Its been tough for actors who play action-heroes since 911. Most families have seen the real thing, a son, an uncle, a nephew or a dad.
Once you’ve seen the real thing, a pretty boy actor has no chance at being taken seriously.
I was thinking about this the other day. In WWII a lot of actors went into the service, and a fair number of them saw combat. They had a certain weight about them.
I can’t think of a single actor who enlisted after 911. There might have been one, but I can’t think of one.
Bruce Willis attempted to, but was rejected due to his age.
“They had a certain weight about them.”
I think the modern day actors of any nationality are tending to look way less rugged or have any sort of irregular features. Just seem the vast majority of their faces all look so regular, with no character or something. I wonder if some of the older stars would even be able to make it today—I mean would Charles Bronson have become a star nowadays?
I don’t know, maybe I’m just looking at with nostalgic glasses or something.
I wonder if the prominence of western TV/movies contributed to rugged features being more acceptable. A lot of the ones with mugs started out in those.
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