8 mo. ago • 95%

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

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

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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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Keanu

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

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I'm gonna have to go with Adam Savage. I loved Mythbusters and continue to watch his Tested one day build videos today and view him as something of a role model from a creative standpoint.

Also to chime in about your mentioning of Kevin Spacey, the guy is definitely a weirdo and has done some really tone deaf things (coming out as gay in the midst of being involved in sexual abuse accusations, posting videos of himself as Frank Underwood denying charges levied against him on YouTube, etc.), but wasn't he acquitted of or found not guilty in literally every sexual abuse charge that was brought against him? And in both the US and the UK?

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Nathan Fillion, Christopher Walken, Tom Hanks

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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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Jack Black

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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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Geena Davis

Dolly Parton

Jennifer Connelly

Gary Oldman

J. K. Simmons

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I've got my fingers crossed that Tony Shalhoub doesn't have any skeletons in his closet.

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Weird Al

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....all of them? Why would I want any artist I admire to be a scumbag?

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I enjoy actors for their work as actors not for them being good people.

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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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David Tennant

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Samuel Jackson.

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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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When I was a kid, I thought Fat Albert reruns were awesome...Yeesh.

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David Attenborough and Joseph Garrett even though they aren't really actors.

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Jennifer Lawrence is so hilarious and seems so down to earth. But then rumors came out that she was getting handsy with Liam Hemsworth. She apparently denied it but who knows. I really hope they aren't true.

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My bunny Ben does great impressions of Joe Pesci, just masterful performances. Most of Ben's scandals are actually normal for a bunny, like pooping on the floor. I hope he keeps it that way.

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I admire Ed Harris as an actor. Worst I've heard about him is that he can be "serious" on sets (and I believe it, look at The Rock's outtakes), but that's just fine with me.

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I refuse to say! You'll ruin it!

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Spacey. Great actor. Answered before I read the description, so not influenced by that. Damn shame.

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The older I get the more I realize everyone famous is a psycho that isn't worth the time thinking about.

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I saw that Dafoe interview recently too, it was charming as hell. He seems super cool and into acting.

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None... They're all either dead or have already been found to be involved in some fucked up shit.

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Most of mine are mentioned but Bill Hader is another one for me. He's just so likeable.

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Why would I admire any actor?

Edit to add thoughts behind this comment since I seem to have agitated someone.

The only time I see an actor is in a context where they are pretending to be a character in a story. If I admire them, am I really in admiration of them, or the person they are pretending to be. It can't really be the former since I never really see their authentic self. If the latter, I'm really judging the combination of the actor, writers, editors, and the countless other people that influenced how the character is portrayed.

So with all that said, why would I admire an actor?

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