Nah.

Yes, he was a chilling bad ass in his series debut. There was no transition whatsoever.

I agree that he showed a lot of potential on Girls (yeah, I watched the first 2 years). By jumping genres, I meant Driver going from a somewhat grounded show set in modern times to THE space opera. If that’s your only experience with the actor, I can empathize with someone struggling to accept the leap. Again, I…

I’m not sure I’m qualified to explain the psychology of why actors jumping genres can be jarring for some people. I mean, if the dude that played Jim on the Office had been cast as Captain America, I would’ve been intrigued but skeptical. I’m well aware that he’s an actor, but I’d only seen him as a cute office…

The OP didn’t even say that Driver did a poor job (I thought he was great, btw). She/he can’t control how their brother felt... and most people haven’t seen the guy in anything but Girls, so it is a pretty big leap. Imagine if Tom Hanks jumped directly from Busom Buddies to playing the main bad guy in a Star Wars…