I think of Donald Sutherland as like one of those British actors trained at RADA or wherever who are superb at what they do and who’ll also do pretty much anything for a paycheck as it’s just a job, man, with the result that they work a lot and it’s almost always great to see them pop up in a film.
was he ever a leading man who would "open"? cuz that seems to be when actors get very strategic abt what roles they take.
maybe DS was lower tier so he could be free to be more adventurous?
or maybe the culture of 70s movie-making encouraged big names to do challenging artsy stuff.
Michael Caine and Anthony Hopkins also took on lots of things if there was a pay check involved, and they could “open”. I agree with Kieran that it’s part of the professional culture.
