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Post by moimoi on Aug 31, 2015 12:47:27 GMT -5
...Jai Courtney???
It has recently come to my attention, via AVC, that there is an actor called Jai Courtney and that he (really, that's a guy's name?) has been in things that people have seen. For all I know, I may have seen him in these things, but I cannot be bothered to check IMDB to figure out what I'd know him from. Therefore, I'm putting it to the forum to explain who this person is and why I should care (i.e. any good?).
Please feel free to add to this list any personages whose existence befuddles you.
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Post by Lone Locust of the Apocalypse on Aug 31, 2015 13:43:59 GMT -5
I first saw him opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher.
For some bizarre reason, he's been cast in a lot of big budget movies, despite the fact that almost nobody knows who he is. Remarkable.
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Post by pairesta on Aug 31, 2015 13:44:26 GMT -5
...Jai Courtney??? It has recently come to my attention, via AVC, that there is an actor called Jai Courtney and that he (really, that's a guy's name?) has been in things that people have seen. For all I know, I may have seen him in these things, but I cannot be bothered to check IMDB to figure out what I'd know him from. Therefore, I'm putting it to the forum to explain who this person is and why I should care (i.e. any good?). Please feel free to add to this list any personages whose existence befuddles you. Sam Worthington 2.0. |
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Aug 31, 2015 13:47:16 GMT -5
Perhaps J.A.I. is some sort of acronym for the lab where they grow these generic blockbuster guys in tubes?
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Post by Invisible Goat on Aug 31, 2015 14:42:16 GMT -5
How do you pronounce his name? Is it just "Jay"? Even worse if so.
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Post by Logoboros on Aug 31, 2015 14:57:20 GMT -5
According to the Australian pop culture podcast I listen to (shout-out Fruitless Pursuits), it's long-i, rhymes with "pie."
ETA: But then, the Australian pronunciation of "Jay" might also come pretty close to rhyming with an American or English "pie." So who knows...
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Aug 31, 2015 15:22:06 GMT -5
I first saw him opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher. For some bizarre reason, he's been cast in a lot of big budget movies, despite the fact that almost nobody knows who he is. Remarkable. He's remarkably unremarkable! |
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Post by heroboy on Aug 31, 2015 15:24:18 GMT -5
According to the Australian pop culture podcast I listen to (shout-out Fruitless Pursuits), it's long-i, rhymes with "pie." ETA: But then, the Australian pronunciation of "Jay" might also come pretty close to rhyming with an American or English "pie." So who knows... I always assumed it was more akin to "Hi" as in the sport Jai-Alai. |
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Post by NerdInTheBasement on Aug 31, 2015 16:38:47 GMT -5
Wait, are you guys talking about Garrett Hedlund?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2015 16:54:20 GMT -5
Jesus christ, people, hasn't anyone seen Spartacus?? He played Varro, Sparty's best pal at the ludus, who sold himself to the arena to pay off huge gambling debts.
TBH though, it wasn't until very recently that I realized he was getting famous. I don't think I've seen any of his movies.
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Post by moimoi on Aug 31, 2015 17:37:52 GMT -5
Wait, are you guys talking about Garrett Hedlund? I'ma take a wild guess and say that Garrett Hedlund is some sort of Thor person... |
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Post by NerdInTheBasement on Aug 31, 2015 17:49:49 GMT -5
Wait, are you guys talking about Garrett Hedlund? I'ma take a wild guess and say that Garrett Hedlund is some sort of Thor person... Nah, he was the lead guy in Tron: Legacy, had a pretty solid supporting turn in Inside Llewyn Davis (one of my favorite movies of the last few years) and he's playing Captain Hook in that Peter Pan origin movie. |
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Post by moimoi on Aug 31, 2015 20:23:57 GMT -5
I'ma take a wild guess and say that Garrett Hedlund is some sort of Thor person... Nah, he was the lead guy in Tron: Legacy, had a pretty solid supporting turn in Inside Llewyn Davis (one of my favorite movies of the last few years) and he's playing Captain Hook in that Peter Pan origin movie. Who was he in Llewyn Davis? No matter, I can support only one Garrett, and that will be Garrett Dillahunt, forever and always. |
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Post by MarkInTexas on Sept 1, 2015 9:30:36 GMT -5
Garrett Hedlund has pulled off the nifty trick of spending the last 11 years playing major roles in a large number of big budget movies without ever making much of an impact with the general movie-going public.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 2, 2015 20:37:45 GMT -5
I can't tell Ansel Elgort from Miles Teller from a potato.
