I have watched a couple of movies recently with some particular stars doing things you would not expect to see them do and I'm trying to think of more.
I saw Hot Stuff from 1979 with Dom Deluise getting into gun fights and running from explosions. Was quite surreal, obviously still done for laughs but he "has a go." A new action star was not born overnight, but it got me thinking of movie stars who had a go at something they really would not be known for.
Steve Guttenberg doing Airborne and Overdrive. Normally a clean cut comedy star but had a, pretty unsuccessful, go at action.
Steve Martin in Novocaine, bit like Guttenberg, the climax of Novocaine is a little more action orientated than I would normally expect from Martin.
Roger Moore, no stranger to comedy, but going full slapstick in The Curse of the Pink Panther raised an eyebrow.
Harrison Ford's role in What Lies Beneath was a great twist to the movie as you would never expect Ford to go villianous.
Richard Dreyfus in Stakeout was an eye opener, doing what you would expect Mel Gibson to be doing.