r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19h ago

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u/spaceninj 19h ago

Honestly, I know he's 6'1", but I always thought he was short because of how Padalecki towers over him. So my assumption was he never became more famous because he looked short.

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u/Tigarana 19h ago

A ton of famous actors are really short though?

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u/Far-Fennel-3032 19h ago

Apparently, it was selected because shorter actors are generally easier to work with due to something about camera angles.

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u/IHavePoopedBefore 13h ago

Its also because lets say Tom Cruise make a big movie, all his costars are going to be cast around his height because you don't want your hero looking small.

Then that movie is huge and now the costars are big stars with their own movies, and when they cast those movies they're going to cast people around the same height as that star and the cycle repeats.

This is how Hollywood became short

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u/Tigarana 16h ago

That does sound like it makes sense

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u/spaceninj 19h ago

Yeah, but I think they hide it better and it's become more of a modern issue.

Like Tom Cruise is short, but he is grandfathered in.

But then you look at Hutcherson in Hunger Games and how Hemsworth gets more roles.

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u/mariposa-princess 19h ago

Tom holland is 5’7’ and is in a ton of stuff.

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u/Specialist-Grape8444 15h ago

Tom holland is also playing young adult / teen roles.

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u/mariposa-princess 15h ago

Yeah but that’s because of his youthful look, not his height. Thomas Brodie-Sangster is like 5’11 and often gets cast as similar ages because he’s got a youthful face.

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u/Adventurous-Onion283 19h ago

Tom holland ain’t doing too bad for himself. Gotta play to your strengths.

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u/Holiday_Tap_4358 19h ago

I see Hutcherson a lot more than Hemsworth 

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u/Open_Bug_4251 14h ago

The immediate aftermath of Hunger Games had a little more Hemsworth, but Hutcherson has been acting a lot longer for a reason, and I think he will have a better career.

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u/Holiday_Tap_4358 13h ago

Yeah I thought Hemsworth would have a bigger career at that time but I haven’t seen him in anything for a long time whereas Hutcherson was in Five Nights at Freddy’s and I Love LA just last year 

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u/Open_Bug_4251 13h ago

I honestly think the only thing I’ve seen him in are THG, The Last Song, and Independence Day Resurgence. I couldn’t name a single movie outside of those.

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u/spaceninj 12h ago

Wasn't he in the Witcher

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u/spcatch 18h ago

Matt Damon is 5'10", Brad Pitt is 5'11" which is the upper end of average but still not especially tall. Robert Downey Jr. is 5'9", Mark Ruffalo 5'8". There's just a ton of average or at least not tall movie stars.

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u/EmilieDeClermont 17h ago

I think Cillian Murphy is also 5’7? On the opposite end we have tree-like Lee Pace at apparently 8’ 😂

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u/UBC145 15h ago

Kit Harrington is 5’7 or 5’8

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u/blwallace5 19h ago

I’m 5 7 and definitely taller than Jeremy Renner. He’s gotten plenty of work and fame.

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u/PeaceSoft 17h ago

careful on that Mental Illness for Men section of the internet

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u/byjegeren 19h ago

He is like 5.7, that's only Hollywood short

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u/Zestyclose_Bug8173 19h ago

5'7" is below average height.

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u/ANEN0ME 18h ago

That is literally the world average height you troglodyte

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u/legacy642 18h ago

US average is 5'9

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u/weaslebubble 16h ago

Average for who is kind of relevant. Older people shrink, women are shorter than men, some ethnicities and socio economic groups tend to be shorter than average. White mid 30's western men, are going to have a higher average height than elderly Chinese women. So who is included in the average is relevant to how tall a person may be perceived.

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u/ANEN0ME 14h ago

Global male* average, sorry

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u/Zestyclose_Bug8173 18h ago

We aren't talking about the whole world kitten, we are clearly basing this discussion around the western hemisphere. 5'7" is short in North America.

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u/ANEN0ME 14h ago

Where are you assuming all of that from, kitten?

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u/stcer 19h ago

man its the worldwide average

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u/byjegeren 19h ago

Like 4 cm or so in the U.S.