• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    6 days ago

    The weird thing with Jared Leto is that I’ve never felt he’s been very successful, yet he’s always had bunch of people hyping him. I can’t think of him being a leading actor in anything I’ve ever seen. He’s always been lower down the bill. You look at all his award nominations on IMDb and 90% of them are “supporting actor”.

    So why is he a name? I always put it down to him being involved with the “right” people in Hollywood. Those people obviously being very wrong.

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      5 days ago

      He is the lead singer of “30 Seconds to Mars”. That’s where his fame came from originally.

      His appearance in movies has always been a weird “let’s shove this famous guy from one media into this other one for publicity” kinda thing. Then for some reason he just stayed doing movies and here we are.

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        I had no idea he was in a band. Dude was from My So Called Life.

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      I mean… he’s had plenty of starring roles, and his acting has won him both awards and acclaim. Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, House of Gucci, The Little Things - and that’s not including his clunkers. He’s still an in-demand actor with 30 years of work behind him. Not everyone makes a career that good in Hollywood.

      I think he’s an asshole. But he’s a talented asshole.

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        Dallas Buyers Club

        For which he won his oscar for Actor in a supporting role

        House of Gucci

        Supporting role behind Lady Gaga and Adam Driver

        The Little Things

        Nominated at Golden Gloves and SAG awards for best supporting role.

        I’ll give you Requiem and Mr Nobody, however there’s no denying he doesn’t carry films in general. He’s an award winning supporting actor.

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        5 days ago

        Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, House of Gucci, The Little Things

        and Bladerunner 2049.

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          He was great in that as well. I didn’t include it because he wasn’t in the ads for the movie, and so “we” weren’t sold a seat based on his participation, but good callout.

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      I think there’s a couple reasons. He did make some really good music, and he has a very recognizable face in that he kind of looks like Jesus lol