D’Arcy was predominantly a stage actor before HOTD; even the most famous stage actors aren’t particularly easy to spot in public. And even after HOTD’s first season aired, they mentioned that they could still mostly go about unrecognized due to the pretty drastic difference between in and out of costume (they’ve even…

It’s surprising how many big stars are genuine introverts.

For me, it’s as simple as “they” being much easier to type and say than “he or she.”

Who’s the “she” you’re talking about here?

Makes room for categories that have been missing like most stunt positions. Maybe motion capture acting? Voice acting? There are plenty of options.

I’m losing my grip on Daemon’s motivation. From season 1, I took Daemon as an agent of chaos who only cared about being Viserys’ heir to the extent that it got him Viserys’ attention and unsettled Daemon’s rivals. Now, after one fight with Rhaenyra, Daemon’s planning to take the throne for himself? Is he that deep in…

I thought Saltburn was fine. Reading Wikipedia’s totally serious, straight-faced description of Saltburn’s plot? A+ experience.

I long ago came down on the side of not blaming people for using family connections, provided they can actually deliver on their own merits. There just aren’t that many people who get by professionally for life on the basis of their parents.  Subsist, hang around the edges?  Sure. 

Yeah, don’t they have legacy admissions in med schools?

It’s weird that the nepo baby critique is always about people in the arts and not people in business, where the outcome is more substantive (and funnier) when someone just fucking sucks

I mean, do people in the real world really care? 

Those bangs...

I love how Denzel is just playing peak Denzel in this and looks like he’s having the most fun possible.

especially when it stars two men that women go positively nuts over.

Hey, I’m one of the first guys to clock whether a movie passes Bechdel, but I really don’t think a movie about Roman gladiators is where I’d go to find nuanced gender politics.

“ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED...” *looks at camera and smirks* “... AGAIN!?”

“Rage is your gift.”

i think denzel’s character looks like he represents a lot of the murky political machinations of the time (he also looks like he’s having a fucking blast)

Well, his character from the movie is quite dead.

i think this looks quite sick and cool.