re: This generation has no iconic actors anymore

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I don’t know one star actor under 35 right now

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To be fair most of the famous actors listed didn’t hit major roles until later. We just knew them all already because they were child actors we grew up watching.

Streaming and the death of network television killed the forced child actor pipeline and nothing has really shown up to replace it yet. No parents want to watch children centered shows and kids are too wrapped up in twitch streams, social media content, and bizarre animation to care about real people. So where do you farm child actors into adult superstars? Not too mention the entire rampant abuse scandal’s surrounding all the child actors we grew up watching.

I assume at some point you’ll see adult actors emerge and their background credits will be Instagram reels, YouTube shorts, and TikToks.

If the people behind the scenes of network star paths have any intelligence at all they’re already platforming sterilized and streamlined short form content with people they can control, abuse, and drain.

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I don’t know one star actor under 35 right now

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Weinstein in prison holmes.

Chris Pratt

There will never be another Ren and Stimpy.

Film is dying. I see a new memorable movie maybe once per year. Maybe.

THanks for not mentioning him.

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To be fair most of the famous actors listed didn’t hit major roles until later. We just knew them all already because they were child actors we grew up watching.

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Leo, Smith, and Cruise were all mega Hollywood stars before age 30. Denzel won an Academy Award at 29. Leo and Cruise had multiple nominations (and Smith one) by that age.

I do believe the rise of prestige television has a lot to do with it.

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ahem, we have Rachel Zegler!!

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Gaucho.

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Denzel

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He is one of the actors I will watch anything else he is in. His son is pretty good as well. I liked him in the HBO series Ballers.

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Film is dying

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Its awful.

Like Gladiators II. I was looking forward to it, it had Denzel in it.. Then the trailer comes out and there are dudes standing on Rhinos, they are having ship battles in arenas filled with water..

They could have developed a good story line and told it without trying to outdo the tiger scene in the first one. The tiger scene isn't why I liked the first one. I don't think that's the main reason most people like the first one. In my opinion, you don't need all of that shite if you have a good story line with actors who can tell it.