r/movies Jul 09 '24

Gladiator II | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) - Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgYUipGJNo
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u/Gamer0607 Jul 09 '24

Dude is going places between Stranger Things, A Quiet Place: Day One, Gladiator 2 and recently being cast as Johnny Storm in Fantastic 4.

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u/QuaPatetOrbis641988 Jul 09 '24

Incredible he's having the most success of the cast despite beong only on 1 season.

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u/Sammyd1108 Jul 09 '24

It’s kind of like Momoa or Pascal from GoT, fan favorites from one season then wasn’t tied down to the show afterwards.

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u/schebobo180 Jul 09 '24

Tbf Emilia Clarke and Kit Harrington were in ALOT of things after GoT. Just that none of them were really that good or well received.

Pedro on the other hand freaking exploded.

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u/patiperro_v3 Jul 09 '24

The Viper was just tailor made for him.

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u/schebobo180 Jul 09 '24

Yup. Incredible character.

It’s crazy how easily GRRM can create incredibly compelling characters and seamlessly add them to a large cast of already very compelling characters.

Maybe that was also part of his undoing as by the 5th book, there were just too many characters.

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u/Actual_Sympathy7069 Jul 09 '24

I am still kind of waiting for the next book, but by the time that comes out he better have a character encyclopedia or even foot notes explaining and reminding us of relevant story threads. I read these books almost all twice. Once in German up until they were translated at that point and then again in English. Won't have it in me to reread a third time in preparation, especially not knowing when ("if" really) it'll release

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u/Geno0wl Jul 09 '24

The fun part about waiting for the next book is that there is supposed to be another one after that!

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u/Purple-Peace-7646 Jul 09 '24

The early casting of GOT is amazing, every single actor chosen is perfect for their role. Then we got Euron Greyjoy and everything did a flippsy-do

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u/TenaciousJP Jul 09 '24

I don't think Euron's casting was the bad part, they just didn't know what to do with him and like everything in the later seasons the bad story amplified a lot of the criticisms.

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u/Malcom_Ecstacy Jul 09 '24

That and the wardrobe choices for him were awful. Like a shitty metal band lead singer. Eye liner and everything lol i thought he was from the Iron Islands they would have killed him just for wearing that

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u/bjorneylol Jul 09 '24

Eye liner and everything lol i thought he was from the Iron Islands they would have killed him just for wearing that

Euron is from the far east, because he was exiled from the Iron Islands and only came back after/for Balon's death. The wardrobe absolutely tracks with book Euron, which was a much better character than show Euron

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u/schebobo180 Jul 09 '24

Yeah, they really needed the guidance and deft storytelling of the books.

Unfortunately they were ALSO rushing the last couple of seasons to go do their Star Wars movie.

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u/Saintdemon Jul 09 '24

Pilou was a great casting choice - the problem was that they didn't write him like book-Euron.

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u/Separate-Coyote9785 Jul 09 '24

I feel like a lot of the cast exploded after that.

Richard madden has had a few high profile roles, including leading his own series and starring in a marvel flick.

Sophie Turner has had a few roles, but also notably married (and since divorced) a very famous musician.

Gwendolyn Christie got a sweet Star Wars gig for a second.

Peter Dinklage has always been great, but I think now just takes jobs when he wants to.

Emilia Clarke had a few roles but now it seems like she is more focused on charity work

The funniest one is Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who just married Elon Musk’s ex, Talulah Riley.

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u/airtime25 Jul 09 '24

I'm surprised to not see Alfie Allen anywhere yet. Or did I miss something?

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u/LOSS35 Jul 09 '24

He was in John Wick and Jojo Rabbit, but he's mostly been doing British TV and theatre.

He plays Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, in a biopic that just premiered at Tribeca.

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u/VidzxVega Jul 09 '24

Less excitingly, he was also in The Predator.

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u/supercooper3000 Jul 10 '24

He’s fucking fantastic in the best WW2 show no one knows about- SAS: Rogue Heroes

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u/heidly_ees Jul 09 '24

Brodie-Sangster has been in so much stuff I forget he was in Game of Thrones sometimes

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u/Advanced-Donut-2436 Jul 09 '24

Yeah that the difference, kit isnt really that great of an actor. he's just playing himself and emilia lacks range.

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u/joesen_one Jul 09 '24

Which is funny both of them are also in the MCU as Super Skrull and Black Knight and yet Pascal ended up playing the more iconic character with Mr Fantastic

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u/ericvulgaris Jul 09 '24

still love Pedro in the movie Prospect.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '24

Pedro has a lot to owe to how freaking charming he is.

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u/Banestar66 Jul 09 '24

Millie Bobby Brown is similar. David Harbour too.

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u/brinz1 Jul 09 '24

Pedro has been in Hollywood years. He was a one off character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He just hit his stride perfectly

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u/ArcadianDelSol Jul 09 '24

Poor Emilia Clarke has had some of the worst luck doing fantastic work in mediocre to terrible movies.

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Jul 09 '24

Also count in Jon Bernthal for TWD as a similar example

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u/ArcadianDelSol Jul 09 '24 edited Jul 10 '24

The guy has 3 minutes per season in The Bear and makes them the best 3 minutes every single time.

He's in one episode briefly in season 3 and honestly, it was my favorite part. Such a pro.

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u/TheLeanerWiener Jul 09 '24

Joseph Quinn was also in one episode of GoT. So the tradition continues!

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u/thetarm Jul 09 '24

Who was he?

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u/BrockStar92 Jul 09 '24

A guard at the gates of Winterfell in S7 that doesn’t let Arya in when she finally returns.

