but is McQueen really the go to guy for a badass reference? he's a little more suave, you know? I mean there's Bruce Willis...witty, but first and foremost a badass...and then there's McQueen, a little bit of a badass, but first and foremost a charmer. the great escape, thomas crown affair, etc. these are films that absolutely HINGED on McQueen's charm in a leading role. what roles did he have where they hinged on him being a merciless badass? I still gotta give it to Willis as the go-to badass...

The problems with your theory are numerous. First, what do you mean when you say he's copying "Brad Dourif"? Brad Dourif is not the same in every movie -- Doc Cochran is not the same character as Billy Bibbit.

Your other examples are gigantic stretches. Brad Renfro sucks, but not because he's copying Richard Gere. Ryan Gosling is a Sean Penn copycat? Really? Maybe if "being a good actor and taking on interesting roles in a variety of different films" constitutes copying. And David Krumholtz is channels Al Pacino? Really? You don't want to revise that a bit? I can't recall many movies in which Al Pacino played the teenage maladroit, which is how Krumholz made his career. While you're at it, why don't you tell us about how Michael Cera is just ripping off Christian Bale?

I didn't say anything remotely "dick sucking" in any of my posts. I did, however, point out the idiocy of your post. I guess when someone calls you out, you resort to dick-sucking comments. Well-played, asshole.