Future of Movie Stars: Who Will Shine? Who Will Fade Away?

[absnow54]

On 3/26/2023 at 12:50 AM, methodwriter85 said:

He's so good at romantic drama but unfortunately that doesn't really get the kind of box office it used to so the past couple of years he's seemed to have been pretty low-key.

I was sad that he wasn't in the Enola Holmes sequel. He was great as Mycroft. That chaos family needed him as a straight man to keep them grounded.

[methodwriter85]

4 minutes ago, absnow54 said:

I was sad that he wasn't in the Enola Holmes sequel. He was great as Mycroft. That chaos family needed him as a straight man to keep them grounded.

Daisy Jones and The Six took years to do because of COVID closures so he might have been unable to film Enola Holmes. According to Sam's instagram they didn't wrap filming Daisy Jones until March 2022 and Enola Holmes 2 was filmed through fall 2021 to the beginning of January 2022. He also had long hair for Daisy Jones and Netflix might have been too cheap to spring for a good wig for a supporting character. LOL

[absnow54]

59 minutes ago, methodwriter85 said:

Daisy Jones and The Six took years to do because of COVID closures so he might have been unable to film Enola Holmes.

He also had long hair for Daisy Jones and Netflix might have been too cheap to spring for a good wig for a supporting character. LOL

Yes, I figured there was a conflict with filming. Although they could have slicked his hair back and put him in a lot of hats for Enola Holmes, but COVID protocols probably made working on overlapping projects difficult.

[methodwriter85]

I gotta say, I am seriously impressed with Reese Witherspoon using the rise of streaming platforms to produce woman-centered content. It's a great way for her to ride out the Hollywood "in between" stage where she's too old to play the young woman in love but too young to play the matriarch role. 

Edited April 2 by methodwriter85

[Ms Blue Jay]

Wow, I've been having so many problems posting that my post went in entirely the wrong thread.

Disregard.

Edited April 2 by Ms Blue Jay

[Ambrosefolly]

On 3/17/2023 at 8:54 PM, Anduin said:

Here's some trivia. Both Jake Lloyd and Haley Joel Osment guest starred in a couple of episodes of an old show called The Pretender. Could Osment have done a better job as Anakin? Maybe. But neither the writing or directing were up to scratch. No one came out of that movie looking awesome.

The actors that didn't get young Anakin count their blessings for not landing the role. 

I still hold out hope that Haley Joel Osment finds a comeback like Ke Huy Quan. He probably won't be a heart throb, but he could be a good character actor. 

[methodwriter85]

22 hours ago, Ambrosefolly said:

I still hold out hope that Haley Joel Osment finds a comeback like Ke Huy Quan. He probably won't be a heart throb, but he could be a good character actor. 

He actually has pivoted towards that- if you see his IMDB he's had a ton of recent credits, but it's mostly supporting parts, voiceover work, low-key stuff. He's only 34 years old- I'm sure Haley will eventually hit on a really good part. Especially given that other than a DUI as a teenager, he's been pretty much on the straight and narrow which means people are more likely to trust casting him in productions as opposed to trainwreck former child stars.

 

[akiss]

14 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

He actually has pivoted towards that- if you see his IMDB he's had a ton of recent credits, but it's mostly supporting parts, voiceover work, low-key stuff. He's only 34 years old- I'm sure Haley will eventually hit on a really good part. Especially given that other than a DUI as a teenager, he's been pretty much on the straight and narrow which means people are more likely to trust casting him in productions as opposed to trainwreck former child stars.

 

He was amazing as one of the main leads" grandson in the Kominsky Method

[absnow54]

I'd group Haley Joel Osment with Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe (and maybe even Josh Hutcherson) as actors who had major success at a young age, and then shifted into quirky, dark comedies. 

[Scarlett45]

On 4/10/2023 at 1:06 PM, absnow54 said:

I'd group Haley Joel Osment with Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe (and maybe even Josh Hutcherson) as actors who had major success at a young age, and then shifted into quirky, dark comedies. 

