• @[email protected]
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    61 month ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      130 days ago

      I watched them 7 years ago, and it was an absolutely amazing show. He had great chemistry with the crowd and performed really well.

      • @[email protected]
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        330 days ago

        People have trouble separating the art from the artist. I don’t blame them. It’s tough sometimes. I used to really love Kanye before he turned out to be a nazi. Watch the Throne and Graduation are fantastically produced albums with some excellent songs. Same with College Dropout.

        I still listen to them when they come up in my playlists but the magic is pretty well gone. I think that he was and is mentally ill so with the right people around him he probably wouldn’t have turned into such a piece of shit, but here we are.

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          229 days ago

          I feel you. Losing Kanye sucked, but you put it perfectly, the magic is gone. I can’t lose myself in the music anymore.

    • TheLowestStone
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      230 days ago

      30 Seconds to Mars was so bad when I saw them live that I left early.

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        I’m sure I have a memory of seeing them at the Leeds festival where they were being pelted with bottles, but can’t find anything about it. It was the year when everyone went feral on the Sunday night and burned down the toilet blocks. He was definitely already a wanker then.

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    1530 days 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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        129 days ago

        Well, yeah, he and the guy from Live (the music band) both had cameos in Fight Club. also Meatloaf. also Brad Pitt is college pals with Sheryl Crow. I’m sure I could notice more, but I’m not interested in deep diving shit that reminds me of pretty mediocre times from High School, and largely falls flat as my adult life faced FAR more bullshit than disaffected 20 year old’s in the 90’s could have ever dared dream, my 20’s was defined by terror attacks, mass war, economic meltdown and the slow burn of manufactured consent pulling us all the way into fascism.

        • @[email protected]
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          429 days ago

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

          • @[email protected]
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            229 days ago

            How old are you? That might have something to do with it. I’m 42, so Jared Leto was pretty famous for me in 1994

            • @[email protected]
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              129 days ago

              32

              It’s absolutely an age thing. Show was before my time but grew up in the heyday of 30 Seconds to Mars

              • @[email protected]
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                128 days ago

                Interesting perspective. I’m 33 and I watched My So Called Life religiously. I forgot he was in it, I know him most from Dallas Buyer’s Club in a supporting role. I’ve never heard of 30 seconds to Mars until now (but if you name a song I’d probably have a light bulb moment and recognize the song, not the band)

    • @[email protected]
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      130 days ago

      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

    • @[email protected]
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      1730 days 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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        229 days ago

        Dallas Buyers Club

        For which he won his oscar for Actor in a supporting role

        House of Gucci

        Supporting role behind Lady Gaga and Adam Driver

        The Little Things

        Nominated at Golden Gloves and SAG awards for best supporting role.

        I’ll give you Requiem and Mr Nobody, however there’s no denying he doesn’t carry films in general. He’s an award winning supporting actor.

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          127 days ago

          I suppose you’re right there - I was conflating Starring with Leading, which is different. He has a lot of starring roles, but only a few leading roles.

          But its not like leading roles are the hallmarks of success, either. There are plenty of successful and iconic supporting/character actors out there who are absolutely successes and have raving fans. Its not a mark against his talent.

      • lechekaflan
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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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          229 days ago

          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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    Long history of rockstar pedo’s. Anybody remember the sicko emo singer doing stuff with babies?

    EDIT: it was planning to do something with a baby. just read he was stabbed in jail a couple years ago. nice.

  • @[email protected]
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    329 days ago

    Reading the article, that dude just sounds like a sad person with no true hope in life.

    Nevertheless, she said, Leto kept calling her, “always at one, two, three AM”. “And the conversations turned sexual. He’d ask things like: ‘Have you ever had a boyfriend? Have you ever sucked a dick?’” she told Air Mail.

    Sounds like a drunk alcoholic.

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    61 month ago

    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.

  • don
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    31 month ago

    In no way foreseeable. Blindsiding. Absolute mystery. Textbook head-scratcher. No way possible at all to have known beforehand that this behavior was happening with so charismatic and trustworthy an individual.

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    1030 days ago

    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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      730 days ago

      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 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.