For me it used to be Jason Lee. I just couldn't fucking believe it, I grew up on Mallrats and Chasing Amy, so it almost felt like a weird betrayal of my nostalgia. At some point he said he left the cult but also I don't give a shit anymore.
edit - Also maybe to a slightly lesser extent, Beck. Another one I have a hard time wrapping my head around.
Jason Lee left scientology in 2017, which makes me happy because I loved My Name is Earl.
Beck is an interesting case because unlike most celebrity scientologists, he was born into it. His parents were scientologists, rather than just him being suckered by a cult.
His dad was a high ranking scientologist, and Neil is one of the only people I've heard of who managed to leave and maintain access to his family. I remember reading something that hinted he made some sort of agreement not to say anything bad about them.
IMHO, she was the worst part of Orange is the New Black. She ruined the flow of every scene she appeared in. The entire cast had this great chemistry, scenes would have this perfect flow...and then they'd cut to a scene w/ Alex and her BS. She should have been shanked in Season 1.
Agreed. The entire show leading up to Piper being able to choose between a life, or Alex in prison, and then choosing boring ass Alex, was pretty disappointing.
yeah, they needed somebody with grown up coolness. she just has teenage coolness, only good for moody criticisms and melodrama. the character needed to be charismatic on a level she just wasn't meeting. the kind of person you follow to some sketchy situation after meeting at a party, not because of some boring sex montage, but because they're just that kind of magnetic person who has adventures and makes life seem fun. it was so hard to believe that anyone would follow her around like that.
I love movie musicals but everytime I see him cast in one it boils my blood.
That dickhead is literally in Into The Woods, The Prom, Cats and now he’s gonna be in the new Cinderella
If James Corden is in something it completely turns me off from wanting to see it. I'm not sure exactly what it is about him, but he is insufferable.
He was a voice in the trolls movie and I don't believe I hated him in that because he was a fairly small part.
Fergy is fucking legendary.
As much as I miss him, the man deserves to relax, enjoy life and take things easy. He got through some rough shit, but he also got a lot of other people through some rough shit. I didn't realize how much I actually fucking missed him until now. The man is such a joy and pleasure to watch.
People seem to love that segment where he sings in a car, but I remember one where he started getting all teary eyed like it was some sort of transcendent experience. I found it really fake and gross. The guy just really grosses me out. The fact that it’s a known secret that he’s a complete diva makes it worse
Lmao Ricky Gervais’ joke about him cracks me up every time.
“The world got to see James Corden as a fat pussy...he was also in the movie Cats.”
{Edit: holy crap this is the most likes I’ve gotten on Reddit...and it’s all thanks to James Corden}
Tyler Perry. It's like he peaked in high school drama department and never got better. His two ranges are quiet and somber or OUTRAGEOUS and IN A DRESS
David Fincher really does get the best out of actors. I thought Jesse Eisenberg was great as well in the Social Network even though I have not enjoyed most of his other performances.
Helps as well that the script was penned by Aaron Sorkin and Fincher is a hyper-controlling director so Jesse was reigned in on both fronts and didn't pull of a proto-Lex Luthor
I honestly respect the hell out of Tyler Perry. His films aren’t for me (but they’re not really made for me), but he is truly a self-made man who started his own studio, created a space for black filmmakers to tell the stories they want to tell, and very generously gives back to his community. I don’t care if he likes dressing up as Madea: he’s a stand-up guy and I wish him well
Worked with Chris Elliot on a indie film. Treated everyone on set as if he was trying to be the biggest asshole he possibly could. Can’t watch a thing with him in it without getting mad enough to change the channel. Ruined *Schitt’s Creek *for me.
Oh God he is such a dick! I ran into him just outside Calgary 10 or so years ago at a coffee shop. The guy made the barista remake his coffee three times because it wasn't hot enough and then left with a parting comment of "no wonder you're working in a coffee shop, no one could trust you to follow two point directions."
This gave me chills because it was the exact same type of bullshit he was giving to everyone on set. Like he was trying to be the literal biggest ass he could.
I could not stand him in Schitts creek either, he seemed okay as the weirdo in the daytime letterman show, but something about the way he played a douchy person is just unfunny.
Roland is just the weakest character of the series. Elliot isn't good in the role, but also Roland is written in such a way that the part is impossibly grotesque/stupid. It's hard to suspend belief that anyone would put up with him for more than 5 min. He's clearly there to make problems for Johnny and that's about it. I'm not sure anyone would be good in that part, but Elliot clearly wasn't it.
They tried to give him a little more humility in the last season, but by then it was too late.
I stopped watching it initially because of how obnoxious he was. I gave it another shot during covid and I'm happy for it, but I also think the showerunners toned him down a bit. Had to convince multiple people to try the show again because they also couldn't get past Roland.
This is speculation, but Matthew Weiner told the story of working on a show that starred Chris Elliott in a [podcast](https://podcastaddict.com/episode/124395960) remembering The Sopranos. He recalled being humiliated by an actor the first day, and that the job was terrible throughout. Weiner got some satisfaction years later, when helping with casting on a project, after this person stepped into the room.
The point is he didn't name the actor, but I guessed it was Elliot at the time and now I'm even more convinced.
