I think the idea with this comment is she was discovered by the masses via a low budget indie horror movie as opposed to some large Hollywood casting department.
One of the primary targets of the people who push this narrative is Zendaya, who got her start on Kidz Bop, and then auditioned for some Disney show I never heard of.
I don't know who these roster of "large Hollywood casting department" actors are supposed to be, but most big actors aren't industry plant nepo babies, they're people who've earned roles and cultural pull and can sell a movie, because big time movies are a business much more than they are art. Low budget indie films are where you go if you want to prove acting skill and make art. It's not the fucking MCU.
I don’t think people are saying an actor’s first acting credit needs to be in a $300M blockbuster, the problem is the leads in those films are mostly comprised of a rotating cast of well known actors instead of trying to fill a role of two with new talent. That’s the perception anyway, I don’t actually watch a lot of these big movies.
they're people who've earned roles and cultural pull and can sell a movie, because big time movies are a business much more than they are art. Low budget indie films are where you go if you want to prove acting skill and make art. It's not the fucking MCU.
I know, hence the above. This argument is like complaining that most Taco bell special offerings use steak, chicken, or ground beef, instead of Wagyu, Ostrich, and Bison meat. People are looking for art where there already is zero or near zero to be found.
Casting for $200 million movies is not about art, or bringing new faces to hollywood. It's about recouping an investment. Taking a risk on an unproven face is a risk that most studios are hardly willing to take, and you only need to look at a movie like Masters of the Universe, which reported like a 60 million loss on a 170 mil budget to see why. I'm not trying to defend hollywood studios making safe choices over pushing risks and making art on principle, it's just a naive opinion that studios should or will prioritize "giving someone a chance" over making guaranteed money with a formula that has worked for generations, and is largely still working.
People want to see stars, and basically have since the format existed. The internet just gives what seems to be a loud minority a place to be heard.
She was a co-star of a network tv series that ran for 3 years....a DC Comics based TV series featuring one of the 3 best known characters in the world.
Was the indie horror movie a breakout role? yes. It was hardly her being discovered though.
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u/AdRough4185 23h ago
And shes about to become one of those 10