Why?

He was the best actor in that film. I dunno, maybe to him the movie was a lot better written down. I liked the movie though. It wasn't great but it wasn't horrible. I'm just a fan of any horror movie, even the bad ones.

I don't even consider Hostel to be a horror movie. It's not scary at all. It's just sickening and stupid. If I was Jay Hernandez I never would've starred in that movie. I doubt the movie looked good on paper. There's really nothing to the movie.

Well I liked Hostel but I think Jay made that movie, it he wasn't in the first one then I don't think it would of been as good. Perhaps Jay liked the role of Paxton and wanted to try it out.

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erm, maybe he liked the film???? hmmm

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It takes more than being convincing in your role to be a good actor; it involves performing well in challenging roles. A lot of people play the same kind of character from movie to movie (type-casting). Some pretty much play themselves, and that’s not really talent. For example, I enjoyed watching films with Sarah Michelle Gellar (or even her In Buffy), but she pretty much had the same personality across most films (and she isn’t too different in person from what I hear). Until Sideways (2004), Paul Giamatti looked like he played the same kinds of roles like in comedies or playing a “nerd” or something (I’m thinking Paycheck (2003)). For Jay Hernandez in Hostel, he played a role that differed from my mental image of him such that even I hardly recognized him.

I’m not a fan of Hostel, but I didn’t think it was too bad, though like many, it was very hard to watch and I don’t need to discuss that here. Jay is a great actor, and he did very well as Paxton in Hostel. I remember him as early as in the TV show, Hang Time (1995), and in Crazy/Beautiful (2001). I’ve seen a few of the movies you mentioned, too. Even though this isn’t considered a horror movie, you’d have to admit a lot of horror movies don’t display a lot of great acting! I think House of Wax (2005) was not too good, and it was Chad Michael Murray’s first horror film, but at least he did something different than the roles we’re used to seeing him in (Gilmore Girls, A Cinderella Story, especially One Tree Hill). Unlike Jay, Chad in House of Wax hurts more (in my opinion) than helps his career. So I wouldn’t say Jay he “lowered himself” because if anything, he took a lead role and excelled in it.

Making it in the business is hard enough, but being a person of color adds to the obstacles. I’m not saying Jay is just taking what he could get, but I don’t see why he wouldn’t want to do Hostel since it is a lead role and somewhat challenging. I don’t mean to speak so highly of Hostel, but I don’t understanding how one would feel disappointed he took the part? Playing in diverse roles definitely shows you have talent and acting skills, and I think Jay Hernandez displays that in the films I’ve seen him in and Hostel adds to that list. Also, it adds a genre or two of film that he is capable of doing, showing he’s well-rounded.

So I hope you don’t think I’m hammering you on your post at all! I really just wanted to know why you’d think Jay doing Hostel would be lowering himself or a disappointment.