• bus_factor@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Sean Connery turned down both Gandalf in Lord of the Rings and Morpheus in The Matrix because he didn’t understand the scripts. He turned down Dumbledore in Harry Potter because it was too fantastical. Then he tried a reverse approach where he accepted the next role he didn’t understand, because clearly that was where the money was at. So he accepted Allan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a movie which flopped hard. Then he ragequit the industry and retired.

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        3 days ago

        Same here. It’s a fun action romp with some interesting characters. I get that it’s not peak cinema but it’s still good.

        Some of the CGI in it is insanely good too (the invisible man), Corridor Crew did a react episode or two about it.

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        And that car, though.

        I mean, it had nothing to do with him, but still. Goddamn sexy car.