Interesting points. I think he's right, in a way, in that people go to see characters and franchises rather than actors and movie stars, for the most part. At least at first. I think we now can tell the Chrises apart from each other, but Chris Hemsworth was just "the guy who plays Thor" until probably Ragnarok. All his other movies had bombed. But I think he's becoming more of a household name. Anthony Mackie is still "Falcon," but maybe when he leads a Marvel film or gets the Disney+ show, that will change.
There's an interview out there about him becoming Captain America that was really interesting. He talked about trying to get auditions earlier on in his career, when he had to call people and say "Hey, I'm the black guy from the Hurt Locker." Now he's been in 6 MCU movies and doors are opening up. It gives him the flexibility to do big blockbusters, but also smaller more creative projects. I don't think he was complaining about not being Tom Cruise in this video - but being Tom Cruise opens up a lot of avenues to find those hard-to-find-in-theaters projects that are now on Netflix and such.
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What has he done aside from that christmas movie with seth Rogen and the kid from 3rd rock?
Marvel movies, the Hurt Locker, 8 Mile, Detroit, Black Mirror. He's taking the lead role in the next season of Altered Carbon as well. Things like that.
Interesting dude. I don't agree with everything he says, but he's been in some good stuff over the years.
