This fall is looking like a scheduling nightmare. Though Mark Strong’s new show, Low Winter Sun (AMC) starts tonight (8/11), a few weeks before most of the networks debut the new lineup, it looks awesome so I thought I’d feature it and its star this week.
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Episode 10
Mark Strong
I’m so glad this guy has a television show! He is so devilishly brilliant and incredibly talented, in a dark, twisty kind of way, but so far, he hasn’t had the top billing exposure. Well, here’s your chance, sir. Take it away! Though he hasn’t been a major lead in any prominent films, he has found himself alongside some pretty prominent people! Including one of the many familiar, Oscar-friendly, and crazy talented faces in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy…
Colin Firth! He’s not a favorite of mine, but I can’t deny the man is talented. I do prefer him in comedic roles (like Love Actually) to some of his more dramatic roles. That British wit comes through, and suits him so well. I didn’t watch this next movie in its entirety (there’s only so much ABBA I can take), but it did put Firth next to Hollywood Royalty, the woman who can do anything…
Meryl Streep! That’s right, the legend herself. Though Mamma Mia was one of my least favorite films of hers, she clearly had a ball with it. This woman’s career is so long and ridiculously awesome, it’s hard to believe there’s a major player out there she hasn’t worked with. She’s been on screen with Clint Eastwood, Steve Martin, Denzel Washington, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Shirley Maclaine, and, of course…
Kevin Bacon! The pair worked together on The River Wild, a terrifying look into what happens when crazy people take over your rafting trip. This may have been the first Kevin Bacon movie I saw, and he scared me so badly in that role, I didn’t watch another movie of his for over 6 years! (I was just a little kid when I saw that movie, so his role was pretty damn scary to a six-year-old!)
In any case, that last connection brings us to a wrap!
Results: 2 degrees of separation
Believe me, I tried to find a way around the Mamma Mia connection, but it came so quickly (and it was WAY past my bedtime when I put this episode together), I couldn’t work on a new one. Still, it’s a pretty interesting way to piece together four very interesting actors.
Photos:
Mark Strong: Courtesy AMCtv.com
Colin Firth: At the Nanny McPhee London Premiere, photo by Caroline Bonarde Ucci
Meryl Streep: Photo by Andreas Tai, at 56th International Film Festival in San Sebastian (Spain)
Kevin Bacon: Bored to Death – Season 2 – “Forty-Two Down!”: Barry Wetcher/HBO via TV Guide
By the way, if you ever see a way to pare down the degrees of separation and point out how to connect the actor in question to Kevin Bacon through fewer connections, leave a comment and prove your movie buff prowess!
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