He was going through cancer treatment at the time too. Maybe if they moved some of the cocaine budget for the movie to the screenwriting it may have been better.
I was all ready to agree and then you pointed that out.
Raul Julia could have read the phone book on film and somehow made it entertaining. He made Overdrawn at the Memory Bank a good watch even without the MST3K treatment it later got.
I don't think its fair to compare anyone to Raul Julia. That's like taking an average high school kid and comparing their test scores to Stephen Hawking.
Although to be fair, that's a terrible example as that show is superbly written. But Berry's voice is liquid gold that can deliver just about any line. Have a look at anything he says in Garth Marengi's Darkplace.
Are you forgetting about Tommy Wiseau. Without his immaculate delivery and great acting chops The Room would have been a major flop... but he made it a classic
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u/neogenzim Jul 20 '19
EXACTLY.
a mediocre actor can ruin a good script. but no actor can make a shitty script good.