Actors I only like in certain movies or didn't like until a certain movie

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Has there ever been a movie with an actor/actress you normally don't like but love them in a certain movie/movies? Or has there ever been an actor you didn't like until you saw them in a certain movie and then you loved them after that? I have never been a huge Robert Mitchum fan. I don't hate him and never have but he was always just kind of there and I never minded him in supporting roles but didn't really care to see him as a lead actor in anything. I can't tell you why this is but I just have never been a huge fan but one of my favorite Christmas movies is "Holiday Affair". I don't know what it is but I like him in that movie. I've seen the more recent remake which may have been made for television I honestly don't know because I saw it on TV but either way, it wasn't the same as the Mitchum version. I really enjoyed him in that movie but still haven't been a big fan of his apart from some roles he did where he played more of a supporting role like in "The Grass is Greener" and "What a Way to Go" in which he was a supporting actor. His part in "What a Way to Go" is my favorite of Shirley's husbands in that movie. I honestly feel the reason I've never really enjoyed him in a lot of movies is because he did a lot of Westerns (I know he did a lot of other roles too) but I'm not a huge Western fan and I feel like that's what I typically associate him with even though I do know he has done other genres. An actor I love now but didn't originally understand the appeal is Clark Gable. My mom has always loved Clark Gable and I just didn't get it until I saw "Gone with the Wind". Something about that movie set up my love of Clark Gable as an actor and I started watching all of his movies and really enjoyed watching him. I don't know what it is about his portrayal in that movie but it sparked my love for him as an actor. I love a lot of actors and most of them I've loved since I first saw them, but others had to creep up on me. There are also a lot of underrated actors I like that most people don't know who they are. My love for older movies already means a lot of my friends never know who I'm talking about. I have a few friends who I enjoy talking about old movies with and who understand my love for certain actors. It's rare when I find someone around my age who has any clue of who I'm talking about, maybe that's why I've started sharing my love of old movies with my son, so I finally have someone to talk to about them that isn't in their 70s or older and because I just genuinely enjoy sharing something I love with him.