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Elijah Wood Face. I've never watched an Elijah Wood film because he's a particularly good actor. He isn't a bad one, but he isn't a standout one. The only reason Elijah Wood gets such prominent roles is that he has a face. You put him in a cowboy hat and he's . Dress him like a potato and he's . He physically conveys vulnerability and innocence so you can stick him into any role where that's the character you want. Macaulay Culkin and Danny DeVito had similar careers based on having a hyper-specific look.

The one Jared Leto role I liked was in Requiem for a Dream. The only other tolerable one was in Blade Runner 2049. In the first, his performance is mostly good because of his face. It's the same kind of charismatic vulnerability that makes an effective cult leader. In Blade Runner, it's a similar kind of facially-driven performance that they highlight even more by giving him sad robot eyes. You hire Jared Leto when you want melancholy but you can't get an actor who conveys that through their acting.