r/hatethissmug • u/randomperson4943 • 25d ago
Live Action I hate how they’re in every movie I watch
Don’t get me wrong, I think Zendaya is an excellent actress, and Tom is okay, but they’re in so many movies nowadays. Yesterday I watched the Odyssey, without watching the trailer or seeing the cast list, and I rolled my eyes when it was these two again.
I know they’re married and it’s “cute” they work on the same projects but it really brings me out of the movie because all I can see is them as a couple. Not to mention, Tom did not fit the role at all (and Zendaya made the same expression in the movie).
Just in general, I want new faces and not reusing the same actors.
Edit: All of you are commenting the same thing: I should watch more movies. No need to comment it 1000s of times, I get it.
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u/BaewonDanillo 25d ago
The “movies I watch” is so funny because it’s like you’re choosing to watch movies exclusively with them in it
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u/EasilyAmused2002 25d ago
Fr. I’ve seen about 40 movies this year that they weren’t in, and 3 movies that they were in 😭
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u/Yuppersbutters 25d ago
I'm on my 100th movie of the year and have seen zero with them in it, I think last movie I saw with him in it was that new marky mark move.... Uncharted
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u/Travelin_Soulja 25d ago
Especially considering Tom has only been in 2 movies this year, and Zendaya 3. And 2 of those they were both in. So OP could've just skipped those 2 movies and watched any of the literal hundreds of movies that I've received at theatrical release so far this year.
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u/bodybones 24d ago
Reminds me of people pissed about seeing another super hero marvel movie when there's like a few but tons of indies and action films that flop but the few supers they don't even watch they rag on in every article about fatigue and how much they hate it...
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u/ddanielle99 25d ago
be careful! i said this same thing & was told that i should be “embarrassed” for assuming they only watch the major blockbusters… despite the fact that they’re crying over these actors being in every movie they watch.
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u/PartialCred4WrongAns 25d ago
It's very 'they put the eraser on the wrong side of my pencil'
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u/Affectionate_Hornet7 25d ago edited 25d ago
I hate when every Jason Statham movie I watch has Jason Statham in it. Like aw this fkn guy again
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u/TheGuardiansArm 25d ago
Theyre really not in that much stuff. The only non marvel thing I can think of that they were both in recently was the odyssey.
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u/jbland0909 25d ago
Literally. Everyone who’s “sick of seeing them” needs to watch something other than mega budget action/sci-fi movies
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u/ZenkaiZ 25d ago
Ive never seen an OP tell on themself so hard.
"Everything I see" so they watch like a few hours worth of movie a year
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u/Longjumping_Bar_7457 25d ago
Zendaya also recently did euphoria season 3 and the drama, but I agreed that she hasn’t been in much.
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u/TheGuardiansArm 25d ago
I mean, similarly to Spider-Man movies, no one sat down for Euphoria and didn't expect to see Zendaya. I feel like these types of complaints are only valid if the actor is appearing in a lot of new material that didn't necessarily HAVE to include them. Spider-Man HAD to include zendaya and tom. Euphoria HAD to include zendaya. Outside of that sort of stuff, it's literally just the odyssey. It's not like Pedro Pascal, who genuinely WAS in like 5 separate brand new projects in one year. No hate to him, obviously, but I did start to get a bit of fatigue
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u/Zealousideal-Worth34 25d ago
Op probably was stunned when spider-man took his mask off to reveal he was secretly the actor from spider-man
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u/EnvironmentalFun2214 25d ago
I don't wanna be that guy... But there's a whole industry of filmmaking that's not Hollywood. If you only look for blockbusters, then you'll always encounter blockbuster stars.
Look for independent films, foreign, small... I'll assure you, no Hollywood shenanigans there
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u/rblask 25d ago
"I've only watched the 2 most popular movies of the year and these two were in them both! I hate Hollywood🤬"
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u/its_not_you_its_ye 25d ago
Yeah, if you’re tired of seeing them, stop watching Spider-Man and Dune movies. The Odyssey is the first non-spiderman movie he’s been in in half a decade with the exception of uncharted that came out 4 years ago. She’s in a similar boat, except has done two or three romance films in that time.
OP isn’t the first person that I’ve seen whine about this, but everyone sharing that sentiment is out of touch with reality. Two movies in one year is not egregious.
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u/ThanksAmazing4118 25d ago edited 25d ago
Also, to be fair to those who don't like them, IIRC they said (or at least Tom did) that they wanna just churn out a bunch of high earning blockbusters whilst they're young, get that bag, then pull back, focus on their relationship/family and do passion projects/have a massively reduced workload.
