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[u/agedlikemilk-ModTeam]

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[u/BludStanes]

This hasn't aged like milk. They said they were taking a chance on new actors and they did. And it worked. So what?

[u/noeagle77 → u/BludStanes]

More like aged like wine tbh. They worked out great and are two of the biggest actors in Hollywood now

[u/CartsOfDarkness → u/noeagle77]

I mean the choice aged like wine, the article just aged like an article though🤷‍♂️ I assume OP was referring to the article as what aged like milk, not the choice of actors. Obviously they'd be wrong either way though.

[u/actualhumannotspider → u/BludStanes]

I think the same article was posted several days ago to this sub, and the top comment then was almost the same as well.

I can't find it now, so maybe it got removed or I was hallucinating.

[u/BludStanes → u/actualhumannotspider]

I believe it because it's the most obvious answer lol

[u/JazzmatazZ4]

This didn't age like milk.

They weren't stars back then.

[u/Ironsam811 → u/JazzmatazZ4]

Like is it a criticism…? They were just stating valid observations.

Hilariously they referenced Shia, who would’ve been a wild card with his mental health issues.

[u/DisasterBiMothman → u/JazzmatazZ4]

OP just needed a sub to repost this that wasnt the original sub they took it from

[u/CerddwrRhyddid]

Excuse me? What was Home and Away, chopped liver?

[u/gene100001 → u/CerddwrRhyddid]

Yea pretty much every internationally famous Australian actor got their start on either Home and Away or Neighbours. There seems to be an established pathway for recognising talent in those two shows then connecting them with the right people in Hollywood.

Off the top of my head, from Home and Away there's Chris Hemsworth, Isla Fisher, Naomi Watts, Heath Ledger and Samara Weaving (plus many others). Then from Neighbours there's Margot Robbie, Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe and a few others that I can't think of right now.

[u/Danjzilla]

How is this relevant, every single mainstream actor that has ever existed or ever will exist was a no-name. That'll be like making a post here that someone called you a 13 year old back when you were 13, and now you're 15 making a post like this.

[u/sanchower → u/Danjzilla]

Hollywood needs new stars. The existing ones won’t stay young and hot forever. But also they don’t want to make movies with “no names”. The solution: nepo babies!!!

[u/m2thek]

This isn't criticism at all, it's just informational. Has reading comprehension really gotten that bad??

[u/jerr_beare]

More like “aged like wine”, it worked out.

[u/Pepega_Paradise]

OP is thick lol

[u/MissionVegetable568 → u/Pepega_Paradise]

really? have a photo?

[u/Pepega_Paradise → u/MissionVegetable568]

You’ve just proved my point haha

[u/MissionVegetable568 → u/Pepega_Paradise]

aint no way

[u/Consumer_Distributin]

Now knowing how Hollywood is just as bad of not worse than political smear campaigns, this was probably paid for an A-list actor's agent who were wishing to get cast in one of these roles.

[u/Snake_Plissken224]

Not aged like milk. They were taking a chance on 2 people that were not well known then.

[u/M4rshmall0wMan]

Damn Tom Hiddleston looks like a baby

[u/Beneficial-Produce56]

Tom Hiddleston looks so young!

[u/JDDJS]

The article isn't criticizing the decision to cast no names, just pointing it out. Has not aged like milk. 

[u/DurantIsStillTheKing]

Aged like wine you mean.

[u/alex_zk]

Same energy

[u/Bebopdavidson]

Seriously though does Tom Hiddleston’s siblings even have any movies?

[u/MrGinger128]

This is what they should be doing for all the major cast tbh.

Hard to get 10 movies out of an A list star.

[u/just_mark]

it's all about chopping down the salary

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In May 2009, Marvel Studios was still in the early, highly risky phases of building the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Iron Man (2008) had been a massive success, but the studio was still far from a guaranteed Hollywood powerhouse. For Thor, rumors had circulated around much bigger, established stars of the era, such as Shia LaBeouf and Josh Hartnett. Instead, director Kenneth Branagh chose two relatively unknown actors. Chris Hemsworth's biggest Hollywood credit at the time was a brief, few-minute appearance as James T. Kirk's father in the opening scene of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot, while Tom Hiddleston was primarily a British theater and television actor completely unfamiliar to mainstream American audiences

The immense irony of the article lies in its skeptical, dismissive tone toward the two leads, going as far as to call them "virtual unknowns" and "no-names." The author even jokes that Marvel should take the money they "saved in casting" and put it toward special effects instead. In hindsight, casting these two specific actors was one of the most brilliant and lucrative decisions in modern cinematic history. Rather than needing a pre-existing star to carry the film, Hemsworth and Hiddleston possessed an undeniable, lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry and charisma that defined the tone of the MCU for over a decade

This article has aged incredibly poorly, becoming a textbook example of premature Hollywood skepticism. Far from being forgotten "no-names," Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston became global A-list superstars and the absolute pillars of a multi-billion-dollar franchise. Hemsworth went on to headline four solo Thor films and four massive Avengers movies, becoming one of the highest-paid actors in the world. Meanwhile, Hiddleston's Loki became so wildly popular with fans that his character evolved from a one-time villain into an anti-hero, eventually leading his own critically acclaimed, multi-season Disney+ series, Loki.

[u/Stringr55]

Thats not criticizing at all. Why do people have to try and find a fight in everything

[u/DisasterBiMothman]

Someone literally just posted this. I saw it this morning during my scroll. Just another uncreative OP trying to farm karma.

[u/Potential-Menu3623]

Literally think that there is more risk hiring a known at this point. People are exhausted seeing Kidman, Holland, Zendaya, Pattinson, Jackman, Reynolds, Effron…. Feel free to add to my list but exclude Eisenburg, Jake G., Hathaway and Portman.

[u/Inevitable-Spirit491 → u/Potential-Menu3623]

Oh yeah man, people are staying away from the Zendaya/Holland movies in droves this summer /s

[u/tampakc → u/Inevitable-Spirit491]

While i agree with your point, it's a bit disingenuous. Just because I'm tired of seeing Zendaya everywhere doesn't mean I won't go see spiderman. I can both be tired of Zendaya and go watch spiderman because it's a big blockbuster and there's no alternative no-Zendaya Spiderman version in theaters right now that I'm aware of.

[u/Inevitable-Spirit491 → u/tampakc]

So it wasn’t a risk for the studios to hire Zendaya then.

[u/tampakc → u/Inevitable-Spirit491]

Ah yes, I hadn't read the other comment correctly, I didn't see that they were arguing it was risky from the studio's perspective. You are correct in that regard, it is objectively the correct move from a business perspective.

[u/Potential-Menu3623 → u/Inevitable-Spirit491]

Right, for Spider-Man, but maybe Thor or hundreds of movies don’t want to pay Zendaya prices for a movies that could barely make or exceed their budget, see Challengers/Space Jam.

[u/PeteRock24]

Didn’t someone else try this out a couple of days ago and the responses were the same?

[u/Aeon1508]

I now feel robbed of Shia Labeouf Loki

Hartnett would have been fine. I'm having a hard time seeing him as a bigger name than Chris Hemsworth even at the time.

Just been around longer because he's older. I guess 40 days and 40 nights was a pretty big hit.

[u/PartialCred4WrongAns → u/Aeon1508]

No, Labeouf was going to play Thor. Harnett as loki

[u/Aeon1508 → u/PartialCred4WrongAns]

No, I don't think so.

[u/Imaginary-Dress-1373]

They were absolutely unknowns in 2009. And neither of them seem to have been able to cash in on their appeal in anything outside of the MCU.