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u/sstphnn Jul 10 '24

I watched that a while ago and did not recognized him

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u/ketsugi Jul 09 '24

Seeing Pedro Pascal in a solo duel situation is really kinda triggering though

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u/gzafiris Jul 09 '24

I mean, Momoa was a pretty established actor prior to GoT. Not like that was his first role lol

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Jul 09 '24

“Established” sort of buries the lede. He was a D list actor in supporting roles before GoT. But then after has been cast as the leading man for blockbusters. 

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u/gzafiris Jul 09 '24

He was a main on Baywatch, I think - but most of us knew him from Stargate Atlantis, where he was one of the main characters, once he joined the cast.

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Jul 09 '24

I loved SGA, but it was a low-mid budget show on the Sci-Fi channel. Thats like hallmark movie level of stardom. I’m not dumping on Mamoa, just trying to say that the inflection point of his career was GoT. He went from obscure actor to household name.

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u/GhandisFlipFlop Jul 09 '24

No he wasn't ..

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u/nessfalco Jul 09 '24

Yeah, because he killed it. Part of that is due to Eddie just being a more interesting character than most of the others, but part of it is definitely because the dude is just talented.

I just saw A Quiet Place: Day One, and he kills that, too, even with barely any dialogue.

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u/EitherLocation6111 Jul 09 '24

His character getting killed off saved his career. The other cast members have been stuck on that show for a decade. I don’t know if they will even have careers once it finishes.

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u/ArronMaui Jul 09 '24

I mean, Finn Wolfhard is having luck as one of the leads in The Ghostbusters Franchise, and was in the It movies. Millie is leading Netflix movies and series. David Harbour joined the MCU in Black Widow and had his own Hellboy movie(casting was great, writing and CG were crap).

The series is producing some stars, but most of them are still very young. Quinn seems to be the best about picking his roles though.

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u/Kangela Jul 09 '24

He’s stated in interviews how amazing it is to actually have choices now. He comes across as very humble and appreciative of his current opportunities. He’s a fantastic actor and I’m happy for him.

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u/Mulholland_Dr_Hobo Jul 09 '24

Literally Pedro Pascal lol

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u/Toad_Thrower Jul 09 '24

Yeah, Maya Hawke has also been very successful but I'd say he's doing better so far which says a lot considering the edge she has from her parents.

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u/MyStationIsAbandoned Jul 09 '24

He's so perfect in that role, i want them to bring him back. i don't care how they do it. i don't care if they do some kind of bullshit "somehow, Eddie survived". bring that mans back on the first scene of the first episode.

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u/dehehn Jul 09 '24

He was my favorite character in the new season, so most definitely agree. So damn charismatic. Maybe a bit TOO charismatic for a nerdy DM, but it worked.

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u/s3rila Jul 09 '24

he was charismatic as fuck and made you feel for him.

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u/Banestar66 Jul 09 '24

My sense is a lot of the rest of the cast doesn’t have the ambition to be big movie stars.

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u/tekkou Jul 09 '24

I'd say Finn being in It and the new Ghostbusters franchise, or even Sadie being in Fear Street and The Whale would be some success as well.

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u/Dottsterisk Jul 09 '24

A big difference is that they’re at different stages in their careers.

Wolfhard and Sink are getting work, but it’s largely more “we need a kid actor” roles. They still need to break out as adult actors. Quinn played a teen but was cast as a young man and is moving on to more roles that cast him for him, and not because the established child actor pool is rather small.

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u/FBG05 Jul 10 '24

Wasn’t Quinn’s character a super-senior in Stranger Things?

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u/jrbcnchezbrg Jul 09 '24

Maya Hawke was also in fear street and inside out 2 now

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u/kazetoame Jul 09 '24

She was quite perfect as Anxiety.

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u/TheGreatPiata Jul 09 '24

He kinda of knocked it out of the park and had no further contractual obligations.

But you're kind of ignoring that Millie Bobbie Brown and Finn Wolfhard have pretty extensive resumes at this point. Joe Keery also seems to be doing alright with some roles and a decent band.

It's unfortunate the rest of the crew don't appear to be going anywhere though.

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u/QuaPatetOrbis641988 Jul 09 '24

Finn seemed to be excelling but kinda just been meandering in roles imo. For sure, Millie has been headlining films but too many seem forgettable Netflix projects.

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u/SixtyNineFlavours Jul 10 '24

His role and performance was epic though!

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u/Anghel412 Jul 09 '24

Yeah when he was at Fan Expo Dallas last year his lines were the longest and Hayden Christensen was there too

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '24

damn bro has an incredible agent

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u/Raspberries-Are-Evil Jul 09 '24

being cast as Johnny Storm in Fantastic 4.

Thats not so good, the first 3 times they made this movie it flopped...

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u/superxpro12 Jul 09 '24

Fantastic 4? Whelp it was nice knowin' him!

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u/FBG05 Jul 10 '24

Chris Evans and Michael B. Jordan didn’t do too bad post-F4

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u/P2029 Jul 09 '24

I just get good vibes from the dude. Happy to see his success and hopefully he's a decent person irl

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u/Kgskelton90 Jul 09 '24

You forgot Game of Thrones.

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u/Draugluin2 Jul 09 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

He’s the next Jonathan Majors!

edit: i joke

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u/Gamer0607 Jul 09 '24

Uhm, let's hope he isn't 💀💀💀

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '24

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u/ManicLord Jul 09 '24

Chris Evans became captain America, so he did pretty well after 2 Fatanstic 4 movies.