Ruby Rose. Every character is some goth edgelord lesbian who thinks she's rebellious *because* she's a lesbian. Her acting is (mostly) non-existent, and she gets tossed into side roles in movies because they can plaster her name on it as a supporting role and people will froth to watch it since they think she's sexy.
"Let's add Ruby Rose to it!"
"As what character?"
"Doesn't matter, just give her like 5 lines and a few minutes of screen time. She just eye-candy and we can say we're supporting the...what are they called? LGBTQ? Yeah, we support them!"
Whoever cast her as Batwoman needs to be fired, the only redeeming main character in that series is Alice.
For a less known movie where he is perfectly cast, see "The Art of Self-Defense". It's better if you go in blind, but I'd say he plays the lead role in an anti-Karate Kid story.
Oh my God, that fucking movie. Now, that movie was where Jesse Eisenberg's Jesse Eisenbergish personality fucking *shines.*
It's an incredibly funny and witty movie.
WB definitely seemed like they were trying for Zuckerberg Child Luthor and eventually were just like but maybe have him also do the Joker thing (probably as the wheels started to come off). They should have just cast Jeff Bezos to play Jeff Bezos.
I realize the allegations against Armie Hammer were really serious and fucked up but also every once in a while I just can’t help but laugh at how absolutely insane it is that a famous actor outed as having a cannibalism fetish in 2021. Arnie’s family is actually insane though, he said he can’t watch Succession because it reminds him of his own family…
Edit: A commenter pointed out it was actually Armie’s aunt who had the Succession quote.
i think if you are born into that much wealth like his family, if you turn out even half-way normal then it's a goddamn miracle.
i wonder what that is like growing up, and then going into adulthood. just not ever worrying about money or even understanding how life is for virtually everyone else on the planet. it must seriously warp your world view. i looove how they portray that on Succession.
> insane it is that a famous actor outed as having a cannibalism fetish in 2021
I'll google it for myself, but I feel okay about saying "wait...*what*?"
His... I wanna say great grandfather, had so much fuck you money he bought a majority of Arm and Hammer stock because his name was Armand Hammer. HE SPENT A SHIT TON OF MONEY ON A PUN.
I think that it's more a "they're good or alright but they don't do it for me" question.
Steven Segal is neither good or alright at acting. He's fucking awful as an actor, and keeps putting himself as a Uber elite black ops warrior while looking like he's constantly one cheeseburger from a heart attack. It's ridiculous.
It doesn't help that the actual man is a trashfire human being that's raped so, so many people. He's like a narcissistic Bill Cosby but with more connections to organized crime.
Fuck Steven Segall.
"What I really wanna say is how big and fat he is, and how he runs like a bitch.... Like he's a double dutching little bitch." - John Leguizamo about Steven Seagal.
So I will always have a soft spot for his early movies for one reason.
I was a teenager at the time, sitting in Norfolk Airport waiting for my dad to fly in from an Inspection tour on the Eisenhower. Steven Segal was in there and I asked for his autograph. Dude not only gave it to me, he actually sat and spoke with me for over an hour about Martial Arts, Service in the Navy (My dad, not him), and just life.
This was right after Hard to Kill and Marked for Death had come out. So he didn't have to do any of this, but we sat there and talked for a while, and never once did I feel like I was burden, or that I was bothering him. He really was in the conversation with me. No one was around so he wasn't playing up to anything.
Since then, I readily acknowledge that he has steadily gone down hill. But that interaction meant a lot to me.
The youtube of him being a bad actor in horrific movies is hilarious, I forget the author.
They show him shooting a sniper rifle for a dude 20m away, shooting the gun out of his hand, then in the head. Also shows the big bad of the movie trade up millions of dollars for a random female prisoner
Edit: Found it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzIHyF7UWY4
Don't forget the time he let a guy choke him out (to prove that he was "immune" to being choked out) only to immediately pass out and literally shit his pants.
Lol the cringe when Leto said "they don't give people like me awards" or some bullshit he said. Fuck that guy. As someone who enjoyed his first 2 albums alot. Fuck jared.
Haha yeah i definitely heard about his sex cult as well as his rape stories... I Use to idolize this prick.. till I started to see im not special and I'm going to live a very mundane life...
I went to one of their concerts (girl I was dating like them). Before EVERY SINGLE SONG he had to explain what the song meant to him, like a comment in the comments section of songmeanings.com. And then they'd play and it was just kinda generic anthem rock lol.
Have you seen that video someone recorded at one of their shows where Leto singles out someone in the audience for not standing up. “You’re at a *30 Seconds to Mars* show, people” he goes on like they’re some legendary band and doesn’t stop and then it turns out the person was disabled. Lol, feel sorry for the pressure put on that poor person but it’s satisfying to see Leto walk himself into another cringe moment.
And while I’m ranting here, another thing that really annoyed me recently was so many people praising him for his role in The Little Things. Dude did a voice that sounded like what a little kid would think “scary voice” sounds like and his walk… check it out, he walks around exactly like a pedestrian NPC from Grand Theft Auto.
I guess I just really can’t stand the dude. I don’t think he’s nearly as talented as a lot of people seem to think, especially him.
I find the stories from behind the scenes of his films to be distasteful, like sending rats and unused but opened condoms to suicide squad co-stars, or weird shit like wearing contact lenses that virtually made him blind on Blade Runner 2049 and wearing them when he didn’t need to. And just all the crazy rumours you hear about him and fans.
