To be fair though The Rocks puts in hard work. I can think of very few actors who have that kind of work ethic/hustle, and Reynolds is not even close to being one.

It was ok because it was Daryl

Thanks ;). Talib is always and still the man.

People can change, but why is it we always have to put our mental health on the line and swallow the bullshit for it to happen. Casual ignorance is one thing but sometimes you have to say fuck the high road and the KKK certainly falls into that category for me. Captain save a Klansmen can do what he wants.

Your presumptiousness lends no credence to your argument and thus makes it more of a weird opinion rooted in myopic outdated mysogonistic thought than something that applies to these actresses or even the conversation at large.

How are you defining success though? Guaranteed paychecks given the studios constantly green-light your mediocre output due to to fan base/name recognition seems quite in line with what one would at deem as success.

She got him all the way together. Brava.

Little Wayne said “It ain’t trickin’ if you got it”. In both cases they married the Directors they met while doing the movie. It’s a two way street no? Are you implying they got used for their bodies and Directorial prowess?  (of note the director for Underworld has no credits prior to Underworld)

You can’t “look like” anything, Res Ipsa Loquitur. Either you know what you are speaking about or you don’t, and POC have no problem calling shenanigans when that is clear, even with other people of color (its not just white people). The issue is people always want brownie points for their intentions (making that road…

How are Mila and Kate terrible examples? Both have them been eating off franchises that have been in existence for more than a decade. SJ want’s that sweet franchise money too and all the actors listed are great examples. We are not talking about high art here.

I understand the need for new talent (my mother could only make fun of the way Harrison Ford runs but for so long) however for some reason (*we all know the reason) studios have no problem dipping their toes in the new talent pool to find white male leads, but when it comes to casting people of color all of a sudden…

No problem. Sometimes I feel compelled to respond, especially when certain commenters tend to advocate for the devil a little too consistently whenever we have these discussions.

it isn’t fucking news that the rules are different for white men

The producers seemed determined to secure a known quantity to lead the film

Right, Salt did very well and the role was intially supposed to go to a male actor before Angelina was cast.

So the production companies/casting directors are upholding white sumpremacy along with the actors who chose to take these roles either directly or indirectly. We’ve (POC) BEEN talking about it this, I just don’t have time for trying to parse out the words or possible intections of those who pretend like that’s not…

Exactly. Why pretend when your statements boil down to: well I got mine so...*shrug emoji.

it’s not really up to the actors

thanks can’t take the credit, it all goes to Fredrick Douglass who continues to do great things: