermicRamb0]

Gary Oldman in The Professional.

[u/NYChockey14 → u/ThermicRamb0]

Gary Oldman in ANY movie honestly. Tiptoes (lol), The Fifth Element, Lost in Space, etc etc. Guy never phones it in

[u/magnetogrips → u/NYChockey14]

And true romance!

[u/SWEET_LIBERTY_MY_LEG → u/magnetogrips]

And Friends!

[u/rippa76 → u/SWEET_LIBERTY_MY_LEG]

Gary Oldman IN EVERYTHINGG

[u/madkiki12 → u/ThermicRamb0]

EEEEVVEREYOOOOOOONE

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Apparently he did that take as a joke after tons of other takes and it ended up being the most iconic line in the movie.

[u/3OsInGooose → u/ThermicRamb0]

Oldman's career is kinda fascinating - he really built his reputation by giving A+ performances in mostly what are otherwise B- movies.

[u/strong_schlong → u/ThermicRamb0]

No one has chewed scenery harder than Oldman in Dracula.

[u/blingybangbang]

Al Pacino in Heat

[u/Puzzleheaded-Sky3141 → u/blingybangbang]

Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman...

[u/whiskeydiggler → u/Puzzleheaded-Sky3141]

Devil’s Advocate is way more egregious than Heat IMO

[u/DoJu318 → u/whiskeydiggler]

I just watched this last weekend and I had forgotten how grandiose and over the top he played the character, typical Al Pacino but dialed to 11.

[u/chunga_95 → u/DoJu318]

Im a FAN OF MAN!!!!

[u/RianJohnsonIsAFool → u/whiskeydiggler]

He's laughin' his sick fuckin' ass off!

[u/Educational-Ad-2884 → u/Puzzleheaded-Sky3141]

Devil's Advocate is peak Pacino. "HE'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLAWD!"

[u/sm04d → u/Puzzleheaded-Sky3141]

Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross...

[u/polchickenpotpie → u/blingybangbang]

"She's got a GREAT ASS!"

[u/RandomRageNet → u/polchickenpotpie]

<startled Hank Azaria>

[u/foshiiy → u/blingybangbang]

His character is a coke addict and they cut all the scenes referencing it in the movie. He still ate big but he was somewhat in character lmao.

[u/Menoku → u/foshiiy]

OMG his performance now makes total sense. I always thought his acting in Heat was sorta bizarre and over-the-top, especially in contrast to De Niro. But this info bridges that gap for me. Time for a re-watch.

[u/curlyisnumbertwo → u/blingybangbang]

“Great ass.”

[u/kings5504 → u/curlyisnumbertwo]

"And you got your head all the way up it!"

[u/TheTalentedMrTorres → u/blingybangbang]

This is what came to mind first for me. Love the contrast between Pacino’s wild eyes & De Niro’s hardcore squinting

[u/TrumpnEpstein → u/blingybangbang]

Al Pacino's Big Boy in the Dick Tracy movie is my favorite example of this. The scene with him and Madonna doing rehearsals is a riot and Pacino looks to be having the time of his life.

[u/EdPeggJr]

Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka ... and he actually did chew the scenery.

[u/JesseT127]

Raul Julia in Street Fighter

[u/EnamelKant → u/JesseT127]

For I beheld Satan as he fell FROM HEAVEN! LIKE LIGHTNING!

It is an is an incredibly silly line in an incredibly silly movie... but incredibly watchable.

[u/A-WILD-PATBACK → u/EnamelKant]

Lightning

[u/ForeverYoung_Feb29 → u/JesseT127]

Raul Julia in The Addams Family... but it's perfect for the character

[u/shifty1032231 → u/ForeverYoung_Feb29]

Watch the scene in Values where Gomez is just arguing with the cop played by Nathan Lane, Its just so operatic and over the top but so Gomez. The two 90s live action Addams Family movies are the Addams Family to me.

[u/No_Initial_7545 → u/JesseT127]

I just want to create an army of genetically enhanced super soldiers... and they call me a madman!?

[u/Doustin → u/JesseT127]

For him, it was Tuesday

[u/Seiche → u/JesseT127]

Last movie and all. I get it.

[u/ContinuumGuy → u/Seiche]

His kids wanted him to do it, he knew he was dying, and my god he was going to give his kids a big farewell.

[u/RejectingBoredom]

Paul Giamatti in Shoot ‘Em Up. That’s basically HIS movie.

Also, Ernie Hudson and Tim Curry are the de facto stars of Congo

[u/soylentblueispeople → u/RejectingBoredom]

Why were the actual main cast so boring and 1 dimensional? Thank God for a curry/hudson combo to save a horrible, horrible film.

That is what Timeline was missing. If they put curry in timeline that movie would have been so much better. Shit.

Tim Curry also is the ideal arnold Schwarzenegger villain, but he never got his time in the sun for that.

[u/sidewinderucf → u/RejectingBoredom]

Giamatti’s tit for tat monologue is so fucking funny. That whole movie is a gold mine of chewed scenery and cocky one liners.

