How is Colin still getting paid

It's awful how we've spiraled into 'box office boffo' or 'total failure'.

Not every film is made to be a Harry Potter film.

Colin Farrell is considered a reliable working actor. Directors like that . . . for obvious reasons.

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OP is sort of right, there are so many actors out there struggling to get work. Colin used to be amazing at times, like truly he had the spark and maybe even magic at points. but lately he's gotten lazy or just been in way to cliche roles, it's getting stale. I think the last thing I saw him in where I was like "Great job" was maybe the side role in Crazy heart. also he wasn't too bad in that vampire 80s movie adaptation. but look at how he preformed in the remake of Total Recall (granted that movie was so sloppy and ugly all over the place it wouldn't have mattered). his acting was pretty stale. this movie looks like he's doing the schtick where he doesn't have to do much at all to be honest

I agree I think it's strange he keeps getting these action/bad ass roles when he clearly his best fit to do unusual roles. he's one of those actors who's got the talent to do amazing when stretched to try new things, but when you keep putting him on repeat roles practically he loses interest and effort. just IMO

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Johnny Knoxville is box office poison, Farrel just makes a lot of really good movies but save the occasional Total Recall he is not the lead of big Hollywood movies. Farrel is a terrific actor though and even if doesn't rake in the huge dollars at the box office he is still making great movies and I am happy to watch most of them.

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Your right, he's had no box-office top-billing big-buget hit or at least hasn't had one in quite a while ("Total Recall" was a relative bust and "Miami Vice" barely broke even)...I don't think the "Alexander" debacle had been completely forgotten until he won a Golden Globe.

I'd say, and I think most on the subject would agree, that his acting for the most part has been not only pretty consistent, but also he seems to be getting better and better with every film aside from the obvious roadblock (or more like paycheck) that was "Total Recall".

And I understand why some of the top filmmakers in the world have always noticed him because he was great in "Tigerland", way back in 1999 when he was first discovered. It's a true breakout performance that deserved his immediate placement on the A-List in the same way that "Mulholland Drive" propelled Noami Watts, or Ryan Gosling with "The Believer".
Sure, Colin has his looks. But the man DOES have talent, unlike Hayden Christensen or Orlando Bloom or Paul walker or Kutcher any of the countless, vapid, one-note pretty-boy stars his age who have no business being stars.


















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