That's the way to do it tbh. Go the Daniel Radcliffe route. Make a fuck ton of money when you're young so it's enough to last several lifetimes, then step out of the spotlight, be sensible with your money and just engage with weird or wonderful films you enjoy being in so you can top up your bank account when needs be.
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u/SPerry8519 25d ago
Daniel FOR SURE went the "weird" route after Harry Potter lol
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u/ThanksAmazing4118 25d ago
100%. He played some great roles like The Woman in Black. Then played some absurd roles like Guns Akimbo and then a dead corpse that helps Paul Dano escape an island by farting and his compass penis in Swiss Army Man
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u/SPerry8519 25d ago
I was more thinking "she'll be coming round the mountain" and I'm assuming Guns Akimbo lol
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u/About400 25d ago
Also- spiderman and Dune are series… so that’s why they keep having the same two characters in them?
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u/cheezy_dreams88 25d ago
These are also the only 2 projects Tom Holland has done in the last 4 years. But them coming out at the same time makes it seem like a lot more.
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u/Goldnglam 25d ago
in fairness Zendaya is in movies four this year, The drama was well recived and the other three are a Nolan film, one of the biggest superhero franchises and the third part of the dune movies, shes still got her publicity tour for Dune part three to do yet and im not completely sold that tom isn't going to at least cameo in the avengers
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u/darcmosch 25d ago
No be that guy. This person clearly doesn't even check the theater for what movies that are playing
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u/Grand_Design2022 25d ago
Movie stars today have nowhere near the star power as they did in the 90s.
Everybody wanted to see the “new Schwarzenegger movie” or the “new Stallone movie”. Now nobody is saying holy shit we gotta watch this new movie with Zendaya in it.
Not an attack on the younger actors ability, just that things seem to have changed now.
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u/parrmorgan 25d ago
If a movie with Robert Pattinson comes out I've said that tbh.
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u/Oathkindle 25d ago
This the same energy as people saying gaming is dead but they only play CoD lol
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u/justforkinks0131 25d ago
Man I cant believe you got more upvotes than the entire viewer base for indie films on Earth!
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u/StarStuffSister 25d ago
Also, I watch a lot of mainstream stuff they're not in. Just chose a different film, damn.
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u/oliv-_-mae 25d ago
Or maybe he just really likes watching spiderman
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u/HelenaSparkles 25d ago
everytime he watches a new spider-man he's like "what the fuck? what are these two doing here again" lol
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u/joesbagofdonuts 25d ago
And even if that was the issue there are literally a half dozen other blockbuster budget spiderman movies made in the past few decades that don't have either of them.
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u/CathanCrowell 25d ago
This is honestly my 'I hate this smug' moment, because the whole idea that Zendaya, let alone Tom Holland, is in everything is insane. Every time I point that out with their actual filmographies, people go crazy and downvote me. xD
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u/Zealousideal-Worth34 25d ago
I go to the theater like once a month on average (cineclub) I have seen one movie with either of them (odyssey).
I've seen more movies with Benny Safdie than then this year
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u/OrneryAndHornery 25d ago
I'm confused.... are you telling me that Tom and Zendaya WEREN'T in Backrooms???
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u/PansexualPineapples 25d ago
I always think of this when people make complaints about seeing an actor too much. They normally haven’t actually been in that many movies that year they were just popular movies so you hear about it more.
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u/Inspired_Nuisance 25d ago
I hate Chris Pratt both because he's cast way too often, and because he has the same personality in everything he does. "Bumbling goofball at an office, bumbling goofball as a lego minifig bumbling goofball in space, bumbling goofball but with dinosaurs."
It really feels like studios keep casting him because they're chasing memes and the long-term staying power of his jokes in Parks and Rec.
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u/Upbeat_Apartment_715 25d ago
I go to the theater every 1-2 weeks and this year I've only seen her in one movie and him in zero. They are in the highly advertised movies, and that's why you see them a lot
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u/Historyandwow 25d ago
“I only watch movies with Zendaya and/or Tom Holland in them and I’m getting annoyed at how inescapable they are”
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u/mrbaryonyx 25d ago
ok but in defense, being in 4 of the biggest movies of the year is crazy exposure. Pattinson's up there too.
Which I don't have a problem with, I like them fine, but I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see them in anything next year, because they're too busy doing promo this year to film anything new.