If Haley wanted to be a star again I could see him having a career in sitcoms or a streaming series. 

[methodwriter85]

On 4/10/2023 at 2:06 PM, absnow54 said:

I'd group Haley Joel Osment with Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe (and maybe even Josh Hutcherson) as actors who had major success at a young age, and then shifted into quirky, dark comedies. 

Most child stars just do not grow up into conventional handsome men, especially the height thing. (It's great to be tall as a leading man, but not as a juvenile child star.) 

Although while we're on this topic, Gabriel Basso who was more along the lines of a working child actor than a child star just hit it big with the Night Agent on Netflix, so good for him?

[Danny Franks]

Speaking of conventionally handsome men, I watched the Dungeons & Dragons movie last night, and was really impressed with Regé-Jean Page.

Absurdly handsome and charismatic, to the point where it's realistic that Chris Pine's character is jealous of him. He nailed the deadpan, 'so humourless he's really funny' paladin character. I suspect his supporting role in that movie will be used to launch him as a big screen leading man.

Sophia Lillis is great too, and she'll have a long career playing quirky, awkward girls who everyone crushes on.

 

Edited April 20 by Danny Franks

[methodwriter85]

1 hour ago, Danny Franks said:

Sophia Lillis is great too, and she'll have a long career playing quirky, awkward girls who everyone crushes on.

Having red hair cut short in a pixie (sometimes she lets it grow out to her shoulders) makes her pretty distinctive as well.

Anyway, Jonathan Majors. Can people just not be pieces of shit? He was on the verge of being a household name and now he's toxic. And let's be honest- as a black man who was pretty new to the scene, I just don't think he's going to get a lot of people going to bat for him.

I think it's pretty safe to safe we won't see him in any future installments of Creed.

I can't think of anything as quick as this in terms of halting a career. Armie Hammer, maybe, but that took awhile before he got dropped by his agency.

Edited April 20 by methodwriter85

[Scarlett45]

2 hours ago, Danny Franks said:

Speaking of conventionally handsome men, I watched the Dungeons & Dragons movie last night, and was really impressed with Regé-Jean Page.

Absurdly handsome and charismatic, to the point where it's realistic that Chris Pine's character is jealous of him. He nailed the deadpan, 'so humourless he's really funny' paladin character. I suspect his supporting role in that movie will be used to launch him as a big screen leading man.

Sophia Lillis is great too, and she'll have a long career playing quirky, awkward girls who everyone crushes on.

 

I said this in the Bridgerton forum, but I knew Rege was going places when I saw him in the 2016 Roots remake as Chicken George. Chicken George is one of the most emotionally complex, vulnerable and self aware black male character in literature IMO. He had the talent and he face he just needed to break into mainstream. I think he will be around a long time. I cannot lust after him like everyone else because when I see him I just want to say "hi cousin" so no. 🤣

[methodwriter85]

Sam Claflin is doing a lot of photoshoots right now and good for him. Daisy and the Six has probably given him the most publicity he's had in years. 

He's in a good spot- men tend to get better roles as they age towards their late 30's and into their 40's. I mean, he doesn't pass for 20-something (and that is something a LOT of people brought up about his Billy Dunne) but that's not a bad thing, especially because Hollywood tends to like their leading men middle-aged. 

[Scarlett45]

14 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

Sam Claflin is doing a lot of photoshoots right now and good for him. Daisy and the Six has probably given him the most publicity he's had in years. 

He's in a good spot- men tend to get better roles as they age towards their late 30's and into their 40's. I mean, he doesn't pass for 20-something (and that is something a LOT of people brought up about his Billy Dunne) but that's not a bad thing, especially because Hollywood tends to like their leading men middle-aged. 

I like Sam. I think he’s handsome and a strong actor. I haven’t seen Daisy Jones & the Six but I’ve heard good things. 

