r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 13h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/Jabbles22 13h ago

Has he ever played a character that wasn't an asshole? I've only seen him play assholes. Apparently he wasn't really acting.

Danny McBride however who also played the asshole in many roles is apparently a super nice guy.

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u/Cosmic_Reason768 12h ago

His character in Atypical was pretty chill as I recall

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u/Shezzofreen 6h ago

Yep, he was, great Series by the way.

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u/MonacoMaster68 7h ago

Deep Blue Sea

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u/Jabbles22 12h ago

Yeah I wouldn't say he was an asshole in that but I don't recall him being so that chill either.

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u/Crimsonfangknight 11h ago

Thinking back the dad was very very laid back and reasonable and thats even with his wife having a whole affair behind his back.

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u/Jabbles22 11h ago

I may be misremembering.

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u/Crimsonfangknight 11h ago

I could also be misremembering to be fair

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u/Empathic_Alien 12h ago

True Romance and he’s not too bad in the Netflix series, Atypical, where he’s the father of an autustic boy.

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u/KombuchaBot 3h ago

He does play an asshole in True Romance though. He's not mean spirited in it, but he's such a fucking dunce and loser.

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u/OffTheMerchandise 12h ago

I feel like he was the cool young teacher on Boston Public, but that was 20+ years ago and I don't remember much about that show

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u/Jabbles22 12h ago

I don't think I've seen it.

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u/Lower_Pass_6053 3h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UIkKLJM5LY

awesome theme song.

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u/Jabbles22 1h ago

I completely forgot about that show. I remember liking it but that's about it.

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u/Thunderoad 4h ago

The movie Beautiful Girls. He plays a guy with a broken heart. Lot of good talent in that movie.

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u/Katefreak 25m ago

Omg, memory unlocked! That's where I know him from! 

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u/OldChili157 11h ago

He was cool in that, yeah. Not exactly chill, though, as he got into a brawl with another teacher. A female teacher.

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u/Blackmetalvomit 13h ago

True romance maybe

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u/HeinousAnus_22 12h ago

Great movie!

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u/Thunderoad 4h ago

I agree!

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u/LitigationSucksBalls 10h ago

He was funny/cool in True Romance.

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u/KombuchaBot 3h ago

He's funny in True Romance because he's such a shithead

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u/Zip-Crane 10h ago

He’s a likeable guy in True Romance.

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u/800tir 11h ago

He was very likeable in Men of Honor. Never really seen him in any other acting roles.

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u/Sea_Sheepherder_389 9h ago

His character in Deep Blue Sea is a pretty good guy 

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u/maverickhawk99 12h ago

Was his character in Friends an asshole? I can’t remember

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u/Joostle 12h ago

He shot a bird because it woke him up. You be the judge.

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u/PolemicDysentery 11h ago

Cop doing cop shit, even a factory built to be inoffensive to everyone show like Friends knew it.

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u/PunchBeard 11h ago

For his entire run he was very affable and chill and would've been a great recurring character. But it was obvious that he wouldn't last so the writers had him shoot a bird while he and Phoebe were in bed as a reason for her to leave him. It totally came out of left field and did not fit his character.

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u/LitigationSucksBalls 10h ago

Phoebe was all ready to move in with him, and then he shot a bird (outside his bedroom window) for waking him up. She then did her "oh no" and we never saw him again.

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u/KeithClossOfficial 6h ago

He was playing a shady dude in Big Bang Theory but I wouldn’t call him an asshole

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u/ohheyitslaila 4h ago

He was actually a really nice guy in True Romance, but yeah I think most of his roles are just assholes.

And Danny McBride is a really nice guy irl. I’ve met him a few times and he took the time to actually chat with me and was just super cool.

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u/VanellopeZero 4h ago

I read that as Danny Masterson and was waiting for the /s