Tron Legacy star Jeff Bridges has revealed the reason he has had such a varied career is because he was careful not to get typecast like his dad Lloyd Bridges did at various points in his career.

In an interview with the Evening Echo, Bridges revealed that his dad often became frustrated at being typecast and it all started with his role in Sea Hunt…

“I’ve watched my father closely and how he navigated his career in the industry. One of the things that brought him a lot of success, but also a lot of frustration, was his success in Sea Hunt. He was so into that role that people actually thought he was a diver! I remember doing a movie called Blown Away! with him and before he got the part, the producer wasn’t keen – they thought he was a comedian because of the Airplane! movies. I took my cue from that and tried hard not to create too strong a persona for a number of reasons – it makes it more interesting to play different roles, it puts a message out to filmmakers and pleasantly confuses the audience as to who I am. They’re all different aspects of myself. I don’t really think of them as the good or bad but just different parts. It’s fun to play both.”

Photo courtesy of sliceofscifi.com

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