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I didn't say you said that.
You made it sound like it was Blunt or nobody else though. Like if Blunt doesn't get the role might as well try Rousey. I'm saying no to that. Dozens of better actual stresses out there fit for the role.
Can't agree with this.
Also there's a distinction to be made here. There are good actors and then there are movie stars.
Most movie stars helm franchises and are responsible for blockbusters. They're not the best actors but they're consistently good enough to play the roles they do. Vin Diesel can be Dom in FF and then go be Riddick and then slide in a comedy as the straight man and then do something like this movie of his about to come out. Movie stars have likable enough personalities to be movie stars more so than being really impressive actors.
Then there's the side thing where really good actors who have the potential to be even better and great forego that to be movie stars like Will Smith for example and he stayed in that lane and excelled to be one of the best movie stars in the game during his run but that's not what this really is about.
Both Vin and Will took years beforehand to learn their craft even though they're not great actors. Fresh Prince prepared Will for his movie star career if only from a planning standpoint. Along with his show in '90 he had 3 movies he wet his beak with; Six Degrees of Separation showing his real acting potential 5 years in to his movie acting career. His 4th was Bad Boys in '95 which showed Hollywood he had even more potential to be a big movie star. After that it was a wrap. He's making hit movies every year. Vin was a nobody for decades. He literally became a movie star in his late 30s/40s and is stretching that out in to his 50s before that he was hustling in lots of movies. Son probably has made a bunch of connections and has vast knowledge of how the business works and what it takes to maximize his opportunity as a person of color.
Channing Tatum is just your typical white male lead that's good looking that was probably a model and then went to acting school. He's good at comedy clearly. He started off in bit roles and then got that push in a whole bunch of rom coms and straight up romance/drama flicks (I think those are mostly bad unless there's a great actor director attached). He's well liked and he's gonna be around. He has a good enough sense of humor and has some talent. You may think he's sucks completely but that's subjective more than anything. So I can understand you saying give Rousey a chance but I'm saying right now no. You can't compare her to Tatum even if you think he sucks.
Right now Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has more of a rep as an actor than Rousey. Nobody was suggesting him for Black Panther though.
As far as CM, you just don't get it and that's fine. These movies aint for everybody. Some are more hyped for BP or Inhumans, some don't care for those and are more hyped for CM or Thor (for some reason). To me Ant-Man was the pleasant surprise since it's been rumored and then confirmed for so long. More like a movie that they fit in there rather than it being a part of the plan all along. To me CM is not that at all.
It isn't a movie that Marvel is just doing to do. They're not gonna half *** it. It really isn't some agenda thing either. The first solo female superhero for the MCU is important. They're gonna go hard to make this a huge success from the script to director to the score/soundtrack to the cast and especially the main character. This isn't some place holding throwaway movie.
Just because a lot of ppl or everybody might not know who the character is that's irrelevant to Marvel's effort in making a good movie. This isn't the time to say well not many ppl are hyped for CM so lets get this T-grade celeb wannabe actress to play the role cuz it doesn't really matter. That reasoning you're using makes no sense.
Your opinion that there are 10+ female characters more popular is irrelevant.
This idea that nobody will mind Rousey in the role is ridiculous. CM is a high priority for Marvel. It's not about what ppl who don't care will accept. Those ppl don't even matter.
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