The Michael Ironside Factor
Some students and I got to talking about what I call "The Michael Ironside Factor."
Actor Michael Ironside ("V," Highlander 2, Starship Troopers, Total Recall) has a bizarre tendency. The man loses a major appendage in nearly every movie to feature him. Highlander 2: His head. Starship Troopers: His lower half. Total Recall: His arms.
The Machinist...his hand...
Other examples?
I'm thinking that was him in Scanners...can't recall.
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Great actor, great new game to play.
Also, don't forget to mention that his character was already without an appendage in Starship Troopers: His character was missing one arm below the elbow.
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An update: he was the guy from "Scanners", and here's a tidbit from imdb:
"A talented arm wrestler in his youth, he ironically often loses an arm and / or other limb in his films: Total Recall (1990), Starship Troopers (1997), Maquinista, El (2004) and Guy X (2005). If he hadn't been too bulky he also would have played Murphy in RoboCop (1987), who loses both his arms."
I really can't imagine him as Robocop, as awesome as he undoubtedly would have been.
I'd never seen that on IMDB. Sad thing is, I'm pretty sure we only have a partial list...
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