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Will Jared Leto’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations Impact His Big Studio Movies ‘Tron: Ares’ and ‘Masters of the Universe’? (variety.com)
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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (9 children)

“In this climate, you’d get in more trouble for saying something bad about Donald Trump on the air,” the exec noted.

Yep. Anonymous allegations, no criminal or civil charges, all known before studios decided to put him in two high profile movies = he's backed by Hollywood power and will cruise through this just fine.

Sexual assault allegations aside, I'm baffled why he gets high profile jobs. He is not a good actor but he is an unpleasant coworker. He has nothing good going for him.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Exactly, look at Johnathan Majors. He had a lot against him, more than just allegations, but he wasn't dropped by Disney until the conviction.

    Look at Ezra Miller. He had allegations against him aplenty. Honestly he had more than allegations, but I don't think many (any?) went to court. With the DCEU already dead it saved Warner Brothers the trouble of having to fire him, but he disappeared from TV & films immediately.

    Disney really wants Tron to exist as a franchise. Tron Legacy was a huge film (cost wise) and it had a spin-off cartoon. They recently opened a Tron themed rollercoaster at their theme park. This film is meant to keep the franchise alive and renew interest.

    Now I'm not against a good Tron franchise existing. Tron is a fun aesthetic. But obviously fuck Jared Leto. Whatever the future of Tron, the quicker they can drop Leto the better.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    He is actually a good actor. But there are plenty of those around. Which still makes me wonder the same thing.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Lol, you and I are going to have to agree to disagree on that one. IMO, Leto is the poster boy for a particular strain of method acting that comes across cringe on screen and creates an unpleasant work environment off camera.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I don't think you can really tell how an actor gets there by their end performance. And their behavior off screen is also unrelated. It seems like you have a hard time separating the person from the performance. Which is understandable, but something you should keep in mind when making assessments of any actor.

    He certainly sounds like he's annoying to work with. Which also makes me wonder why people would put up with him. Good actors aren't rare, there of plenty of other options.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Off screen behavior can absolutely be related to the more extreme ends of method acting. Some method actors, not all, literally stay in character after the camera stops. I am being very careful to not cast my opinion on all method actors because there is a spectrum.

    And I don't fully subscribe to separating art form the artist If they're alive and still being intolerable human beings, I think it is correct to incorporate that into overall valuation of their skill as an artist. The creative process is as much a part of the art as the end piece is.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    You specifically said his form of method acting comes off as cringe on screen. I'm saying you can't tell a person's technique by the end result alone. You may know from other sources but not solely by what you see on screen.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah, well I disagree with that too. I don't care for most billboard method actors, not Joaquin Phoenix, not Jared Leto, not Hillary Swank, not even Daniel Day Lewis. Actors I am not impressed by for the amount of accolades they get are highly correlated with actors who utilize the more intense end of method acting, even before I know anything about them outside the specific role.

    I've also seen where I generally like an actor but dislike a specific role when they use method acting and normally don't e.g. Charlize Theron.

    But it's a personal opinion, isn't it? There's no objectively "good" actor without clear criterion for definition of "good".

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    But it's a personal opinion, isn't it? There's no objectively "good" actor without clear criterion for definition of "good".

    There are genuinely "bad" actors. But you don't see them much outside of community collage acting classes. But there accept ions to even that.

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