History Main / HamandCheese

* "Franchise/SpiderMan, [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]! Creator/GeorgeTakei [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUrQWsUjTA should be]] [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Spider-Man]]!"

->''"[[Creator/JeremyIrons Use every ounce]] of [[Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000 your rage!]]"''

Can overlap with WTHCastingAgency and AwesomeDearBoy. Compare ChewingTheScenery, WagTheDirector. Contrast TookTheBadFilmSeriously.

* While Creator/ChristopherLambert wasn't this in ''Highlander'', he certainly made up for it when he got cast as [[WTHCastingAgency Raiden]] for ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie''. He and Creator/LindenAshby (Johnny Cage) were pretty much tossing the comedy ball back and forth for the whole film.

* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' is generally considered the weakest part of the franchise, and to only have one redeeming feature; Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver. Silver is the closest thing to a ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' villain we'll ever see in a live-action work, and seeing him switch from maniacal giggling to SuddenlyShouting at the drop of a hat, milk the giant cow and go through props like a fat kid in cake is a thing to behold.

* Creator/ChristopherWalken ''again'' as Detective Magnotta in the early-nineties FullMotionVideo adventure game ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9xiZoIiTJHw#t=97s His performance]] could best be described as Walken doing a bad impression ''of himself''. It's '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFKylgGk73I un-fucking believable]]!'''.

* Creator/EwanMcGregor in ''Film/TheIsland''. He also shows a bit of it in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, although generally, he's just reading his lines, rather like Sir Creator/AlecGuinness did in the same role for the original film. He enjoys himself much better when fighting than when talking, really.

* Komodo, the BigBad of ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' is... astonishing. Angus Macfadyen seems to spend the entire film on the verge of bursting into laughter, and frequently gives in. Wow. What was he on? Given that the same actor played the stoic [=DuPont=] in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' and Robert the Bruce in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' (both under a lot less makeup), he is clearly capable of turning in a subtle performance. Given what he had to work with, that is a ludicrous script starring some kid and a bunch of {{Undercrank}}ed kangaroos poorly ripping off the ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles,'' he must've just decided to [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs pop some E]] and go ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.

* The ''{{Film/Highlander}}'' series has this trope in spades...

* Creator/MichaelSheen, who joined the cast of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' to [[SoMyKidsCanWatch make his daughter happy]]. You can tell he's aware that he's in a film that caters almost exclusively to screaming tweens, none of whom will give him a second glance, and he hams it up magnificently.
** He pretty much did it again for ''Film/TronLegacy'' - his maniacal, campy Music/DavidBowie impersonation made him one of the great highlights and sources of comedy in an otherwise dreary, over-serious film.

* Almost none of the actors from ''Film/TheRoom'' knew how to handle their roles, aside from Creator/GregSestero and Kyle Vogt [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Taking the Bad Film Seriously]] with their roles as Mark and Peter respectively, which already made the film [[SoBadItsGood memorably bad]] on its own. That said, there's one actor who adds the extra [[LargeHam ham]] to the cheese sandwich, being Dan Janjigian playing the role of drug dealer Chris-R. In the short minute and a half that he's on-screen, he ''absolutely'' [[ChewingTheScenery Chews the Scenery]] by threatening to blow Denny's brains out with a pistol for not having his drug money, and his role was ''so'' passionate, that the other actors were outright ''scared'' of Janjigian, thinking he was actually ''that'' violent.

* The commercials for Advertising/{{Volvic}} mineral water featuring Tyrannosaurus Alan and George the Volcano, while animated pretty well, are just cheesy enough to reach MemeticMutation territory for {{YouTube Poop}}s, and this can be largely attributed to Creator/MattBerry's performance as George. He makes proper use of NoIndoorVoice, turning George into a LargeHam with a ton of {{Catchphrase}}-worthy lines.

-->'''Principal''': ''[[{{Catchphrase}} CEASE!]]''

--->'''Time:''' What were you thinking when you accepted a role in ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}''? It's hard to imagine someone so gifted not realizing what a terrible film that would be!
--->'''Kingsley:''' I don't know whether to be upset or flattered by that question. To be honest, I have always wanted to play a vampire, with the teeth and the long black cape. Let's say that [[AwesomeDearBoy my motives were somewhat immature for doing it]].

