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Post by housemouse on Sept 9, 2005 10:59:17 GMT -5
I couldn't find the thread to give proper credit, but someone mentioned that Wade Preston gets shot in the head in a episode of Bakersfield PD. That got me thinking, how many people with head trauma of some kind has this guy played? We'll start with Just a Kiss:  He took quite a beating from Marissa Tomei's character. In The Runner:  Not only does he suffer a (self-inflicted) gunshot wound to the head, but then he is forced to endure John Goodman's bizarre sprinkler challenge:  In Bakersfield PD, Wade Preston is shot by guest star Joe Santos:  Although he considers it an honor and gets Santos to save Giganti's marriage. Deep Impact: he looks right into the sun and is blinded by the light.  Finally our very own Jim Dunbar, shot in the head at the bank shootout.  Interesting pattern. Don't you think? |
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Post by inuvik on Sept 9, 2005 11:24:41 GMT -5
Ron obviously enjoys blindness and head trauma! He's being typecast as a victim for sure.
I guess it's not unusual. Another duplication is the two times he has played a cop, in Bakersfield PD and Blind Justice.
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Post by shmeep on Sept 9, 2005 11:37:42 GMT -5
He was also a cop in Scent of a Woman, House of Sand and Fog, and the TV series Arresting Behavior. He was in the military in When Trumpets Fade and Black Hawk Down. He was an astronaut in Deep Impact and a paramedic in ER.
Definitely a trend.
I'm sure someone will let me know if I left anything out.
I don't see him as being typecast as a victim. I haven't seen "The Runner" yet, but in Just a Kiss, that was just funny--as it was in Bakersfield PD--and his injuries in Deep Impact and Blind Justice were heroic and, particularly in the latter, gave him the opportunity to overcome and be even stronger so that is the opposite of "victim" in my book.
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Post by housemouse on Sept 9, 2005 11:40:36 GMT -5
He was also a cop in Scent of a Woman, House of Sand and Fog, and the TV series Arresting Behavior. He was in the military in When Trumpets Fade and Black Hawk Down. He was an astronaut in Deep Impact and a paramedic in ER. Definitely a trend. I'm sure someone will let me know if I left anything out. I don't see him as being typecast as a victim. I haven't seen "The Runner" yet, but in Just a Kiss, that was just funny--as it was in Bakersfield PD--and his injuries in Deep Impact and Blind Justice were heroic and, particularly in the latter, gave him the opportunity to overcome and be even stronger so that is the opposite of "victim" in my book. A trend for sure. I can just hear casting agents all over Hollywood saying "This is a character with head trauma, get me Ron Eldard!" |
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Post by anna on Sept 9, 2005 12:04:36 GMT -5
In R-E.com, in the the Fantastic section, I think that all of Ron's characters' injuries have been listed. It's pretty funny.
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Post by shmeep on Sept 9, 2005 12:41:49 GMT -5
No wonder he doesn't do very many movies! Sheesh! I just found that page, Anna. Karma to you for mentioning it here. ron-eldard.com/fan-tastic.htmThat is hilarious! I especially like the pictorial verification of each injury--although most of them have already been provided by Mouse over here. He does get seriously injured in almost every movie, doesn't he? |
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Post by housemouse on Sept 9, 2005 13:46:51 GMT -5
I was just sticking to head/eye injuries. When you list them all there really is a pattern!
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Post by shmeep on Sept 9, 2005 14:27:38 GMT -5
Now here's a question: Could this  also count as a head injury, since all those Dag heads were violently hit with a bowling ball? As you can see, they all thought it was about to hurt real bad and that's just as real as his other injury in that movie if you really stop and think about it. |
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