[FLUFF] ‘Wonder Woman’ recruited actual athletes, fighters as powerful Amazonians
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audrey1234
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robert4963
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@axlelol Maybe unpopular opinion here, but I honestly kind of hate that. I haven't seen the movie yet, but in my experience watching fighters or sports icons try to act is just embarrassing and cringy at best. Looking at rousey in fast and furious, neymar in XXX, and that one girl villain from Deadpool.
Let actors be actors, they can bulk up as needed.
Let actors be actors, they can bulk up as needed.
@robert4963 They didn't act much, but it made for some amazing and inspiring training montages!
josephjnapoleon
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@robert4963 That could be a compelling argument, but I don't think most Hollywood actors are really that great at acting to begin with.
robert4963
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@josephjnapoleon There are more than a few gems. Gary Oldman, Meryl Streep, an Leonardo Dicaprio among them.
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@robert4963 Sure. I also think the past Oscars reflected a huge group of talent that I haven't really seen before. I get the notion that a lot of actors/actresses are cast based on what they represent rather than what skills they bring to the table. The best recent example I can come up with is casting Emma Watson as Belle in Beauty and the Beast. I think she is pretty terrible at acting, but she probably fit the image Disney wanted for their franchise. The movie was supposed to be a musical but Emma is certainly not a singer. I think I would have had more respect for the movie had they hired a Broadway star or actual singer.
@robert4963 So you'd rather Meryl bulked up for a small role with little to no speaking lines rather than someone who is already strong and athletic? That seems more cameo to me.
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@iamtrying Like I said, if they have more than ten lines, I think that they should be held to a standard of acting. Probably the best example is in the f&f franchise with rousey. Barring the existing talent (Walker, Statham, gadot, and Johnson) every one of the crew members have a certain chemistry that a non actor just kind of.. Ruins in my opinion. It takes you away from the scene and puts you in your movie's seat. This is especially jarring when said actor enters a direct dialogue with the non actor, such as Samuel L Jackson talking to neymar, Ryan Reynolds bantering with Gina Carano, and rousey fighting with diesel.
I get what it's supposed to be, but non actors just completely ruin the immersion for me.
I get what it's supposed to be, but non actors just completely ruin the immersion for me.
@robert4963 Sounds like a personal problem to me.
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@robert4963 I dunno. I think Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, and Terry Crews have pretty solid acting careers at this point, and that's only because casting directors took a chance with them. I like that they're trying to see what female athletes can cross over to acting, though I'll concede that it doesn't always work out.
deborah137
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@realityy I think wrestlers are kind of a special case because to be really great you need to be good with both the moves and the mic. Dwayne Johnson and John Cena are two of the best talkers in the biz and it's so great to see both of them find success outside of WWE. Cena was absolutely hilarious in Trainwreck 
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I also love Crews' work on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
.I also love Crews' work on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.