re: Oscar voters on Chalamet: The more they got to know him, "the less they liked him"

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Sean Penn is a potato with no sense of humor and they've given that guy an Oscar on three separate occasions. That's the same amount of Oscars they've given Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson.


That's incredible to think about. I guess he does that one facial expression better than anyone else can.

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Penn really used to be a phenomenal actor. In the right part I think he still can be. His problem of late is a sort of Ruffalo problem. If he doesn't think he likes the kind of person IRL that he's supposed to be playing then he's lost the ability to play them as a real three dimensional person instead of an object of contempt.

He never would have been a success if he approached his profession like this decades ago. Imagine him just playing Matthew Poncelot as a violent sociopath, Spicoli as mean spirited, or a cop in Colors without the complexity he allowed.

He's become a lesser actor as his separation from the types of people who are portrayed became more extreme