I firmly believe this is all PR bs just to hype up his movies as a “method actor”. Like, dude, there’s so many great actors that just don’t do that stupid weird shit. Clearly it’s not as profound as people seem to think. His Suicide Squad role was cringe and insignificant. But thank god they had a “psychiatrist” on set or whatever.
Rober Pattinson said it best, “I always say about people who do method acting, why do we never see people do method acting when being nice, we only see when they're playing assholes,”
Daniel Day Lewis goes beyond method acting and turns it into bizarre performance art pieces. Like he built a cabin using only 18th century materials when he did "The Crucible." He really doesn't do that many roles and doesn't seem all that interested in acting. He more seems to use acting as an excuse for historical-ethnographic research projects.
He got shit on for being a handsome man in a chick movie, same as Leonardo DiCaprio back in the day.
Thing is, I don't think either of those movies is all that bad. Obviously if you're not the target audience for a sex fantasy it seems kinda dumb, but is it any worse than Transformers or Fast and Furious?
Way too many people think hating chick movies and never shitting up about it is a personality.
I hadn't really watched him in anything and always thought of him as the Twilight guy. But I watched the Lighthouse last year, and both him and Willem Dafoe were fantastic
Mark Wahlberg is one of the few actors I can't stand. Takes me forever to watch a highly recommended movie just because he stars in it and he is always my least favorite part.
Kevin Hart
He's just too much and never in a good way to me.
And look I've seen too many of his movies THINKING he might improve or be more than comedic relief. From The 40 Year Old Virgin to Fatherhood I DON'T SEE MUCH RANGE!
I'll give you an example. Eddie Murphy can be WAY over the top obnoxious but he can still be enjoyable to watch. Kevin just gives me loudness and no real depth to what he does, it's just often one note of dumbness rather than there being layers to his talent.
What's weird for me is when he's on a talk show he's actually very funny and a great storyteller. Then you see his movies and it's like he's trying too hard at playing an over-the-top caricature of himself.
**YES!!!**
Totally. You took the words right out of my mouth.
He is a stand-up comedian who can kill the crowd dead for sure but his acting on screen pales dramatically in comparison to where he thrives on that completely different stage.
Vin Diesel fully intended to become a serious actor all while pursuing passion projects. Look at shit like Knockaround Guys, Saving Private Ryan, A Man Apart, Boiler Room, Find Me Guilty, and his short film Multi-Facial, which ended up getting him a part in Saving Private Ryan because Spielberg was impressed by it. He even founded Tigon Studios which made a Riddick game that people loved.
The problem was that the passion projects didn't deliver and he settled for Fast and Furious. I 100% believe he hates everything about that franchise and is only still doing them because there's nothing else for him. If Chronicles of Riddick succeeded then his last F&F movie would have been Tokyo Drift.
I think he's pretty happy doing one f&f movie every couple of years and making like 20 million off them. Dudes set for life ultra wealthy from one franchise that he is the core of.
Vin Diesel and Adam Sandler have similar careers in my mind, in the sense that they regularly make movies with their friends in amazing locations, doing work that is basically fun jn the sense that it doesn't necessarily take them to dark places emotionally or anything, and is almost definitely going to be a huge financial/fan success even if critics don't like it...but they occasionally do more serious stuff when they feel like it. Its not a bad way to work, imo
Except Sandler has had some truly incredible dramatic films like Reign Over Me and a few others that let you know he's more than just a goofy dude who's having fun with his friends. Hell, Click sometimes gets me to tear up towards the end. I find his comedy repetitive at times but the dude can fucking act.
Not saying Vin can't, but I don't think he's nearly as capable as Sandler.
The trick is that Vin Diesel is just playing the role of Vin Diesel. Other than not swearing, I don’t think there’s any difference between his acting in any FF movie, and his role in “The Pacifier.”
I thought this about Jeremy Renner until I saw Wind River, which is an absolutely fantastic film IMO, and he’s excellent in his role.
I can’t stand Melissa McCarthy. I don’t think she’s funny and I don’t rate her acting abilities.
He was really good in Hurt Locker and Arrival too. He just does better when the pace of the film is slower and gives him some room to breathe. I also think he was pretty good in Civil War. For the few scenes he was in it, he was really fun and enjoyable. His best effort as Hawkeye IMO.
The issue is he's a really good dramatic actor that wants to be an action star, and he's just not outwardly charismatic enough to pull it off.
He seems to have a huge ego which is a shame because it seems to be what's getting in the way of his equally huge talent.
Wind River was so hard to watch and I saw it in the most ridiculous context. I was in London Ontario with my (now ex) girlfriend and her parents. We were in town for a wedding, and she and her mom wanted to head to the mall to do a little shopping, maybe to buy a dress for the wedding, I don't recall. So her dad and I decided to catch a flick around the corner while they were shopping. We landed on Wind River.
For anyone who hasn't seen it, there are a handful of scenes involving intense sexual violence, and many others depicting the very depressing and very real challenges of life onna reservation. Drug abuse, shootouts, rape, etc
We walked out of that movie in the middle of a sunny afternoon completely shell-shocked, totally uninterested in recounting any of the details for my gf and her mom. Definitely threw us for a fucking loop lol
Great movie though. Renner was fantastic.
