I’m still surprised how quickly this guy’s 30 year career imploded. He went from a household name to basically non-existent in the span of a week. Can’t say he didn’t bring it upon himself but it’s still surprising.
A LOT of celebrities are complete assholes. And everyone knows it. But nobody is going to say anything because it will just hurt them. Its why almost nobody bothers to bring up that Tom Cruise is a deranged cultist (linked to more than a few “disappearances”).
But when someone fucks up? EVERYONE comes out of the woodwork. Chevy Chase basically went from “he is one of the funniest people alive” to “We all would be a lot happier if he was dead” almost overnight. Bill Murray isn’t QUITE at that level, but all the “Ha ha ha, Bill was always so funny with how he would rib us” became “He is a dipshit who is hard to work with but I guess he is still funny”. And Jim Carey is always on the verge of that with most interviews about him being “Oh yeah. He is a real character. He was always so funny on set and never broke character and yeah. He is a card. Oh, but I love all the stupid bullshit he did because he is an artist. Please stop writing. STOP!!!”.
Or, just look at Jonathan Majors. He was THE it guy in hollywood and was well on his way to Denzel status. Then he got into an altercation with his girlfriend (I want to say he violently abused her in public, but I think the investigation of that has been “weird”). And pretty much INSTANTLY social media was full of other actors and production crews basically saying “I don’t know if he did THIS, but he is an abusive piece of shit with a long history of this and everyone hates working with him”.
And studios are generally okay with it because… it means they aren’t expected to pay the big bucks for the current it person. And, in the case of happy stories like Robert Downey Jr, it means they get an amazing actor/actress for dirt cheap during the inevitable comeback.
Ooh, another good example is Tom Hardy. He is notoriously an asshole and hard to work with, but he is a moderately good actor who is friends with a lot of REALLY good directors. The Fury Road stuff was particularly funny because basically EVERYONE was talking about what an asshole he was on set. And then Charlize Theron basically had to spin it as “oh, I hated working with him. But we were both being jerks so it really isn’t his fault and I have no hard feelings.” Because, for her “okay-good” acting, Charlize Theron has pretty much demonstrated herself to know how to work Hollywood over the past few decades and she knows who is winning if there is “beef” between her and Tom Hardy.
But if you are making the kind of movie that Tom Hardy would be great in? You are expected to at least try and budget him in because it will “help the film” so much.
I’m still surprised how quickly this guy’s 30 year career imploded. He went from a household name to basically non-existent in the span of a week. Can’t say he didn’t bring it upon himself but it’s still surprising.
Its really not.
A LOT of celebrities are complete assholes. And everyone knows it. But nobody is going to say anything because it will just hurt them. Its why almost nobody bothers to bring up that Tom Cruise is a deranged cultist (linked to more than a few “disappearances”).
But when someone fucks up? EVERYONE comes out of the woodwork. Chevy Chase basically went from “he is one of the funniest people alive” to “We all would be a lot happier if he was dead” almost overnight. Bill Murray isn’t QUITE at that level, but all the “Ha ha ha, Bill was always so funny with how he would rib us” became “He is a dipshit who is hard to work with but I guess he is still funny”. And Jim Carey is always on the verge of that with most interviews about him being “Oh yeah. He is a real character. He was always so funny on set and never broke character and yeah. He is a card. Oh, but I love all the stupid bullshit he did because he is an artist. Please stop writing. STOP!!!”.
Or, just look at Jonathan Majors. He was THE it guy in hollywood and was well on his way to Denzel status. Then he got into an altercation with his girlfriend (I want to say he violently abused her in public, but I think the investigation of that has been “weird”). And pretty much INSTANTLY social media was full of other actors and production crews basically saying “I don’t know if he did THIS, but he is an abusive piece of shit with a long history of this and everyone hates working with him”.
And studios are generally okay with it because… it means they aren’t expected to pay the big bucks for the current it person. And, in the case of happy stories like Robert Downey Jr, it means they get an amazing actor/actress for dirt cheap during the inevitable comeback.
Ooh, another good example is Tom Hardy. He is notoriously an asshole and hard to work with, but he is a moderately good actor who is friends with a lot of REALLY good directors. The Fury Road stuff was particularly funny because basically EVERYONE was talking about what an asshole he was on set. And then Charlize Theron basically had to spin it as “oh, I hated working with him. But we were both being jerks so it really isn’t his fault and I have no hard feelings.” Because, for her “okay-good” acting, Charlize Theron has pretty much demonstrated herself to know how to work Hollywood over the past few decades and she knows who is winning if there is “beef” between her and Tom Hardy.
But if you are making the kind of movie that Tom Hardy would be great in? You are expected to at least try and budget him in because it will “help the film” so much.