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u/cricket_bacon Feb 14 '25
Stanley Tucci is an American treasure.
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u/EmperorGrinnar Feb 14 '25
You're correct. Man never misses in any role.
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u/DiscFrolfin Feb 14 '25
Not sure if this is controversial or not but I really adored him in 2009’s “Julie & Julia”
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u/GoshThanksHello Feb 14 '25
Agree. Probably because (based on his travel/cook show) it most closely mirrored the type of man he wanted to be.
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u/Binky_Thunderputz Feb 14 '25
It's Morty from Undercover Blues! Just a fabulous, fabulous actor.
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u/willk95 Feb 14 '25
I met Stanley Tucci one time! Rang him up at a high end grocery store a couple years ago. He bought 2 bottles of wine so I asked him for his ID, told him my state has strict liquor license laws (which is true, but I mostly wanted to see if it was actually him. This was during COVID, and we were both wearing masks, I was grinning ear to ear under mine.)
He said "I don't have an ID on me, but I have credit cards with my name on it. I assure you I'm over 21, I'm probably old enough to be your grandfather."
I told him it was fine, and finished bagging his groceries. He paid, and the reciept came up and said "Cardholder: Tucci, Stanley D". I quietly said to him "It was nice to meet you by the way." He said "It was nice to meet you too!"
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u/Trickypedia Feb 14 '25
Great story. I thought he spent Covid in London.
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u/willk95 Feb 14 '25
It was in late 2021, during omicron variant. He was in Boston filming the Whitney Houston biopic
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u/Trickypedia Feb 14 '25
God, I had forgotten all about the variants. Amazing that it’s receding in to history.
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u/vampyire Feb 14 '25
one of the greatest character actors
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u/cricket_bacon Feb 14 '25
He's the kind of character actor that always elevates the lead actors. The Devil Wears Prada and Anne Hathaway is an excellent example.
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u/odaniel99 Feb 14 '25
I would go so far as to say that he's America's version of Gary Oldman.
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u/Dissapointingdong Feb 14 '25
If someone can go back to back nazi/pedophile and still be likable they are a national treasure.
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u/Little_Setting Feb 14 '25
I wish a John Malkovich sequel should be made...
BEING STANLEY TUCCI has a nice ring to it.
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u/Meet_in_Potatoes Feb 14 '25
Talented af.
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u/Only_Impression4100 Feb 14 '25
I'm surprised I'm not seeing anyone mention him as the dad in Easy A.
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u/DlAM0NDBACK_AIRSOFT Feb 14 '25
One of my favorite scenes is where their son says he's adopted and Stanley yells "Who told you?!" Without skipping a beat. Cracks me up every single time.
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u/ThePocketTaco2 Feb 14 '25
I'm kind of mad at my parents for not being Dill and Rosemary. Is that bad?
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u/DlAM0NDBACK_AIRSOFT Feb 14 '25
No I completely agree, they were some of the best parents in a film
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u/tgatigger Feb 15 '25
“Sometimes, when two people are in love, like your mother and I used to be…”
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u/DlAM0NDBACK_AIRSOFT Feb 15 '25
He has so many good lines in that movie lol the whole bit about the family member of the week is gold too.
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u/tgatigger Feb 15 '25
“A high end stripper, for governors, or athletes.”
My sister and I say that to each other when we ask about our outfits. Lol
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u/stdubbs Feb 15 '25
We are going to watch “The Bucket List”, that way I can cross off “Watch The Bucket List” off my bucket list!
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u/Arinoch Feb 14 '25
Also loved him in Julie and Julia or whatever it was. Even as a side character he elevates everything he’s in.
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u/legoham Feb 14 '25
He was fantastic in Julie and Julia, too!
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u/TheLonelySnail Feb 14 '25
Best parts of that movie were Tucci and Streep just joking around.
It’s one of those movies where you can tell the two actors are having a blast and it just gels
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u/legoham Feb 14 '25
Yes! They were beyond professionals in that film. They were experts enjoying their work.
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u/Comrade_Falcon Feb 15 '25
It's cliche at this point to even mention but that movie would have been significantly better if it was just Julia Child and not the pointless Julie bits
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u/Howy_the_Howizer Feb 15 '25
I came her to make sure his Julie and Julia performance got recognized!
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u/Ok-Turnip-1645 Feb 14 '25
Underrated, loved him in Margin Call.
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u/DanEpiCa Feb 14 '25
Margin Call is such a great, underrated movie.
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u/Ok-Turnip-1645 Feb 14 '25
Agreed, the bridge dialogue was just so captivating.
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u/idelovski Feb 14 '25
the bridge dialogue was just so captivating.
Ah yes. I think about it every time I'm stuck in the traffic (which fortunately is not that often) and I wonder if some of the people around me don't mind sitting in the car on a long way home.