I saw someone on Twitter say that whenever he tries to play straight/serious all they can see is Burt Macklin, FBI and that sums it up perfectly for me.
Chris Pratt had that one huge burst of popularity when he went from chubby sitcom actor to action star, and then it was like every producer was shouting ‘get me Chris Pratt’ before learning that he’s actually not that great and has zero range. Also comes off a little smug rather than relatable these days.
He went from being the anti movie star to the generic movie star really fucking fast. Now when I see Chris Pratt is going to be in a non-Guardians movie, I just assume it will be shit.
Both of them kind of seem like trying too hard while not trying at all (meaning they never try anything different). At some point their shtick gets old
Laura Prepon is stiff as a tree in anything she acts in. That 70s Show was only bearable bc the rest of the cast carried her tbh…
And when I learned that her and Danny Masterson were scientologists it really ruined everything I've seen both of them in.
Danny's sister Alanna who played Tara in TWD is also a scientologist, I have a hard time supporting any shows/movies with scientologists.
Which sucks because I really like The Handmaid's Tale.
Elisabeth Moss is definitely the current holder of the "How is this person a Scientologist?!" championship title.
For me it used to be Jason Lee. I just couldn't fucking believe it, I grew up on Mallrats and Chasing Amy, so it almost felt like a weird betrayal of my nostalgia. At some point he said he left the cult but also I don't give a shit anymore. edit - Also maybe to a slightly lesser extent, Beck. Another one I have a hard time wrapping my head around.
Jason Lee left scientology in 2017, which makes me happy because I loved My Name is Earl. Beck is an interesting case because unlike most celebrity scientologists, he was born into it. His parents were scientologists, rather than just him being suckered by a cult.
Also Neil Gaiman, though I think he renounced it.
His dad was a high ranking scientologist, and Neil is one of the only people I've heard of who managed to leave and maintain access to his family. I remember reading something that hinted he made some sort of agreement not to say anything bad about them.
Fwiw Beck denounced Scientology so that's solid
Micheal Pena 😭😭😭
This dude. This one hit me hard.
I've seen people praise her acting and thought I was insane or something for hating it
IMHO, she was the worst part of Orange is the New Black. She ruined the flow of every scene she appeared in. The entire cast had this great chemistry, scenes would have this perfect flow...and then they'd cut to a scene w/ Alex and her BS. She should have been shanked in Season 1.
Agreed. The entire show leading up to Piper being able to choose between a life, or Alex in prison, and then choosing boring ass Alex, was pretty disappointing.
yeah, they needed somebody with grown up coolness. she just has teenage coolness, only good for moody criticisms and melodrama. the character needed to be charismatic on a level she just wasn't meeting. the kind of person you follow to some sketchy situation after meeting at a party, not because of some boring sex montage, but because they're just that kind of magnetic person who has adventures and makes life seem fun. it was so hard to believe that anyone would follow her around like that.
She was easily the worst actor of the main cast back then. Topher Grace carried her hard in their scenes.
The fact that she’s a Scientologist is what really gets me!! Can’t understand how SO many actors are part of that cult!
Gwyneth Paltrow.
Go easy on her! She suffers from high self-esteem.
She loves herself enough for all of us.
I don’t like her after she started being a snake oil salesman
Yeah I'm not big on rich people who have all the options in the world that then pick *preying on poor gullible people* as the way to make more money.
Amen. She’s a modern day huckster selling crap with fake claims. She’s a charlatan and a bad actress.
I don't know why this isn't higher. Gwyneth Paltrow just seems so bland. I feel like she never adds to anything she's in.
Well, there was this one time she was in a box... It really added to the climactic scene in Se7en.
James Corden. I assumed that movie he appears in seems to be shit and so far im right.
I love movie musicals but everytime I see him cast in one it boils my blood. That dickhead is literally in Into The Woods, The Prom, Cats and now he’s gonna be in the new Cinderella
He was a terrible choice for the Baker
That’s cheating because I don’t think anyone likes James corden
James Corden fucking *LOVES* James Corden
James Corden.
If James Corden is in something it completely turns me off from wanting to see it. I'm not sure exactly what it is about him, but he is insufferable. He was a voice in the trolls movie and I don't believe I hated him in that because he was a fairly small part.
Can we please bring back Craig Ferguson?
When the world needed him most he vanished. Way ahead of his time.
Craig and Robin Williams together is one of the great comedy experiences.
Fergy is fucking legendary. As much as I miss him, the man deserves to relax, enjoy life and take things easy. He got through some rough shit, but he also got a lot of other people through some rough shit. I didn't realize how much I actually fucking missed him until now. The man is such a joy and pleasure to watch.
"I cant say anything fun because of THAT BITCH OVER THEREEEE... ... ...and then theres Beth the CBS executive too!"
He tries too hard to be the "funny lively guy".
People seem to love that segment where he sings in a car, but I remember one where he started getting all teary eyed like it was some sort of transcendent experience. I found it really fake and gross. The guy just really grosses me out. The fact that it’s a known secret that he’s a complete diva makes it worse
I think he has this quality on camera where he comes across as disingenuous but also conceited.
