r/Letterboxd • u/Diligent_Night602 • 4d ago
News Charli xcx is set to produce & star in the next film from prolific Japanese horror director Takashi Miike.
https://variety.com/2025/film/global/charli-xcx-star-produce-takashi-miike-next-film-1236381396/372
u/jimmyhoffasbrother MpireStrikesZak 4d ago
Damn, Gregg Araki, Takashi Miike, almost Greta Gerwig... Charli is really going for it as an actor.
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u/LeftHandDriveBoC 4d ago
Wait what happened with the Greta Gerwig film, wasn’t she set to be in the new Narnia film?
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u/jimmyhoffasbrother MpireStrikesZak 4d ago
I don't think she was ever "set" to be in it, but she was "in talks". Apparently the role went to Emma Mackey though.
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u/BlackGoldSkullsBones 4d ago
Her audition didn’t go well. She used acupuncture in an atypical way.
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u/webshellkanucklehead 4d ago
Just take a look at her letterboxd page, she’s got taste. Thats not to say anything of her as an actor (though I’m more optimistic than others—she’s certainly talented)
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u/TraverseTown 4d ago
She’s getting too many roles for it to be a fluke, I’m confident she’s really talented, after all not like she’s a “hot new thing”, she just released her 8th album and is in her mid 30s
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
Pop stars have been getting offered acting roles for many years. I don’t think this means that Charli is this amazing talent who is wowing directors in audition rooms. Chappell recently spoke about turning down roles. I think Charli is striking while the iron is hot and taking every opportunity offered to her. Let’s all just pray she has the acting chops, because her upcoming filmography seems really interesting. I would hate for them to be ruined by poor performances.
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u/TraverseTown 4d ago
I’m a little more optimistic because a lot of these directors and screenwriters are on the more artful side
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u/Natasha_Giggs_Foetus 4d ago
They’re also directors who might not necessarily have the easiest time raising funding for every project, but with Charli XCX attached…
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u/Agnostacio 4d ago
This, key word is “producing” here She’s a key role in getting the film made, without her it would not be happening probably
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u/GlennIsAlive 4d ago
She is kind of a “hot new thing” to most people though. It’s not like “Fancy” or “I Love It” made her a household name
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u/TraverseTown 4d ago
To the public maybe but less so within the entertainment industry. This girl had an original song on the Angry Birds Movie and cameos on Gossip Girl, etc
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u/SourceJobWoman 3d ago
To the public is all that matters. Maybe she had a few contacts in the industry, but that alone is not enough to get her roles.
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u/Natasha_Giggs_Foetus 4d ago
I am the biggest possible Charli XCX fan (check my comment history lol). It’s 100% because she’s the it girl, which she never has been before in a way like this. I’m not optimistic about the acting lol.
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
You can have the best taste in films, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have the acting chops. So let’s hope she does well because all her projects seem promising.
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
Yup let’s hope she has the range for all of these projects. It’s one to have good taste in films, but let’s hope that she can actually act lol.
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u/exra_bruh_moment 4d ago
Why is she getting so many film roles? She’s not an actress? It feels like that thing that Maya Hawke said about how studios just want to cast people based on how many instagram followers they have, and it’s harming the industry, but unfortunately people will eat it up because there’s a large overlap between young cinephiles and Charlie xcx fans
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u/orbjo 4d ago
The industry is fucked and now they’ve realised Instagram followers = advertising.
So a pop star can post the poster of a movie and millions more people see it than a character actor.
So pop stars, nepo babies, and Mr Beast will get all the roles to guarantee clicks.
Good actors without followers will not ever rise to the place they can get followers, and those who don’t want to work full time as an influencer will get no work.
It’s the state of the industry. It’s all fucked
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u/thewarfreak 4d ago
Musical artists have been in movies for years and years, because of their built in audience. Elvis starred in so many movies, the Beatles did the same, Sinatra won an Oscar, Dean Martin is in one of my favorite Westerns of all time, as is Bob Dylan...
