The other day I was discussing something about Marilyn Monroe with a friend and she mentioned the film Monroe did with Laurence Olivier, The Prince and the Showgirl. It started me thinking about how an esteemed and renowned actor would do a movie with the word "Showgirl" in it (no, not Kyle MacLachlan) and then my mind moved to, "Who is America's current living legendary actor?" Certainly with the recent announcement that Meryl Streep was chosen for a Kennedy Center Honor is another point in her favor, although a lot of her recent work doesn't match up to the heavy and relevant dramas of her earlier years.
Who else has had an equally long career of iconic roles? Do you choose, like Streep, an actor whose worthy roles were earlier in their career (like Pacino, DeNiro)? Or do you choose a more recent notable like Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but does he yet have the longevity of a Streep? Must someone be consistently stellar? Lots of questions.
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