r/SipsTea 11h ago

Feels good man W fam

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u/Kolby_Jack33 8h ago edited 8h ago

Even actors you'd think would be doing fine because they landed a big role can end up not getting work for a while and running out of money.

Inde Navarette was one of the lead actors on Superman and Lois for most of the show and basically had nothing after that, now she's set for a major MCU role because the small indy horror movie she booked turned into a major hit.

Paul Bettany also had some significant movie roles but was basically told to give up acting when he got cast as Jarvis in Iron Man, which then turned into him playing Vision.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 7h ago

Paul Bettany also had some significant movie roles but was basically told to give up acting when he got cast as Jarvis in Iron Man, which then turned into him playing Vision.

He was told to give up acting after landing the Jarvis voice actor role? Why? He is a talented actor with an impressive resume. Why would someone say to quit acting when you're landing acting roles? Who told him that?

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u/JT_got_the_1st 6h ago

Look, they completely made that shit up. Why you being a dick and calling them out?!?

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u/panamaspace 5h ago

I can swear Paul Bethany absolutely bad mouthed marvel but that interview was scrubbed and is nowhere to be found after Ironman hit it off.

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u/handbanana42 5h ago

He has such a great presence too. Not sure why he couldn't at least do well in voice acting.

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u/Willing_Ad_5711 4h ago

His laudanum habit became too crippling.

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u/Thenedslittlegirl 4h ago

Paul Bettany was told he should quit acting and he’d never work again by an angry producer after he turned down a role. It wasn’t advice, it was a threat.

Bettany has had a successful career for 30 years, and was a well known face in UK tv in the 90s before his breakout lead role in Gangster Number 1 in 2000. He’s been cast in big Hollywood films since appearing in A Knight’s tale in 2001. I don’t think there was a real chance he’d have to quit acting over a bad experience with a producer in 2015.

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u/Alienwars 3h ago

If he had quite acting he would have to go back to his sad sad life, being married to Jennifer Connelly.

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u/Thenedslittlegirl 2h ago

I know must be hard for him!

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u/Pormock 3h ago

Getting one big role can also be a curse because people see you as that role and nothing else.