Oscar Isaac will never be a movie star

He is happening. He's a talented actor with diverse credits and is playing Francis Ford Coppola in Francis and The Godfather and he's in the 2022 Spider man movie.

R1 He’s been “happening” since 2014.

Oscar Isaac is hot AF and is a great actor.

He’s never going to be a big star. Too short, too old. Fine actor but never will be a top tier star

"Too short, too old."

Fuck you, too, R4!

He was a star in the recent Star Wars trilogy. To me anyway

His nude torture scene in Dune was erotic

Keep getting him mixed up with Mark Ruffalo

Who?

People who will never be stars no matter how much they work:

Toby Maguire: except for when he was Spider-Man, no one cared about him; it's amazing he got so many roles. His career is as inexplicable as Penelope Ann Miller's during the early 90s. Also, he has squirrelly little manboy syndrome (SLMS) i.e. will never look like a grown man until he's in his 60s and then it's too late, like Mickey Rooney.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster: All SLMS sufferers.

Tom Holland, Daniel Radcliffe: no, not quite SLMS. Why? Because they have the added advantage of being cute and adorable. Both could probably become stars in light comedies. Radcliffe is already primed for his own sitcom; it's bound to happen.

Jeremy Renner: decent actor, not nearly handsome enough or interesting enough to be a star; should NEVER be cast as a leading man. Needs loads more charisma before he can hold the screen on his own.

Joel Edgerton: see Jeremy Renner.

Sam Worthington: utterly forgettable, always get him confused with Jai Courtney

Jai Courtney: utterly forgettable, always get him confused with Sam Worthington

He's starred in more movies than you, OP.

R10 did all that typing pay off for you in anyway? Not for me. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[quote]He is happening. He's a talented actor with diverse credits and is playing Francis Ford Coppola in Francis and The Godfather and he's in the 2022 Spider man movie.

You're right he's a talented actor but he not a movie star. You can be one or the other and rarely is there someone who is both. Paul Newman comes to mind, A terrific actor with 10 Oscar nominations with a win and an Honorary, and a true movie star.

Oh no, don't bash poor Joseph Gordon-Levitt; I think he's lovely!

He already is, you half-wit

Oscar Issac can get it. He was quite sexy in Star Wars despite not playing a sexy role.

My only problem with Oscar Isaac is that he is not on and in me this instant.

Thank you, OP! He's an ok actor, but it's crazy how there's been a 10-year effort to shoehorn him into every franchise and prestige project.

Did he turn you down or beat you out for the Moon Knight role OP? You sound like a Bitter Betty, sis. Oscar is talented and sexy. He's done and will do, just fine.

I love his dance in his onesie in Deus Ex Machina

As much as I look forward to the day Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, and Riz Ahmed aren't shoved down our throats, I fear who might replace them.

Look up Oscar Isaac's filmography. Fact: He has appeared in hit films, but always in a supporting role. As his latest starring role in The Card Counter highlights, he can't carry a film to save his life.

His best regarded starring turn was in Inside Llewyn Davis nearly 10 years ago, and he was upstaged by a cat.

R20 in ex machina he looked like a muslim

I view him more as a character actor than a leading man. I've never seen him give a great performance. And his dead eyes bother me.

He should have played Desi Arnaz in BEING THE RICARDOS. He would have been perfect opposite Nicole as he's younger than her and on the short side. I wonder if he was offered it and turned it down?

R25, you're right, but he strikes me as one of those self-loathing types who actively avoids taking parts where his character is explicitly Hispanic or Latino (despite being of Guatemalan descent).

I can't speak for the fate of his career, but I've got to disagree with you about the physical appeal of Tobey Maguire. He has grown into those sexy fucking eyes. Unlike Leo, whose looks declined from the late 90s/early 00's man child (even as his career took off).

Mark Ruffalo is hotter than Oscar Isaac, and is a bigger star, but gets less interesting roles.

Isaac needs to find a director who will write and cast him for specific ensemble roles. He'd be a good Woody Allen actor, if Allen weren't old toast. Like Leo and Scorsese.

[quote] I love his dance in his onesie in Deus Ex Machina

Whut da fuk did I just watch?

A big part of this (sole opinion) is that many of the under-40 actors have no interest in being “movie stars” because it’s become too easily confused with being a celebrity. Any of the names above would be horrified by being plopped down on the same plane as Kardashians or Big Brother contestants.