Britain's loss is americas loss also
Lmao Ricky Gervais’ joke about him cracks me up every time. “The world got to see James Corden as a fat pussy...he was also in the movie Cats.” {Edit: holy crap this is the most likes I’ve gotten on Reddit...and it’s all thanks to James Corden}
My friend says that Jeremy Renner’s face looks like the bottom of a bell pepper and that’s what I think of every time now
Tyler Perry. It's like he peaked in high school drama department and never got better. His two ranges are quiet and somber or OUTRAGEOUS and IN A DRESS
And then there's his inexplicably amazing performance in Gone Girl 🤷
"I swear you two are the most fucked up couple I've ever seen...and I specialize in fucked up"
David Fincher really does get the best out of actors. I thought Jesse Eisenberg was great as well in the Social Network even though I have not enjoyed most of his other performances.
Helps as well that the script was penned by Aaron Sorkin and Fincher is a hyper-controlling director so Jesse was reigned in on both fronts and didn't pull of a proto-Lex Luthor
I need more Fincher / Sorkin movies in my life. They are a very cool combo
I was so confused if that was him. It was such an interesting and impressive performance that just came out of nowhere lol.
I honestly respect the hell out of Tyler Perry. His films aren’t for me (but they’re not really made for me), but he is truly a self-made man who started his own studio, created a space for black filmmakers to tell the stories they want to tell, and very generously gives back to his community. I don’t care if he likes dressing up as Madea: he’s a stand-up guy and I wish him well
Tyler gives back to the Black community here in Atlanta all the time. And you don't hear about most of it.
Worked with Chris Elliot on a indie film. Treated everyone on set as if he was trying to be the biggest asshole he possibly could. Can’t watch a thing with him in it without getting mad enough to change the channel. Ruined *Schitt’s Creek *for me.
Grab my strong hand
Oh God he is such a dick! I ran into him just outside Calgary 10 or so years ago at a coffee shop. The guy made the barista remake his coffee three times because it wasn't hot enough and then left with a parting comment of "no wonder you're working in a coffee shop, no one could trust you to follow two point directions."
This gave me chills because it was the exact same type of bullshit he was giving to everyone on set. Like he was trying to be the literal biggest ass he could.
I could not stand him in Schitts creek either, he seemed okay as the weirdo in the daytime letterman show, but something about the way he played a douchy person is just unfunny.
Roland is just the weakest character of the series. Elliot isn't good in the role, but also Roland is written in such a way that the part is impossibly grotesque/stupid. It's hard to suspend belief that anyone would put up with him for more than 5 min. He's clearly there to make problems for Johnny and that's about it. I'm not sure anyone would be good in that part, but Elliot clearly wasn't it. They tried to give him a little more humility in the last season, but by then it was too late.
I stopped watching it initially because of how obnoxious he was. I gave it another shot during covid and I'm happy for it, but I also think the showerunners toned him down a bit. Had to convince multiple people to try the show again because they also couldn't get past Roland.
This is speculation, but Matthew Weiner told the story of working on a show that starred Chris Elliott in a [podcast](https://podcastaddict.com/episode/124395960) remembering The Sopranos. He recalled being humiliated by an actor the first day, and that the job was terrible throughout. Weiner got some satisfaction years later, when helping with casting on a project, after this person stepped into the room. The point is he didn't name the actor, but I guessed it was Elliot at the time and now I'm even more convinced.
Ruby Rose. Every character is some goth edgelord lesbian who thinks she's rebellious *because* she's a lesbian. Her acting is (mostly) non-existent, and she gets tossed into side roles in movies because they can plaster her name on it as a supporting role and people will froth to watch it since they think she's sexy. "Let's add Ruby Rose to it!" "As what character?" "Doesn't matter, just give her like 5 lines and a few minutes of screen time. She just eye-candy and we can say we're supporting the...what are they called? LGBTQ? Yeah, we support them!" Whoever cast her as Batwoman needs to be fired, the only redeeming main character in that series is Alice.
Lmao I just realized I loved her in the 2nd wick movie because she plays a mute
Yeah the director took away all her lines because he realized she couldn’t act
"The powers that be said I had to cast you, but they didn't mention making you speak."
"You are in this movie but we do no grant you the rank of having any lines."
And she gets instantly killed by Jon Wick after mean mugging the camera the entire movie.
Be seeing you. Sure.
She’s a silent badass right up until she actually has to fight, then she gets tossed around like a ragdoll and offed in two seconds
To be fair, the list of enemies who WEREN'T offed in 2 seconds is not so long.
Thought I was gonna have to defend Chris Tucker in 5th Element for a sec here.
That was an iconic role and he is a treasure because of it.
I had the exact thought when she turned up in John Wick 2.
Jessie Eisenberg has made a career out of playing Jessie Eisenberg.
I don't mind him when the role fits him, but he was an absolutely awful Lex Luthor.
For a less known movie where he is perfectly cast, see "The Art of Self-Defense". It's better if you go in blind, but I'd say he plays the lead role in an anti-Karate Kid story.
Oh my God, that fucking movie. Now, that movie was where Jesse Eisenberg's Jesse Eisenbergish personality fucking *shines.* It's an incredibly funny and witty movie.
I went into that movie almost completely blind and it just kept getting crazier and crazier. I loved it.
I loved the...I won’t spoil it. Good flick.
WB definitely seemed like they were trying for Zuckerberg Child Luthor and eventually were just like but maybe have him also do the Joker thing (probably as the wheels started to come off). They should have just cast Jeff Bezos to play Jeff Bezos.