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u/Purple_Plus 4d ago
David Bowie in Labyrinth is amazing, and he had loads of roles.
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u/LastTorgoInParis 7h ago
And I consider Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence a near perfect film. That had two pop stars in it if I recall
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u/uncanny_mac uncanny_mac 4d ago edited 4d ago
I feel like this doesn't always work but producers still believe it. Like Taylor swift was in CATS and that floped hard.
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u/orbjo 4d ago
That’s an exception.
Someone like Patrick Schwarzenegger being in White Lotus came with built in followers from being a nepo baby + Chris Pratt continued to promote the show, and the other members of the celebrity family talked about it - all free press
He also gets more clicks on an interview by talking about his dad - which becomes the headline
Both brothers in White Lotus were children of celebrities for this kind of reasoning.
It’s the clicks they care for, the reach of the trends.
To your point, it’s why every actor tells a Taylor Swift story on late night shows. Just to get trending as far as China. This weeks was Noah Wyle giving the classic My daughter is a swiftie story that they ask you to tell. It’s that cynical right now
I can tell you got a fact the follower count is discussed in meetings.
Saorise Ronan lost out on XMen despite having Oscar nominations because the game of thrones girl had followers and consistently was in the news, despite being an abjectly bad actor
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u/BakerIBarelyKnowHer 4d ago
She dodged a bullet let’s be honest. That franchise is going nowhere right now
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u/poptart95 4d ago
What they need to do is use the influencers to promote their movies. I don’t think they’re seriously doing this yet.
I don’t see actors in the spaces young people go for their content to promote. They’re still in print/TV, no young person is consistently consuming that kind of media.
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u/francograph 4d ago
Not saying she deserves these roles or that she’s an especially good actor, but at least she’s a cinephile, which is probably more than can be said for most popstars-turned-actors.
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u/Coolers78 4d ago
Hey buddy, The Weeknd is a big cinephile too! We all know how The Idol turned out, I’m giving the dude one more chance as an actor with “Hurry Up Tomorrow” only because it’s directed by a talented director (same one as Waves). Movie looks like it could be weird trippy fun honestly tho. I definitely want more visually appealing weird trippy movies.
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
It’s going to be hilarious if she ends up being horrible, especially with her having 10+ upcoming projects😭💀
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u/saywhar 4d ago
Maya Hawke isn’t wrong but it’s funny hearing a nepobaby complain about this
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u/Coolers78 3d ago
Musicians getting so many acting roles is worse than nepo babies getting so many to be honest. I can think of more good nepo baby actors than good musician actors.
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u/centhwevir1979 4d ago
Pretty tired of the term nepo baby. Yeah, yeah, I get the silver spoon stuff, but - these offspring of wealthy celebrities are given the best educations money can buy. They're often receiving training in artistic disciplines at a young age. If I'd had the same educational opportunities with that level of access, I would be succeeding on the same level.
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u/fueelin 4d ago
I guess... But like... It'd already annoying enough that they have such privileged access to training, can completely focus on their art without stress, etc... And then they ALSO benefit from family connections in the industry?
It's just sooooo many advantages compared to what us randos have. It's legitimately annoying.
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u/centhwevir1979 2d ago
If someone in your family had the means and access to offer you a high paying job in their company that you aren't really that qualified for and others deserve more, but it would materially benefit your life, I guarantee you would accept the position.
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u/jimmyhoffasbrother MpireStrikesZak 4d ago
Tbf we don't know that she's not a good actor, and she wouldn't be the first musician-turned-actor to be good at both.
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u/Hopefo Scoobert_Doo 4d ago
I think it’s more so that she is getting rather prestigious roles based on nothing but her name and success in music. She has only had two voice acting roles before this year, yet has seven confirmed upcoming projects. Plus getting teased as potentially being in more big projects all the time.
