Quote from: TheBATMAN on May 25, 2015, 06:49:05 PM
I know a guy who worked on the production of the movie Cherry Falls way back when. He said Biehn was an absolute nightmare to work with as he was always pissed on set so he took loads and loads of takes for his scenes and caused huge delays for everyone. His problems with alcoholism have no doubt harmed his career and I seem to recall he came out publicly about it some years back.
There's no doubt he is a talented actor but he's also made some questionable decisions over the years. Someone already pointed out the Usual Suspects and he also made some some sarcastic comments about Sly Stallone when he said the Expendables franchise was always on the lookout for guys like Michael Biehn. I thought that was quite complimentary of Sly, but Biehn obviously didn't think so, so that's another bridge burned.
But when he's on the ball there's no one better at the supporting military guy role.
And that's the thing. Some actors only have that one niche that they are good at. You take jason Statham. Great actor but only in action scenes. He does the strong silent bad ass really well but nothing else. Jim Carey does stupid comedy better than most but put him in a serious role and he more or less bombs it. Numbers was ridiculously boring. Some people are just suited for specific roles. Maybe If he had been around for the recent long sweep of military themed movies he'd be considered an A list actor now since that seems to be his niche.