[methodwriter85]

2 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

I like Sam. I think he’s handsome and a strong actor. I haven’t seen Daisy Jones & the Six but I’ve heard good things. 

He just hasn't had the best of luck. Tragic romances don't do that well in the movie theater these days, and that's what he was initially typecast in. 

[pancake bacon]

On 4/30/2023 at 9:24 PM, BlueSkies said:

My Bodyguard for example are better teen films from that era 

This is personal favourite, and a terrific teen film for any era. 

[BlueSkies]

21 minutes ago, pancake bacon said:

This is personal favourite, and a terrific teen film for any era. 

You broke my nose 

[pancake bacon]

On 5/3/2023 at 5:21 AM, BlueSkies said:

You broke my nose 

Linderman is still taking offers! No longer a buck a today, though, with inflation. 

 

Talk about future movie stars: Who casted this movie? Matt Dillon, Jennifer Beals, Joan Cusack (Global treasure – FACT), and of course the Bodyguard himself, Adam Baldwin – all had some good measure of success from this teen role origin story movie.. Baldwin used to be one of my "oh he's in this movie? I'll be OK, then" actors: Chuck, the glorious Jayne in Firefly… He was wonderful doing tough and tender as Linderman in My Bodyguard, which I believe is his first role. (Why did he have to go all be conservative on me!)

[BlueSkies]

5 hours ago, pancake bacon said:

Linderman is still taking offers! No longer a buck a today, though, with inflation. 

 

Talk about future movie stars: Who casted this movie? Matt Dillon, Jennifer Beals, Joan Cusack (Global treasure – FACT), and of course the Bodyguard himself, Adam Baldwin – all had some good measure of success from this teen role origin story movie.. Baldwin used to be one of my "oh he's in this movie? I'll be OK, then" actors: Chuck, the glorious Jayne in Firefly… He was wonderful doing tough and tender as Linderman in My Bodyguard, which I believe is his first role. (Why did he have to go all be conservative on me!)

Do you know what became of Chris Makepeace or Cliff?  

[Anduin]

What the heck happened to Emma Watson? She had all that momentum coming out of Harry Potter, even got a Disney movie and a few other things. Suddenly, it all seemed to stop. After Little Women, she was in a Prada ad, now she's promoting gin. I know she met someone, maybe she decided she didn't like the Hollywood grind. Or has she done stage acting? What's the deal?

[BetterButter]

54 minutes ago, Anduin said:

What the heck happened to Emma Watson?

Emma Watson on taking a break from Hollywood: 'I wasn't very happy, if I'm being honest'

[Anduin]

53 minutes ago, BetterButter said:

Emma Watson on taking a break from Hollywood: 'I wasn't very happy, if I'm being honest'

Oh, that's fair enough. I was wondering if she offended people or wasn't good enough or whatever, but I'm happy if it's on her terms.

[Spartan Girl]

Hey, when you need a break, you need a break. I’m just glad she’s a former child star who knows what she’s doing.

[andromeda331]

14 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Hey, when you need a break, you need a break. I’m just glad she’s a former child star who knows what she’s doing.

I agree and I'm glad it's her choice to take a break.

[Bastet]

I've never seen Emma Watson in anything, but I know who she is and a bit about her activism for women's rights.  I like that when she was a child and teenager, her parents didn't tell her how much she'd made from the Harry Potter movies and just kept giving her an allowance, and then when they did tell her as she was nearing legal adulthood, she was overwhelmed and took a money management course so as not to blow it.  And now even her investing is a form of activism. 

[memememe76]

After the success of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh has earned her movie star status and Hollywood should make a star vehicle for her. A comedic action adventure like Romancing the Stone. Her costar could be someone like Hugh Jackman. 

[methodwriter85]

On 5/5/2023 at 7:31 AM, Anduin said:

Oh, that's fair enough. I was wondering if she offended people or wasn't good enough or whatever, but I'm happy if it's on her terms.

