Chris Pratt. I mean, do you really not know who he is?
Jason Mamoa . . . Aquaman?
I never thought that much of Chris Pratt, I do have to search to see who he is. I know once I saw his face, but never really thought that much of him as an actor. I never saw a movie because he was in the cast.
Do you really consider Jason Mamoa as a prominent actor?
But not Chris Evans? I really thought you would at least put his name on the list, though I consider him more muscular than masculine.
Tom Holland let's be fair is not masculine, and I think he is representative of what younger generation of actors are, more "gender neutral", yeah, I think that is the word I am going to use.
And I think that answers your question, no, I don't think female audience these days really want to see masculine men, otherwise I think there would have been more of them.
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PrimeMinisterX (8800)
a year ago
I thought about Chris Evans but ultimately I agree with your assessment: He is more muscular than masculine. He also, as himself, has made some very off-putting comments that make it hard to respect him. If not for the latter he may have made the list.
In regard to Pratt, if you really want to gain respect for him as an actor watch an episode of Parks and Rec back-to-back with an episode of The Terminal List and see the transition from comedic goofball to dead-serious Navy Seal.
I don't agree with your assessment of Holland, but I don't think you have to be huge, grizzled and bearded to be masculine. I think he's relatively small in stature and has young features and a young-sounding voice, but what can he do about that? He's got a pretty good physique and carries himself well and doesn't come across like, say, Timothy Chalumet (a guy I'd truly say comes off as "gender-neutral").
As for whether Mamoa is a prominent actor, I guess we have to determine what "prominent" is. He's had major roles in several big-budget projects and he also was the star of a movie that made over a billion dollars (Aquaman). Most people who watch films and TV regularly know him by name and I think a lot of other people would at least recognize his face if they saw a picture.
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fc31 (5791)
a year ago
I don't agree with your assessment of Holland, but I don't think you have to be huge, grizzled and bearded to be masculine.
Well, in spider-man he was more of a man child, and man child I think is very in these days.
Like Barney as in "How I met your mother" and Sheldon in "The big bang theory" are the other examples, they were both big hits with women.
I think Kens in the recent Barbie movie are what women want to see in men these days, they are literally gender neutral.
Then again that was just my impression.
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PrimeMinisterX (8800)
a year ago
I didn't see Barbie and I never watched How I Met Your Mother or The Big Bang Theory but I'm pretty sure I get what you're saying.
I don't disagree with your assessment of Spider-Man but that is kind of the nature of the character and he was very young when he was cast. For me, it was seeing him in Uncharted where I felt like I was beginning to see a more adult, grown-up Tom Holland emerge and where I began to think that if he continues on he could be a solid action star. We'll see where he is in his development in five and ten years.
I just looked up his filmography to see what he has upcoming and apparently he has been cast as Fred Astaire in a Fred Astaire biopic. That seems very strange to me but I'm really interested to see how that works out.
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