Amanda Hockingthat guy from that thing
I feel like I should update my blog, but I don’t want to talk about me. I’ve talked about me a lot and everybody else has talked about me and it’s just enough of me.
Let’s talk about William Fichtner. You may say to yourself, “I don’t know who that it is,” and you’d probably be right, but then you’d look at a picture of him and go, “Oh yeah! He’s that guy from the thing!” Yep. That’s William Fichtner.
He’s been in a number of television shows and movies over the past twenty years, including The Dark Knight, Prison Break, Armageddon, Mr & Mrs Smith, and Crash. And I’ve always enjoyed him. But on Friday I saw on Drive Angry, and it officially won me over as a hardcore fan.
Okay. So I know what you’re thinking. “Drive Angry 3D? Really?” Yes. I expected it to be horrible. But it wasn’t. I seriously loved it. And I would say at least 90% of that love came from William Fichtner’s protrayal of the Accountant.
I will say that by the end of the film, I still didn’t completely understand what he was “accounting.” And some of the film didn’t completely “make sense.” But the explosions were fun. The cars were awesome (it was mostly a 69 Charger). And William Fichtner was incredibly badass.
So I would recommend going seeing it. I honestly gave it to a 9 out of 10. My viewing companions didn’t enjoy it as much as I did. But I’ve figured out that if at least one thing blows up and at least one person is super awesome and kickass, then I will enjoy the movie. Especially when I see it in theaters.
At any rate, William Fichtner is somebody who deserves more buzz this week than me. So go watch Drive Angry or Albino Alligator or The Dark Knight. But really, you should watch The Dark Knight every day anyway.
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Cindy Marchant says: I remember his when he came on ATWT. Gosh that was a long time ago. He’s a wonderful actor and no one ever knows his name! But you always remember the face.
Oh! I love that guy. I didn’t realize that was who you were talking about. I loved him in Blades of Glory. But I loved everyone in that movie. <3 Thank you for telling me who that is.
He had what was, IMO, the ONLY good scene in Armageddon, he was the ONLY good character in Ultraviolet (literally scanned through that one for his scenes), and I loved, loved, loved, *LOVED* him in Invasion.
For the longest time, I thought he was Christopher Walken’s son because they look alike to me and they’re both amazingly talented actors with ridiculous range.
He is also from a great Miniseries/Movie called Empire Falls, based on Richard Russo’s great book. I suggest everyone check that out!
I love him!! I knew his face and what movies he played in but did not know his name until last year. He was filming Drive Angry in my town and he was shopping at Target. I knew I recognized him but since I did not know his name I never talked to him. I could not believe no one noticed him. I took my two children and stalked him through Target until I realized how rude I was being and just left!!
I remember him from Guiding Light a million years ago and have loved watching him pave his way in movies. He really is a great That Guy and can play Any Guy really well! Nice blog Amanda!
Wow, he IS that guy that was in that one thing… perpetually! It used to be Paul Giamatti, but he’s a real person now as well 🙂
I thought it was great too, & I loved that guy in the thing you were talking about. I understand you didn’t want to talk about you, but I would love to read the interviews. How could I access them, if i could?
Anonymous says: I remember him from The Guiding Light — used to watch with my grandmother. He’s had a nice long career.
Josie Wade
OMG! Finally! Someone who view movies the same way I do! That is always my movie criteria! Explosions and super awesome kick ass bad asses! My family thinks I am crazy. 🙂 I will always pick an action movie over anything else!
Side note: I first saw William Fichtner a long time ago when he had a role in As The World Turns.
Yeah…I am old.