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Post by moimoi on Sept 2, 2015 21:18:02 GMT -5
I can't tell Ansel Elgort from Miles Teller from a potato. Dear God, who in the hell is Ansel Elgort??? WHAT is an Ansel Elgort?! HOW is an Ansel Elgort?! [tears out hair in confusion] |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 2, 2015 21:45:12 GMT -5
I can't tell Ansel Elgort from Miles Teller from a potato. One is blonde and looks like a confused puppy, and the other has brown hair and looks like a confused puppy. The third is a potato and is delicious when baked. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 2, 2015 21:50:46 GMT -5
I can't tell Ansel Elgort from Miles Teller from a potato. One is blonde and looks like a confused puppy, and the other has brown hair and looks like a confused puppy. The third is a potato and is delicious when baked. Bless you. I was having a devil of a time... |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 3, 2015 8:30:33 GMT -5
The Tolerability Index
delicious when baked Being baked is probably why I had a hard time figuring out the difference in the first place! |
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Sept 3, 2015 9:45:41 GMT -5
I can't tell Ansel Elgort from Miles Teller from a potato. Dear God, who in the hell is Ansel Elgort??? WHAT is an Ansel Elgort?! HOW is an Ansel Elgort?! [tears out hair in confusion] Ansel Elgort was cast as Eminem in "Straight Outta Compton," but then they wised up and cut him out of the movie. Also, "Elgort" is in my Top Ten Last Names That Look Like Somebody Is Spelling Them Backwards. |
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Post by MarkInTexas on Sept 3, 2015 10:38:25 GMT -5
I can't tell Ansel Elgort from Miles Teller from a potato. One is blonde and looks like a confused puppy, and the other has brown hair and looks like a confused puppy. The third is a potato and is delicious when baked. One apparently comes across as a douchebag in interviews, and the other one apparently comes across as a douchebag in interviews. |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 3, 2015 10:55:53 GMT -5
One is blonde and looks like a confused puppy, and the other has brown hair and looks like a confused puppy. The third is a potato and is delicious when baked. One apparently comes across as a douchebag in interviews, and the other one apparently comes across as a douchebag in interviews. I feel like getting fame at their age practically requires them to be douchebags. But yeah, they do come off like jackasses. |
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Post by dＬᵒ on Sept 4, 2015 18:24:58 GMT -5
Is it wrong to say that white guys all look the same?
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Post by moimoi on Sept 4, 2015 20:38:55 GMT -5
Another one from reading AVC: Who the fuck is Sebastian Stan? Or Rami Malek?! ShulkieSmash, you're going to have to help with this one. |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 4, 2015 20:54:01 GMT -5
Another one from reading AVC: Who the fuck is Sebastian Stan? Or Rami Malek?! ShulkieSmash, you're going to have to help with this one. Rami Malek is in Mr. Robot, and is brilliant in it. He's also quite good in Short Term 12. |
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Post by moimoi on Sept 4, 2015 23:10:58 GMT -5
Another one from reading AVC: Who the fuck is Sebastian Stan? Or Rami Malek?! ShulkieSmash, you're going to have to help with this one. Rami Malek is in Mr. Robot, and is brilliant in it. He's also quite good in Short Term 12. OK I just looked him up and I'm embarrassed to admit that I remember him as the hot Egyptian from Night at the Museum. I may have to add Mr. Robot to the queue... |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 4, 2015 23:27:16 GMT -5
Rami Malek is in Mr. Robot, and is brilliant in it. He's also quite good in Short Term 12. OK I just looked him up and I'm embarrassed to admit that I remember him as the hot Egyptian from Night at the Museum. I may have to add Mr. Robot to the queue... Let me know if you do! I can't even remember why I gave the pilot a watch when it first aired but I am so glad I did. Surprise fantastic show of the season. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Sept 5, 2015 4:12:01 GMT -5
Dear God, who in the hell is Ansel Elgort??? WHAT is an Ansel Elgort?! HOW is an Ansel Elgort?! [tears out hair in confusion] Ansel Elgort was cast as Eminem in "Straight Outta Compton," but then they wised up and cut him out of the movie. Also, "Elgort" is in my Top Ten Last Names That Look Like Somebody Is Spelling Them Backwards. Number One in that list is surely Alan Yentob. |
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Sept 5, 2015 10:06:56 GMT -5
Ansel Elgort was cast as Eminem in "Straight Outta Compton," but then they wised up and cut him out of the movie. Also, "Elgort" is in my Top Ten Last Names That Look Like Somebody Is Spelling Them Backwards. Number One in that list is surely Alan Yentob. Sicnarf Loopstok www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=loopst000sic |
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Post by moimoi on Jan 21, 2016 13:43:54 GMT -5
So I just read Ignatiy's highly enjoyable review for Mojave and I realized I STILL don't know who Garrett Hedlund is. The whole time I was picturing Tom Hiddleston. This motherfucker really needs to do something notable soon, or forfeit the name Garrett to G. Dillahunt (Deadwood lives!) and change his name to Bob. |
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