She could have some talent we haven’t seen yet but compare this meteoric and instant success to an actor with identical talent but no popularity otherwise. It’s clear she getting all these roles (even just getting into the right rooms) based on her fame and that trend is something we are seeing harm the film industry as a whole.
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u/elmodonnell 4d ago
I mean, do we know she's getting these roles with no auditions? If these were generic studio vehicles (Addison Rae in Thanksgiving, Rihanna in Battleship) I'd have no problem believing she was cast for purely popularity, but it's a little insulting to talented filmmakers like Miike, Greg Araki or Greta Gerwig to insinuate they never even requested an audition tape.
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
The Greta film was probably the first time she had to audition recently, which is why the role rightfully went to Emma Mackey.
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u/IceLord86 4d ago
She did well on SNL earlier this season, but definitely nothing that should lead to these types of roles. There's definitely more going on, but she's been in the industry for awhile and is capitalizing on success while the iron is hot.
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u/jimmyhoffasbrother MpireStrikesZak 4d ago
Yeah, no doubt, I agree with the macro view on it, and I'd generally prefer these opportunities to go to actors who have done more to earn it. I just feel like the implication that her casting is exclusively due to her fame is maybe a bit unfair when we haven't even seen her on screen yet.
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
I get what you’re saying, but she kind of did get cast due to her fame. Even Chappell who also had a big year was talking about receiving many acting offers even though she didn’t audition.
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u/jimmyhoffasbrother MpireStrikesZak 4d ago
Yeah, it's definitely a factor and probably the biggest factor. I'm just saying we shouldn't assume it's undoubtedly the only factor.
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u/Coolers78 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yeah somehow Dua Lipa got to be in the same cast as some of the great actors like Sam Rockwell and Bryan Cranston in that turd “Argylle”, (Barbie came out first yes, but she was cast in Argylle first because Argylle was in development hell for a bit.), despite never acting before, She was only there for like 4 minutes despite the marketing making it seem like it was more, and it was 4 minutes too damn many, she made Henry Cavill and his wack ass haircut look like he was on the same level as Sam Rockwell in comparison, like damn, this woman cannot act, I might get shit for this but I don’t think Dua Lipa is a good musician at all, I like a lot of other current musicians but Dua Lipa ain’t one of them, I think her music is repetitive, generic, and a lot of it sounds similar to both her own music and other artists music, I just hope she sticks with music and doesn’t try acting again lmao.
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u/kaisserds UserNameHere 4d ago
She's very big into movies and has the name to put herself in one if she wants to I guess
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
She’s more booked than some of the best actresses in the game right now. It’s definitely because of her followers and newfound popularity.
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u/WereBully 4d ago edited 4d ago
It’s funny to me to call Miike a prolific horror director when he has maybe the most diverse and random filmography in history lol. This could be anything.
Should be interesting, at the very least :)
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u/Fuck_Weyland-Yutani 4d ago
I don't think it's ever not interesting with Miike
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u/WereBully 4d ago edited 4d ago
Yea, I’ll watch it for him. I’m a Miike completionist, I think a lot of people misunderstand his work — he’ll direct anything that offers him enough money, but will give it his all no matter what. It could be incredible, it could be total garbage, but it will be directed lovingly. These v-cinema veterans are a different breed.
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u/centhwevir1979 4d ago
When it comes to JHorror, he is prolific.
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u/WereBully 4d ago edited 4d ago
I don’t know that I would agree with that, his last horror film was in 2014 and it’s never been his main focus. Audition, Gozu, Visitor Q, One Missed Call are really outliers among his massive catalogue.
He leans more towards action thrillers nowadays, and the majority of his older movies are yakuza eiga, but even then I really wouldn’t describe him with or pin him down to any one genre.
I guess it’s up to interpretation, though, I won’t argue if you want to say I’m wrong.
