by Kevin Muller

For some actors, they can have an on-screen persona that, if they play their cards right, could provide them with a lucrative career. Both Michael Cera and Jon Hamm gained notoriety through television roles that you couldn’t imagine anyone else playing. In the 2003 classic comedy show Arrested Development, Cera played the awkward George Michael. His performance comprised of making a situation more uncomfortable by attempting jokes that weren’t funny, delivered with no confidence, or at worst, a combination of the two. Despite that, the character was lovably weird. As the mysterious and magnetic Don Draper, Jon Hamm turned up the charisma and charm up to 100. As the show moved forward, the performance then became a mix tragedy and self-pity.

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