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I want them. Give me yours. Why does Hollywood continue to give him roles? What dirt does he have?
He keeps starring in bombs, he's an actual cult leader, he's a dogshit actor, he's apparently a terrible hang and he's a terrible colleague, so why does he still show up in shit?

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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago (5 children)

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 kitty-cri face. You put him in a cowboy hat and he's kitty-cri-texas. Dress him like a potato and he's kitty-cri-potato. 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.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 22 points 5 days ago

I love Elijah Wood blob-no-thoughts

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I dunno, his role in American Psycho was solid

He was great at being a guy Christian Bale hacked apart

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

Wish he'd gone method for it

I'm pretty sure he got his role in Fight Club for having a punchable face

[–] TheRealChrisR@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

I thought he was good in Tron: Ares, but that's because his character is an AI program that wants to be human.

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Elijah Wood’s best acting was in Wilfred

[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago

He won an Oscar that one time, is a well known name, and seems to just refuse to say no to money. Johnny Depp was still getting roles regularly until the DV trial despite being just as toxic if not more and having had no decent roles since Pirates.

Personally I find The Rock to be even more annoying. The guy literally has it in his contract that he can’t lose in a fight and iirc just constantly lies about the most trivial shit. Plus he genuinely cannot act.

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago

I think he got his brain broken as a kid by being a child star and probably weird shit at home which is why he and his brother get strange about their childhood stories- which are often made up. Once he became a TV heart throb though I think he utilized that fame to act essentially as a pimp selling his fans to executives and other hollywood creeps, and in the same way that the perverted socialites who hung out with Epstein said he was a genius mathematician, these insist that Leto is a charming, talented performer

[–] miz@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You are the second person to post this. Mods? Kill this user i-spil-my-jice

[–] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Because he is no different from the rest of the weirdos in Hollywood the only difference is he doesn’t hide it. I have one rule and its i dont trust people who want to be famous in the same way I dont trust people who want to be managers.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago

he will enthusiastically accomodate the weirdest sex requests from the grossest studio executives.

some believe he doesn't even care about being in movies anymore, he's just in it for the power exchange.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Jared Leto is the Epstein of Hollywood. He has all the big executive's wives at his island and he threatens them with saultry pictures of himself with their wives if they don't do what he says. Obviously only hetero normies have this weakness.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I figured Epstein was the Epstein of Hollywood, since Weinstein isn't anymore. Or I suppose Weinsteins brother could do it.

Epstein was the Weinstein of epsteins

[–] juniper@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

https://jumble.top/f/trueanonpod.xml

Episode 473: Jared Leto Does Not Exist

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

He probably works for a pittance or something compared to good actors

He always goes Method, so he probably does some of this shit for "The Experience"

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Russia did it.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I assume his cult is just super powerful. You get the leto or you get the deado. Its your choice.

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Years ago, I remember him winning some award (maybe it was an Oscar?) and during his closing speech he dedicated it to the Venezuelan opposition. This was during one of Amerikkka's earlier big push against Maduro, I remember billionaire Richard Branson was part of it. So I always suspect Leto is a CIA asset.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

So I always suspect Leto is a CIA asset.

The hollywood types are super easy to convince to support anything, they don't need to be an asset, they always swallow whatever lie the CIA wants them to and happily spread it, thinking they are spreading awareness about a social issue.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Just a vibe I get, he r*pes, a lot.

[–] RamSwamson@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

yeah I get a vibe he has tons of herpes too.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Shit, I thought this guy was dead.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He's playing skeletor in He-Man apparently, so maybe you just got confused by the visible skull

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[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

what if he was jared deleto and he got redacted-1redacted-2

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

Possible Epstein connection?

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

From what I've heard

It's mostly just that he'll say "yes" to pretty much any project, and he's famous enough that studio execs recognize his name, but said execs don't follow the news so they don't know about how toxic he is.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

so they don't know about how toxic he is.

Cause comparatively they'd be underwhelmed?

[–] Ekranoplane@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago

I feel like following the news is an execs one and only job lmao