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People who have become cooler

DainBramage

Just watching legend the Alex Higgins doc on bbc4.
It details amongst other things his rivalry vs Steve Davis in the 80's. Steve at that time seems really nerdish and a bit of a dry ****e.
But as a snooker fan these days Steve seems like a cool guy and likeable (imo). any others fit this bill?

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RollieFingers

ardle1 wrote: »

Leonardo Dicaprio.
Niall Quinn.

Only Michael Owen is more painful to listen to on commentary than Niall Quinn!

orangesoda

Joseph Brolly, he was relatively unheard of outside ulster 10 years ago and now he's on documentaries and what not

porsche959

mrsdewinter wrote: »

Kylie. Through much of the 90s she was a bit of a joke. Mebbe a guilty pleasure for teenage boys. Then she pulled on those gold hotpants for Spinning Around, and she was suddenly cool. If I sat down and thought about it, I could nearly work out the weekend in 2001 that she became naughty rather than naff.

Must disagree on timings. Kylie was uncool in late 80s for sure but became officially cool in 1994 with the release of this excellent single:

That track was being played in too-cool-for-school nightclubs (and not just gay clubs) in mid 90s and was getting regular play on (the then) cool MTV.

There was also this duet with Nick Cave in 1996 or so:

2001's 'Spinning Around' merely sealed the deal, but Kylie was cool even in the nineties.

carraig2

How about me????

porsche959

L'Enfer du Nord wrote: »

E.g Marc Bolan/T Rex regarded as a bit of a joke by serious mussos in the early seventies.

Must admit, wouldn't have known that. Always assumed Bolan was epitome of cool.

The Backwards Man

I've just remembered doing a solo version of the locomotion for the school concert in fish fifth class of national school

porsche959

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I've just remembered doing a solo version of the locomotion for the school concert in fish fifth class of national school

That's interesting, 'cos I remember **** over a Smash Hits poster of Kylie in third year in secondary.

Memories! :cool:

AlwaysAnyTime

Gary busey

Crazy=cool

Orim

DainBramage wrote: »

yea he changed around, good agent or movie choices. but proved himself as dallas buyers club shows

I find the recent turnaround on MacConaughy funny. He began his career as David Wooderson, one of the coolest people in film and went on to deliver a fantastic performance in A Time to Kill.

He did some some dreck all right but checking his imdb shows that it's not as much as people make out.

porsche959

AlwaysAnyTime wrote: »

Gary busey

Crazy=cool

Yes yes yes

ardle1

Sporty Spice.

Ihatecuddles

Bryan Cranston.

Went from being that guy who played Hal in MITM to being Walter White. Uber cool.

ryan101

Johnny Cash

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

mauzo! wrote: »

Bryan Cranston.

Went from being that guy who played Hal in MITM to being Walter White. Uber cool.

Yeah, but then they miscast him in the new Godzilla film and now he's back to uncool again.

SterlingArcher

mauzo! wrote: »

Bryan Cranston.

Went from being that guy who played Hal in MITM to being Walter White. Uber cool.

What? Hal was one of the best tv characters ever. He was cool then cool now. No temperature change there what so ever. As for Godzilla? he is getting paid , stacking up. Gets a season pass.

Ihatecuddles

SterlingArcher wrote: »

What? Hal was one of the best tv characters ever. He was cool then cool now. No temperature change there what so ever. As for Godzilla? he is getting paid , stacking up. Gets a season pass.

Hey I loved him in MITM, but he was not cool as Hal, funny sure, but definitely not cool. Both as the character and actor.

Now he's cool, I won't be watching Godzilla though, so he gets a pass for that.

Sunglasses Ron

I've no idea, but funnily enough in a bit of an opposite to this thread I was only thinking of how in the last few years Will Smith has turned from fresh prince king of cool to insufferable cardboard cut out celebrity gobshi'te. Playing the archetypal pushy celebrity parent on the career of his awful troll doll daughter, he socialises with the Kardashians, and, most unforgivably, he has flirted with/ donated to Scientology. You wouldn't catch Samuel L or Clint Eastwood at that type of carry on.:p

snaphook

Golfer Nick Faldo.