She, along with Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Gint, are pretty much set for life. Acting doesn't seem like it's her main passion in life, although she will pick up if it's a great role like Belle.

Jesse Plemmons lost a significant amount of weight. I wonder if it's specifically for a role, or he's trying to pivot his way more into leading man type roles. Good for him either way.

He reminds me so much of Phillip Seymor Hoffman and was hysterical in Game Night.

[AimingforYoko]

I'm a little surprised he's had the best career post-FNL.

[absnow54]

2 hours ago, AimingforYoko said:

I'm a little surprised he's had the best career post-FNL.

It's a toss up with Michael B. Jordan. Although, it's tough to count him, since he joined the cast later, and already had a breakout role from The Wire. Kyle Chandler has done pretty well, too, but he was also established before the show started.

Edited May 8 by absnow54

[Irlandesa]

21 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

Jesse Plemmons lost a significant amount of weight. I wonder if it's specifically for a role, or he's trying to pivot his way more into leading man type roles.

From what I remember, he initially gained weight for a role and then kept it because it fit the next role he got as well.  IIRC, he has talked about wanting to lose it but, for whatever reason, that didn't happen until now.

[Browncoat]

He was really good in "The Power of The Dog."

[methodwriter85]

1 hour ago, absnow54 said:

It's a toss up with Michael B. Jordan. Although, it's tough to count him, since he joined the cast later, and already had a breakout role from The Wire. Kyle Chandler has done pretty well, too, but he was also established before the show started.

Connie Britton has done very well as well and I'd say that show established her. I feel like she's probably better known for American Horror Story or Nashville, though. She definitely feels like a "long star not big star" type. 

[Danny Franks]

On 5/8/2023 at 6:11 PM, methodwriter85 said:

Connie Britton has done very well as well and I'd say that show established her. I feel like she's probably better known for American Horror Story or Nashville, though. She definitely feels like a "long star not big star" type. 

She already had four years on Spin City behind her, before Friday Night Lights, so she was a known face, if not a star. I remember her being on a few episodes of The West Wing, and also in the Friday Night Lights movie.

Of course, we all know that the designated break out star of the show was Taylor Kitsch but, thanks to being miscast as an action hero, he fell flat. He just didn't have action hero energy, even while looking like one, and neither John Carter or Battleship worked for him.

He seems to have recovered to a degree, and has headlined a few TV miniseries while being a strong supporting character in some movies.

[Spartan Girl]

With all the praise she’s been getting over The Little Mermaid, I think Halle Bailey is going to be swimming (yes I did that on purpose) in casting offers. It also helps that she’s already got a fanbase for ChloexHalle…heck, depending on how things go with The Color Purple musical movie, she might get a Best Supporting Actress nomination.

And on a related note, I hope that movie gets some nominations/wins to compensate for the travesty that the original movie lost all of its Oscars to fucking Out of Africa.

Edited May 22 by Spartan Girl

[methodwriter85]

On 5/13/2023 at 7:32 AM, Danny Franks said:

Of course, we all know that the designated break out star of the show was Taylor Kitsch but, thanks to being miscast as an action hero, he fell flat. He just didn't have action hero energy, even while looking like one, and neither John Carter or Battleship worked for him.

He seems to have recovered to a degree, and has headlined a few TV miniseries while being a strong supporting character in some movies.

I'm not too worried about Taylor Kitsch. Men's roles tend to get more interesting after you're 40 and doing things like playing David Koresh bodes well for him. Hell, Pedro Pascal has been grinding it out for over twenty years and he's finally gotten to marquee status after being the "hey, it's that guy" for so long.

[PepSinger]

On 5/7/2023 at 2:03 PM, methodwriter85 said:

He reminds me so much of Phillip Seymor Hoffman and was hysterical in Game Night.

One of my favorite scenes