I’d say this whole conversation is a waste of time when focusing on the actors who actually turn out to be talented. Sure, they got a leg up, but if they’re good, just enjoy them!

Doesn’t even have to be family. At my company, for lower level positions, we have an informal default that if someone else on staff refers you, you automatically get a phone interview. Whether that results in a second round interview and the job is another matter, but there are definitely candidates we might have…

No, because she’s talking about him like nobody ever questioned his talent despite his family connection and yes, they did. Clooney’s family connection was a topic of discussion 30 years ago. She’s framing it like “Why isn’t anyone talking about George Clooney being a nepo baby?” and the answer is “Because we did that…

Don’t worry, I’m still here and ready to talk about how Sam Levinson is a nepo baby hack. 

Yeah, imagine being frustrated by the lack of opportunities in a labor situation because of nepotism in employment!

They can bristle all they want, at the end of the day who gives a shit what some nobody online or working for Variety says about them? It’s such a weird position to be like “I got where I am because of my talent! Now don’t suggest anything otherwise because if you do then it might make people doubt my talent!” Either…

But the actual text of what she says is very much about the conversation NOW. And it’s sort of funny that she’s like “Nobody talks about George Clooney being a nepo baby” when yes, Emma, they DID. Back before you were born. They don’t talk about it now because that conversation has already happened. Clooney is a weird…

Your name may get you the first couple of roles, but if you’re no good then you’ll be subsisting on D movies and one-off TV roles. I’m sure Eric Robers lives comfortably but I doubt Emma grew up in “never have to work in her life” levels of wealth.

That’s totally fair! And frequently something I either think or actually say in those conversations. I tend to be pretty “meh, whatever” about the subject. Right up until someone who is accused of nepotism gets defensive and snarky about it. It’s why I appreciate Williams or Hawke shrugging the whole thing off…

Picking someone from another era is kind of the point. The Tik Tokers who latched on to nepo babies are largely unaware that certain actors are also nepo babies (like Jamie Lee Curtis).

agreed. but then again, it’s julia roberts. i imagine she’d be a really special aunt in hollywood.

Sometimes those kids need to fail so they can find what they are good at.  Like Sophia Coppola

I heard she was the one who pulled some strings and got him the role in “Return of the Killer Tomatoes”

Execs who hired him got to eat Danny Kaye’s cooking. Execs who wouldn’t had to eat the Swedish Chef’s cooking.

What’s a little ridiculous about this specific callout is that Clooney DID get shit-talked about his connections. But it was, you know, 30 fucking years ago or more. I get her point but she really should have chosen an example from THIS era, not the release of Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes.

She was also arrested for domestic violence. If it weren’t for nepotism and whatever blackmail material she has on Ryan Murphy, she wouldn’t be working at all.

He has, in the past, claimed that she would not have been successful if it hadn’t been for him already being an actor when she was starting out.

Who can forget the enormous power Rosemary Clooney wielded in 1980's Hollywood when George Clooney got his start? Studio executives cowered in fear that she might sic Danny Kaye on them.

TIL that Eric Roberts is related to Julia Roberts.

Pretty sure you mean “the daughter of A Talking Cat!?! star Eric Roberts.”