[u/lambdageek]

BRIAN BLESSED in Flash Gordon

Edit: sorry, I've been corrected

BRIAN BLESSED

[u/stomp224 → u/lambdageek]

Choosing Brian Blessed is surely cheating

[u/Travelgrrl → u/lambdageek]

Had to scroll way too far to find Brian Blessed. He has a whole scenery chewing trope named after him!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BrianBlessed

I love Blessed in I, Claudius. IS THERE ANYONE IN ROME WHO HASN'T SLEPT WITH MY DAUGHTER!?!?

[u/Roienn777 → u/lambdageek]

OH WELL, WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?

[u/solon_isonomia → u/lambdageek]

No no, do it right.

BRIAN BLESSED

[u/JamesJax → u/lambdageek]

There was a short, glorious era where you could choose BRIAN BLESSED as the voice of your navigation on a Tom Tom.

[u/GuiltyLawyer]

Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher (in Gangs of New York) exists to chew scenery and shit Oscars.

[u/jawndell → u/GuiltyLawyer]

Looking back, that movie is basically DDL killing it as Bill the Butcher.  Almost everything else just kind of subtracts from the movie.  If it was just 3 hours of Bill the Butcher on the screen, I would’ve loved it even more.  

[u/vaselineviking]

Sam Raimi brings this out in a lot of people. Liam Neeson in Darkman comes to mind, a very out of character performance for him.

[u/SemiAutoAvocado → u/vaselineviking]

TAKE THE FUCKING ELEPHANT

[u/litewo]

My favorite is Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.

[u/quarshen → u/litewo]

Heineken? FUCK THAT SHIT! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!

Forever living rent free in my head every time anyone mentions either of those beers.

[u/Brocktoon73]

Tommy Lee Jones in Under Siege. So over the top.

John Lithgow in Cliffhanger. What is that accent??

[u/badken → u/Brocktoon73]

I just rewatched Captain America The First Avenger, and Tommy Lee Jones was really hamming it up as the Colonel.

[u/Gryptype_Thynne123 → u/Brocktoon73]

John Lithgow in 'Buckaroo Banzai'. LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN MONKEY BOY!

[u/deknegt1990]

Lawrence Fishburne and Sam Neill (RIP) in Event Horizon is just peak scenery chewing.

[u/kel89 → u/deknegt1990]

“I have no intention of leaving her, Doctor. I will take the Lewis and Clark to a safe distance, and then I will launch TAC missiles at the Event Horizon until I'm satisfied she's vaporized. Fuck this ship!”

[u/taway9925881]

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder 

and by the looks of it

Tom Cruise in the upcoming Digger

[u/IndicationAromatic36 → u/taway9925881]

‘I am talking scorched earth, motherfucker!’

[u/grichardson526]

Gary Oldman in "Leon: The Professional."

"EVVVVERRRYYYYONNNE!!!"

[u/ahorrribledrummer → u/grichardson526]

Gary Oldman in The Fifth Element too!

[u/Studnaught_Onatopp → u/ahorrribledrummer]

Gary Oldman in The Book of Eli!

[u/grichardson526 → u/Studnaught_Onatopp]

Gary Oldman in "Dracula"

[u/B-ran8088 → u/grichardson526]

Gary Oldman

[u/hankeypoo]

Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine in The Revenge of the Sith.

[u/rachawakka → u/hankeypoo]

Also the only redeeming quality of episode IX. It was dumb as hell, but still fun to see McDiarmid ham it up one more time as Palpy

[u/The5Virtues → u/rachawakka]

It really makes Palpatine such a fun character, my man is purely in it for the PvE of the game. He wants power, for power’s sake, nothing more! He doesn’t care about the empire he forged, the armies he commands, they’re all just a means to an end. Dude just delights in gaining more for himself and flaunting that power any chance he gets.

[u/letterthatnevercame → u/hankeypoo]

this!! his line deliveries in that movie kill me, he's clearly having the time of his life. "UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRR!!!!" is my personal favorite

[u/MikiLove → u/hankeypoo]

Love how restrained he played Palps in Episode I & II and then he went ham on the role in Episode III

[u/mrblonde624 → u/hankeypoo]

*do it!*

[u/PollutionZero]

Pretty much anything Bruce Campbell's ever done.

But to answer your question perfectly, Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog. Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer. EVERY scene is an example of him chewing the scenery and hamming it up beyond what any normal actor would be comfortable with.

In the behind the scenes shots, there's an interview where Nathan said something like, "Joss kept telling me to ham it up, be more cheesy... You got it boss!" IDK if Joss knew what he was going to get, but man, it worked!

[u/prairierabbit]

Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest (1981). In fact, it might be something more than chewing scenery, according to Variety’s review: “Dunaway does not chew scenery. Dunaway starts neatly at each corner of the set in every scene and swallows it whole, costars and all.”

[u/_The_Bearded_Wonder_]

Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II. Every scene he's in becomes extra dramatic, but perfectly done. He's a massive reason that film is as beloved as it is. 

