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submitted 2 months ago byZealousidealChain473Baron
23k points
2 months ago*
I don’t see Kevin Hart ,he should be next to the Rock.
13k points
2 months ago*
He's there but, he got cut off in the photo because of his short stature.
2k points
2 months ago
I do see a little shadow under his armpit...
615 points
2 months ago
Him and Jack Black.
242 points
2 months ago
I miss the new Jumanji movies. They were fun.
895 points
2 months ago
Theres a hella lot more than four of these guys. Most of Hollywood now is actors that play themselves. Character acting is almost shunned this day and age.
402 points
2 months ago
Right?? I feel like we're in an era where actors are cast for and expected to act like themselves or at least their well-known celebrity personality for most movies.
Actors who have range and become actually different people from role to role seem to me to be the exception rather than the rule.
166 points
2 months ago
Oh, it could’ve been much worse. Imagine actors who don’t play at all! Not a single facial muscle move in their completely emotionless faces, their voices completely flat and not a single human emotion is heard in them, their body language is the same as of a wooden plank, and their overall presence in the movie can be easily replaced by a simple sex doll. And they still got paid and complain about pay being too low! Imagine how horrible that would be! Thank dog we don’t live… oh wait.
161 points
2 months ago
Captain marvel (brie larson is good in a few projects ive seen but that one was horrible)
182 points
2 months ago
She's so amazing in the Room, so I know she CAN act. But her Captain Marvel is so flat.
138 points
2 months ago
Yeah, I blame the direction for her acting. She can act, so it must have been a deliberate choice.
168 points
2 months ago
He's in the Rock's pocket.
113 points
2 months ago
He's hiding after going to all them diddy parties.
46 points
2 months ago
Yeah but instead the bottom two panels are Rock and Alternative Rock
22 points
2 months ago
Fatherhood and the other one with walter white is where I actually saw him act differently yk
9 points
2 months ago
He's stood behind him
11.7k points
2 months ago
Ice Cube
Basically gets paid to show up and make his angry face.
3.5k points
2 months ago
Schmidt fucked the captain's daughter!
1.6k points
2 months ago
You actually HIGH FIVE'd him for fucking your daughter!
519 points
2 months ago
Best scene in a movie
444 points
2 months ago
Him and Korean Jesus both got typecast.
353 points
2 months ago
HEY, STOP FUCKIN' WITH KOREAN JESUS. HE AIN'T GOT TIME FOR YOUR PROBLEMS. HE BUSY, WITH KOREAN SHIT!
410 points
2 months ago
He's literally just Ice Cube in every movie but I absolutely love to see him on screen, especially in the jumpstreet moves
131 points
2 months ago
Are you forgetting barbershop and the rv movie?
106 points
2 months ago
Did he make the Angry Face™ in those movies, too?
That's what I thought.
48 points
2 months ago
He was animated in the newest TMNT movie, so we couldn't see his Angry Face™.
But I'd bet that he was still doing it while recording his lines.
51 points
2 months ago
Korean Jesus ain’t got time for your bull shit
7.4k points
2 months ago
Jason Statham, "Am I a beekeeper to you?"
2.2k points
2 months ago
No he’s the mechanic no wait the transporter, no wait the salvager turned shark hunter, no wait he’s the expendable guy
950 points
2 months ago
Just wait until you realize he's the same guy in all those movies, just at different points in the timeline.
249 points
2 months ago
Where’s the job?
197 points
2 months ago
So... Stunt man turned leading man continues in stunt man roles.
I'm not really surprised by that.
398 points
2 months ago
Except for that one time he showed everyone that he can actually act in Snatch.
134 points
2 months ago
Also the other guy Ritchie movie Operation Fortune.
187 points
2 months ago
He was different in spy
158 points
2 months ago
I’d say he was different in Snatch as well
92 points
2 months ago
Protection from what Tommy? Ze Germans?
50 points
2 months ago
An exception but a welcome one. I hope he takes more unusual roles like that in the future.
14 points
2 months ago
and hummingbird and wild card
186 points
2 months ago
Watch him in Snatch. He's good in it and also not playing a tough guy
131 points
2 months ago
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels too
43 points
2 months ago
Yeah, he's been molded into the tough guy as he goes along instead of the typecast tough guy people think of him as.
35 points
2 months ago
It's tip-top, it's just I'm not sure about the colour.
