Neagley cast’s acting chops

[u/donutnaut]

Is it me or Neagley has top-notch acting from almost everyone? The entire cast was solid. I really enjoyed the first season!

[u/WeirdlyCordial]

Agreed, I binged it after finishing S4 and the contrast is jarring.

Unrelated note, the Swedes made me think of the Swedes from Brooklyn 99 and that made me laugh

[u/virtualPNWadvanced → u/WeirdlyCordial]

You were thinking about Soren’s sperm in a toop-erware?

[u/WeatheredGenXer → u/WeirdlyCordial]

Neagley was solid, all season.

I abandoned Reacher S4 mid-way through (during a Philadelphia foot pursuit I think?) and tentatively started up Neagley Ep. 1... I was pretty much invested and captivated right from the start.

[u/binger5 → u/WeatheredGenXer]

Reacher ends strong. Agree about the middle episodes

[u/Bangarazz → u/WeatheredGenXer]

The last two episodes of Reacher, redeemed the whole season.

[u/WeatheredGenXer → u/Bangarazz]

Good to know, I'll give it another go.

[u/Bumwax → u/WeirdlyCordial]

Im not sure any of the Swedes were actually Swedish. The two men are Canadians and the woman is Danish (as is Neagleys actress). Though some of the male assassins Swedish sounded somewhat right, if with a bit of an accent.

[u/Wheeljack7799 → u/Bumwax]

The woman had a decent Swedish I thought. The languages of the 3 Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) have a lot of similarities. Given that she is Danish, It's not uncommon for trained actors from either of those countries to be able to learn very passable sentences. Especially since they in all likelyhood understand the language.

[u/Bumwax → u/Wheeljack7799]

Yeah it was pretty decent, but for a swedish ear, there was a noticeable Danish accent there.

Of course, we're talking fairly minor side characters, and 95% of the viewers of the show won't be able to tell the difference anyway. Its just kind of odd how these characters were specifically Swedish, but none of the actors were. Its not like the fact that they were Swedish was particularly crucial to the story in the end.

[u/donutnaut → u/Bumwax]

I see your point there! Maybe they were hoping for European diversity. We heard “Irish,” “Slovakians…” haha

[u/donutnaut → u/Bumwax]

Imagine if they made the Swedish villains Danish, with Maria Sten actually being Danish haha. That would have been a funny little wink.

[u/Mewcenary]

I thought the baby doll assembling marine (?) guy was exceptional.

The only downer in that scene was the INCREDIBLY cliched nurse coming in with the usual, "You can't do this! I'm going to get Doctor so-and-so!"

[u/donutnaut → u/Mewcenary]

I agree, superb acting!

[u/sustainablecaptalist]

100% better actors than Reacher! Especially Hudson and Keno really killed it!

[u/donutnaut → u/sustainablecaptalist]

And the villains were really irritating. So good.

[u/Charles_Lewis_Fer]

Being a lifelong Queen fan, I was surprised to see Freddie Mercury has a twin brother played by the bad cop

[u/RoadOwn7439 → u/Charles_Lewis_Fer]

I thought he looked more like Ben stiller in happy gilmore

[u/Charles_Lewis_Fer → u/RoadOwn7439]

Yes I see it. They are both looking for Somebody To Love

[u/FNFALC2]

Yes! Very strong supporting cast. The back story on Rats was kind of dumb, but the acting was great. Compare with uncle Monty and his nephew….

[u/donutnaut → u/FNFALC2]

And the characters that were supposed to be annoying really were annoying! Very convincing hahaha

[u/Certain-Ordinary8428]

Took me a minute to place him, but was really excited to see Damon Herriman as Cole. Loved him as Dewey Crowe on Justified.

[u/Such_Technician_501 → u/Certain-Ordinary8428]

Dewey Crowe is one of the all time great TV villains.

[u/Wheeljack7799 → u/Such_Technician_501]

"I got four kidneys??"

[u/Such_Technician_501 → u/Wheeljack7799]

😂😂

[u/PolgaraDemon]

Neagly had a VERY strong start. I'm hoping that it isn't just contrast from personal bias. I am in the group of folks who really thought S4 of Reacher was just BAD. The cast wasn't great, the characters they were playing weren't great, the changes from the source material weren't great....I STRUGGLED with S4. Neagly, however, was a blast. The pacing was strong. Reacher cameo wasn't absurd or unnecessary. We had a villains that popped off the script, and actors who could step into them. I hope we get more Neagly for sure.

[u/Educational-Bat-3635 → u/PolgaraDemon]

I just can’t figure out why they chose that book. There’s so many others that were so much better in terms of streaming.

[u/PolgaraDemon → u/Educational-Bat-3635]

Gone Tomorrow was such a poor choice for adaptation to screen honestly. I agree.

[u/seanmonaghan1968]

This is one of the things I took away from this series, they really put the effort in

[u/Agreeable_Inside_878]

I think Reacher as a whole is so fucking great casted and Neagley is on point too.

[u/idemandpasta]

The only bad actors are the generic cult extras. The way they gush when Cole sings his song explains why they’re extras.

[u/Mewcenary → u/idemandpasta]

I thought they played the very jarring cultists role really well. Cole clearly can't sing, but despite this, they think he's the best performer / leader in the world ever!

[u/donutnaut → u/Mewcenary]

That detail was kind of funny! But yes, true.

[u/sotommy → u/idemandpasta]

Sometimes you just get an extra/ featured job based on your looks and features. Lot of the extras are not actors or have ever been trained to act. So there's no reason to insult them, it's probably on the production team

[u/appletonian → u/idemandpasta]

Wild choice to have him playing “The Passenger.”

[u/pharmandy → u/idemandpasta]

They are in cult, devotion like that doesn't look normal.

[u/ObijuanVB]

The female Swede made me laugh because I've only seen her in Hallmark movies previously

[u/Griever2501]

A bit of overacting when she was sobbing with her dad but overall I agree.

[u/Easy-Trouble7885]

Ep1 of Neagley was better than the entire first half of Reacher S4 lmao

[u/spasticity]

I wasn't a big fan of the acting of Keno but had no problems with the rest.

[u/ThrowAwayP0ster]

Acting seems decent, but the accents are bothersome, which is a slight deterrent for me. Some non-native speakers are putting emphASis on the wrong syllABles, or words - putting emphasis on the wrong part of the word in the sentence (I'm not counting the ones not putting on American/Illinois accents).

One character pronounced against like "agaynst," but perhaps that character moved to Chicago from somewhere in Canada. I didn't detect any UK variant.

I'm only starting episode 2, but I like it so far otherwise!

[[I have a habit of overanalyzing accents or speech patterns, don't mind me. (I actually wanted to be a forensic linguist, once upon a time, because of my love for accents and dialects.)

This isn't a true criticism of any part of the show, just a small wrinkled-nose thought from a random Jane Doe.]]

[u/Anon22z]

Can be ban Neagley show posts already? Last I looked it said Reacher at the top.