** Malkovich also hams up in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', another example in [[Film/{{Transformers}} a series]] full of actors letting it loose, such as Creator/JohnTurturro in the first three movies, Creator/StanleyTucci in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' and Creator/AnthonyHopkins in ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''.

Say you're an actor and a damn good one at that. You're hot stuff in Hollywood, with directors throwing money at your feet to be in their film. So you pick the one [[MoneyDearBoy that gets you the most cash]] or sounds the most promising in general. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong It'll all be fine, right?]] ''[[TemptingFate Wrong.]]'' You arrive on set to find what seems to be a film GoneHorriblyWrong, complete with SpecialEffectsFailure, [[DullSurprise bad actors]] and a script with so much cheese and so many holes it might as well be printed on deli Swiss.

So what do you do? You ''could'' just say "ScrewThisImOuttaHere", storm off and refuse to associate with the film ever again, you ''could'' [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take the project seriously]], and try with all your might to make it work... ''[[TakeAThirdOption Or]]'' you could unleash [[LargeHam The Hog]], [[MilkingTheGiantCow milk that great big heifer]] dry, and [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]] into a fine ''pulp''. If it's going to be a ''well-remunerated'' bad movie, you might as well enjoy yourself, eh? And who knows? You might even end up [[SoBadItsGood saving the film]].

After all... What goes better with cheese than a big slab of '''HAM?'''

Say you're an actor and a damn good one at that. You're hot stuff in Hollywood, with directors throwing money at your feet to be in their film. So you pick the one [[MoneyDearBoy that gets you the most cash]] or sounds the most promising in general. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong It'll all be fine, right?]]

''[[TemptingFate Wrong.]]''

You arrive on set to find what seems to be a film GoneHorriblyWrong, complete with SpecialEffectsFailure, [[DullSurprise bad actors]] and a script with so much cheese and so many holes it might as well be printed on deli Swiss. So what do you do? You ''could'' just say "ScrewThisImOuttaHere", storm off and refuse to associate with the film ever again, you ''could'' [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take the project seriously]], and try with all your might to make it work...

''[[TakeAThirdOption Or]]'' you could unleash [[LargeHam The Hog]], [[MilkingTheGiantCow milk that great big heifer]] dry, and [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]] into a fine ''pulp''. If it's going to be a ''well-remunerated'' bad movie, you might as well enjoy yourself, eh? And who knows? You might even end up [[SoBadItsGood saving the film]]. After all... What goes better with cheese than a big slab of '''HAM?'''

You arrive on set to find what seems to be a film GoneHorriblyWrong, complete with SpecialEffectsFailure, [[DullSurprise bad actors]] and a worse script. So what do you do? You could go "ScrewThisImOuttaHere", storm off and refuse to associate with the film ever again, you could [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take the film seriously]], try with all your might to make it work... ''or'' you could unleash [[LargeHam The Hog]], [[MilkingTheGiantCow milk the giant cow]] dry, and [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]] into ''dust''.

If it's going to be a ''well-remunerated'' bad movie, you might as well enjoy yourself, eh? And who knows? You might even end up [[SoBadItsGood saving the film]].

* ''Film/AlienResurrection'' is often considered one of the sillier entries in the ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'' franchise, and has Creator/RonPerlman, J.E. Freeman and Creator/BradDourif invoking this trope.

* The commercials for Advertising/{{Volvic}} mineral water featuring Tyrannosaurus Alan and George the Volcano, while animated pretty well, are just cheesy enough to reach MemeticMutation territory for [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop [=YouTube=] Poops]], and this can be largely attributed to Creator/MattBerry's performance as George. He makes proper use of NoIndoorVoice, turning George into a LargeHam with a ton of {{Catchphrase}}-worthy lines.

* ''VideoGame/OnlyTheBraveCanRescueTheKidnappedPrincess'' is a generally forgettable children's adventure game, but Sir John Standing provides a memorable performance as [[AdiposeRex the King]], a hammy FatBastard who he clearly had a blast playing. His performance was a major part of why the character's musical number, "[[OdeToFood I Love My Food]]," briefly became a popular WebAnimation/YouTubePoop source in 2010.

* Duncan pulls a similar performance as Kingpin in ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''.