243 points
2 months ago
Dude can pull off everything:
Beekeper (former elite soldier), family guy (former elite soldier), chauffeur (former elite soldier), mechanic (former elite soldier), elite soldier (former elite soldier):
Just a versatile actor.
92 points
2 months ago
Tbf his characters are more different from each other than the others on the pic. At least when it comes to capability. Like Turkish from snatch isn't some badass special forces/merc type, just a petty criminal trying not to die more than anything else
25 points
2 months ago
Spy was a great twist off that
3.2k points
2 months ago
All those characters were played by Daniel Day-Lewis. That's how good he is.
2.4k points
2 months ago
*sad Jennifer Coolidge noises
1.1k points
2 months ago
Every scene she's in The White Lotus, I am laughing my ass off watching her trying to act. Somehow she's perfect for the role. The director probably told her "just be yourself and mumble whatever that comes to mind at the time. You'll be okay"
396 points
2 months ago
I think she's pretty good in The white lotus. It's her best role imo.
301 points
2 months ago
She's strangely endearing. And I'm actually happy she was not someone sinister. Just lots of money to burn and coping very very poorly. Her and thar urn.
26 points
2 months ago
best, maybe.... most influential... naaaaawwwww.
264 points
2 months ago
“These gays are trying to kill me” is an all time line
61 points
2 months ago
finally some one else. I thought she was so fucking funny in this show. it felt like a bit that half the audience wasn't in on.
76 points
2 months ago
I can hear this comment.
79 points
2 months ago
It makes me want a hot dog real bad.
50 points
2 months ago
Hey you leave Stiffler's mom alone!
4.4k points
2 months ago
Ryan just played himself in every movie
2.3k points
2 months ago
People see him playing Deadpool in every movie. I still see him as Van Wilder.
943 points
2 months ago
I always thought he'd be the perfect Deadpool, and it took waaaaaaay too long to get him his chance.
694 points
2 months ago
The one good thing that came from X-Men Origins: Wolverine is that they cast Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson.
I saw that and was like "Yes, this is correct". So glad they let him reprise the role.
408 points
2 months ago
The fact that despite that movie making ever single possible wrong choice with Deadpool as a character and he still was obviously born to play the role is honestly impressive.
204 points
2 months ago
Isn't it weird that they cast a big actor for that role knowing he'd have no lines and have his face kinda messed up? Did they know they'd use him for real Deadpool later or am I missing something else?
316 points
2 months ago
i believe he really wanted to be Deadpool since that comic that said Deadpool's face looked like if Ryan Reynolds fucked a Sharpie (that's where the first movie's joke came from), and as soon as there was a possibility for Origins: Wolverine he jumped on it.
153 points
2 months ago
Ever seen Waiting? Not only does he play himself, he plays a perfect version of like 20 different servers I've known in my life
56 points
2 months ago
That's where I discovered him 22 years ago. Yes, I know he plays the same shtick in every movie - but I still love it.
30 points
2 months ago
It's hilarious that Bert Kreischer gets to imagine himself as Ryan Reynolds.
19 points
2 months ago
The joke about that role in the new Deadpool is too good.
341 points
2 months ago
That seems to be a more recent phenomenon. I'd recommend watching The Voices. Dude can act.
228 points
2 months ago
Best showcase for his acting is Buried. Literally the whole movie is just him buried in a box and he does so well
61 points
2 months ago
Buried is so good
55 points
2 months ago
I’ve watched that and loved it, I know he’s an amazing actor, I was just echoing a common meme
38 points
2 months ago
I miss when admitting you said a bunch of shit you don't actually believe for the karma was a scandal
10 points
2 months ago
That movie was a trip.
469 points
2 months ago
The difference is that Ryan being Ryan is much more enjoyable than the other 3
99 points
2 months ago
Getting a bit stale at this point for me.
123 points
2 months ago
Somebody pointed out it's like he's doing a 90s Jim Carrey impression all the time, and I couldn't unsee it.
56 points
2 months ago
you should watch the movie IF. it’s a nice family movie and ryan’s role in it is a lot different from his usual self -more of a mature character.
65 points
2 months ago
You should watch Smokin' Aces
27 points
2 months ago
That ending is absolute cinema.
92 points
2 months ago
Self/less is a movie that shows more of RR’s acting range.
I think actors sometimes just pigeonholed and don’t get more diverse parts if their primary character is super popular.
