• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    20 hours ago

    The weird thing with Jared Leto is that I’ve never felt he’s been very successful, yet he’s always had bunch of people hyping him. I can’t think of him being a leading actor in anything I’ve ever seen. He’s always been lower down the bill. You look at all his award nominations on IMDb and 90% of them are “supporting actor”.

    So why is he a name? I always put it down to him being involved with the “right” people in Hollywood. Those people obviously being very wrong.

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      He is the lead singer of “30 Seconds to Mars”. That’s where his fame came from originally.

      His appearance in movies has always been a weird “let’s shove this famous guy from one media into this other one for publicity” kinda thing. Then for some reason he just stayed doing movies and here we are.

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        I had no idea he was in a band. Dude was from My So Called Life.

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          Never heard of that show. Always knew him from the band growing up and was surprised as hell to learn he did film.

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      17 hours ago

      I mean… he’s had plenty of starring roles, and his acting has won him both awards and acclaim. Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, House of Gucci, The Little Things - and that’s not including his clunkers. He’s still an in-demand actor with 30 years of work behind him. Not everyone makes a career that good in Hollywood.

      I think he’s an asshole. But he’s a talented asshole.

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        Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, House of Gucci, The Little Things

        and Bladerunner 2049.

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          He was great in that as well. I didn’t include it because he wasn’t in the ads for the movie, and so “we” weren’t sold a seat based on his participation, but good callout.

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      I think there’s a couple reasons. He did make some really good music, and he has a very recognizable face in that he kind of looks like Jesus lol

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    It’s kind of interesting how all of these guys will have these stories attached to them for years until anyone cares.

    Sorta like Cosby - people knew, but nobody gave a shit until Hannibal Buress started calling it out.

    They get away with it for years, live glamorous wealthy lives that give them access to tons of victims, and if they are ever punished it doesn’t last long.

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      The thing is, people knew Jimmy Savile was dodgy…women spoke to people on set and even teachers, coppers caught him in awkward situations…the guy just went on and on til he died. I get why women don’t speak up cause there’s so much risk of ridicule.

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    I can’t stand this asshole and don’t understand how he keeps nailing acting roles in top movies of genres I love. Anytime I see him cast in a movie I’m interested in, it just deflates my anticipation to almost zero.

    30 Second to Mars used to be top tier like 10-15 years ago, but after seeing him about 5 years ago I’ve lost all respect for him in all aspects of his career. He took the stage dressed like Jesus and proceeded to spin around for 3 hours while the entire crowd sand his songs for him. Absolutely abysmal show.

    Hopefully this is the last we need to hear and see of this jackass, but time will tell.

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    They’re really burying the lede here. The closing paragraphs of the article:

    The woman added that once, when she was 18, Leto “suddenly pulled his penis out and started masturbating”. She told the outlet: “Then he walked over, grabbed my hand, and put it on him. He leaned in and said: ‘I want you to spit on it.’”

    Another woman, Allie Teilz, a Los Angeles-based DJ and music producer, last month on Instagram reposted a 2012 Facebook status in which she had said: “Youre [sic] not really in L.A. until Jared Leto tries to force himself on you backstage… In a kilt… And a snow hat,” Air Mail reported.

    In her Instagram stories, which Air Mail reviewed, Teilz said: “I was assaulted and traumatized by this creep when I was 17 … He knew my age and didn’t care. What he did was predatory, terrifying and unacceptable.”

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    I know the writer and editor had a lot of options to go through when choosing a lead photo for this story, but I think they must’ve simultaneously said “that’s the one” when they got to this pic.

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    this came out of nowhere. so shocking. jerod leto of all people. i can’t believe it. he seems like such a stand up guy.