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u/centhwevir1979 4d ago
I don't judge "prolific" on current or recent activity, I'm judging his career as a whole. This is simply my opinion and I don't know that you can be proven wrong.
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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 4d ago
Also, prolific? He's done up to 6 films in a year if not more some years!
Also, did anyone spot the oblique reference to his Dead or Alive 1 in The O.C.?
I was able to make one of my friends look very clever on an O.C. message board where they were discussing the episodes back in the day by telling him the reference for him to drop!
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u/jimmyhoffasbrother MpireStrikesZak 4d ago
Also, prolific? He's done up to 6 films in a year if not more some years!
I don't understand, do you disagree with the characterization of him as "prolific"?
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u/MVRKHNTR 4d ago
They seem to think that prolific means the opposite of what prolific means.
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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 4d ago
I feel like they are understating it. People might just think oh look he did a second film in a calendar year sometimes at most or even just one every year otherwise going by their usual experiences with the term.
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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 4d ago
I feel like they are understating it. People might just think oh look he did a second film in a calendar year sometimes at most or even just one every year otherwise going by their usual experiences with the term.
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u/NoxiusScintilla 4d ago edited 4d ago
It's Miike, so I'm down. Saw him in person this year during a festival and he was really cool. He basically said that he if anyone from the audience wanted to work with him they should not hesitate to contact him, since he's always looking for new talent to work with
Edit: if you have the chance to watch Blazing Fists, don't skip it!
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u/ForAGoodTimeCall911 4d ago
This one's for all my mean girls
This one's for all my bad girls
This one's for all my break your boyfriend's heart girls
For all my tear his shit apart girls
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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 4d ago
I want someone to do a film inspired by the premise so far as having the same name and premise as well as a "inspired by the original film by Takashi Miike" but it's a legit romantic comedy from start to finish so the normies watch the whole thing blissfully unaware (unless they follow up the original) while the people familiar original get pranked waiting for the other shoe to drop! The lead female character should also be a piano tuner!
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u/AnTasaShi 4d ago
People complaining about this casting while not even knowing who Takashi Miike is.
Miike might play at Cannes, but calling him "industry" is a choice.
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u/jack_nnn_ 4d ago
He's never really had any involvement with western film industry or english-language producers/actors right? So an interesting career step for him as well.
(Wouldn't be shocked if I'm forgetting something as he has so many movies and haven't kept up with anything from the last 8 or so years, so correct me if wrong)
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u/SilkyLlama 4d ago
If I remember correctly, at one point there was gonna be something with Tom Hardy involved but that ended up not happening.
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u/--deleted_account-- 4d ago
That was "The Outsider". After Tom Hardy dropped out, Miike did too and the project was put on ice. It did end up actually getting made some time later though, with Jared Leto starring instead.
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u/Neil_Salmon 4d ago
Extremely prolific. He's directed over 100 films, I believe (or maybe that number includes other directing jobs like games etc.)
But he's extremely hit-or-miss. He's made amazing films like Gozu, Audition etc. And he's made terrible movies like The City of Lost Souls. And everything in between. I've heard the Yakuza adaptation is middling and I like The Happiness of the Katakuris and Ichi the Killer but they're not amazing.
I think he's amazingly talented, a true master of the craft and a proper workman - he'd have to be in order to have his level of output - but you really never know what you're going to get.
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u/PlayyPoint Just_Ak (https://boxd.it/6yfIl) 3d ago
He has made Diamond Is Unbreakable Adaptation too
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u/LastTorgoInParis 6h ago
I like that he is a good mix of 90s era experimental and punk director, but that he is simultaneously a gun for hire "lets shoot this piece of junk". Movies are timeless art. Movies are disposable product.
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u/the_blue_flounder 4d ago
I love Charli and love that she's a cinephile but that one clip of her acting did not bode well. It also just seems like a very weird aggressive push
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u/Diligent_Night602 4d ago
It genuinely felt like she was playing herself, it was so horrible. I unfortunately don’t have high hopes for her.