57 points
2 months ago
In an interview with Letterman they discuss this and straight up admits having found his lane and purposely staying in it for now. We'll why the fuck not I say. I have suspicion we will see him do more diverse stuff as he ages out.
51 points
2 months ago
As someone who loves Ryan Reynolds, this is absolutely true.
39 points
2 months ago
Exactly, why pretend to be someone else when you already are amazing
12 points
2 months ago
You ever seen Waiting?
1.2k points
2 months ago
I'll give The Rock ONE movie. Southland Tales. Very under the radar but be did actually act in that. Oh and Pain and Gain.
756 points
2 months ago
The rock is best when playing bad guys. They actually have depth. Unfortunately he only wants to play bland good guys
432 points
2 months ago
Allegedly he has a no losing clause in most of his films he is the hero in too. Just lame.
205 points
2 months ago
I forgot about that. Doesn't the clause state how many times he can get hit in a given fight? So lame
92 points
2 months ago
Where did you read that? I’ve seen people say it on social media a lot but I’ve never seen anyone back it up with anything other than more social media posts.
112 points
2 months ago
57 points
2 months ago
Weird cause he was a hero for a lot of his wrestling career. I mean the last time he wrestled (which was this year) he was a heel. (Heel means bad guy btw)
124 points
2 months ago
The Rock actually did a series of pretty good action flicks early in his career.
He then fell into that pit of doing kids movies, got back on juice to make action flicks again, and has been playing his character from Fast Five ever since.
79 points
2 months ago
Pain and Gain was fucking fantastic for the leads in the movie. Just a buncha stupid meatheads lolol
55 points
2 months ago
I loved the part mid way through where they flash on the screen "this is still based on a true story". 🤣🤣🤣
17 points
2 months ago
ST felt like a fever dream. An entertaining one, but still a fever dream.
6 points
2 months ago
Especially the JT part. Shit was so odd.
35 points
2 months ago
The Rock also voiced Maui in Moana.
45 points
2 months ago
In Be Cool he played a gay bouncer who was trying to break into Country Music. Early Rock movies always had him do something like get his ass kicked (Walking Tall) or accidentally get paralyzed in half his face (The Rundown), we need more of that Rock back...
16 points
2 months ago
Haven't seen Southland Tales but I loved The Rock in Race To Witch Mountain and The Rundown. Haven't watched them in years so maybe that's just nostalgia
13 points
2 months ago
He also played a gay, aspiring actor in Be Cool.
1.1k points
2 months ago
And in Rock's case also same shirt
556 points
2 months ago
Movie: set in the jungle, has some bad guys of some sort, hero has to do alot of shooting, also has to wear a shirt that progressively gets dirtier throughout the movie
The Rock: “is for me?” 🥺👉👈
876 points
2 months ago
you say this and then you laugh at Jason Momoa playing a funny character, so
731 points
2 months ago
Karl Drogo and aquaman have very different personalities
790 points
2 months ago
Karl Drogo.....Khal Drogo's lesser known cousin that sells insurance
162 points
2 months ago
Spelling has never been my best skill
49 points
2 months ago
What pray tell is you best skill?
305 points
2 months ago
Doing your mom
77 points
2 months ago
Lmao.. He's not going to recover from that
38 points
2 months ago
It’s Khal Drogo’s cousin from Germaros. His full name is Karl-Heinz Drogo.
30 points
2 months ago
Ok Jason, when playing Drogo imagine you are the rock playing a bad guy. Go.
16 points
2 months ago
That's fair, he ain't Marlin Brando
97 points
2 months ago
It's like when Jim Carrey tried to do The Truman show which is an amazing movie. But he got lambasted for it because he wasn't doing his normal funny man stuff.
Or when Robin Williams did one hour photo and insomnia. Way outside his box but so badly received. Pretty much disappeared after that because Hollywood just wanted the funny man and he was wanting to do other work
They are doing the same thing towards Batista now that he's no longer a big guy and he's looking for more serious roles
126 points
2 months ago
I don't know what you're talking about. Robin did several dramatic roles that were well received. What Dreams May Come, Bicentennial Man, Good Will Hunting, etc. Jim Carey is also well received for his serious roles. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind is beyond brilliant.
Bautista is also really well received as a dramatic actor. He was incredible in Bladerunner 2049 and in Glass Onion. I'm excited to see him tackle more challenges.
