Bill Paxton was us. Some actors project an air of unreality, as if they’re tuned in to a different frequency. Some are chameleons, taking pride in looking radically different with each role. Paxton…
Some actors project an air of unreality, as if they’re tuned in to a different frequency. Some are chameleons, taking pride in looking radically different with each role. Paxton was a versatile actor, but he wasn’t one of those kinds of performers. There was a solidity to him, a dependable core of raffish decency. His characters could be brash, calculating, and even shady, and they were often gleefully irreverent.
Directors cannily relied on that Everyman quality and kept putting Paxton in scenarios that, with the wrong casting, could have come off as absurd, unintentionally comical, or simply unbelievable. A Marine in space? A man married to three women? A cop fighting an alien? These scenarios — the premises of “Aliens,” “Big Love, ” and “Predator 2” — could have seemed ridiculous. Paxton’s rakish energy helped ensure that they were rousing and relatable in the right ways.
When it comes to the work, we’ll probably best remember his film roles, given that he was a key part of iconic American movies. His most notable partnership was with James Cameron, whose work gained texture and heart every time he cast his friend Paxton in a pivotal role.
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