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Aladdin star Mena Massoud: 'I haven't had a single audition since film was released'
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Then what I am? A chair made of metal thorns coated in deadly poison?
These are exceptions to the rule. A few actors hasn't solved racism. Stop bringing up meritocracy, don't work like that.
I mean acting is tough. Nobody is waiting for you and there are floods of talented good looking young actors out there. At least he landed two roles.
I didn't say they solved racism at all.
But putting the blame only on the skin color when probably his acting was not good enough to land a new role after Aladdin is not something that i'd say.
Racism might not be only one cause, but i don't think he is not getting roles only because he's brown.
Those are a few actors and while they are non white, they are all black.
There's a higher level of acceptance for them than a brown actor, be it due to african americans being the biggest minority in states or be it because of something else.
This is era, we have a support group for those poor souls that are only getting 6-figures, not even kidding.
People here are loaded and hate being reminded of that.
I can't tell if this is sexism. Do you think men are blowing people all the time?
Then I'd like to be "comfortable" please. :)
And I hope you are joking...
Not being in a single audition is really surprising but it's not like he was some kind of ground breaking actor anyway, he's pretty average at best, nothing special but using Aladin as a benchmark is ridiculous, anyone could have played him and make the bilion anyway.
Honestly I thought he was just ho hum in Aladdin.
But regardless he was still a major character in one of the biggest movies of the year and no auditions, seriously? Fucking shameful industry.
But regardless he was still a major character in one of the biggest movies of the year and no auditions, seriously? Fucking shameful industry.
Lmao wtf
When I saw this movie the only question I asked was why the hell is this guy in the movie, he 100% didn't belong, ....now I know why
I don't have a lot of sympathy for rich people, good thing this story is about the long term impact of institutional racism on art and entertainment.
If the bad hemsworth brother who's name I bet none of you remember can headline a few films a year then this guy should probably be allowed in the room for auditions.
If the bad hemsworth brother who's name I bet none of you remember can headline a few films a year then this guy should probably be allowed in the room for auditions.
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mediocre white man way worse than Mena and with less sucessful movies got way more chances, that´s the story, hollywood is still deeply fucked and racist place
The actor who played Jafar doesn't need to audition probably. The dude is one of the most highly sought after actors in the Netherlands.
Sure, his foray into Hollywood failed hard, but the guy is in a lot of high profile Dutch films. Just this year he was the male lead in the Dutch Oscar submission.
Lets be fair, he's got a point. Paul Walker's acting was worse than his in the original Fast and Furious yet he became a star regardless
thing is TAYLOR KITCH (?) is a mega bomba star and still gets roles.
Because he's a white guy in hollywood. There's so many bad actors. The guy who played the brother in GeoStorm seriously is the WORST actor in a major hollywood movie I've seen. Scott Eastwood is also a terrible actor.
Mena should have a new role in some show. Hollywood is leaving money on the table not casting him..
That said, Dev Patel gets a lot of roles. He's great though and has terrific acting chop. Maybe Mena's agent sucks!
Because he's a white guy in hollywood. There's so many bad actors. The guy who played the brother in GeoStorm seriously is the WORST actor in a major hollywood movie I've seen. Scott Eastwood is also a terrible actor.
Mena should have a new role in some show. Hollywood is leaving money on the table not casting him..
That said, Dev Patel gets a lot of roles. He's great though and has terrific acting chop. Maybe Mena's agent sucks!
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If he had white skin, he'd get chance after chance. Numerous (if not infinite) passes for fucking up, and continued bullshit defenses from numerous posters in this very thread
It's enough money that you can throw it in an index fund and have it magically earn 120K a year for you without doing a thing. It's 75% of average lifetime earnings
That's bullshit and you know it. If you fuck up in Hollywood, regardless of the color of your skin, you're done for.
You can't just fuck up, like say choke a female Paramount Pictures executive, and still get roles in the business, especially in big movies.
Is this sarcasm?
The actor you're talking about still shows up in major studio films and I'm sure still gets auditions.
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if he had white skin he wouldnt have been the lead in aladdin and we wouldnt be having this thread
There simply aren't many movies being made with brown people in leads. The problem starts at the screenwriting level.
Marwan Kenzari, who played Jafar, has two new upcoming movies in the works. Numan Acar, who played the palace head guard Hakim even has four, including the new Terrence Malick.
Sucks for Massoud not getting any right now, but that's show business I guess.
Nah the problem is at the casting level. If a writer describes a character as a grizzled, old, white man with one eye the skin color is irrelevant to the character in most situations. Ignore the writer during casting and you got Sam L. playing Nick Fury. Now a story about reconstruction era in the South maybe sticking to a writer's assigned races is important but lead roles don't always have to go to white people just because it's in the script.
Your joking right? Unless you like to spend money on hookers and blow or live in the most expensive regions and lifestyle of any given country 2 million is enough live a life of luxury. Even if you only placed it into a low risk investments and only gained 5% interest per annum that's 100k per year's worth of interest. Most people don't even earn anywhere close to 100k per year working.
this is all jobs everywhere. Referrals and getting people you know jobs happen all of the time. There are people in all sorts of professions who don't deserve the jobs they have yet they do.
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To be fair, Nick Fury in the Ultimate Universe was modeled after Sam L. first, and Sam L. was going to sue but inquired Marvel about it and Marvel told him they wanted him to play Nick Fury in their movies. Otherwise, I agree.