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Title: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: 01101010 on September 03, 2012, 03:26:20 PM
http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/03/13642085-green-mile-actor-michael-clarke-duncan-dead-at-54?lite

Man... this guy was awesomely large.


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: schild on September 03, 2012, 03:29:42 PM
That is depressing. I liked him a lot.


Title: R.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan
Post by: Ginaz on September 03, 2012, 03:30:15 PM
Really surprised by this.  I knew he was in hospital recently but didn't know it was this serious.  I enjoyed many of his movies, esp. The Green Mile.  Sad. :heartbreak:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/03/showbiz/michael-clarke-duncan/index.html?hpt=hp_c2


Title: Re: R.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan
Post by: Segoris on September 03, 2012, 04:50:43 PM
Well shit, that is sad :(


Title: Re: R.I.P. Michael Clarke Duncan
Post by: Evildrider on September 03, 2012, 04:54:08 PM
Wow that sucks :(


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: Merusk on September 03, 2012, 08:20:27 PM
They have him listed as only 6'-4" I thought he was a lot taller.

Sad day, he was great to watch.


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: Cyrrex on September 03, 2012, 10:11:32 PM
Damn, I loved that guy!


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: 01101010 on September 04, 2012, 04:26:49 AM
They have him listed as only 6'-4" I thought he was a lot taller.

Sad day, he was great to watch.

That is how wide is was.  :awesome_for_real:

Huge man, huge voice, too young to go.


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: Ginaz on September 04, 2012, 09:19:42 AM
They have him listed as only 6'-4" I thought he was a lot taller.

Sad day, he was great to watch.

I thought he was taller than 6'4, too, since I'm 6'4 and he always looked a lot taller than me.  Not that he was a small man but I guess theres ways to make someone look like a giant on screen. 


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: WayAbvPar on September 04, 2012, 09:28:50 AM
 :heartbreak:


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: pxib on September 04, 2012, 02:43:04 PM
I thought he was taller than 6'4, too, since I'm 6'4 and he always looked a lot taller than me.
In real life your "camera" is up at 6'4", while in Hollywood it's usually somewhere nearer to the eye level of the rest of the cast... somewhere between 5'4" and 5'10". Somebody six to twelve inches taller than you would be a giant. Basically how tall he looks in film is how tall you look to everybody else in the world.


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: MuffinMan on September 04, 2012, 03:47:09 PM
Plus they purposely made him look larger in some roles because it was part of the character he was playing. Camera tricks, small props, etc.


Title: Re: Big Mike Clarke Duncan dies
Post by: Ironwood on September 05, 2012, 07:02:06 AM
Guess the Punisher can stop now.

 :heartbreak: