Quote Originally Posted by mtnhack View Post
Name an actor who is a legitimate bad-ass.
And Marky-Mark is not a legitimate bad-ass. It's acting; if the director and actor are good, they will be able to portray anyone as anything.
I can name a few... R Lee Ermy -former Marine, I need say no more; Chuck Norris- do I really need to explain this one?; Harrison Ford- yep, real-life BAMF, he crashed a helicopter and walked away, among other things; Christopher Lee- former British Special Operations, worked with Ian Flemming in WWII; Kurt Russell- Racecar driver, aspired to be a martial arts badass, and was one helluva baseball player in his youth; Danny Trejo- lived a lot of the roles he portrayed (except vampire, that was 100% fiction); Mickey Rourke- former boxer with 17 KOs; Lee Marvin- WWII hero and very successful hunter; Dolph Lundgren- Champion martial arts expert, could possibly beat the everloving shit out of Steven Seagal; Steven Seagal- Also pretty much plays himself in all of his movies, plus he's a deputy sheriff in Louisiana; Robert Mitchum- lived on the streets growing up (great depression era) and escaped a damn chain gang at age 14!; Mel Brooks- WWII hero; And of course, perhaps the most badass of all: Audie Murphy- if you don't know who this guy is, come, join us in the land of the people who don't live in a fucking cave!