Eric Roberts

The legend, according to Mockbusters.tv

Forged in the most independent independent theater of all —so independent nobody could confirm it existed— Eric Roberts brought to film a wild naturalness no screenplay has ever managed to domesticate. One read-through, the whole script memorized, and that read-through is usually the only one: in Megaboa and Jurassic Domination he improvises precisely what was written, only better. From Monster Island to Ape vs. Monster and Top Gunner, Hollywood tracks his career with a blend of envy and binoculars, then reshoots his instincts for a hundred million and considerably less soul.

A portrait from the Mockbusters.tv satirical universe: humorous praise, not a factual biography.