[u/FluffyDoomPatrol]

House on Haunted Hill remake.

Is it a good film? No.
Is Geoffrey Rush fun to watch? Absolutely.

[u/splapppa → u/FluffyDoomPatrol]

Geoffrey Rush in all of the Pirates movies is also a good answer here. Kind of the King’s Speech too. Just a really damn entertaining actor.

[u/emeraldead → u/splapppa]

Way too much scrolling for this. He's the only decent part of the later ones because he didn't lose the point of an animatronic amusement park ride.

[u/IamnotaRussianbot]

Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Batman and Robin"

Uma Thurman in "Batman and Robin"

Matthew McConaughey in "Wolf of Wall Street"

[u/GoSkers29 → u/IamnotaRussianbot]

Jim Carrey's turn as The Riddler, to keep with the Batman theme.

[u/Somnambulist815]

I rewatched Troy in the run up to The Odyssey, and im sure Benny Safdie will do exactly what he needs to as Agamemnon in order to serve the grander narrative... but man, nothing hits quite like Brian Cox breathing fiery breath into every syllable of "EVERY SON OF TROY... SHALL DIIIIIIIIIIIEEE"

stupid movie, tho.

[u/PaulLeFou → u/Somnambulist815]

Brian Cox is just great in general.

[u/redditing_naked → u/Somnambulist815]

Also Peter O’Toole crushes it as Priam

[u/AstronautInitial3642]

Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional immediately came to mind

[u/Namerakable]

Brian Blessed, Flash Gordon.

"GORDON'S ALIIIIIVE" has become his own personal catchphrase since that film as a result.

[u/solon_isonomia → u/Namerakable]

BRIAN BLESSED

[u/snajk138]

Jim Carrey in Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events.

[u/weirdoldhobo1978]

Geoffrey Rush and Greg Kinnear in Mystery Men

[u/raqloise]

Walton Goggins in fallout

[u/StillN0tATony]

Everyone in Hobo With A Shotgun chews the scenery like it was made of ham dipped in cocaine.

[u/HuntingManatee0]

Jack Nicholson in “A Few Good Men”.

[u/Pjoernrachzarck]

Too few actresses mentioned here, so imma say Donna Murphy in Tangled, Susan Sarandon in Rocky Horror, Ariana Grande in Wicked, and Angelica Houston in… everything

[u/Difficult-Risk3115 → u/Pjoernrachzarck]

I'll add the entirety of Drop Dead Gorgeous

[u/SutterCane → u/Difficult-Risk3115]

Kirstie Alley’s breakdown was amazing scenery chewing.

[u/Difficult-Risk3115 → u/SutterCane]

ok I was thinking of Death Becomes Her, but still came up with a right answer lol

[u/GoSkers29 → u/Pjoernrachzarck]

Yet another reason Huston and Raul Julia worked so well together as Gomez and Morticia. They never had to figure out what was for dinner, it was always the entire movie set.

[u/bt123456789]

Pam Ferris in quite literally anything (but most notably in Matilda as Miss Trunchbull)

[u/The_GooGooMan]

Michael Sheen in the Twilight films, especially the last one. Good lord those movies were awful, but anytime Sheen was on screen I was not upset. HAHAHAHAHA REMARKABLE

[u/StillStanding_96]

Forest Whitaker in Rogue One, and Andor

[u/whitep77 → u/StillStanding_96]

Ben Mendelsohn in the Dedra interrogation scene is another example from Andor.

[u/doktor-frequentist]

Stanley Tucci in The Core.

[u/Sinister_Crayon]

Charles Dance in... well... everything. Particularly Last Action Hero.

[u/Big-Car8044]

Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa

[u/BoringNYer]

Val Kilmer in Tombstone. That movie was made by that man

[u/badken → u/BoringNYer]

I don't think he was chewing scenery. That is just an extremely memorable performance.

[u/ahorrribledrummer]

Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glenross.

Adam Driver in Logan Lucky

[u/Lonely_Noyaaa]

Nic Cage is the patron saint of scenery chewing, and Face/Off is the high temple where he preaches. The man played a character playing another character and just cranked the dial until the knob broke off.

[u/somms999]

Colin Farrell as Bullseye in 'Daredevil'. Just a wacky, fun performance in an otherwise overwrought, cheesy movie (with exception to Michael Clarke Duncan, who was great).

[u/FlandersIV]

every side character in the princess bride

[u/HappHazzard31]

Joe Pilato in Day of the Dead

Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey in Under Siege

Eric Roberts in The Pope of Greenwich Village

Frank Langella in The Masters of the Universe (1987)

Raul Julia in Street Fighter (1994)

and too many more to name.

[u/OffensiveLamp]

Anthony Hopkins in Transformers: The Last Knight, his scenes are the only redeeming quality of that film. Particularly I'd point out the scene where he's telling his family tree, and the scene when they go to the submarine.

[u/VVrayth]

Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin definitely knew what kind of movie she was in.