I whole heartedly agree. I look at Hoffman and see the annoying fuck from Red Dragon, not some evil genius.
I see Hoffman, as one of the best actors of this generation who has an excellent catalouge of performences. However, he isn't the first I think of for evil villian. I perfer him in the dramatic conflicted roles because he is great at it. I mean seriously, his track record speaks for itself.
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I'm not knocking Hoffman's dramatic chops, which he's mainly showed in PT Anderson films like Boogie Nights.
However, I just don't see him as an action guy yet.
This COULD be a Jamie Foxx thing though, as I didn't buy Foxx as an action guy until Mann put him in Collateral.