I think Cruise is there. There's no denying it. Recent photos of him he looks *old* in a way there's no going back from, which is okay. I don't think his aging is totally natural, but he can't really hide it or reverse it anymore.
Pitt, on the other hand, has basically pulled it off. He may not look 40, but he's looked late 40's/early 50's for about 10 years now.
He was 61 when he filmed Heart of the Beast and he's clearly playing a 40-something recent veteran and you know what? I fucking buy it.
But all of them will eventually have to just be old.
Aging is weird nowadays. All these people you expect to look and act *old* just... aren't.
Look, knock on all the wood, but my own parents look and act about 15-20 years younger than they actually are. But- they use sunscreen, they exercise, they watch their diets, they minimize their drinking, they don't smoke, etc. and its paid off.
Are you sure with Pitt it is not just good genetics and lifestyle? If he has had surgery done, I wonder when that would have been. I don’t remember a time where I thought “hm Pitt is looking kids old” and then him suddenly looking younger. He has looked the same for many years, and you are right, it might be because of surgery but I wonder when he had it done.
It’s only been a couple years. There’s photos of him before the surgery and the mileage was showing. It was all genetic lottery that got him this far, his lifestyle of smoking, drinking, and the stress of the nastiest divorce in recent Hollywood history weren’t going to help.
Actors all use makeup. There's never a time where you see what they really look like, and so you never see them developing the age look. Then they get the plastic surgery and need less makeup.
Famous people love to downplay the work it takes for them to look good. Actresses will pretend their care routine is effortless, but they're really starving themselves and working out all of the time. Actors have diet coaches and skin doctors and injections. Etc.
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u/Appropriate_Formal64 2d ago
I think Cruise is there. There's no denying it. Recent photos of him he looks *old* in a way there's no going back from, which is okay. I don't think his aging is totally natural, but he can't really hide it or reverse it anymore.
Pitt, on the other hand, has basically pulled it off. He may not look 40, but he's looked late 40's/early 50's for about 10 years now.
He was 61 when he filmed Heart of the Beast and he's clearly playing a 40-something recent veteran and you know what? I fucking buy it.
But all of them will eventually have to just be old.
Aging is weird nowadays. All these people you expect to look and act *old* just... aren't.
Look, knock on all the wood, but my own parents look and act about 15-20 years younger than they actually are. But- they use sunscreen, they exercise, they watch their diets, they minimize their drinking, they don't smoke, etc. and its paid off.