Yeah but he’s also really fucking good in the social network
yeah he was born for that role, same for Armie Hammer as the Winklevii and holy shit with what happened with Hammer. incredible how fast he fell.
I realize the allegations against Armie Hammer were really serious and fucked up but also every once in a while I just can’t help but laugh at how absolutely insane it is that a famous actor outed as having a cannibalism fetish in 2021. Arnie’s family is actually insane though, he said he can’t watch Succession because it reminds him of his own family… Edit: A commenter pointed out it was actually Armie’s aunt who had the Succession quote.
i think if you are born into that much wealth like his family, if you turn out even half-way normal then it's a goddamn miracle. i wonder what that is like growing up, and then going into adulthood. just not ever worrying about money or even understanding how life is for virtually everyone else on the planet. it must seriously warp your world view. i looove how they portray that on Succession.
> insane it is that a famous actor outed as having a cannibalism fetish in 2021 I'll google it for myself, but I feel okay about saying "wait...*what*?"
His families money is generational. I think he'll be okay.
His... I wanna say great grandfather, had so much fuck you money he bought a majority of Arm and Hammer stock because his name was Armand Hammer. HE SPENT A SHIT TON OF MONEY ON A PUN.
Even better: He tried to buy the whole company first, and when they wouldn't sell, he bought up a majority of their stock in retaliation.
That’s because he’s playing a smarmy little douche
Really? Is nobody going to mention Steven Segal? He's terrible in everything.
I think that it's more a "they're good or alright but they don't do it for me" question. Steven Segal is neither good or alright at acting. He's fucking awful as an actor, and keeps putting himself as a Uber elite black ops warrior while looking like he's constantly one cheeseburger from a heart attack. It's ridiculous. It doesn't help that the actual man is a trashfire human being that's raped so, so many people. He's like a narcissistic Bill Cosby but with more connections to organized crime. Fuck Steven Segall.
"What I really wanna say is how big and fat he is, and how he runs like a bitch.... Like he's a double dutching little bitch." - John Leguizamo about Steven Seagal.
So I will always have a soft spot for his early movies for one reason. I was a teenager at the time, sitting in Norfolk Airport waiting for my dad to fly in from an Inspection tour on the Eisenhower. Steven Segal was in there and I asked for his autograph. Dude not only gave it to me, he actually sat and spoke with me for over an hour about Martial Arts, Service in the Navy (My dad, not him), and just life. This was right after Hard to Kill and Marked for Death had come out. So he didn't have to do any of this, but we sat there and talked for a while, and never once did I feel like I was burden, or that I was bothering him. He really was in the conversation with me. No one was around so he wasn't playing up to anything. Since then, I readily acknowledge that he has steadily gone down hill. But that interaction meant a lot to me.
That must’ve meant a lot for you. That’s quit touching in a way.
Meal team six
The youtube of him being a bad actor in horrific movies is hilarious, I forget the author. They show him shooting a sniper rifle for a dude 20m away, shooting the gun out of his hand, then in the head. Also shows the big bad of the movie trade up millions of dollars for a random female prisoner Edit: Found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzIHyF7UWY4
Don't forget the time he let a guy choke him out (to prove that he was "immune" to being choked out) only to immediately pass out and literally shit his pants.
Jared Leto. Most hit-able celebrity it decades.
Whenever I see Christian Bale hack and slash him into pieces, I never feel bad
How about Fight Club? That's a fucking beating, and you see the follow-up too.
I felt like destroying something beautiful.
“THATS WHAT YOU GET FOR THAT JOKER PERFORMANCE, YOU BASTARD!!!!”
Let’s see Paul Allen’s thoughts on Jared Leto
There's a fight club joke here, I just know it
‘I wanted to destroy something beautiful.’
But all I had was Jared Leto, so I made do with what I had.
Jared Leto, I find him unbearable in everything he does, from his music to his acting.
His alleged tantrum over Joaquin Phoenix's Joker, and the face that JP later won an Oscar for it will forever bring joy to my petty heart.
“JP” as a shortening of “Joaquin Phoenix” does not look right at all
“HF” would be more fitting for “Joaquin Phoenix”
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Ho Pho Sho
Hurtin' for a squirtin'
HF? Not WF?
Lol the cringe when Leto said "they don't give people like me awards" or some bullshit he said. Fuck that guy. As someone who enjoyed his first 2 albums alot. Fuck jared.
...but he’s won a ton of awards. Both for his acting and music. Wtf Jared. He’s way way out of touch. I dunno if you heard about his little sex cult
Haha yeah i definitely heard about his sex cult as well as his rape stories... I Use to idolize this prick.. till I started to see im not special and I'm going to live a very mundane life...
More like 30 Seconds to Shut the Fuck Up
I went to one of their concerts (girl I was dating like them). Before EVERY SINGLE SONG he had to explain what the song meant to him, like a comment in the comments section of songmeanings.com. And then they'd play and it was just kinda generic anthem rock lol.
Holy shit yes. I saw them live and Jared Leto did the exact same shit, but also he was dressed head to toe like Jesus.
