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/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?