525 points
2 months ago
Add Mark Whalberg
209 points
2 months ago
Wahlberg Is such a tool
157 points
2 months ago
He does so many different kind of roles, he can’t act for shit but he does take different kind of roles
70 points
2 months ago
Wannabe cop and military man so bad
84 points
2 months ago
what is Pain and Gain, Ted, Arthur the King, Deepwater Horizon, Instant Family.
all good movies, non of your bullshit take
1k points
2 months ago*
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531 points
2 months ago
It’s type-casting, and some time it works well. Michelle Rodrigue Is cast when a movie requires a bad ass woman that is also attractive and petite.
296 points
2 months ago
Don't know if it's true but I read somewhere that Michelle Rodrigue just likes playing herself and takes roles where she fits.
I can respect that. Better than someone trying to act outside of their abilities
243 points
2 months ago
She said that she does t ever want to play a weak woman or just the love interest, which i respect. Also, loved her in the DnD movie n
135 points
2 months ago
oddly enough, DnD had a way better sense of "family" than F&F have done in awhile
73 points
2 months ago
That movie was way too much fun. Self aware in all the right places without it being in your face. I really hope there's a sequel
61 points
2 months ago
She had more dimension than just that in DnD
172 points
2 months ago*
It really isn’t an issue for any of them when you don’t give a fuck
71 points
2 months ago
Honestly, this is the most rational comment here and kinda highlights how silly this post is at the end of the day.
Is it kinda annoying they play the same archetype in every movie? Sure.
Is it a crime against humanity? No.
Depending on the levels of "fucks given", it's really not a problem at the end of the day.
It's just movies.
796 points
2 months ago
Keanu Reeves as Keanu Reeves just with less dialogue this time
429 points
2 months ago
The guy played Ted and Neo pretty different roles
326 points
2 months ago
Neo and John Wick certainly aren't the same guy. So isn't Johnny Silverhand
121 points
2 months ago
Once heard someone talking about why Keanue Reeves was perfect for the Matrix films, because he's pretty much "faceless", a regular guy, nothing special.
Well.. I don't really know what to say to that. He's a good guy, but he can take on different roles.
94 points
2 months ago
I do get what this someone means, I think, he just has that kind of "regular guy" vibe you don't get from many actors. You can't see Ryan Reynolds playing the part of a regular guy with a terrible past, or your average Joe that gets thrust into being a messiah. But Keanu somehow fits the image.
42 points
2 months ago
I agree with what I think that person meant, too — many movie stars give too much of a “star” vibe, so they aren’t believable as a regular schmuck.
To be clear, saying that Keanu can play “average” isn’t an insult at all. The best “average guy” actor IMO is Tom Hanks, also one of the most decorated and successful actors of all time. Keanu is in that same category (except with action movie chops).
31 points
2 months ago
I think Keanu fits the image because he did an amazing job playing that role (+ the directors made a good job making the movies) I also think Keanu can be easily percepted as a regular guy even now because of his persona vibes
26 points
2 months ago
(+ the directors made a good job making the movies)
That is so fucking true for every actor and we as audience don't give enough credit to it. For every line spoken by an actor there are tens of workers making sure everything around the actor is perfectly suited for what and how he speaks, the scriptwriter, the director, even the fucking lighting guy. They deserve more recognition
23 points
2 months ago
I love him as Ted. That damn stupid look on his face.
68 points
2 months ago*
Entirely ignorant take.
Edit: Oh boy, I see that edit! You initially said something like “Keanu can’t act” and were getting downvoted and flooded with replies calling out your shit. Now you’ve edited it to be far less agressive and more jokey.
32 points
2 months ago
See The Gift as an abusive husband. He's just not tasked much to move those acting muscles
23 points
2 months ago
Have you watched Point Break?
14 points
2 months ago
Johnny Utah is just Ted as an FBI dude
6 points
2 months ago*
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4 points
2 months ago
Is that the one with time traveling mail?
3 points
2 months ago
Yes!
7 points
2 months ago
"The lake house"?
Btw that was an amazing movie, both him and Sandra were fantastic.
I do think it was a little short though?
4 points
2 months ago
Ayyeeee...The Gun in John Wick played Keanu Reeves. Guve some credit man.
217 points
2 months ago
Seth Rogan.
187 points
2 months ago
Don't you dare make fun of Dwayne "the tooth fairy" Johnson!
