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[–] 31 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I feel bad for a few of the actors who aren't in eternal denial about the show being a imploded cultural black hole.

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    I mean, the story is over. It's not like there's anything else for him to go back to, is there?

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  • [–] 38 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    If studios can milk even dead characters, how much more for characters that ended up surviving at the end. If there's no story, I'm sure they'll be happy to make one.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    They were taking about rebooting the last season I think ?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I would be ok if they did this and replaced everyone as long as we got a better ending. They can even put name tags on everyone so we know who is who. We got a coffee cup in one episode, I think name tags would be fine.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    He's super keen to be in Harry Potter tho

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Kit.. Didn’t Connery ever teach you anything.

    NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    probably doesnt want to be typecasted, alot of actors are unfortunately typecasted.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    I'd bet a substantial amount of money that eventually he will play the part for another pile of money. Probably not for a few years though unless other work dries up. It's not like he was making Friends level money or would ever make anything like those actors make even today in residuals.

    Just takes a story set in the future after the events of GoT and a desire for more spending money. Articles mention his net worth being around 10-15m, which is enough to never work if you're content living a upper middle class life... but not enough to really live anything remotely extravagantly.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Isn't his wife (also from GoT) super rich?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (5 children)

    4m net worth?

    At one point I did the math and dividends from 4k in dividend stocks gets you like 100k/year. Hardly “super rich” when houses and condos are practically a million bucks in HCOL

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    I don't even know what your point is. Sure, almost everyone in the world would be set for life with 4m. It's still only enough to provide means for a very modest life with dividends in cities like Boston, LA, NYC...

    We usually successful performers burn through their monies quick because with no need to work, you can blow cash REAL quick. Few are so disciplined as to live on something like 4m forever if they weren't brought up with wealth and the understanding to live frugally.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Generally the 'safe withdrawal rate' for investments is 4% per year. At this rate, the principal will grow a bit above normal inflation, and you'll have basically a guaranteed inflation-adjusted salary.

    Someone worth 10M, with maybe 8M of that in liquid investments (i.e. 2M in real estate) could clear about $320K every year. It's good money, but like you said it isn't unfathomable wealth. It is 'fuck you' money, though, where basically anyone can live comfortably without having to take work they don't want to do.

    The key benefit is the money is free - it doesn't need to be saved for retirement because the nest egg is already secured, you already own the house and don't have mortgage, any extra money from an external salary just increases the principal, etc.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Make way for the TRUE KING OF THE NORTH!

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    and by it i mean my peanits

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    “They cancelled the spin-off I said I was super into doing, so now I’m going to pretend I never wanted to do it. As soon as they offer me enough money, or just offer me another spinoff…enough time will suddenly have passed and I’ll be super excited to do it again.”

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Wow, was it really ten years?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Just like how I can’t imagine how and why Jon Ham in a comedy movie..

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  • [+] -19 points 10 months ago (11 children)

    no no you had a popular role and people recognize you and you never again have to worry about money. must he hard.

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I mean, I totally understand ripping on rich people complaining about certain things, but... this is an acting preference. Do actors not get to have preferences in the roles they play?

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I saw a recent interview with Jason Biggs who spoke very candidly about the career missteps he made. He thought after American Pie that he was now a star and a leading man and any other dirty comedy or ensemble piece was beneath him, then by the time he had failed enough times to accept the dirty comedy, he couldn't book those roles anymore either. Then he was offered television but thought that television has a stigma his movie career wouldn't be able to recover from, and that line of thinking lost him the starring role in How I Met Your Mother, a show that went on for a decade and made the cast millions. Then he tried for several TV shows and the best he could get was a side role on Orange is the New Black.

    So yeah he's allowed to have his preferences. Looking a gift horse in the mouth has its consequences, though. If he's living comfortably and is happy never to be in the spotlight again then more power to him, but something tells me he will likely change his tune down the road.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Actors interested in their craft will take any job that challenges them regardless of its marketability in order to build a body of work over time.

    It easy for me as an outsider to say this (moreso in hindsight) but Biggs should've realized there are far more character actor roles (see: Dafoe, Oldman, Swinton, Martindale) than leading actor ones.

    So while I haven't seen Biggs in anything for decades, meanwhile Dano and Plemons are drinking his milkshake. They drink it up!!

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    A somewhat popular study says a long term position of power damages the brain's ability to feel empathy. Are you in such a position of power?

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