If There Was An Academy Award Given For "Best Character Entrance," Which Characters Would've For Sure Won?
They had us at "hello."
A great character knows how to make a great entrance. Period. End of sentence.
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In movies, a great character's entrance should tell you absolutely everything you need to know about the character, while also setting up their place in the story — and bein' just a lil' badass while doing it.
So, with this in mind, if there was an Academy Award given for "Best Character Entrance in a Motion Picture*," which characters would've 100% taken home that lil' gold man?
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*For the purposes of this post, please stick to MOVIE CHARACTERS! We can always do TV characters later!
Maybe you'd nominate a classic, like the first time we ever see Indiana Jones on screen in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
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Or perhaps it's a song and dance number, like Jessica Rabbit's character reveal in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
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Eh, come to think of it, maybe your vote would go to someone a little more recent, like Killmonger's incredible first scene in Black Panther (2018).
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Heck, maybe your pick isn't even human, and you'd like the award to go to the shark from Jaws (1975).
