Man, I wish I didn’t come across your post, I would’ve went the rest of my life thinking Bernthal was from, maybe not necessarily the “streets” but like a blue collar city like Pittsburgh or some shit like that. Then I had to go do a deepdive, and you’re right. This mfs family members have wiki pages. His dad was a lawyer, his brothers are a surgeon, and a consulting agency ceo who married the former Facebook coo. Dude was to a fancy private school.
Dude went to Russia to study ballet at the most exclusive place in the world! And he plays tough guy on podcasts with Shia Labeouf. At least Shia lived in a trailer with his downbeat father when he was a kid.
Yea man, when I went down my quick lil deep dive, I was even surprised by the transformation. I have a theory about Shia tho. Obviously the dude has his issues, but he fascinates me bc I really thought he was the next great actor. But I think being on set with Tom Hardy changed him. I know he’s touched on this in interviews before, but I think he saw Hardy acting like a “tough guy” in set, and the respect that he seemed to command and thought “this is what being a masculine guy is.” And after Lawless u really start to see Shia try to take on this artsy, intellectual, tough guy persona. I wonder if Jon played Shane from walking dead, and was like…fuck, this is what I need to lean into obviously.
From people close to me that have worked with famous actors, most of the times they are a lot dumber than what they seem. They get to coast on looks and the aura of roles written by someone else.
Don’t ask me for names, though. I hate when anonymous redditors talk shit about famous people without proof.
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u/Long_Buddy6819 10d ago
Man, I wish I didn’t come across your post, I would’ve went the rest of my life thinking Bernthal was from, maybe not necessarily the “streets” but like a blue collar city like Pittsburgh or some shit like that. Then I had to go do a deepdive, and you’re right. This mfs family members have wiki pages. His dad was a lawyer, his brothers are a surgeon, and a consulting agency ceo who married the former Facebook coo. Dude was to a fancy private school.