Kilgore Trout
Banned
In the 90s I would have said Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt but now im not sure. I dont think we have mega stars like we used too.
Who is the biggest Actor in Holywood?
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Leonardo DiCaprio is the megastar right now; he's in everything and he gets his pick of whatever movie he wants
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
Good question
brad pitt was popular and got alot of attention for his flicks but he wasnt a draw as such. The dudes that commanded box office units was cruise without a doubt. Costner had a bit of a run there and hanks..
Today that sort of money generator thats guaranteed to smash building each picture is all but extinct, now an actor latches on to a movie it does numbers everyone gets paid, it turns into a franchise and the perception the lead is a mega star starts taking shape. Then they do a movie outside the franchise that barely does anything box office wise. Perfect examples of this are RDJ and jennifer lawerence, its all smoke and mirrors.
Hollywood would have u believe its leo based on tenure and consistency, RDJ, just based on rich lists, or gosling/bradley cooper/channing tatum cuz they seem to be be the "it" boys attached to everything. But if I was going to choose i'd say the biggest "actor" in the business today is christian bale. Dude has played jesus, batman, john connor, moses and he got to call shaft a nig, he basically has the pick of the litter crosses between indie and mega studio projects. Aint like leo protecting his position by only working with named directors either
brad pitt was popular and got alot of attention for his flicks but he wasnt a draw as such. The dudes that commanded box office units was cruise without a doubt. Costner had a bit of a run there and hanks..
Today that sort of money generator thats guaranteed to smash building each picture is all but extinct, now an actor latches on to a movie it does numbers everyone gets paid, it turns into a franchise and the perception the lead is a mega star starts taking shape. Then they do a movie outside the franchise that barely does anything box office wise. Perfect examples of this are RDJ and jennifer lawerence, its all smoke and mirrors.
Hollywood would have u believe its leo based on tenure and consistency, RDJ, just based on rich lists, or gosling/bradley cooper/channing tatum cuz they seem to be be the "it" boys attached to everything. But if I was going to choose i'd say the biggest "actor" in the business today is christian bale. Dude has played jesus, batman, john connor, moses and he got to call shaft a nig, he basically has the pick of the litter crosses between indie and mega studio projects. Aint like leo protecting his position by only working with named directors either
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The_King_of_Everything
Yeah.
Leo
Robert Downey jr
Brad Pitt
In that order
Robert Downey jr
Brad Pitt
In that order
This.
as @Roman Brady said, the movie star is dead.. everything is catered on the franchise
it's a shame really.
i seem to follow directors now. but i also do check for every single thing dicaprio does.
it's a shame really.
i seem to follow directors now. but i also do check for every single thing dicaprio does.
OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
Yep. Me too.
Majestic Pape
The-Coli = W SOHH = L
It was Will Smith for many years, but not any longer I don't believe. There really isn't even a clear cut number one any more. The movie star seems to be dying out and is being replaced by the director or just the film itself (which isn't a bad thing). I guess Leo is as close to the top as you're going to get, but even he isn't really head and shoulders above the rest, and really is still looked at as more of a great actor than just big movie star, if that makes sense.
It was (really, still is) there for the taking for Dwayne though.
It was (really, still is) there for the taking for Dwayne though.
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
I think the movie star & director is being replaced by the producer and studio exec. Back in the day a director had his/her own style today apart from a few cats here and there everyone is just following the same ish from a textbook. No one really has a distinct style any more even the old heads are forgoing their signature moves..Watched the american version of oldboy the other day and its like any director could've directed that. There was nothing in the execution that was spike lee-esque at all.
What have marc webb, josh whedon or james gunn really contributed to the blockbuster action genre yet here they are being giftwrapped dream directing assignments, its like execs are just looking for mailable directors that aint about to but their ego ahead of the project these days..
Notorious 1 E.Y.E.
Superstar
i think the whole dynamic has changed cause the smal screen is starting to surpass the silver screen
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
In what sense? the only thing I can see is that the line is now getting blurred and we are seeing the writing/production quality we get in movies on cable. But I fail to see how the small screen is in anyway surpassing the silver screen because of it. We will always have blockbusters like avengers, transformers e.t.c where nothing beats the cinema experience. Cable can have all the wires, sopranos, boardwalks and game of thrones but does that now mean studios are going to ceae production on critically acclaimed flicks like, 'cloud atlas' 'the master' 'the hours' or 'prisoners'
If the dynamics have changed its because you can pirate and watch shyt on bootleg, so execs are hesitant to throw money at anything that doesnt look like a safe bet. The boom that small screen is currently witnessing isnt affecting the movie biz at all, its just giving actors/writers more jobs and spoiling us as consumers
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Majestic Pape
The-Coli = W SOHH = L
This is certainly a big part of it.
Notorious 1 E.Y.E.
Superstar
didnt say that at all
all i say was the dynamci has changed
the tv stars are becoming bigger than the movie star
tv deals are better than they have ever been plus that syndication check
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
well in todays climate there really isnt a "movie star" and most of the washed up stars of yesterday are on tv. so there are hidden variables to that statement. Just for argument sake tho who are these tv stars (not even going to make the distinction between tv and cable) that are bigger than movie stars? I mean in todays society a no name on some reality tv show can have his 15 minutes gaining more notoriety than obba babatunde whole career
everyone seem to go do la li over breaking bad and how the 2 leads were this that and the other. On the surface one would say they were pretty popular right? well they placed the younger lead in a fast and furious lite actioner this summer how did it do?
thats the business side of things that fattening someone pockets not ours, when you make a statement like small screen is surpassing the silver screen I imagine you are speaking as a consumer not a hollywood accountant, no?
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
if we take it by gross
it's still the same people
leo
will smith
johnny depp
tom cruise
throw in ironman but that's mainly cause of marvel, his other movies don't gross much
it's still the same people
leo
will smith
johnny depp
tom cruise
throw in ironman but that's mainly cause of marvel, his other movies don't gross much