Editing Mel Gibson (section)

=== Overview ===
Gibson gained favorable notices from film critics when he first entered the cinematic scene, as well as comparisons to several classic movie stars. In 1982, [[Vincent Canby]] wrote that "Mr. Gibson recalls the young [[Steve McQueen]]... I can't define 'star quality,' but whatever it is, Mr. Gibson has it."<ref>{{cite news|title=New Faces Brighten a Mixed Batch of Movies|author=Canby, Vincent|author-link=Vincent Canby|work=The New York Times|date=August 29, 1982|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/29/movies/film-view-new-faces-brighten-a-mixed-batch-of-movies.html}}</ref> Gibson has also been likened to "a combination [[Clark Gable]] and [[Humphrey Bogart]]."<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news | title = Mel Gibson: Australia's new hunk | author=Vernon Scott | agency=[[United Press International]] | date = February 24, 1983}}</ref> Gibson's roles in the ''Mad Max'' series of films, [[Peter Weir]]'s ''[[Gallipoli (1981 film)|Gallipoli]]'' (1981), and the ''Lethal Weapon'' series of films earned him the label of "action hero".<ref name="Cagle">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998731-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724012602/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998731-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2010|title=Cinema: A Softer Side of Mel|last=Cagle|first=Jess|date=December 11, 2000|magazine=Time|access-date=July 20, 2010}}</ref>

Later, Gibson expanded into  human dramas such as the [[Franco Zeffirelli]] film version of ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1990), and comedic roles such as those in ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' (1994) and ''[[What Women Want]]'' (2000). He moved to directing and producing with ''[[The Man Without a Face]]'' (1993), ''[[Braveheart]]'' (1995), ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'' (2004), and ''[[Apocalypto]]'' (2006). Jess Cagle of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' compared Gibson with [[Cary Grant]], [[Sean Connery]], and [[Robert Redford]].<ref name="Cagle"/> Connery once suggested Gibson should play the next [[James Bond]] to Connery's [[M (James Bond)|"M"]]. Gibson turned down the role, reportedly because he feared being [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mel Gibson: Living Dangerously|first=Wensley|last=Clarkson|author-link=Wensley Clarkson|publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press|location=New York|year=1993|pages=170–171}}</ref>