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cheers, necromancer, you guys are fabulous!

no probs with the link this time... lord love a duck that man is gorgeous, i just wanna tackle him to the ground and jump his bones. and great to hear his kiwi twang is alive and well, i really was starting to wonder. i think jackie brown has a bit of a thing for karl, too, from the sounds of it, she's a dag. i don't watch much network tv but that is one telethon i will not miss. next june...i'm glued to the box waiting for karl to take off his clothes...)

i just wrote a reply that i somehow managed to erase, grrr! i'm such a cyber moron.

anyway, lady vaako, i think the problem lies in the US casting system. whereas here, karl is considered a fine actor who just happens to be damn good looking, i think his looks and sex appeal have counted against him in the US industry, which is far more 'image conscious' and less willing to take chances and think outside the square. due to his physical appearance and height (he's very tall by hollywood standards), he's only been offered a certain type of role - the pretty actionman/warrior with sparse dialogue and little emotional range, like you said - so he's been forced to take what he can get hoping to transcend typecasting. by virtue of his sheer talent and charisma he's been able to rise above the lightweight roles (and distinct lack of dialogue!) on offer to turn in compelling performances; the camera just loves him and there's no denying it. star trek could be a big breakthrough for him, a chance to show more range and depth, fingers crossed!

(even here in nz, karl's looks, height and sex appeal have counted against him; there were rumblings pj was considering casting him in the role of the father 'jack salmon' in 'lovely bones' but that he was deemed too attractive for what is an 'average joe' part. so it appears that will be karl's cross to bear and challenge to overcome if he wants a diverse career.)

amen! i bet karl would love to get uglied up with some expertly applied make-up (tho i think hollywood's idea of an 'uglied up' karl was munder in 'ghost shit', which i find hilarious because munder is drop-dead shaggolicious, i like my men scruffy and unkempt and karl as munder...lord have mercy, don't even get me started), but making him 'average' might be quite hard! his height woud be a problem there, too, he must be well over 6 feet and towers over most actors, who tend to be short for some reason. i guess he just didn't fit the character's profile bah humbug!

i agree, youngun. i know this much: during the pre-production cast read-throughs, the shit hammer came down and ryan was deemed far too young for the role of the father and he got the sack; this must be at least partially true because i heard from some of the crew who had been in pennsylvania where the exteriors were shot that rachel looked like a cradle-robbing perve next to ryan.

why pj and fran didn't then turn to karl to come to the rescue is beyond me, but like i said before i did hear he was deemed too gorgeous to play the dad (I POOH POOH THAT!). and why wahlberg is another mystery, pj must have had a good reason....

i have a very good friend who was on set through the entire shoot and he is very close-lipped about wahlberg's perf (contractually he can't talk about it but he usually slips me a bone if i'm not privy), so i must admit i'm a bit worried. but, wahlberg has turned in at least one decent perf in 'the departed', i thought he was damn good in that and i don't even like him, so hope springs eternal!