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The Actors

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The Actors	comment	"The Actors'' is a 2003 comedy film directed by Conor McPherson and starring Michael Caine and Dylan Moran as the titular actors.Whilst starring in a production of Richard III, veteran stage actor Anthony O'Malley (Caine) devises a get rich quick scheme which involves swindling money out of a local gangster. Said gangster, Barreller, (Michael Gambon) owes money to a third party from London, but has never actually met them, therefore all O'Malley needs to do is pretend to be the London gangster's representative and get away with the cash. As he is known to Barreller, O'Malley enlists the aid of struggling co-star Tom Quirke (Moran) to take on the role. But nothing is ever as easy as it seems...
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The Actors / int_22cf50f9	type	Chekhov's Gag
The Actors / int_22cf50f9	comment	Chekhov's Gag: The film begins with Tom unsucessfully trying out for a sausage advertisement. At the end, Dolores, who has been trying to break into acting, is seen in a Sex Sells version of the final ad.
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The Actors / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
The Actors / int_25524784	comment	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: O'Malley is given a pretty thorough one by Magnani's men, and attends his award ceremony in a wheelchair.
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The Actors / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
The Actors / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: Barreller acts as though he is a major crime figure to O'Malley, but in reality he is just a small-time chancer. O'Malley himself thinks he is something akin to Olivier, but no one seems to have heard of him.
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The Actors / int_44db43ce	type	Staged Shooting
The Actors / int_44db43ce	comment	Staged Shooting: Mary decided that the only way to solve the escalating problem is by killing Clive (Tom's first identity), using a series of bloodpacks and gunshot sound effects. Unfortunately Tom's conversation with Dolores changes his mind, leading O'Malley to forcibly set off the squibs.
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The Actors / int_4f773434	type	Wise Beyond Their Years
The Actors / int_4f773434	comment	Wise Beyond Their Years: Tom's niece Mary is considerably smarter than both of the leads, and they often find themselves coming to her for advice.
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The Actors / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
The Actors / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Magnani may be a ruthless gangster, but is always incredibly polite, and lets O'Malley off with a beating when others would have killed him.
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The Actors / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
The Actors / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: Barreller is only referred to as such.
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The Actors / int_6a9cfb8c	type	Karaoke Bonding Scene
The Actors / int_6a9cfb8c	comment	Karaoke Bonding Scene: Tom (as Clive) and Dolores begin to fall in love whilst duetting on the karaoke machine at Barreller's club.
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The Actors / int_6bdf39ae	type	Master Actor
The Actors / int_6bdf39ae	comment	Master Actor: Tom proves himself to be adept at playing three other roles throughout the film.
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The Actors / int_7cbba5d3	type	Ruthless Foreign Gangsters
The Actors / int_7cbba5d3	comment	Ruthless Foreign Gangsters: The ice cold Londoner Magnani compared to the affable small fry Irish gangster Barreller.
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The Actors / int_7f2427a6	type	Dawson Casting
The Actors / int_7f2427a6	comment	Dawson Casting: As with many real-life examples of this role, the 33 year old Richard III is played by O'Malley, who is at least double that.
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The Actors / int_805deb6e	type	Small Role, Big Impact
The Actors / int_805deb6e	comment	Small Role, Big Impact: Clive (Ben Miller) only appears in one brief scene, but he becomes the basis for Tom's main character, kicking off the whole con.
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The Actors / int_97b4c1fd	type	Cut Himself Shaving
The Actors / int_97b4c1fd	comment	Cut Himself Shaving: Zig-zagged at the end. O'Malley is beaten up, ending up in a wheelchair at the end, but Barreller is misinformed and comments how stupid O'Malley must have been to have fallen out of a window.
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The Actors / int_a18d407b	type	Samus Is a Girl
The Actors / int_a18d407b	comment	Samus Is a Girl: Magnani.
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The Actors / int_a3458bf2	type	More Deadly Than the Male
The Actors / int_a3458bf2	comment	More Deadly Than the Male: Mary, Dolores and Magnani are all considerably more intelligent and ruthless than their male counterparts.
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The Actors / int_bd620d3c	type	In Love with the Mark
The Actors / int_bd620d3c	comment	In Love with the Mark: Of a sort; whilst posing as Magnani's associate in order to scam Barreller; Tom falls in love with his daughter Dolores.
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The Actors / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
The Actors / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony:O'Malley rats Tom out to Magnani, and offers her tickets to their production so she can catch up to him. Unfortunately (for O'Malley) Tom is having a bad night and delivers a truly terrible performance, whilst O'Malley is excellent. Magnani therefore believes that O'Malley is the actor who has been troubling them, and gives him a severe beating.
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The Actors / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Actors / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The Nazi-themed Richard III is clearly influenced by the production (and later film adaptation) featuring Ian McKellen.
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The Actors / int_df9eda66	type	Write Who You Know
The Actors / int_df9eda66	comment	Write Who You Know: In-universe, Tom bases his mob courier character on his sister's boyfriend Clive.
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The Actors / int_f47bdd2a	type	Violent Glaswegian
The Actors / int_f47bdd2a	comment	Violent Glaswegian: Jock, Magnani's right-hand man.
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