When the cryptic TOI headline screamed Michael Clarke dies - I was wondering what happended to the Oz captain?
Then to my shock I realized the gentle giant Mike who portrayed an Oscar-worthy role of the prisoner with magical powers in The Green Mile had died of a myocardial arrest!
Son of a single-mother who quit college to help his ailing mother and struggled as a bouncer and bodyguard before landing small roles; wowed everyone as John Coffey in The Green Mile. Tom Hanks was simply over-shadowed!
Other roles include Armageddon, Sin City, The Whole Nine Yards and voice-work in animation movies like Kung fu Panda.
Somehow he never got roles that would showcase his talents; a hulk of a man he would end up playing secret-agent second-fiddle roles or gang-member kind of roles.
RIP - oh gentle giant!
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I loved his small roles, particularly in Green Mile.
ReplyDeleteIt's so good of you to dedicate a post for this unsung hero.
RIP Michael
Thanks Anupam :)Yes, he truly deserved much more!
ReplyDeleteoh, so he is the guy... being seeing RIP Michael Clarke on the social networking sites. Had no idea it was this giant of a man, he was great in the green mile. And that's the only movie I saw of his... Bless his gentle soul.
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