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Does he always have to do Oscar-bait?


Why not sprinkle in a horror or romance flick in there? It’s always some drama where he has to yell and/or be stressed out

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Why would he choose and commit himself to projects that he has no interest in? Just to appease you? That's stupid. Nobody's begging for a 50-something-year-old Leo romance. He does what he likes to do, simple as that. Who cares.

Also, Shutter Island dabbles in horror too.

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It's called range. Doing the same kind of roles again and again gets stale

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I'd say he's doing just fine for himself and doesn't need to show any more range🤣

But thanks for your expert opinion

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He already did the heartthrob. Diamond shows he can do some action-y stuff. Catch Me shows he can be charming. And many scenes in Wolf shows he can pull off comedy. He doesn't need to prove himself to you

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Have to agree here. Dude got range. But I also see where OP is coming from, the tends to type-cast himself, basically.

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Yeah, but if that's his prerogative, who is anyone else to say otherwise? It's completely and utterly up to him.

That's like telling a singer of a band "Hey this other singer does guitar and this other singer can also play drums."

So the fuck what.

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Yes. It's a slippery slope from being an Oscar actor to being a washed up schlub making goofy grandpa movies. You have to be very careful what movies you make. Once the audience stops taking you seriously, you're done.

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