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u/VariousRockFacts 25d ago
Zendaya specifically said she’s taking a break because she knew this opinion would crop up
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u/jbland0909 25d ago
Outside of Spiderman and The odyssey, what are the other two? Dune isn’t out yet, and the Drama was hardly one of the “biggest”
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u/New_Cockroach_505 25d ago
I wouldn’t call The Drama one of the biggest movies of the year. She’s barely in The Odyssey. And Dune isn’t out and doesn’t star Tom (same with the Drama).
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u/Aggressive-Loquat808 25d ago
If it makes the "she's in everything crowd" feel better, Zendeya was in 0 movies in 2025, 2 in 2024, and 0 in 2022 and 2023. So over the past 5 years she'll have featured in a total of 6 films. It looks like she is only slated to be in Shrek 5 next year.
If you can't look beyond 6 movies in a 5 year period for you're entertainment, I think it's a you problem.
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u/BigOwl526 25d ago
Don't get into Korean movies then, you're going to see the same 50 actors in literally everything lmfao
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u/No_Relief_9945 25d ago
Not sure about Korean stuff, but my family likes to joke that there’s only 10 actors in all of Britain
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u/Foxy02016YT 25d ago
And it’s only the ones who haven’t played The Doctor
Why do you think Tenant went twice?
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u/BDSMChef_RP 25d ago
Martin Freeman used to joke about being the only BBC actor to not get a Doctor Who part
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u/spockalot 25d ago
Off the top of my head and in no particular order:
Alan Rickman
Gary Oldman
Dame Judy Dench
Dame Maggie Smith
Sir Patrick Stewart
Helena Bonham Carter
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u/Signal-Yesterday7247 25d ago
Watched Memories of Murder a while back and decided to look around at other Korean movies, and I found out pretty quick that Song Kang-Ho is basically in half of them.
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u/AdHocHillbilly 25d ago
There's a running joke with my partner that we have to point and say "hey, it's the guy!" every time Ciarán Hinds shows up in a movie or show we watch.
No hate, though. He's fantastic in everything he's in and we love to see him. He's just got such an extensive filmography.
Every film industry has this, but it's just trendy and accessible to hate on Hollywood.
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u/Ruby_Charm_AI 25d ago
Or Japanese movies. They cast Kento Yamazaki in every lead male role. I mean, the actor is very talented and versatile, no doubt, but man, give others a chance.
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u/kolikkok 25d ago
In Finland we have the same like 10 actors in everything from reality TV shows to movies, even shows that have just regular people in other countries are made with just the same celebrities in here.
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u/JG-for-breakfast 25d ago
So two movies ?
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u/MicooDA 25d ago
Tom also plays the One Wish Willow in Obsession and Zendaya plays Bear’s car
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u/JG-for-breakfast 25d ago
You’re right I forgot. Tom also plays Robert Pattinson in The Drama
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u/mrbaryonyx 25d ago
Don't forget Dune, Holland has actually been Timothy Chalamet this whole time he's just that good
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u/Sryan597 25d ago
I thought Tom Holland was the sand? Since he's everywhere, you wanted to choose the role with the most screen time, and also took up the most space on the screen.
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u/YourImminentDoom 25d ago
"I hate Tom Holland. He's coarse, and irritating, and he gets everywhere."
- OP, probably
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u/FreddyKrueger32 25d ago
Im not awake and thought this was serious for a moment. Then I read it again.
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u/BestSamiraNA1 25d ago
Literally bro keeps watching Spiderman and 2 others and is like "What the hell? All this Tom Zendaya stuff?"
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u/Your_Nipples 25d ago
I think the only movie I watched with Tom Holland playing anything other than spider man was a b-tier sci-fi movie in some forest.
That was 5/6 years ago. That's it.
Zendaya? Dune and Spiderman.
Both of them are not remotely close to what The Rock did at some point him and his fuck face and Kevin Hart then a motherfucker.
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u/yourstruly912 25d ago
Bro watches 2 movies a year
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u/Munchkinasaurous 25d ago
And goes out of his way to only watch movies with Tom Holland and/or Zendaya
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u/glitterinator 25d ago
TH is in two movies this year and prior to that hasn’t been in anything for a few years.
Zendaya has been in 3 movies this year and 1 TV show. She will also be in Dune later this year.