Similar resurgence to Steve Davis from the Snooker.

Was one of the dominant players in the eighties/nineties but was never a favourite with the media. Regarded him as cold, aloof with an arrogant personality. The Steve Davis to Seve Ballesteros' Alex Higgins.

He began working in the US media as a commentator and had a personality transplant and has won plaudtis and fans for his humour, anecdotes and depth of knowledge.

AdolfHipster

I used to be Cool, but then they changed what Cool was. Now what I thought was Cool isn't Cool, and what's Cool seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too!

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Will Smith has turned from fresh prince king of cool to insufferable cardboard cut out celebrity gobshi'te.

Apparently he is not liked by many of his co-stars. The Black community are also not supposed to be happy with him for starring in The Legend of Bagger Vance when his career was on the up and could have afforded to turn it down. Playing a "Magical Negro" is supposed to very taboo for black stars that have successful careers.

Apparently, Ethan Hawke, who was good friends with Denzel Washington after having just made Training Day with him, made some remark about that in the toilets and if you take a quick look at this clip where Denzel is receiving his Oscar for TD, you'll first notice that Will Smith is not in his seat (and they have to use a picture of him instead) and then you'll see (at the 55sec mark) Ethan Hawke looking a little shook, with a big bruiser on his face, which wasn't there when he arrived at the Oscars that night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKDfyFjQtc

Smith had just finished shooting Ali and so would have been well capable of a throwing a punch.

Course, may all just be a rumour and the story about Smith's kid having an ear infection and the bruise just mere lipstick from Thurman is the real truth, but I'm not buying that, as Hawke was as white as a sheet and can't see Will Smith missing his chance in the spotlight because of a child's ear infection.

Sunglasses Ron

AdolfHipster wrote: »

I used to be Cool, but then they changed what Cool was. Now what I thought was Cool isn't Cool, and what's Cool seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too!

Being a hipster was never cool :pac:

Motivator

umop.episdn wrote: »

I'd rather he was dead to be truthful

Wow. Who knew being a multi millionaire & shagging models with big tits could make people wish death on you? I'm sure James, as he lays his head down in his multi million dollar house cares what someone on boards, most probably a roadsweeper or something similarly unskilled & unfashionable, thinks.

I now wish death on you for being so much of a loser.

duchalla

JohnTravolta went from being cool in the 70's (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) to uncool in the 80's (insert any movie he did during the 80's), back to being cool in the 90's (Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty). Dunno how you'd classify him nowadays....

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

duchalla wrote: »

JohnTravolta went from being cool in the 70's (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) to uncool in the 80's (insert any movie he did during the 80's), back to being cool in the 90's (Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty). Dunno how you'd classify him nowadays....

How dare you. Blow Out was a gem of a movie.

The likes of Perfect and Look's Who's Talking killed him though, you're right.

Sky King

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Being a hipster was never cool :pac:

No it was cool before it was cool.

pickarooney

Robson or Jerome. Whichever is in Game of Thrones

DEFTLEFTHAND

snaphook wrote: »

Golfer Nick Faldo.

Similar resurgence to Steve Davis from the Snooker.

Was one of the dominant players in the eighties/nineties but was never a favourite with the media. Regarded him as cold, aloof with an arrogant personality. The Steve Davis to Seve Ballesteros' Alex Higgins.

He began working in the US media as a commentator and had a personality transplant and has won plaudtis and fans for his humour, anecdotes and depth of knowledge.

Is that all just put on for the cameras though, even when he captained the European Ryder Cup team there were rumblings that he was still as unpopular as ever with the players.

With Davis I get the impression that he is a genuine nice guy.

cactuspaw

Robert Downey Jnr. In fairness he is a great Ironman.

Frank Lee Midere

Motivator wrote: »

Wow. Who knew being a multi millionaire & shagging models with big tits could make people wish death on you? I'm sure James, as he lays his head down in his multi million dollar house cares what someone on boards, most probably a roadsweeper or something similarly unskilled & unfashionable, thinks.

I now wish death on you for being so much of a loser.

Maybe he is a nuclear physicist?

umop.episdn

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Maybe he is a nuclear physicist?

No, just a music lover.