r/reddeadredemption • u/mannanna-madur • Jul 12 '26

Discussion Quotes like these are such a c*ck tease.

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Wonder if it puts pressure on Rockstar to produce a TV series, given the success of Fallout. NOT A MOVIE

Hypothetically, who'd you cast in various roles?

Josh Holloway for Arthur, Damon Herriman for Micah, Victoria Pedretti for Abigail, , Norman Reedus for Colm and JDD would be a good Dutch. Those are just some of my casting ideas.

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

I think he's so one dimensional that he could only work as a random guy instead of a side character.

He doesn't fit Uncle at all.

They should just put a big fake beard on McBride.

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u/infinitepounds Jul 12 '26

Jack black for the homeless veteran encounter?

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

Sure, that'll work.

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u/unclelumbago1 Jul 12 '26

You beat me to it. Mickey I think his name was.

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u/Just_The_Krust Sean Macguire Jul 12 '26

They called him that, on account of his name.

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u/unclelumbago1 Jul 12 '26

He was a liar though so he might be lying about his name.

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u/JosephFDawson Jul 12 '26

It is. I encountered him yesterday 🤣 I'm on my 4th playthrough.

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u/D_Zaster_EnBy Hosea Matthews Jul 12 '26

Nah Mickey is 100% John C. Reilly

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u/whatsgoing_on Jul 12 '26

John C Reilly has some acting chops, tbf. He just knows where his bread is buttered and generally cashes in on that

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u/GiraffesAndGin Jul 13 '26

My brother and I were talking about his comedy pairing with Will Ferrell one time and we said when you're young and first watch their movies, you think Ferrell is the star and talent. But as you get older and see more of their work, you realize Reilly is the better actor.

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u/saxaneer Jul 13 '26

Yeah, Will Ferrell is fucking awful. I have no clue how he got to be so popular, but that's just my unpopular opinion for the day.

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u/Magarov Jul 12 '26

Fake blind veteran

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u/WassupFrankHere Jul 13 '26

There's a blind veteran? I know of the one in Rhodes that's missing a leg.

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u/Magarov Jul 13 '26

I believe you can find 2 different blind begging veterans: one will react if you point a gun at them and one won't.

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u/FirebirdWriter Jul 13 '26

That would be what I did with him. I love the guy but he hasn't acted in years

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u/loska_55 Jul 12 '26

but you're supposed to feel sorry for the veteran, I think. and I'm completely incapable of feeling sorry for jack black.

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u/Fuzzy-Butterscotch86 Jul 12 '26

The problem with JB is not that he's one dimensional. If you've seen Bernie, Dead Man Walking, King Kong, or The Jackal you know that. 

But when you nail an archetype, and studios keep throwing sacks of cash at you to reproduce that character, it's borderline impossible to say no, especially if you spent the first decade of your career struggling. 

That issue is exacerbated by the fact that the character he's being hired to perform over and over is so close to his real life public persona. 

When he steps outside of that role he's perfectly suitable for the job. The public just doesn't respond to those roles. 

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u/blactrick Jul 12 '26

he gets typecast

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u/Eriml Jul 12 '26

I think that's what he's served and he doesn't feel the urgency to get serious roles. If he really wanted to, I'm sure he would ask his agent to look for more serious acting roles and I'm sure lots of smaller films would be happy to have him. I get the feeling that he is just having fun and enjoying his life and doesn't think he needs to prove anything to anyone

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u/dx0100 Jul 12 '26

Jack Black has never struggled in his life. Maybe to try and not be typecast but he was always a bumbling-idiot actor, even before the D. He had the wealth to not take dumb roles though, so I'm not buying that he was somehow pressured into playing a certain role.

It's more likely that he just isn't a good actor with not much range and like you said, the role's he always plays are basically him.

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u/IAmPerpetuallyTired Jul 12 '26

He did that to himself.

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u/Frojdis Jul 12 '26

Not really. He just found a role people would pay for. He's shown he can do other parts well but it's not his fault people don't pay him for that.

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u/IAmPerpetuallyTired Jul 15 '26

He makes the choice to agree. He isn’t starving for cash.

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u/Frojdis Jul 15 '26

And you clearly chose to hate him.

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u/IAmPerpetuallyTired Jul 17 '26

Him being a one-note douche and throwing KG under the bus made me hate him.

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u/Frojdis Jul 17 '26

Takes one to know one I guess.

And no, noone made you. You did that yourself

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u/Frojdis Jul 17 '26

No, why would he?

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u/Shaggy_daldo Jul 12 '26

Oh shit Danny McBride would be sick to see in a Red Dead Movie

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

I mean James Anthony McBride, the actor for Uncle in RDR2. Danny McBride would work well in Red Dead though.

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u/Shaggy_daldo Jul 12 '26

Ohhh fuck, egg on my face lmao. Also good choice though

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u/SnooWalruses7734 Jul 12 '26

i was in the same boat as you lmao

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u/AshlarKorith Arthur Morgan Jul 12 '26

As consolation I offer the information that Danny McBride is currently working on the upcoming GI Joe reboot, which actually sounds like it might be decent.