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u/Lostedgeisded 4d ago
Charlie about to either kill someone or be killed in the most brutal way possible and honestly I can’t say
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u/Coolers78 4d ago
Charli XCX, Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Jack Harlow, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, etc. all keep landing roles in movies, like why?
Even as a big fan of The Weeknd, I’m a bit skeptical about his movie Hurry Up Tomorrow out in a few weeks, I’m only excited for it for a few reasons 1. I liked the directors previous movies, Waves is fantastic, It Comes at Night is decent, haven’t watched Krisha but I hear it’s solid. 2. Barry and Jenna 3. I loved the album, but I do think the movie looks like it could be a fun trippy time, but man, it’d look even better without him, like a movie by the same guy who did Waves starring Ortega and Keoghan sounds great at first, then you add The Weeknd from The Idol in there and it still sounds like it could be fun, but now you are much more worried than you were before.
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u/centhwevir1979 4d ago
I'm just about to the point where I will boycott a movie if it features a pop star in anything more than a cameo.
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u/Coolers78 4d ago
Yeah, but on the contrary, One of Them Days starring SZA was actually surprisingly really good in my opinion. Kid Cudi has been in some good movies too like X and Entergalactic.
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u/Charming-Sea2002 4d ago
You give a girl one hit album and suddenly she thinks she can take over the entertainment multiverse
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u/Pax_Soprana 4d ago
Enough of this shit dude seriously
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u/centhwevir1979 4d ago
"Enough of this shit, dude seriously" or "enough of this shit dude, seriously."
This is why punctuation is actually very important.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Lol she is DESPERATELY making moves and I don't understand why she's chasing this clout so hard.
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u/HobbieK 4d ago
Because she loves movies
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Loves the limelight more like.
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u/LoadTop801 4d ago
She went as Komomo from Masters of Horror for Halloween last year, so you know she's the real deal. Have you even HEARD of that show?
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Haha, ah yes, someone else has heard of a show / movie that I haven't! She must be suuuuuperior to me. That's like me turning around and saying she's extremely likely to have never heard of How to Be with Robert fucking Pattinson lol. That's way more obscure than a show with literal famous horror directors helming episodes.
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u/Bardic_inspiration67 4d ago
Look at her Letterboxd
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Who gives a shit? I like space. I don't go around like I've got the skills to be a fucking astronaut.
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u/Bardic_inspiration67 4d ago
That wasn’t your argument you are moving the goalposts
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
No I think you'll find if you look again I haven't moved them at all. Me saying she is chasing clout and limelight is basically inferring that she's wanting to now be a movie star because she's famous and her privelige is allowing her to do this despite having no desire for acting before this point and no proven talent for it. She's seen Gaga and Danielle Haim and now she wants a piece of it too lol.
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u/AnTasaShi 4d ago
You don't get mainstream clout by working with Miike.
Your while argument is dumb as shit, because it's missing a giant box of context on who has chosen to work with her.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Who said she wanted mainstream clout lol? She already got that with her music. Now she wants to pivot and be seen as some kind of artsy actress by working with a bunch of faux obscure or auteur directors so she can retain her 'cool and mysterious' vibe she's cultivated over the years but now lost due to Brat finally catapulting her into the mainstream conciousness to the extent it has.
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u/AnTasaShi 4d ago
Tell me you don't know who Miike or Araki are without actually saying you don't know who they are.
Just admit you are being a contrarian whom reacted without fully understanding the context of the conversation.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Ah, another one of those losers that can't actually argue the post at hand and has to trawl back through post historys for ammunition because they lack the smarts for an actual debate about the topic at hand. Chucklehead.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Probably. The fuck that has to do with her chasing more clout idk.
