I mentioned after seeing Booboo in three roles how different I thought he was in each, and let me tell you, the feeling doesn't go away with more exposure. I've now seen Julie and the Phantoms, Descendants 1-3, The Grizzlies, Good Girls Get High, Roxy, and It's Gawd! as well as the beginnings of White Frog and American Satan (I don't always watch a whole film at once with nothing else inbetween), and sampled his scenes from X-men: Days of Future Past. (Which I actually have seen before, years ago.) Some of those films are terrible, and the characters can be quite poorly written. Even so, it’s always rewarding to see what I’m getting next, because it’s never the same performance.
Taken on their own, it's not like most of his roles are all that memorable. It's just that they're all different, and different through so very small means. But you can’t exactly tell people, “This movie is garbage, but if you watch that, and half a dozen others, some of which he’s barely in, you’ll see how good a performance it is.” I mean, Warpath in DoFP is barely even a character, he just shows up and fights stuff and dies, but you contrast his voice and body language there with Nick from White Frog only two years before and it's like... how.
Is this guy hooked up to the Dollhouse? Are the Fellmottes out to get him? Is he a member of Clone Club? In short, is his body some sort of vessel that they pour souls into?
I know, I know, joking like that undermines the very real skill that goes into the work. Most of all, I'm surprised and a little frustrated that someone who can inhabit a character so completely, and who also has the face of an angel, is still stuck doing bit parts.
At least with his latest, Let Him Go, there have been several reviewers pointing out how good he is, including a couple saying they wished the movie had been about him instead. Too bad it’s not, and also too bad that I won't even get to see it for months yet.