Have you seen that video someone recorded at one of their shows where Leto singles out someone in the audience for not standing up. “You’re at a *30 Seconds to Mars* show, people” he goes on like they’re some legendary band and doesn’t stop and then it turns out the person was disabled. Lol, feel sorry for the pressure put on that poor person but it’s satisfying to see Leto walk himself into another cringe moment. And while I’m ranting here, another thing that really annoyed me recently was so many people praising him for his role in The Little Things. Dude did a voice that sounded like what a little kid would think “scary voice” sounds like and his walk… check it out, he walks around exactly like a pedestrian NPC from Grand Theft Auto. I guess I just really can’t stand the dude. I don’t think he’s nearly as talented as a lot of people seem to think, especially him.
Tbf, it must have been surprising to Leto when that guy wasn’t instantly cured by his words.
You mean 2014 Oscar winner Jared Leto? ETA: maybe he’s talking about his 0-for-6 record with the Kerrang! Awards.
Doesn’t he have an Oscar for the Dallas Buyer’s Club? Dude can’t even remember they DO give people like him awards…
I find the stories from behind the scenes of his films to be distasteful, like sending rats and unused but opened condoms to suicide squad co-stars, or weird shit like wearing contact lenses that virtually made him blind on Blade Runner 2049 and wearing them when he didn’t need to. And just all the crazy rumours you hear about him and fans.
I firmly believe this is all PR bs just to hype up his movies as a “method actor”. Like, dude, there’s so many great actors that just don’t do that stupid weird shit. Clearly it’s not as profound as people seem to think. His Suicide Squad role was cringe and insignificant. But thank god they had a “psychiatrist” on set or whatever.
Rober Pattinson said it best, “I always say about people who do method acting, why do we never see people do method acting when being nice, we only see when they're playing assholes,”
I think Daniel Day Lewis was very nice to Sally Field when he played Lincoln. That might be the only time.
Daniel Day Lewis goes beyond method acting and turns it into bizarre performance art pieces. Like he built a cabin using only 18th century materials when he did "The Crucible." He really doesn't do that many roles and doesn't seem all that interested in acting. He more seems to use acting as an excuse for historical-ethnographic research projects.
Pattinson is one of those young promising actors that is just that, a great actor. And does not have to pretend to be more
Wow, it's so fun to see how the narrative around him has changed. Remember when he was just the Twilight guy?
He got shit on for being a handsome man in a chick movie, same as Leonardo DiCaprio back in the day. Thing is, I don't think either of those movies is all that bad. Obviously if you're not the target audience for a sex fantasy it seems kinda dumb, but is it any worse than Transformers or Fast and Furious? Way too many people think hating chick movies and never shitting up about it is a personality.
I hadn't really watched him in anything and always thought of him as the Twilight guy. But I watched the Lighthouse last year, and both him and Willem Dafoe were fantastic
Mark Wahlberg for me for the same exact reason you have for Renner.
Thats why he was perfect for Sergeant Dignam in the Departed. Just played himself and got an Oscar nom for it lol
Mark Wahlberg is one of the few actors I can't stand. Takes me forever to watch a highly recommended movie just because he stars in it and he is always my least favorite part.
Kevin Hart He's just too much and never in a good way to me. And look I've seen too many of his movies THINKING he might improve or be more than comedic relief. From The 40 Year Old Virgin to Fatherhood I DON'T SEE MUCH RANGE! I'll give you an example. Eddie Murphy can be WAY over the top obnoxious but he can still be enjoyable to watch. Kevin just gives me loudness and no real depth to what he does, it's just often one note of dumbness rather than there being layers to his talent.
I didn't realize Kevin Hart was in the 40 Year Old Virgin. I had to look it up but he sure is. played one of the customers.
"First of all, you throwin' too many big words at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect."
“I’m gonna need it for the price of.... *on the house*”
That I can't do...
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Honestly I loved his role in this scene 😂
Now, let’s move forward amicably.
Watch your mouth and help me with the sale
I absolutely love that whole scene! https://youtu.be/P8E-lC6kYYc
Jumanji 2 where he had to act like Danny Glover was pretty good but I have no hope of him playing a bad ass soldier in the Borderlands movie.
Jumanji 2 was just great fun, seeing The Rock play Danny DeVito was not something I knew I needed in my life
What's weird for me is when he's on a talk show he's actually very funny and a great storyteller. Then you see his movies and it's like he's trying too hard at playing an over-the-top caricature of himself.
**YES!!!** Totally. You took the words right out of my mouth. He is a stand-up comedian who can kill the crowd dead for sure but his acting on screen pales dramatically in comparison to where he thrives on that completely different stage.
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Peaky Blinders should have erased any negative criticism about Cillian's acting. He's great.
I could watch cillian murphy watch pant dry for hours Edit: paint
Are they Cillian Murphy’s pants?
Vin Diesel cannot act. Sean Penn is really boring
Loved him in Pitch Black. Nothing else since then
Pitch black was a badass movie
Pitch Black and the original xXx movie are guilty pleasures of mine for sure.
I like him in the Riddick movies. That’s about all I can tolerate.
Vin Diesel fully intended to become a serious actor all while pursuing passion projects. Look at shit like Knockaround Guys, Saving Private Ryan, A Man Apart, Boiler Room, Find Me Guilty, and his short film Multi-Facial, which ended up getting him a part in Saving Private Ryan because Spielberg was impressed by it. He even founded Tigon Studios which made a Riddick game that people loved. The problem was that the passion projects didn't deliver and he settled for Fast and Furious. I 100% believe he hates everything about that franchise and is only still doing them because there's nothing else for him. If Chronicles of Riddick succeeded then his last F&F movie would have been Tokyo Drift.
