Buffy ,'Potential'
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Orlando is totally not a movie star. He got carried by Johnny Depp in Pirates. What has he done without him that made money? Troy was a flop, and look at that cast. The less said about Elizabethtown the better. He's a star star. Not a movie star. Not a lead.
he made a shit ton on things like Hidalgo
Hidalgo, Alatriste, etc, not big movies with big box offices. Now, that might very well be as Viggo likes them, but I don't think there's any "shit ton" there.
overweening
Points to ita! My vocab hero...and that's saying something.
I think real acting careers are accomplished despite huge fantasy franchises, not because of them.
I don't think any of the Harry Potter kids will be having to do stuff despite the movies. They may never work again, but that's totally their luxury. But I think they have leverage. Spiderman, Dark Knight, I don't think anyone was ill-served by those, although they featured actors who had a lot more prominence at the time.
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Heh. Thanks.
Did you read him saying so?
I think I read that in an interview with either Dom or EW, so I could be wrong about Billy. But, he did settle down with his girlfriend and have a kid right after RotK came out, so it wouldn't surprise me that moving back home was his choice.
Hidalgo, Alatriste, etc, not big movies with big box offices.
No, but he got paid a lot to do them. So he cashed in on LoTR afterwards.
Spiderman, Dark Knight, I don't think anyone was ill-served by those, although they featured actors who had a lot more prominence at the time.
But the stars of those movies had established careers. If the question is whether a fantasy franchise can *make* a career for you, Tobey Maguire and Christian Bale are somewhat irrelevant. We're talking relative unknowns here.
Somewhat ironically, apparently Maguire is being considered for The Hobbit.
Somewhat ironically, apparently Maguire is being considered for The Hobbit.
That's actually fitting, unlike, say, PETER PARKER.
t /still bitter
I like him as Peter Parker. Spider Man 2 is about is good as you're going to get on the big screen for web-headiness.
Yeah, they should have picked an actor that *didn't* have organic web shooters.
See, everybody thinks Scola is so nice but that's just poking a stick into the lion's cage.