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Is he going to be the next big star?


Or is he a bit too rough to achieve massive mainstream success

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I'd certainly love him to become a big star, although I wouldn't want him to potentially lose that raw authenticness that sets him apart from a lot of other actors his age.

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Depends on whether he wants to be. After Unbroken and The Money Monster (his first Hollywood films) I thought he was going to blow up more, but it's like he just disappeared after that, and didn't really build on the hype around those films (even though he was good in both.) Seems like he decided that maybe the stardom thing wasn't for him. I thought maybe he'd quit the business of acting or something, because I hadn't seen him in anything since Money Monster. His latest film, Trial By Fire, barely even got much promotion, so it sound like he prefers just being a good character actor without al the hype and fame, which he already is. That's cool, though.

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