Also, look at the self-consciously meaningful films being made. Many actors seek to make the big bucks, of course, but there hasn’t been so much talk about art since the 1970s. And what a dreary bunch many of them turned out to be. Once they won their Oscars and made their pile, that is.

I think he's a good actor, he doesn't repulse me like that bug eyed actor or that really ugly one called adam something..

I like his voice.

I will watch his shows.

LMAO, R30--Adam Driver.

Coincidentally, they're both Julliard grads, which is why opportunities are thrown their way.

Well if he looks like Muslim, why are we even talking about him! Quelle horreur!

I have always found little people to be untrustworthy.

R32 he needs hijab

Mark Ruffalo has always struck me as an actor who simply chooses interesting roles that challenge him. He's not interested in being a star, just a working actor.

I can never accept Leo in an adult role...he always looks lie a boy dressing up like a man in films like "The Great Gatsby" and " Revolutionary Road." May finally be changing in "Don't Look UP."

At best he's a poor man's Antonio Banderas.

Mark Ruffalo was an actor of some repute before Hulk, which ruined him for me. I didn't even bother seeing him in the try-hard-seeming "Infinitely Polar Bear."

Let's not forget, Oscar has displayed his foreskin:

Just a reminder that Paul Newman did not start off being some great actor. He was a looker and that's how he mostly got jobs in the beginning. That's what he was known for. He developed into a good actor.

[quote]Mark Ruffalo is hotter than Oscar Isaac

Not on any planet in any universe.

I think he's a good actor, he's clearly chosen a mix of commercial/artistic roles and he's someone that critics seem to love, even in the boring dreck with Jessica Chastain, yet Adam Driver seems to have all the buzz. Not really sure why

I hated Scenes from a Marriage and gave up after a couple of episodes. Oscars and Jessica’s characters were a pair of loathsome twats who deserved each other.

R21 I like Riz Ahmed. He was great in Sound of Metal.

I'd call Oscar Isaac a movie star. What else would you call him?

Do you mean he's not some pretty boy matinee idol? WT wants to be that in the end?

OP = Mr. Karp

Yes, R12, it did pay off for me because it quickly identified the sniveling, butthurt, easily triggered losers who are on this message board. That would be you, moron.

R12, Yes it did pay off for me because it quickly identified one of those pathetic, butthurt, easily triggered losers that pop up on these message boards from time to time. That would be you, moron. What's the matter, you little bitch? Which of the actors I named do you have a pitiful, unrequited crush on?

Name a movie star in this era? Who is able to open a movie that isn't related to a popular series of films from Marvel to DC?

He's already a movie star you daft bitch.

I first saw him in Some Kind of Hero, and really liked his performance. Since then, it has been diminishing returns. He is certainly not a movie star, and makes some real shit. And Scenes From A marriage...jesus.

I thought he was the best part of Dune; even without reading the book & knowing the whole backstory, you can tell that Duke Leto knows he's fucked by Isaac's hangdog expression and he brings real gravitas during his fairly brief time on screen. He also had good chemistry with Timmy and seemed like he could be his father. So I think he's a good actor, but maybe has bad taste in projects

He’s a great actor. I really liked him in Inside Llewyn Davis and Ex Machina. I just wish he starred in projects that interested me. His career is a bit of a mess right now. Feels like Adam Driver stole his career.

Another one that is ashamed of having a low class sounding hispanic surname.

You mean leading man, OP. There’s no such thing as a movie star anymore since actors now do tv and film back to back.

Oscar is low-class? Huh?

R54 He's Guatemalan, but yes he's another bruno mars. Changed his last name cause they're self loathing latinos. Just look at his white, basic wife he Married.

[quote]I'd call Oscar Isaac a movie star. What else would you call him?

A thespian.

R57 His basic fat wife and their crotch fruit took the last name “Isaac” which is his middle name .

OP is Armie Hammer

His wife is tall , blond and beautiful.

R61 HI oscar

His full name is Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada

[QUOTE]His basic fat wife and their crotch fruit took the last name “Isaac” which is his middle name .

Wow that’s a new level of pathetic. He’s basically trying to wash away his Latino heritage.

R64 That person is making shit up. His wife didn’t take any name and just kept her maiden name, his kids have the last name Hernandez, and he uses the name Hernández outside of acting.