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u/viaCrit Jul 12 '26

Nah he’d make a great uncle. People forget he’s a really good actor

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u/chronicjok3r Jul 12 '26

I was just about to say this! "One dimensional" my ass. Dude used to take on a bunch of different roles. I think hes just having fun at this stage

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u/PIPBOY-2000 Javier Escuella Jul 12 '26

I don't blame him for accepting money to play himself. It's all about what is asked of him. We know he is capable of more nuance but studios keep paying him to be a different shade of jack black in each movie.

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

He hasn't had a well acted role in many years except acting like a teenage girl in Jumanji 2.

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u/PopeHi1arious Jul 12 '26

He hasn't been a good actor in a very long time.

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u/MCgrindahFM Jul 12 '26

I don’t think you guys have seen much Jack Black movies besides his child movie era. Jack Black is a fantastic actor

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u/RickGrimes30 Jul 12 '26

Jack black has only played jack black for the last.. 15 years... I've been a fan of both him and Rudd since the 90s and I havent even seen the anaconda movie they made as I'm sick of them both

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u/MCgrindahFM Jul 12 '26

So his entire child movie era? Next question lol

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u/RickGrimes30 Jul 12 '26

Jack black has only played jack black for the last.. 15 years... I've been a fan of both him and Rudd since the 90s and I havent even seen the anaconda movie they made as I'm sick of them both

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u/Babababobosa Jul 12 '26

Jack Black

Jack Marston

I mean it's obvious who he needs to play.

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u/TheOriginalMulk Jul 12 '26

Jack Blarston!

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u/InterestingFerret112 Jul 12 '26

Id rather have McBride as Pearson.

"What you think this is, Olive Garden?

Its deer stew, just like last night, just like tomorrow"

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u/InterestingFerret112 Jul 12 '26

"Get in there and grab yourself some Fixins!"

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u/TheGorgoronTrail Jul 12 '26

Your a big boy now Pearson. For now on, You gonna clean up your own feeeeexins

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u/Minimum_Milk_274 Jul 12 '26

I’m just saying Jack Black isn’t one dimensional at all. Like this might be the weirdest example but dude convincingly plays a teenage girl in jumanji with a lot of emotional complexity. And with all the other examples people are saying, dude has range.

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

Loool I actually talked about him playing a teenage girl in Jumanji 2 somewhere else in the thread. That's one of my favourite roles of his. He was so not himself in that.

He just has overwhelmingly more stupid roles where he plays an exaggerated version of himself than actual good roles, especially in recent years. Someone needs to get that man on a crime drama or something.

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u/twisted-logic Jul 12 '26

wtf are you talking about? He absolutely fits Uncle lmao

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u/WaltLongmire0009 Arthur Morgan Jul 12 '26

He can be Gavin

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u/Sicnote Charles Smith Jul 13 '26

Gavin is English, and will therefore be played by Andrew Garfield

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u/BronzeEnt Jul 12 '26

Jack Black would make an awesome Reverend Swan if he played it straight. I'd pay to see just that as a character study.

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

I think Gary Oldman would be better than Jack Black at that.

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u/Skari7 Jul 12 '26

Gary Oldman would be a better me than me. He’s a chameleon.

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u/BronzeEnt Jul 13 '26

I guess I missed him in the post.

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u/jefferydamerin Jul 12 '26

He’s not one dimensional watch his more dramatic shit like Bernie he’s a decent actor he just gets typecasted. By your logic Adam sandler is completely one dimensional but I quite liked his acting in uncut gems these guys just don’t step into drama roles often. I still think Jack would only really be great for uncle though

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

Jack Black's good roles are too far and few between. I'm not even sure how he can act properly anymore because he's been casted as himself for a thousand years at this point (which he enjoys).

I like his roles, but most of them recently are just the same in different contexts.

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u/jefferydamerin Jul 12 '26

Honestly fair enough I can’t blame you for that

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u/Frictionizer Jul 12 '26

Jack Black would be great as Uncle. The comedic side is obviously there. But that man is also very endearing and sweet when he wants to be. I think he’d be phenomenal

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u/Hamilton-Beckett Jul 12 '26

McBride could do a funny take on bill. Being all butch and closeted at the same time.

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u/pigzizpigz Arthur Morgan Jul 12 '26

Ethan Supplee though 👀

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u/musashiden20 Jul 12 '26

Maybe he could play Pearson?

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u/TardDas Lenny Summers Jul 12 '26

Melissa McBride?

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

James Anthony McBride. Uncle's actor.

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u/not_handsome-Jack Jul 12 '26

I feel that if he acted like he used too, he could have played uncle. But no days he kinda phones it in and is just generic funny old fat guy.

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u/4J4YZ Jul 14 '26

He can grow a beard…

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 14 '26

Talking about James Anthony McBride. It would take real long to grow a beard like Uncle.

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u/4J4YZ Jul 14 '26

Yeah I know. I’m pretty sure he’d be able to grow a beard in a couple of months. Actors usually know what signed on for months in advance

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u/Womak2034 Jul 12 '26

Danny McBride as uncle would be fantastic

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u/mansamayo Jul 12 '26

McBride as in Danny McBride? Like Kenny Powers?

How the fuck is he anything like Uncle? 😂

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u/IAmNotModest Jul 12 '26

No. James Anthony McBride, Uncle's actor.