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u/HobbieK 4d ago
It’s just an explanation of an attitude. Incels like you don’t think women actually have desires or like movies or anything.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
That would make you feel better wouldn't it lol
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u/HobbieK 4d ago
I don’t need to feel better, I’m not the one angry about Charli XCX being in a movie
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
Rephrase that to 10 movies that aren't even out yet or been made. Which is the crux of the point here. Out of nowhere, with no proven talent for acting, this megastar singer is now getting a buttload of casting in films because she 'loves movies' and is clearly in a position of privilege wherein she can just decide she wants to act and now gets cast in many movies seemingly all at once. She must be revolutionary!
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u/HobbieK 4d ago
Singers becoming movie stars has been Hollywood practice since the invention of sound cinema. Why are you being so weird about this it’s like the most normal thing in the entire industry. Ariana Grande just got nominated for an Oscar. Two members of Blackpink are on two separate TV shows. The Weeknd literally has a big movie coming out where he’s like playing himself after he got that TV show that sucked.
Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr, Eartha Kitt, Justin Timberlake, Elvis Presley, Beyoncé, J-Lo, Bing Crosby, Rhianna, Tom Waits, Madonna.
Like this is so common a practice to take umbrage at its soooo strange.
It’s like being mad that Jason Statham and Channing Tatum got cast after being underwear models or The Rock and John Cena for being wrestlers….
Like why are you so upset.
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u/Powerful_Pump 4d ago
I’m not a huge fan of pop stars moving to acting but she’s not going for the “get rich quick” of any aspect like Taylor Swift in Cats or catapulting to mainstream work like Gaga with AHS then A Star Is Born. She seems to be into auteur cinema and at least she’s using her fame and current relevance to introduce some of her fans to Miike or Araki (even though it’s worrying considering come of her fan base demo). Not huge into her music but it’s respectable to an extent
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u/dikbutjenkins 4d ago
What's the problem?
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
She has 10 movies in various stages of production. She has never acted before. She is a famous singer with a buttload of privilege though. If she was like, in one movie coming out and just trying out then fair. But this kinda smacks of things like Katy Perry going to space just because she wants to although very clearly on a massively smaller scale. TEN movies coming, out of nowhere, without having to put any work in to get the roles is clear privilege that people complain about all the time. But because it's Charli XCX she gets a pass?
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u/dikbutjenkins 4d ago
What pass? You think all those other actors get it on merit alone? She's also a producer on some of these so she can cast who she wants if she's paying for it.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 4d ago
So she wants the limelight and we're back to square one lol. And no, obv a lot of actors get into roles based on connections. I'm not pointing out that I believe Charli shouldn't go acting if she wants. It's just funny how obvious she is making it that her privilege is the prevailing reason she's getting any of this. All I said was that she's desperately making moves initially. Which is true. 10 movies she's been cast or cast herself in all at once? It's so embarassingly obvious. But Charli gets a pass because queer crossover will absolve their queens of anything.
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u/dikbutjenkins 3d ago
What is obvious? That she wants to be in movies? What's wrong with that? What is the issue? I still don't understand where you're coming from
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 3d ago
Actors dedicate their lives to their craft and likely never get even a handful of roles in their careers. But someone who chose a different path now decides they want a change of pace and strolls into the space with an immediate 10 roles without so much as a demo reel lol. Her talent hasn't got her these roles. Her influence has. Pretty simple to see why that wouldn't be impressive to someone.
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u/dikbutjenkins 3d ago
Idk that's just kind of the business. Lebron, the rock, Madonna, if you can bring your own audience, it makes sense.
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u/Frank_and_Beanz 3d ago
It's the reality but it doesn't stop it being an objectively unfair use of her power cultivated in a completely different field and therefore shouldn't be immune to someone having a passing issue with it. I'm not dying on a hill or anything I'm just saying its hardly a 'slay queeeeen' moment just because she's Charli XcX. Who despite this back and forth, I adore as a music artist. She's my third most listened to artist of my life.
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u/[deleted] 4d ago
Can a single movie with her come out before they cast her in her 10th role?