I'll give you 3 examples of what I mean.
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I knew Bohemian Rhapsody was going to be huge when I saw it the opening day because I overheard a handful of old ladies saying it was the first movie they'd seen in 2 years. I knew instantly that if this movie, which looked dumb based on the trailers, could get these old ladies excited, it was gonna be a huge hit, and people were gonna be really shocked.
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Another example: I saw a movie with Timothee Chalamet a few years ago, or maybe Homeland, didn't know who he was, and found a Youtube clip of him doing some play. This was years before Call Me By Your Name. And the comment section was full of girls going "future Oscar winner," "give him an award," etc - like dozens and dozens of comments all over for a guy who hadn't been in anything. So I knew that somewhere this guy had struck a chord with all these people, maybe in New York.
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Last example: Freddie Highmore. I remember him as some child actor in Finding Neverland. I heard about Bates Motel but neever watched it. Then I heard a random old lady talking about the Autistic Doctor show and how great it was. I brushed it off because it sounded ridiculous. Then another lady said she watched some show that she liked, and her taste is so wacky, so I joked, "It's that Autistic Doctor show, isn't it!" And she was like, "...how did you know?" Cut to now, and The Good Doctor is the fucking number 1 show on TV.
Are there any actors you've had this experience with today? Actors where, it's not based on your experience with their talent or potential (like Rami Malek was legitimately good in Mr. Robot, or Highmore was legitimately good in Bates Motel), but the reactions you see they provoke in other random people based on really wacky examples?
Submitted February 05, 2019 at 11:22AM by gbstauu http://bit.ly/2WGjnki
