Why has Hollywood of late been obsessed with pushing ugly male actors on us?

The two hottest male actors heading into the 2020s in Hollywood are Adam Driver and Jesse Plemons (pictured). They both have tons of incredible projects lined up.

What's the deal? Do they think that we're so tried of superhero movies we can only stand to see really fugly men in serious dramas?

Academy Awards are typically given to the ugliest nominees.

Hollywood has always thought that top actresses need to be young and beautiful, and top actors can look like Charles Laughton.

Still better than the eldergay OP's era when there were only Stallone, Van Damme, Schwarzenegger, Lundgren steroid-driven shitshows in theaters.

It's to pander to all the ugly straight men. It's that way in music too, where Post Malone and Ed Sheran are top artists.

Straight men are always on the edge of a gay panic nowadays and if they dared to like a peak 90s Brad Pitt type actor their fragile masculinity would crumble in the fear that they’d be labeled a “fag” and lose access to their precious vagina.

Male actors have always been a bit fug: Bogart, Jack Nicholson, Spencer Tracy, Daniel Craig...

Model-handsome actors have a tougher time.

Hollywood is run by straight men, so actors are judged on their merits while actresses are judged on their looks.

R5, don’t forget the hideous walking troll Lewis Capaldi.

R5, most Ed Sheeran fans are female

I'm tired of seeing Adam Driver as well - he's so ugly it's distracting. And his voice - ugh.

You can’t be referring to our Timmy. He’s lovely.

R5, how do you explain Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber?

Plemons is a wonderful actor, though. A true character actor which I'd say we need more of in this day and age. The Hemsworths are pretty and all, but they won't do if people are casting a role that requires more than a smirk and looking good in spandex.

Jesse Plemons used to be adorable, what happened?

r13 Shawn and Justin are both ugly. Not sure what your point is.

[quote][R13]Shawn and Justin are both ugly. Not sure what your point is.

The 27+ Shawn Mendes threads here on DL suggest otherwise.

I'm a Marvellous Mrs. Maisel fan kind of and along with all the other Amy Sherman Palladino idiocies I have to put up with her trying to persuade us that Michael Zegen is charming and sexy and a valid leading man for Rachel Brosnahan. She's the only woman in all of Hollywood who wants to see him in bed scenes.

R18, I find Michael Zegen very sexy.

Why has DL of late been obsessed with threads about "ugly" male actors?

It’s a part of the Academy Awards ad campaign.

Because producers are ugly but they still want the girl.

[quote]Male actors have always been a bit fug: Bogart, Jack Nicholson....

time is a cruel mistress

Jesse Plemons makes Kirsten Dunst happy, so he's all right in my book.

The little uglies are taking over again!

SPOILER ALERT

Okay, am I the only one that noticed that at the end of "The Rise of Skywalker", Driver's face was digitally smoothed out? Yep, after the big redemption scene, his face suddenly went smooth and glowing, the fake scar and the real warts and wrinkles were gone.

So I guess that Hollywood cares at least a little that he's ugly.

I'd rather watch an 'unattractive' person who can act than an 'attractive ' person who cannot act.

Plemons was really good in that Molly Shannon movie where he played gay. I think it's called "Other People." I actually thought he was real life gay for a while after seeing that.

Agreed, R29. Also powerfully sad, film.

I agree with R28, I can take unattractive actors 365 days a year, bad actors not at all.

They make me cringe or laugh, either way it's not good.

Why hasn’t Plemons dropped the weight?

Who is trying to make Plemons a heartthrob star? He’s a character actor, and a good one. It’s not like he’s getting GQ and Men’s Fitness covers.

Because ugly straight guys who have powers don't feel threatened by other ugly guys

[quote]Hollywood has always thought that top actresses need to be young and beautiful, and top actors can look like Charles Laughton.

Exactly and I honestly feel terrible when someone brings up an actress like Maggie Gyllenhaal who is a fantastic actress that people will immediately call ugly.

The backlash from her Batman casting was brutal but it was clear instead of Katie Holmes they actually wanted someone who could act that time around.

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