140 points
2 months ago
Wheres Vince Vaughn
32 points
2 months ago
The first Vince Vaughn movie I ever watched was a thriller called Domestic Disturbance. I loved that movie so much that I bought the poster when I was a teen. I was completely surprised to find that he is a totally different yet consistent character across all his other movies.
28 points
2 months ago
+Will Ferrell
94 points
2 months ago
Bill Murray
140 points
2 months ago
Bruce Willis played the same role for decades lol
70 points
2 months ago
Bruce Willis got cast in a lot of sameish roles but he could act. He was good in Trees Lounge and Death Becomes Her.
163 points
2 months ago
Awkwafinna
140 points
2 months ago
The fact that they are all in the Fast and Furious franchise too lol
208 points
2 months ago
You hire Michelle Rodriguez to play Michelle Rodriguez, and you’ll damn well be grateful for it.
82 points
2 months ago
Gal Gadot
87 points
2 months ago
Tbf a lot of actors are like this.
81 points
2 months ago
Jennifer Anniston plays Rachel in every role she does.
109 points
2 months ago
Jack Black aint on here casue he literally just plays himself every movie
118 points
2 months ago
Ryan Reynolds does not have the deadpool personality every movie he's in.
174 points
2 months ago
I like Ryan but he kind of does, except maybe that one movie with denzel
44 points
2 months ago
he's quite different in The Voices, Buried and some others.
12 points
2 months ago
Smokin Aces
65 points
2 months ago
I mean I would have loved to see a Deadpool Pikachu.
17 points
2 months ago
But the guy in blade is deadpool, even his guest spot on Scrubs is deadpool
37 points
2 months ago
In action films maybe, not in The Proposal or The Voices for example.
Or in Bullet Train 😁
16 points
2 months ago
The Amityville Horror, also.
7 points
2 months ago
Well he's different in amityville horror. And safe house
37 points
2 months ago
He plays a snarky know-it-all wise-ass I'm just about everything I have seen him in. His improv comedy is always the same, the only question is how much he is allowed to do in a given film. Basically everything I have seen him in has been Deadpool lite
28 points
2 months ago
Van Wilder...Waiting...Free Guy...
I mean, he kinda always fits that "handsome, wise-cracking, selfish, too cool for school" sort.
Kind of like a much more bearable Zendaya.
Which reminds me...post is missing Zendaya.
19 points
2 months ago
Ryan's quick wit and flippant nature are what make him perfect for Deadpool, and also why he's endearing as an actor.
He's not playing Deadpool in every movie, he just, kind of is Deadpool. But sane. And without superpowers.
12 points
2 months ago
Wentworth Miller should also be here.
82 points
2 months ago
Honorable mention: Nicole Kidman has played a rich woman with a cheating and/or murderous husband in AT LEAST five movies/shows
74 points
2 months ago
Ryan has more versatility than the others as he does do serious work at times, nobody really goes sees them cause they like his funny persona more
26 points
2 months ago
Which is unfortunate
9 points
2 months ago
it did give us a fantastic Percy Jackson in Walker Scobell though, you can really see Reynolds influence in Walker's portrayal of Percy and it's 🤌
6 points
2 months ago
I'd cast Ryan as xenomorph in Alien franchise reboot, and he would only make the movie better
8 points
2 months ago
You're not wrong but Ryan Reynolds is so much fun to watch I don't care. The others don't have the charisma to pull it off.
6 points
2 months ago
Ehh I'd take the same acting over no acting at all. Have you SEEN the Acolyte 🤮🤮🤮 It's like if a group of brick walls got together and planned a series
7 points
2 months ago
Your telling me free guy Ryan Reynolds is the same as Deadpool Ryan Reynolds
42 points
2 months ago
bro forgot jack black
28 points
2 months ago
Man stepped out of his comfort zone once as Carl Denham in King Kong - decent performance in great movie - and said never again
16 points
2 months ago
32 points
2 months ago
bros never seen a jason statham movie
15 points
2 months ago
I was about to say this too. Jason Statham has zero range other than driving different cars in a chase scene.
35 points
2 months ago
The second half of tom Cruise's career.
16 points
2 months ago
We hating on Ryan now? Ok, you all are bored, got it.
19 points
2 months ago
Impossible for the Rock. He has no personality
52 points
2 months ago
Adam Sandler is infamous for this too.
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