thesoapster
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Absolutely. Horrible tweet.
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Chinese actress gets big Hollywood roles, No one knows why
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Absolutely. Horrible tweet.
In Hollywood, non-native English speakers I'd say.
What qualifies as a "foreigner"?
crisdecuba
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From her performance in The Great Wall, she's not a great actress -- at least not in the portions where she's speaking English. Stilted and flat.
Somebody doesn't know how China works.
BladeoftheImmortal
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clearacell
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We need a conspiracy theory for this one as well. she's a horrible actress outside GoT, how is she continually getting roles? Emma Watson too.
Sophie Turner
sturgboski
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Look if Hollywood could spend time trying to make Justin Long a thing, I am ok with someone trying to making this lady a thing (not just because I find her attractive BUT because if it means these movies like Pacific Rim and Kong are financed if she is in them, I am fine with that).
ZackieChan
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would be a better actor than you
That I do not doubt.
"Anyone from Game of Thrones that auditions will be given preference" is likely a mandate throughout Hollywood, that show's popular as hell.
How the fuck did anyone think Loras Tyrell should play Danny Rand if not because he was in Game of Thrones.
Also don't you fuckin hate on Sansa Stark I'll stab you
That one can't be explained
Emma Watson is getting better, but Emilia Clarke? Woof she is not good.
Mr. Pointy
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This. She do what she do to get paid.
Chuckie
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She is a good actress? I've only seen her in Twilight and she was fucking awful in it.
Apparently she's good in everything else except the Twilight series. Heard she was good in her debut movie as well as some other films after Twilight.
aren't all those movies from the same company? maybe she knows some higher up from legendary or something and they want her to be the face of the company until a new pretty face appears
didn't you know, once you finish high school you are just a few steps away from the grave
I never saw twilight, and he only movie I saw with her was that snow white and the huntsman and she was awful, a plank had more charisma than her in that movie
didn't you know, once you finish high school you are just a few steps away from the grave
I never saw twilight, and he only movie I saw with her was that snow white and the huntsman and she was awful, a plank had more charisma than her in that movie
Y'all must age like bananas if she somehow looks notably-young for 28. She's 28, not 50.
I thought she was fine. Not award winning or superstar status, but a pretty average actor.
Fancyarcher
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Well yeah they're all by the same company. They're obviously trying to push her. She was wasted in some of her roles, though. She barely had any dialogue in Kong: Skull Island for example.
Hawke is still not a movie star. He's more interested in doing indies, and the few blockbusters he's been in have been supporting roles, actually.
Hawke is still not a movie star. He's more interested in doing indies, and the few blockbusters he's been in have been supporting roles, actually.
Fancyarcher
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Independence Day: Resurgent was the worse though. The Chinese pandering in that film was awful.
Fancyarcher
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Looking at his box office though, he hasn't had a real big hit since 22 Jump Street though. He's done a few fine indies though.
If you read the article, this is from a Chinese entertainment gossip perspective. I don't think they particularly care what non-Chinese people appear in Hollywood films outside of a few big stars that are popular there.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
He's clearly at the "work with directors you admire" stage of his career.
His last string of movies was Wachowskis, Tarantino, Coens, Soderbergh.
Lights and Waves
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I loved her in the Great Wall!
Glass Rebel
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I mean, it is kinda wrong. But everyone conveniently forgets that until a minority does it.
I only seen one ep of Game of Throne, and decided I was good
The Artisan
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she's really pretty
Angelus Errare
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Neat. Still doesn't change my statement in the slightest, Hollywood really tried to push him/force him to be a "thing".
Actors/Actresses from popular TV shows get passed over all the time and never get the push he does.
Different rules for different groups.
hikarutilmitt
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I'm not gonna lie, I hate that this is the likely reason that Emilia Clarke was chosen for Terminator: Genisys. I know it's a big dumb action movie and was aimed squarely at fans of the franchise (and it hit that nail so hard) but she was the least imposing Sarah Conner post-T1 ever.
It pained me even more when I learned that they were considering Tatiana Maslany for the role and it didn't happen. I feel like she would have even been a better fit than Lena Headey was for TSCC, and that's something I don't say lightly.
What has she been in other than Independence Day?
Once GOT ends, you're probably not going to be seeing much of the actors again.
Helps that he's been keeping the overhead down too, since his two bigger pictures flopped. But everything else seems to be decent to well.
Helps that he's been keeping the overhead down too, since his two bigger pictures flopped. But everything else seems to be decent to well.
TickleMeElbow
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Yeah no shit.
I'm saying she looks 18 in that photo. Maybe even younger.
Pretty much already happened to those whose characters died off in the show.
Rentahamster
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I think you missed the point of my post.
Fancyarcher
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Basically! He's clearly trying out for those quirky roles now so he can be "different".
And I don't see any evidence he was pushed into being a thing. He had two big blockbusters, one because he played Riggins on Friday Night Lights and the producers thought he would be a great John Carter, and one because he played Riggins on Friday Night Lights and the producter liked working with him so he picked him for Battleship. He was pushed in that these two blockbusters were hyped as fuck. Because they were blockbusters. Not because they were pushing him.
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