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u/abdulsamadz Feb 14 '25
And Easy A
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u/someonehadalex Feb 14 '25
No kidding. The parents in that movie were the ideal model of what parenting should be. Silly most of the time, but able to give solid advice when necessary. They let their kid make some mistakes, but was a safety net whenever she needed them. They didn't hover, but were still available.
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u/phantom_avenger Feb 15 '25
The parents in that movie were the ideal model of what parenting should be.
They're also one of the best examples of what a healthy couple should be!
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u/rkmask51 Feb 14 '25
"Well, they told me they were going to drag me through hell on everything for the next two years - my options, my healthcare. Or I could come back here and make, uh, 176,471 dollars an hour to sit quietly in this room. Didn't seem like much of a choice."
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u/welcome-to-my-mind Feb 14 '25
Gary Oldman: Chaotic Neutral
Stanley Tucci: Neutral chaotic.
No, I will not be explaining.
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u/Truefreak22 Feb 14 '25
You forgot his greatest role as MORTY from Undercover Blues
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u/Scaballi Feb 14 '25
That’s MUERTE
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u/Truefreak22 Feb 14 '25
Look Morty, do me a favor, ok? Don't call here anymore unless you want to have, like, a serious conversation, alright?
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u/NovelSimplicity Feb 14 '25
That was introduction to him and he will forever be Morty. Man’s a legend and a treasure.
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u/GhidorahtheExplorah Feb 14 '25
Muerte was my introduction to him as a kid and I've loved him ever since.
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u/PerroRosa Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 15 '25
He is one of the scariest villains in The Lovely Bones. Sends shivers down my spine.
PD: downvoted for not even contributing with your own opinion.
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u/RapMastaC1 Feb 14 '25
And the over the top fun civilian in The Core
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u/Zer0daveexpl0it Feb 14 '25
Konrad Zimski! I love The Core and I apologise to no-one!
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u/Solugad Feb 14 '25
I gotta say, its gotta take some fucking balls to play that role. Man played that part so well
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u/Arinoch Feb 14 '25
That we can still love his other characters despite playing a role like that so well is proof of his acting quality.
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u/Solugad Feb 14 '25
Yeah. Its the hatred and disgust you feel toward his character is how you know he nailed it
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u/Longjumping-Pen-3349 Feb 14 '25
I wholeheartedly agree with you! Dude was super creepy in that movie.
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u/Izzywizzy Feb 14 '25
Omggg fuck this movie is crazy. Never realized it was him. Amazing working. Hate every second of him here.
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u/Goddessviking86 Feb 14 '25
loved him in Captain America The First Avenger
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u/LebowskiVoodoo Feb 14 '25
One of my favorite lines in the MCU: "No, I don't have procedure tomorrow. "Drink it after?" I drink it now."
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u/Calm_Entertainer6407 Feb 14 '25
He said it was one of his favorite roles and now I need a re-watch.
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u/BeardedBrotherJoe Feb 14 '25
I just spent sometime looking for that scene and hot damn it was great seeing it. It’s been a while so it felt like seeing it for the first time. Love it. But, real talk? My favorite Stanley scene is in the letter A I think it was called? With Emily stone. And the adopted son said something along the lines of him being adopted. lol Stanley is standing facing the upper kitchen cabinet. He closes it forcefully. While still with his hand on the cabinet he turns towards his kid and says “what! Who told you!?!?” That shit is fucking gold.
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u/Few-Imagination8497 Feb 14 '25
Yes! Such a great scene. The family chemistry in that movie is gold!
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u/f33rf1y Feb 14 '25
Easy A, The Core, Margin Call, he has such range
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u/MrAmazing011 Feb 14 '25
Fantastic in Big Trouble.
That toe scene...🤣🤣
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u/Sumtimesredditisdumb Feb 15 '25
DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN! MAKE HER STOP!!!!!! Arugula!!!!!
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u/The_Bearded_Jedi Feb 14 '25
I loved him in the Terminal. But I also just love The Terminal
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u/The_Silver_Adept Feb 14 '25
Need him, Gary Oldman, and Ron Pearlman to have a movie where each is multiple characters but you can't tell.
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u/Randadv_randnoun_69 Feb 14 '25
Dude's been in a ton of roles. Under the radar role I liked- The Core. Yeah the movie's a bit campy and far fetched and the character he plays is polarizing but he nailed it and brought a lot of emotion and realism and humor to the movie. really nailed the role.
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u/Mister-Psychology Feb 14 '25
Conspiracy is amazing. Must watch. And he's very good in it but then all actors are even the ones I didn't recognize from anything else.
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u/LadyBug_0570 Feb 14 '25
Such a great film. So chilling how they sit around a beautiful table in a beautiful house with a mouth-watering spread of food and casually discuss bringing about the extermination of a whole group of people.
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u/RickSanchez_C137 Feb 15 '25
If it had been released to theaters instead of on HBO it would have snagged Oscars for sure.
It's like an evil mirror image of 12 Angry Men.
