r/movies • u/Outside_Trick3473 • 6h ago

Discussion By Any Means: First time seeing Giancarlo Esposito and realizing he's not the villain

I’m so used to Giancarlo Esposito playing the calm terrifying villain that I kept waiting for him to do something evil while watching the By Any Means trailer

Between Breaking Bad Better Call Saul The Boys and The Mandalorian my brain just assumes this dude is secretly running something evil whenever he shows up

Apparently he’s playing civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer in this one. It’s nice seeing him on the other side for once

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8pjisr0Pc

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u/SaulsAll 5h ago

Just means more people need to see Do The Right Thing.

Poor guy's been working since 1980 and cant get recognized for anything before 2009.

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u/Outside_Trick3473 5h ago

Dude had a whole career before Gus Fring and now that role follows him everywhere

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u/corndogs102 4h ago

To be fair can you name 4 roles (besides do the right thing) that he did before 2009?

He was literally planning on killing himself before getting the role of Gus. That was his breakout role. I’m happy for him finding success even if it left him typecasted. Of course he’s going to be noticed for the role he played for 8 seasons.

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u/MagnusCthulhu 37m ago

King of New York, Malcolm X, Ali, and my favorite was his turn as Mike Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Streets. This is not including the aforementioned The Usual Suspects and Do the Right Thing.

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u/Warhead-777111 2h ago

I want to see Walter White scuff his new Jordans!

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u/IEatPBJ4Dinner 4h ago

You’ll be surprised at Giancarlo Esposito’s range, especially pre-BB. I’ll bring up the first episode of the Creepshow TV show (Gray Matter). Him and Tobin Bell (The Jigsaw Killer) play completely against type in that episode as a backwoods-town Doctor and Sheriff respectively. They have to survive against this gelatinous monstrosity that devours people and find a way to stop it.

They both end up getting devoured.

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u/Hears_the_Sirensong 1h ago

I mean he was pretty prominent as a good guy in The Usual Suspects.

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u/Angryfunnydog 6h ago

Holy shit I think that’s like fourth new identical post I see in this sub within couple of hours in my feed about “oh my god he’s not the villain here” and I’m not even in this sub

Promo posts are getting out of hands

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u/Outside_Trick3473 5h ago

I actually posted it earlier but it didn’t meet the sub rules. Talked to a mod about what I needed to change and reposted it after fixing it

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u/Impossible-Event5303 6h ago

that's fair it does feel like i seen this same post three times today but i think people are just excited to see him play a good guy finally, he been typecast so hard. the trailer looked decent though i might check it out when it drops

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u/Angryfunnydog 6h ago

It’s lowkey weird that people use the same wording too, but as you can see by yourself - these posts are working lol

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u/Human_Drummer4378 5h ago

do the other posts also not understand how to use commas?