** This also applies to Palpatine’s reappearance in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', where, despite the film having a few glaring writing mistakes here and there (including not bothering to explain how he survived his supposed death in ''Return of the Jedi''), Ian still hams up his role, even stating he had to "contain himself" when he was approached with the offer to return to the role since [[AwesomeDearBoy he loves playing the character that much.]]

** This also applies to Palpatine’s reappearance in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', where, despite the film having a few glaring writing mistakes here and there (including not bothering to explain how he survived his supposed death in ''Return of the Jedi''), Ian still hams up his role.

* 1995's ''Film/JudgeDredd'' was ravaged by critics and largely ignored by audiences, but it has its fans partly due to the sheer insanity of its main villain, portrayed in such an over-the-top style by Creator/ArmandAssante that the viewer is left to wonder if the actor really ''is'' crazy. The scenery's also chewed by Creator/RobSchneider, who provides a nicely frantic comic foil to the deadpan Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JurgenProchnow for the unsubtle role of Judge Griffin, Creator/JamesRemar as the Block Warlord, and Christopher Adamson as the memorably grotesque Machine Angel (when you're playing a cannibalistic cyborg, you don't exactly want to play him as "reserved")

* ''Film/TheKarateKidIII'' is generally considered the weakest part of the franchise, and to only have one redeeming feature; Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver. Silver is the closest thing to a ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' villain we'll ever see in a live-action work, and seeing him switch from maniacal giggling to SuddenlyShouting at the drop of a hat, milk the giant cow and go through props like a fat kid in cake is a thing to behold.

* Music/BobDylan's line in USA for Africa's {{Glurge}}fest CharityMotivationSong "We Are The World" has been described by ''Salon'' podcaster Chris Molanphy as "Bob Dylan's hilarious Bob Dylan impression".

* ''Film/{{Dungeons and Dragons|2000}}'':

* Creator/TildaSwinton in the not-really-critically-acclaimed ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' adaptation ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. She seems to be having a fair bit of fun with the overacting opportunities of her role, and is damn sexy while at it, too (which is sort of inevitable if you have Swinton playing an insane, [[{{Bifauxnen}} androgynous]] angel with well-pedicured feet and [[WaifFu impressive martial arts skills]]...).

* Creator/DingoPictures is a German "[[LimitedAnimation animation]]" studio known for their very blatant mockbusters of other animated films, and their English dubs are known for (''at best'') having only two voice actors, one female and one male, who both typically deliver [[DullSurprise wooden performances]], and who technically can speak English fluently, but [[{{Malaproper}} often slip up in very awkward ways]], but some of the lines (mostly ones voiced by the man) are hammed up so much, but so ''inconsistenly'' that the English dubs [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff are popular]] for [[SoBadItsGood all the wrong reasons]]. The lion king character from ''Lion & The King'' somehow both ''overacts'' and '''under'''acts ''at the same time'' by delivering DullSurprise lines with NoIndoorVoice. '''[[MemeticMutation "The Diamonds, MY GOD! I've forgotten about them completely!"]]''' [[BigBad The black panther from the same movie]] even moreso, who unlike the lion, is ''always'' [[EvilIsHammy hamming it up, even when calm]]. There's also the numerous male characters ''[[LarynxDissonance voiced by the woman]]'' [[{{Narm}} desperately still trying to sound deep and masculine]], such as Ark from ''Animation/DinosaurAdventure''.

* A rare intentional case, Creator/ChrisCooper's villain in ''Film/TheMuppets'' is written with over the top ham, and you can tell that he's having a ball with it.

%%* Christien Anholt as Eon in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Ben 10: Race Against Time]]''.

* ''Series/TwentyFour'' had its very lackluster seventh season that was part of a multiple-season DorkAge where one of the primary memorable scene stealers was Creator/JonVoight as Jonas Hodges, an over-the-top CorruptCorporateExecutive that had little to no trouble chewing the scenery whenever he showed his face in a scene. Not too shockingly, after Hodges was taken out of the picture the majority of the fans felt that the rest of Season 7 [[SeasonalRot completely nosedived]].

* In ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', Callum Blue's AxeCrazy portrayal of [[KneelBeforeZod Zod]] is pretty much the only redeeming thing in the atrocious [[DorkAge season nine]].

* Creator/DennisHopper in ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' seems to not want to waste any good acting on the movie.