Will Ferrell
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I get this. I was listening to a podcast, Conan O'Brien's I think, where Will Ferrell came up and they were talking about how he's typically a pretty straightforward and serious kind of person off camera.
He turns it on for the camera but it's not who he is in real life. There's nothing wrong with it per se but it made him seem a lot more disingenuous to me.
I think a lot of comedians are this way, and it makes sense. Most of us have a "work persona" that is not exactly the same as what we would consider our "real" personality.
For a more genuine version Will Ferrell, and just a hell of a story of friendship and overcoming challenges, I heartily recommend the documentary Will & Harper.
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Thank you. I can't stand his humor. Cringe on top of cringe with a side of cringe with nothing to balance out the cringe. Just not my cup of tea.
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Anthony Mackie. Nothing particularly offensive about him, but he's a bit of a charisma vacuum and that constant pinch-faced expression irritates me for some reason.
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Jared Leto, Tom Cruise. Here on Lemmy they might not be as loved as in the general population, but these pieces of shit posing as human beings are definitely loved more than they should.
I think the world turned a bit on Leto after his rat-mailing phase while playing the joker. But I'd say he probably still doesn't engender as much antipathy as he should in the general populace.
Can't argue with Tom Cruise, though. Admittedly he seems like a nice guy, but the whole funding America's biggest and most dangerous cult definitely hampers that.
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Adam Sandler
I don't like his movies but I respect his hustle. He has enough money to approach an agent and tell them "I want to make this movie, I want to cast all my friends in it, and I want my character to walk away with a hot date at the end" and the agent just says okay.
They're pretty much all the same movie with different names on them. But it's pretty clear that everyone involved in those movies was just having a great time making them.
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Leonardo DiCaprio. I get huge, cringy 'imposter syndrome' vibes from him, like he knows he shouldn't be doing this for a living but soldiers on regardless. I've never bought into a single one of his performances. He always seems like he's 'acting', and never really embodies the characters or reacts 'in the moment'. It's all a poor imitation of what he has seen other actors do.
I hate that he became Scorsese's new De Niro, and so when I hear of a new Scorsese film I get excited and then immediately lose interest knowing that DiCaprio is probably gonna be leading it. Literally every film he has done would have been better with a different actor.
Also Nicolas Cage. I get the memey antifan sort of thing that bolsters his career, but let's be honest, there's no hint of talent in the man. He has ruined what might have been great films. Bringing Out the Dead could have been a legit classic if not for his involvement.
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Jack Black. I think it was around the time he started up his Jablinksy crap on Youtube. There were tons of "organic posts" on reddit about it and it just didn't sit right with me. Ever since I can't stand him.
Big "theatre kid" energy on him.
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Tom Hanks.
He seems like a lovely person. I just can't stand seeing him act.
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Ryan Reynolds. Man got married on a plantation and no one seems to care, plus he plays the same character in everything he's in.
Man got married on a plantation
Aren't former plantations now just pretty places to take wedding shots? When I worked picking grapes, the winery was ALWAYS hosting weddings.
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Ben Afflict.
Was very weird how everyone liked that he was chosen as Batman, he was such a bad Batman. He actually gave rich prick vibes.
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Julia Roberts.
She was awarded a Best Actress trophy or whatever the fuck it's called... She couldn't even act surprised. Because she obviously knew she was getting it ahead of time.
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Jack Black. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a single minute of his acting. Absolutely cannot stand him and his whole thing he has going on.
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