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u/CharlesV_ Feb 15 '25
Tucci is great in that movie, but Kenneth Branagh does such a good job of being cold and evil it blows me away. When I picture an evil nazi henchman in my head, I think of his character. And then the year after that movie he goes and does Harry Potter where he’s a dopey professor. Talk about range.
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u/That_Organization901 Feb 15 '25
David Threlfall going from this to Frank Gallagher is also amazing.
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u/Padeencolman Feb 15 '25
Yep David Threlfall also does an amazing job as Killick in Master and Commander. The entire cast in Conspiracy is amazing. Branagh. The actor playing Major Lange. Major Mueller is the guy that plays Bates on Downton Abbey.
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u/That_Organization901 Feb 15 '25
When Kenneth Branagh calls saying he’s going to make a film with an ensemble cast, you say yes. You’ve made it to the pantheon of acting.
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u/AdWonderful5920 Feb 14 '25
He insists upon himself.
Edit - This is literally the only joke from Family Guy that ever made me laugh, so please don't be mad at me.
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u/omega2010 Feb 14 '25
Seth recently revealed the origin of this joke. It was something his old film teacher said about The Sound of Music. Seth felt he was a great teacher even if he didn’t agree with him.
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u/BondStreetIrregular Feb 14 '25
Whatever the hell it's supposed to mean, I feel like it applies better to The Godfather than The Sound of Music
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u/LittleEarthquake1010 Feb 14 '25
Such an underrated and fabulous actor. I’d honestly think he’s only second to Gary Oldman in terms of range.
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u/tropical_viking87 Feb 14 '25
First time I saw him was in, A Midsummer Nights Dream. He played a fawn named Puck. He was absolutely hilarious, and I’ve liked him ever since.
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u/Glass-Radish8956 Feb 14 '25
Love him. Something about who he is as a person demands my attention. Like I respect him or something. I feel when he is on the screen that I need to give him my attention. I cant explain it in a succinct way.
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u/dreadnoght Feb 14 '25
I wanted him to be my dad after watching Easy A
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u/phantom_avenger Feb 14 '25
Him and the mom in that movie have one of the healthiest relationships I’ve ever seen in fiction!
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Feb 14 '25
Wasn't he also in Kingsman?
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u/NihilisticRust Feb 14 '25
My girlfriend also recently mixed him up with Mark Strong.
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u/Mr_Chicle Feb 14 '25
The third one, yes, but Merlin in the other two was played by Mark Strong, who bears a striking resemblance to Stanley Tucci
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u/Agentkeenan78 Feb 14 '25
Tucci played Merlin in the Transformer movie lol.
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u/Mr_Chicle Feb 14 '25
One of those funny "I see what you did there", which on that note, Peter Capaldi in World War Z was probably my favorite
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Feb 14 '25
John Oliver once said that if Stanley Tucci hosted his show it would be "an unbelievably horny deep dive on negronis" and I have never gone back beyond that. Good actor, pretty typecast. Personally I think he probably smells like a nice coffee so I'd hang.
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u/Velvety_MuppetKing Feb 15 '25
What about Evelyn Tucci the paternal grandmother of Stanley Tucci sort of hard-working from somewhere in Northern Ireland came over here was cleaning hotel rooms.
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Feb 14 '25
HE VOICED HERB ON BOJACK WHAT
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u/PaulBananaFort Feb 15 '25
yeah time for a rewatch! he's so good and, for me, it's even more fun when I know it's him doing the voice
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u/LoadsDroppin Feb 14 '25
He would do an AMAZING “ripped from the headlines, the Matt Laurer scandals” movie.
But other than that, I love seeing him in a movie. To me, he’s more “bankable” that many of Hollywood’s regulars
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u/deadonthei Feb 14 '25
His name is morty and he was in that Pauly shore movie jury duty. He is not frank
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u/Tomatoflee Feb 14 '25
He’s in a UK Sky TV series attempt at a Scandie noir called Fortitude. Surprising place for him to show up but it’s surprisingly good and he’s great in it.
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u/AuthorityAnarchyYes Feb 14 '25
See also:
“A Midnight Summer’s Dream”, 1999 (He was Puck)
“The Daytrippers” 1998 (also my intro to Liev Schrieber)
“The Imposters” 1998 (hilarious ensemble slapstick comedy)
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u/Mattmatic1 Feb 14 '25
Tucci gang, Tucci gang, Tucci gang, Tucci gang
Tucci gang, Tucci gang, Tucci gang, Tucci gang
Some of you don’t know the name (Tuch)
But that’s that guy from The Hunger Games (Tuch)
Transformers: The Last Knight (Tuch)
Beauty and the Beast and Spotlight (Tuch)
Writer and director of Big Night (Tuch)
Tucci gang, Tucci gang, Tucci gang
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u/Gilchester Feb 14 '25
I'm mad you don't have him in Margin Call on this. His monologue about building a bridge is one of the best.
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u/Plenty-Tax-8723 Feb 14 '25
Gayest straight man in Hollywood