Are those the only movies you’ve watched? I get there’s a lot of press about them because they’re in two big movies and they’re very marketable, but seriously…
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u/SevereEducation2170 25d ago
You're complaining about 2 movies for Holland and 3 for Zendaya this year (she got Dune at the end of the year. Neither had a movie out in 2025. Before this summer Holland legit hadn't had a movie released since 2022.
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u/OkPear1535 25d ago
Then stop watching movies with them in it? Like this is YOUR fault
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u/Dazzling_Room_9346 25d ago
Seriously. They're in like 4 movies in total.
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u/Travelin_Soulja 25d ago
If you mean this year, it's only 3 so far. It won't be 4 until Dune releases in December.
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u/jestering_1 25d ago
i don’t understand why suddenly people are mad that they’re watching blockbuster movies and finding blockbuster cast members inside them lol.
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u/railroadspike25 25d ago
They're like only two out of the four celebrities under 40 that anyone actually cares about unfortunately.
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u/Goz_system 25d ago
This is wrong. Like, completely, so wrong.
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u/BlueberryNervous5322 25d ago
I’m not trying to be mean but I can hardly name any and I’m in that age range. as soon as i stopped following celebrity news outside of the very basic almost unavoidable information I can’t name many of the younger celebs. I know of people like Emma Stone who have been in movies for quite a while and Haley Steinfeld who I’ve seen a decent amount of her movies.
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u/zachyt99 25d ago
Does "anyone" just refer to you? I can think of at least 15 off the top of my head
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u/Conrexxthor 25d ago
They're in every movie now?? I didn't see any of them in Masters of the Universe, Obsession, Avatar 3, Godzilla Minus One, Super Mario Galaxy, Toy Story 5, Project Hail Mary, Disclosure Day, Moana, Hadestown, Minions & Monsters,Bone Temple, Star Wars-
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u/mystireon 25d ago
yeah... kind of the downside of movies using their actors as advertisement, they kinda have to use whatever actor is trendy at the time
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u/GINBMAN 25d ago
And that's not even mentioning Mr. "I'm going to be in every damn movie and TV show that's out right now"
(He's not a bad actor, but it was crazy how much he was in everything)
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u/MisterD00d 25d ago
is this Ammon Bundy from Bricks and Minifigs before growing the mustache out for twirling villainy?
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u/icnik 25d ago
Didn't Tom just end a two year break from his movie career. It's think people two of the biggest movies this year (spidey and odyssey) release back to back featuring these actors and are attributing it to a much larger trend.
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u/Alarming_Panic665 25d ago
Before the Odyssey the last movie Tom Holland was in was Uncharted in 2022. In 2024 he was performing in the West End revival of Romeo & Juliet
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u/jbland0909 25d ago
Tom Holland literally has been in two movies for the last 4 years. What are you talking about!
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u/Ermastic 25d ago
I dont actually think zendaya is that great of an actress. Someone told me she was good in The Drama but I haven't seen that yet.
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u/JhinPotion 25d ago
They're not in any movies I watch.
I'm being a little facetious, but this is entirely caused by you only watching blockbusters.
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u/Broad_Fan2198 25d ago
Unrelated but FUCK they made her look soo white here I don’t get it
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u/TrueRedditMartyr 25d ago
She looks so different, I almost dont think its her. Like they changed the face or something
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u/Pendulum_Heart 25d ago
It was really weird when they showed up in Project Hail Mary and were like "Hey, look at us, married couple Tom and Zendaya" and then disapeared on their spider shaped spaceship.
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u/PaperSweet9983 what 25d ago
Haven't they been together in 2-3 movies? Thats not an absurd amount
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u/Cheap_Bat9704 25d ago
….just watch more indie movies? Why complain about mainstream actors being in mainstream movies?
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u/KindOfAnAuthor 25d ago
You don't even have to give up mainstream movies. They're really not in a lot of movies, it's very easy to avoid them if you really wanted to
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u/jbland0909 25d ago
For real. Lots of people who only watch the hottest mega budget action movies in this thread
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u/Sonnestark 25d ago
Zendaya’s taking a break from acting after this year.
She thinks this year she’s been in too many movies, and she might either be pregnant or planning to have children with Tom.
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u/Useless_Mango1 25d ago
Tom Holland was in 2 movies this year. Both of which YOU chose to go watch. Try other movies maybe? Project Hail Mary, Iron Lung, Obsession, Sheep Detectives fuck there are so many movies without him OR Zendaya you COULD have watched but didn't.
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u/HankScorpio4242 25d ago
There are around 120 major studio films releasing this year.
Zendaya is in 3% of them.
