Speculating about the fate of certain actors in today's star system is relatively easy (see below); others are more evasive; take, for example, the case of Gene Hackman. Twice an Academy Award winner (Best Actor
The French Connection, Best Supporting Actor
Unforgiven) and a recipient of dozens of other film honors, Hackman's long career stands as a testament to craft, intelligence, and professionalism, and while he can hardly be characterized as unattractive, Hackman possesses an everyman look--inconspicuously handsome, not double-take beautiful--that I think is inconsistent with the aesthetics of contemporary main-stream Hollywood productions.
(Favorite performance:
The Conversation. Runner-up:
Young Frankenstein)
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