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    3 days ago

    Sophie Turner has had a decent run of mid-tier high budget movies (the jennifer lawrence xmen movies) and I think is the new live action Lara Croft?

    Robb Stark was in that show about the bodyguard who banged the president while calling her “mum” the entire time? I hear that was good? And he has pivoted that into even more pseudo-spy dramas?

    Kit was one of the less offensive things about Marvel’s Eternals. Allegedly. Nobody watched it.

    But I think it is also important to remember how a lot of these major franchises go. Most of the cast are hired REAL young because they are basically signing a contract to be in something for a decade or more. The known greats are wary of that and are going to want a lot more money and may just bail. See Elizabeth Olsen in the MCU where she clearly decided she was done with that shit. And that is why it tends to be less “Wow, so and so was a great actor” and more “So… both the leads of Twilight kind of just became known for really quirky low budget films they took because they are already set for life monetarily?”

    Sometimes you get lucky? Most of the time you don’t. And you rely on your supporting cast to carry the production. And most of the GoT supporting cast were already known amazing talent with established careers who just continued doing their own thang after the fact.

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      “So… both the leads of Twilight kind of just became known for really quirky low budget films they took because they are already set for life monetarily?”

      I’ve really enjoyed following the careers of those two. Stewart in particular is very underrated. She has a very laid back, “natural” style which didn’t gel well.with big budget cringe like Twilight but comes off as very realistic and convincing in smaller indie dramas.

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        I think Stewart just full on embraced weird shit being her thing, and I have really enjoyed just about everything she’s done. And I had zero interest in Twilight.

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      Rose Leslie (Ygritte, Snow’s wildling live interest) has anthe lead in the Time Traveler’s Wife (series remake). It’s a little cheesy, but I did enjoy it very much and the ratings are quite OK