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Olivier and Mason

posted 10 years ago by SeanJoyce
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What I'd like to know is how the hell do you get arguably the two greatest British screen actors ever in the same movie and NOT let them share a scene?

Complete waste, and it by virtue alone would have elevated this rather silly film a good deal.

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[–] ramcamcole 9 years ago

What's your idea for a scene to put these two on the screen together?

[–] generalusgrant 9 years ago

James Mason was 100 times the actor hammy Olivier was. Laurence Olivier is the most overrated actor of the golden age. Watch him in Spartacus, he's almost unwatchable he's so bad.

[–] stones78 (426) 3 years ago

Mason was also great in Salem's Lot.

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[–] generalusgrant 9 years ago

No you won't. Olivier in Spartacus is pure agony. He's horrible in most of his films.