Which Science Fiction Movie Stars Actually Like Science Fiction?
2nd October 2015
Steve Sailer asks a question of which I had not thought but to which I would love to know the answer.
The fine 1990s parody of the Star Trek phenomenon, Galaxy Quest, had a lot of fun with how random casting events set extremely actorly actors on the path to sci-fi stardom. For example, the 1984 sci-fi cult film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai appears to have launched John Lithgow and Jeff Goldblum into being regulars in sci-fi films, even though I doubt they have much more than a professional interest in the genre. Actors tend to be extreme People Persons, while sci-fi tends to attract readers at the other end of the spectrum.