An interesting article on Paul Newman (particularly if you're yet to watch any - or many - of his films and are looking for guidance). The article explores the more difficult roles awarded to Newman - the ones in which he was expected to be
less likeable. He was knocking about when Marlon Brando and James Dean were, and he always ran the risk in roles like these of coming off too much like them. This quote puts it nicely: 'Newman is most comfortable in a role when it isn't scaled heroically; even when he plays a bastard, he's hot a big bastard - only a callow, selfish one...you don't believe it when he plays someone perverse of vicious [I'm thinking of Brando here in
Streetcar - GL] and the older he gets the better you know him, the less you believe it' (critic Pauline Kael). The BFI is having a Paul Newman season that runs throughout April. here's the link to the article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/was-paul-newmans-acting-career-limited-by-his-charm-and-good-looks-1927486.html
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