Which actors you admire that you really wish not to have any scandals? - eviltoast

I was watching a video on Willem Dafoe on his iconic roles, and his passion to craft and life, and positivity, exudes from him immensely. In that video, I am surprised he remembers from which of his movies the lines came from. It made me love him more as an actor because he loves life and his job.

But then during the interview, I remembered too when I watched Kevin Spacey’s interview before, admiring him and it turned out he is a creep. I was telling to myself about Willem Dafoe “please don’t be a creep, please don’t be a creep.”

Willem seems like a genuinely nice guy though but I hope I don’t get proven wrong!

Edit: clarified the title

  • mommykink@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I have a lot of criticism for most kinds of celebrity worship threads, but I’ll just throw my hat in for Jack Black. He seems like a good guy who likes making people laugh (myself included).

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        9 months ago

        And his mom was a NASA engineer who worked on an issue with the abort guidance system while in labor with Jack. (See Judith Cohen)

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    9 months ago

    Only partially an actor, but I sincerely hope Weird Al Yankovic keeps being as awesome as he is.

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      9 months ago

      Hummm… maybe don’t read up on Christopher Walken and Natalie Woods…

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        You would think that being present when she disappeared would have made a bigger splash.

        Or the fact that simply being present doesn’t indicate any kind of guilt, especially when the one other person present (the ship’s captain) and the police have not raised any concerns about him personally. Keep in mind it was a 58 foot boat with a dingy, not a tiny sailing vessel where everyone was in close proximity to each other at all times.

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          There’s some evidence Walken and Robert Wagner maybe were having an affair, and Robert and Natalie had a big fight over it. One person on the boat heard a loud noise after they were fighting, and Robert went back to his cabin right after it. But Natalie was taking pills and drinking a lot as well.

          Truth is, the police never really made Robert or Walken to be suspects, even though they are really the only suspects in this. I mean honestly who cares maybe it was just an accident.

          I don’t think Walken personally killed Natalie Woods tho.

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          It’s a weird story, and I feel at worst Walken is involved. But yeah, even with this I still feel Walken is not one of the worst.

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    The #1 thing to know about Willem Dafoe is apparently he has a monster cock.

    One film, he had a nude scene, and they had to set him up with a body double because his own was too distracting.

    https://www.ladbible.com/news/willem-dafoe-once-used-a-stunt-penis-20220722

    Von Trier replied: “We had to [have a stand-in d**k], because Will’s was too big.”

    Journalist Peter Keough then asked Von Trier: “To fit on screen?” to which he replied: “No, too big because everybody got very confused when they saw it.”

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    9 months ago

    Dick Van Dyke comes from an era where it would be real easy to do a lot of bad shit without anyone ever knowing, and I hope he never did.

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        His attempt at a cockney accent in Mary Poppins would get him cancelled by today’s culture (and he still gets hate from British people for it). But fortunately, no one said anything about it back then, even though he was surrounded by actual British actors in the film. He claims he was taught the accent by an Irishman, which is why it’s so wonky. At least he seems to regret doing it.

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      Kevin Spacey probably wasn’t acting as he often portrayed psychopathic characters in TV and films.

      Same with Danny Masterson and Wilmer Valderrama as they played as creepy guys in “That 70s Show”.

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          He started dating Demi Lovato when she was 17 and him at 29. But Wilmer never got any reprimand for this unlike others. Her song “29” is dedicated to him about grooming…

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              She still made a song about it and how inappropriate it was. The song is called 29. Lyrics are:

              Petal on the vine, too young to drink wine

              Just five years a bleeder, student and a teacher

              Far from Innocent, what the fucks consent?

              Numbers told you not to, but that didn’t stop you.

              /End lyrics

              https://genius.com/Demi-lovato-29-lyrics

              You’re fucking crazy if you actually listen to her song and her words on what happened and Believe everything there was fucking honky dory.

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                I don’t know who either of the people are. 17 seems odd to me to say that a person doesn’t know consent, as in the UK (where I’m from) it’s 16, and a lot of us were fooling around a year or two under that.

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                  Demi Lovato was 17 when a 29 year old man groomed her into a relationship. If your stance is 17 was “fair game” for a 29 year old. Then you’re excusing 17 year olds being fucked by middle aged men and older. Wake the fuck up, they weren’t anywhere close in age. I’m in the UK too and I’d be fucking furious if some near 30 year old was after my daughter.

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        Kevin Spacey probably wasn’t acting as he often portrayed psychopathic characters in TV and films.

        Good example, him “acting” bad guys kind of even gets an extra layer of morbid interest to the film. But I would totally understand other actors not wanting to work with him anymore. Have no idea who the other guys are.

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    I’m worried if I actually answer this I’m going to get replies like “Haha yeah they seem so nice right? Anyway here’s a video of them kicking a cat while bragging about all the assaults they’ve gotten away with”

    Anyway John Cena seems so genuinely kind I’d be crushed to find out otherwise. Weird Al, too, always seems like he’s just a really friendly weirdo trying to bring joy to everyone

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      John Cena claimed Taiwan was a country, then had to make an apology video - in Chinese - for referring to Taiwan as an independent nation. I hope he was just forced to say that under contract, but it’s kind of shitty he had to apologize to China. I’d respect him more if he stuck to his guns and stood up for Taiwan.

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        Not to be apologetic for John Cena, but it is technically correct that Taiwan is not an independent nation. I’m not going into too much details but I think the broader implication for not supporting Taiwan at any capacity is that Mainland Communist China’s dominance in Asia will get more credence, and signaling that the world will not support a democracy to sustain their way of life.

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    I am also including people who was in cameos.

    William dafoe

    Keanu reaves

    John cena

    Cillian murphy

    M night shyamalan

    Stan lee

    RDJ

    Christian bale

    Robert pattinson

    Emma stone

    Emma watson

    Danial radcliff

    Tom holland

    Andrew garfield

    Quinten tarantino

    Samuel jackson

    Brad pitt

    Leonardo decaprio

    Edward norton

    Margott robbie

    Ryan gosling

    I will update the list as i remember .I used to think highly about Arnold Schwarzenegger but turns out he is a republican and that is enough for me to take him out of the list. Also if anyone on my list is a republican do tell me

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        9 months ago

        Lookup Mildred Baena though I guess that was fairly tame compared to other scandals I’ve seen.

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      I would keep an eye on leo de caprio.

      Doesn’t he have a thing for younger women? I think the joke is that he doesn’t date anyone over 26, and he’s 49 years old now. Its not THAT bad but its not far off. If its true.

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        Eh i am kinda ok with that as long as he is dating above 18 but you are right i should keep an eye on him tho.

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        On the surface it’s weird and kinda creepy, but nothing more than that. Of course it’s possible that he could be a controlling guy in his relationships or even worse, but we have no indication for that.

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          I think some people enjoy being with young people and as far as i am concerned if someone is 18 , consented and keeping a straight head like no booze or drugs i don’t care who they sleep with . But yeah as he is rich and famous i should keep an eye on that

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            I dont think the sleeping with someone is the problematic thing usually.

            In relationships with a big age gap, there tends to be a certain group of people who date young because younger people dont stand up as much against shitty behaviour. That’s a simple fact. Does that mean everyone who dates young is an abusive asshole? No. But a certain percentage is, and that’s what we need to keep an eye on.

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              I agree but most young people today seems to have self esteem . And that issue is possible in any relationship but yes there are increased risk factors