Hugh Laurie is known for playing bumbling charcters like The Thr Prince Regent in Blackadder and Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster, but in real life he seems quite unhappy and stern and fits most of the negitive traits of Dr Gregory House.
This was deleted for "not being on screen".
- Lewis 'Linkara' Lovhaug is pretty dry and serious when he does commentaries, which contrasts with Doug "That Guy With The Glasses" Walker's and Noah "Spoony" Antwiler's tendencies to crack jokes, make references and quote from the videos they're watching.
So, why are DVD Commentaries excluded from this? Should all the references to TV interviews count as well?
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This trope covers the following situation: A performer is known for being hilariously witty and/or outgoing in their professional life, while in their personal life, they're the direct opposite — shy, quiet, even boring.
In the example above, as far as I can tell, no reference at all is made to anyone's personal life. If Linkara is dry and serious when he's performing (and yes, commentaries of this type count as performances), then he is by default not an example of this trope. If the other two are quiet etc. offstage, then they're examples and can be re-added.
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- According to people who've actually met him, Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw is actually not as abrasive as his internet personality seems to indicate, in fact he apparently comes off as rather shy. Part of this can be seen in his trip to Washington DC
. Most of his supposed Small Name, Big Ego reputation related to Zero Punctuation seems to mostly be a poor relationship with his fans (as well as an actual history of egotism during his Adventure Game days), something he's attempting to rectify.
Umm, wouldn't this fit better in Mean Character, Nice Actor? (That I find ZP devoid of humour is neither here nor there) In fact, I thought it was there.
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Let's move it, yep.
She's playing with fire! He's not ready for Nibbly Pig!
- Inverted by Ewan McGregor, who seldom plays comic characters (nor straight-cut villains), but is quite animated and jovial in interviews.
Ewan McGregor arguably isn't a true inversion:
A true inversion would not simply be a funny actor who plays serious roles, but a comedian who plays deadpan and is actually hilarious off screen. See Zeppo Marx below.
Edited by newtonthenewt She's playing with fire! He's not ready for Nibbly Pig!
Regarding Rowan Atkinson, I'm not sure about this: "When interviewing Elton John on TV in the mid 90s, he scripted his entire portion of the interview."
Is this a reference to this
? Because that's not a real interview, it's a skit.
EDIT: I've pulled it. If it turns out there's a real interview as well, we can add it back.
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