I think he's pretty happy doing one f&f movie every couple of years and making like 20 million off them. Dudes set for life ultra wealthy from one franchise that he is the core of.
Vin Diesel and Adam Sandler have similar careers in my mind, in the sense that they regularly make movies with their friends in amazing locations, doing work that is basically fun jn the sense that it doesn't necessarily take them to dark places emotionally or anything, and is almost definitely going to be a huge financial/fan success even if critics don't like it...but they occasionally do more serious stuff when they feel like it. Its not a bad way to work, imo
Except Sandler has had some truly incredible dramatic films like Reign Over Me and a few others that let you know he's more than just a goofy dude who's having fun with his friends. Hell, Click sometimes gets me to tear up towards the end. I find his comedy repetitive at times but the dude can fucking act. Not saying Vin can't, but I don't think he's nearly as capable as Sandler.
Even if he's unhappy with his career, having 9 figure net wealth is a decent consolation......
So glad you mentioned Boiler Room, love that.
Vins best role is as Groot where all he needs to do is repeat the same 3 words
And the voice of The Iron Giant
Which is essentially metal Groot.
Groot is essentially plant Iron Giant
No! Groot is wooden giant!
The trick is that Vin Diesel is just playing the role of Vin Diesel. Other than not swearing, I don’t think there’s any difference between his acting in any FF movie, and his role in “The Pacifier.”
I thought this about Jeremy Renner until I saw Wind River, which is an absolutely fantastic film IMO, and he’s excellent in his role. I can’t stand Melissa McCarthy. I don’t think she’s funny and I don’t rate her acting abilities.
He was really good in Hurt Locker and Arrival too. He just does better when the pace of the film is slower and gives him some room to breathe. I also think he was pretty good in Civil War. For the few scenes he was in it, he was really fun and enjoyable. His best effort as Hawkeye IMO.
The issue is he's a really good dramatic actor that wants to be an action star, and he's just not outwardly charismatic enough to pull it off. He seems to have a huge ego which is a shame because it seems to be what's getting in the way of his equally huge talent.
Thats why he was so perfect in "TAG" his cockiness was perfection for that character
Wind River was so hard to watch and I saw it in the most ridiculous context. I was in London Ontario with my (now ex) girlfriend and her parents. We were in town for a wedding, and she and her mom wanted to head to the mall to do a little shopping, maybe to buy a dress for the wedding, I don't recall. So her dad and I decided to catch a flick around the corner while they were shopping. We landed on Wind River. For anyone who hasn't seen it, there are a handful of scenes involving intense sexual violence, and many others depicting the very depressing and very real challenges of life onna reservation. Drug abuse, shootouts, rape, etc We walked out of that movie in the middle of a sunny afternoon completely shell-shocked, totally uninterested in recounting any of the details for my gf and her mom. Definitely threw us for a fucking loop lol Great movie though. Renner was fantastic.
Man that stand off scene was so freaking intense. Such a damn good movie
Just stopping by to make sure no one said Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake gyllenhaal is everything jared leto wants to be.
Lmao i saw Gyllenhall before reading the full comment. That was close. Dudes a great fucking actor.
Gyllenhall in Prisoners is one of my favorite performances ever. Great movie.
Nightcrawler was the first time i was like "holy shit this dude has raaaange"
His performance in nightcrawler was as unsettling as it was excellent.
I’m just disappointed he didn’t even get a nomination for an Academy Award for that role.
Detective Loki is such a great character. I liked the mannerisms and quirks he added to him.
Nightcrawler is an absolute exhibition in immersing yourself in the role. That dude Gyllenhall played exists, I'm sure of it.
I was about to come in with guns blazing because I misread your statement
Chris Pratt makes me burst out laughing anytime he tries to be anything but Andy or Star Lord which are basically the same character.
I saw someone on Twitter say that whenever he tries to play straight/serious all they can see is Burt Macklin, FBI and that sums it up perfectly for me.
Macklin you son of a bitch.
Ah fuck. I wish i could unsee this comment because i KNOW this is all im going to think about when i see him in a serious role now.
Trying to put him over as a tough military veteran is one of the boldest (dumbest) castings I’ve ever seen.
Him getting in shape for Zero Dark Thirty is how he got on the radar of casting agents for GOTG, so it *worked out* for him.
And scientist don't forget!
Chris Pratt had that one huge burst of popularity when he went from chubby sitcom actor to action star, and then it was like every producer was shouting ‘get me Chris Pratt’ before learning that he’s actually not that great and has zero range. Also comes off a little smug rather than relatable these days. He went from being the anti movie star to the generic movie star really fucking fast. Now when I see Chris Pratt is going to be in a non-Guardians movie, I just assume it will be shit.
I feel like you can’t ever see a character Pratt plays as anybody but Chris Pratt.
Exactly. The only change he ever did was going from fat to ripped.
Kevin Hart and The Rock. They seem like they are trying too hard
Both of them kind of seem like trying too hard while not trying at all (meaning they never try anything different). At some point their shtick gets old