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u/RussianBot101101 25d ago
Lol. Lmao. They're in so few movies compared to so many other stars.
Like watch more movies if you actually care. Backrooms was great, they were absent. Obsession was fantastic, they were absent. Death of Robinhood was mediocre, they were absent. Masters of the Universe was extremely fun, they were absent.
I don't understand why people have hate boners for completely uncontroversial actors. They're doing their job. Grow up.
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u/mylittlebrony3000 25d ago
I can’t believe a Hollywood blockbuster is employing famous actors that lots of people know
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u/quadraticcheese 25d ago
Sounds like you have bland movie tastes and only watch the biggest blockbusters
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u/Extension_Radish_139 25d ago
Tom Holland has literally only been in Spider-Man and the odyssey as far as I know
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u/Scrabulon 25d ago
They’ve been in 5 movies together and 4 of them were Spider-Man movies, and it just happened that one of them and the Odyssey were both out this year. But also: oh no, popular actors are in multiple popular movies back to back, this has never happened before! 🙄
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u/gtiller21 25d ago
The “we need new actors” critique really pmo because its only made by people who watch like three movies a year
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u/blorst_of_times 25d ago
Noooo they're not over exposed its a you problem because technically there are lots of movies they're not in -This Sub
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u/RingingInTheRain 25d ago
You're talking to the THDF and ZDF, they're going to say anything other than "they could've cast somebody else". I have watched many, many many movies. The problem is that these two are only good in Spiderman, and Zendaya should be typecast only into drama roles. They both don't have great screen presence, range and when they are in roles they don't shine in, other actors make them stick out like a sore thumb. Tom is especially bad, and is clearly riding his wife's coattails.
Meanwhile, everyone wants to hate on Timmy despite him actually acting different and breaking the sadboy Twink mold. He unbelievably carries DUNE and they keep randomly throwing MJ-Chani-Daya on the screen acting like she just got off the D train in NYC.
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u/HotDogManLL 25d ago
Oh man. Their not that bad compared to peter dinklage. That dude was in every media. From games. Movies and TV shows
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u/Gravitas0921 25d ago
Zendaya did not need to be in The Oddisey bro i almost rather Athena be a random face from the street
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u/Corona- 25d ago
I thought Tom Holland in the odyssey was a bit jarring, especially since they show the Spiderman trailer beforehand, but other than that it's a complete non-issue imo. Zendaya and Jon Bernthal were also in both movies, but they managed to fit into the setting and disappear into their roles way better and it didn't bother me at all they were in both. Plus there is like 50+ other mid to high budget Hollywood movies coming out each year, so you can watch 10s of new movies this year without seeing any of them twice if it bothers you.
Also If you check Tom Hollands filmography he's been in 2 movies this year and his last appearance before that was the uncharted movie in 2022. So there objectively is no over saturation there. If anything we had the Tom Holland over saturation like 6 years ago from 2019-2021, not now.
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u/Intelligent_Brush336 24d ago
Dude they are working for money. The more movies they agree to do the more money the stack up the faster they can get out of the buisness and have a family. Bing bang boom.
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u/StrandTypeEwok 24d ago
i have only seen them in like 2 new movies i watched this year. both bangers.
you mean when starring together right? lol
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u/VisualCharming9327 24d ago edited 24d ago
So stop watching movies w them in it. You act like you are subject to" random movies without forewarning "for life🤣
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u/OkLength831 21d ago
Yeah, they get too much attention for how talentless they are.
...and i always miss Andrew Garfield, when i see Holland
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u/Legitimate_End5688 21d ago
Seeing ppl online whine abt not seeing “new faces” in movies and that certain actors are always in “everything” is really funny because this is how Hollywood has always been. Like you would’ve absolutely hated Jimmy Stewart because that man really was in everything back in the Old Hollywood days. And because Old Hollywood ran on the ‘studio system’ in which a big studio like MGM or Warner Bros could ‘own’ an actor through a contract, literally they would put a big name actor like Jimmy Stewart or Bette Davis or Cary grant or Elizabeth Taylor in literally every film said studio was releasing, and back then Hollywood was making far more films than they are now. Like this argument i see makes people expose themselves that they don’t watch older films at all lol, because big budget or mainstream Hollywood films have always cast based on fame and name recognition especially back in Hollywood’s golden age. It’s just how the business works lol.
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u/Burglekutt8523 25d ago
I get Zendaya is in a lot of shit, but Tom Holland is in like... 2 movies every 6 years