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It's ... Acting!
Posted: Thursday March 27, 2003 12:17 PM
| Five actors who made us believe they were athletes |
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Kevin Costner,
Bull Durham
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Especially when he told that batboy to shut up. Also: Tin Cup, American Flyers, For Love of the Game.
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Robert De Niro,
Raging Bull
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Dropped f-bombs with the best of them. Also: Bang the Drum Slowly.
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Paul Newman,
Slap Shot
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He lied, he cheated, he played dirty like a pro. Also: Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Hustler, Winning, The Color of Money.
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Dennis Quaid,
Everybody’s All-American
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You could hear his body creak. Also: Breaking Away, Tough Enough, Any Given Sunday, The Rookie.
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Sylvester Stallone,
Rocky
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OK, maybe it wasn’t all acting. Also: Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Over the Top, Driven.
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| And five who didn’t |
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William Bendix,
The Babe Ruth Story
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Chester A. Riley as Babe Ruth. The gold standard of bad acting in a sports movie.
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Charlton Heston,
No. 1
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Just because football is a religion for some, it doesn’t mean Moses is an NFL quarterback.
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Michael J. Fox,
Teen Wolf
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As a werewolf/basketball player, he came up a little short.
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Corbin Bernsen,
Major League
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This guy played third base like … a lawyer.
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Alan Alda,
Paper Lion
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Actually, he did make us believe he was an unathletic writer trying to be an athlete.
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