Young Billy Crudup back in the 90s

damm he was a dish

No.

He used to be sooooo hot. No wonder Claire Danes broke up his relationship with Mary Louise Parker.

Was Bus Stop based off the Marilyn movie?

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Atrocious - even back then

Aren't you contrarian, R6!

I had a crush on him circa 1996. He was an it boy. Sleepers was supposed to take his career to the next level but it didn’t happen.

The Monroe movie (1956) was adapted from the William Inge play, which was a Broadway hit that opened in 1955 with Kim Stanley in the lead role.

I met him. Sweet, unpretentious guy.

The original Broadway production was done in 1955 R4, the Marilyn Monroe film version of the play was a year or so later. The Crudup Broadway production was mid- to late- 1990’s and lasted about a month. Crudup was appropriately sexy, Mary Louise Parker was miscast, and the delicious Kelly Bishop was the best part of it.

Not cute

Bus Stop with ML and Billy was a limited run.

Just like our love.

He should be more famous

Didn't he abandon a pregnant Mary Louise Parker?

Well at least she got to fuck him.

Speaking of Mary Louise Parker, WHET ?

Saw him last in Alien Covenant. Still handsome; he's stayed thin, so his face is haggard. When you reach a certain age, you choose between weighing a few extra pounds or being gaunt.

R15 he just won an Emmy in 2020.

MLP was so fabulous in Angels and Weeds.

R16 yes. For Claire Danes.

You can never be too rich or too gaunt.

He was FAT!

Here you go, OP. Coincidentally, just posted today.

He’s been casually dating Naomi Watts for about 5 years. They worked together on Gypsy on Netflix which only lasted one season.

She very occasionally mentions him on IG, most recently when he got a SAG nomination I think.

Why did his career go down the shitter?

^ One word

CRUDUP

He’s on a successful show that he’s winning awards for. How is that down the shitter?

He made a great looking couple with Jennifer Connelly in “inventing the Abbotts”

Always seemed to be on the edge of stardom, but never quite made it. I’ve never met him, but he always seemed very full of himself. I did see him in “Shipwreck,” Part II of Tom Stoppard’s “The Coast of Utopia.” I would have seen him in a larger role in Part I, but he was out that night. His understudy was wonderful.

He was one of the best parts of the Watchmen movie too. I loved that movie, didn’t understand the hate for it.

R31 he won the Tony for that play

He was a good looking guy but really there were so many of his type around in the 90s. All the guys from dead poets society, school ties… they all had a similar look and seemed interchangeable.

He’s not a huge star, but he’s been working steadily for more than 30 years and has had a great career. Four Tony nominations, one win, an Emmy., lots of prestigious movie roles.

I just don’t understand what he ever saw in Clare Danes.

Doormen at Mary Louise Parker's Washington Square West building didn't like her. "She thinks who she is." They were glad when she moved.

There are a lot of stories about MLP being a bitch and full of herself.

Her name is Mary-Louise Parker. Not Mary Louise Parker. Her first name is Mary-Louise. Louise isn’t a middle name.

She played Kaepernick’s mom in that Netflix series about him.

Her hyphen is chickenfeed compared to my E.

This is the look of perfect bone structure.

Hollywood tried making him a movie star a few times but it never happened.

Sleepers was supposed to be his big breakout but it didn’t work. Then Almost Famous was supposed to make him a movie star but all the hype was stolen away from him by Kate Hudson. Watchmen was supposed to be big but that fell flat, and then the last Alien movie also.

He finally found some mainstream success with The Morning Show after years of Hollywood trying to make him another theater darling turned movie star.

I first saw him in a movie about Charles II. Couldn't find it in his imdb filmography though.

That was Rupert Everett playing Charles II in Crudup's "Stage Beauty".

Per his imdb page, he's only 5'8 1/2".

Saw him years ago in “The Pillowman” on Broadway. He was a heart stopper.

[quote] Her name is Mary-Louise Parker. Not Mary Louise Parker. Her first name is Mary-Louise. Louise isn’t a middle name.

Is M-LP ok?

He almost always shows up in the lead when I download one of my pics on this app.

Not to be mistaken with Mlop, r47.

I saw Mary-Louise on Broadway in "The Sound Inside" right before COVID lockdown. She was fine but seemed nothing like an actual Ivy League English professor (due also to the lame dialogue), still can't believe she won a Tony. She had a bit part in that Jennifer Lawrence spy movie a few years ago that seemed like it was cut down/edited. Wasn't there supposed to be a Weeds reboot despite her and Jenji Kohan hating each other?

Isn't he in the Jennifer Aniston morning ego show?

R48 I tried multiple pictures in that app and got Emmanuel Macron in the lead every time. The little dictator....I am not a fan.

I wish I looked like Manu. I am his FAAAAN.

Jesus Son? Was that it- with Samantha Morton? Saw it years ago. It was good.

I’m surprised he took the role in Big Fish. It’s akin to a walk-on.

[R31]: Then he must have won it for his role in Part I, because he only appeared in one or two scenes in Part II. His understudy in Part I was great.

R56 idk what you’re talking about… but yeah.

R57 He says he wore fake buttocks in that play???

Does Billy Crudup want to Make America Great Again?

Is he more popular on Broadway rather than Jewish Hollywood?

Is he a Conservative who refused to abandon his unappealing real surname?

R41 That's an unflattering picture.

His face looks so stretched and lined I'm surprised they thought he could pass for a woman in that tacky movie, R44, which was a shameless rip-off from Paltrow's Oscar winner.

'Stage Beauty' got around $2,300,000

'Shakespeare in Love' got almost $300 million.

The name "Crew-dupp" is too awkward.

It's more awkward than than "Shaneequa Lavarious Slaughter"

[quote]When you reach a certain age, you choose between weighing a few extra pounds or being gaunt.

Or dead.

Gawd he is sensational in stage beauty. Bisexual character too if I remember? Anyway very talented and seems low key. Doesn't do the publicity thing so that would hurt your career. So I would say that and the fact he seems to choose roles on merit,usually, means he is not a bigger star. But dummies on here will of course be like oh he never made it, oh he tried, oh Hollywood tried. Dummies.

Hollywood DID try around Almost Famous. It was supposed to be a vehicle for him.

I saw that BUS STOP, and I thought Mary-Louise was well cast but Billy, not so much. He doesn't have the right kind of energy for that role, plus he's a little too slight for it from a physical standpoint. I think Beau is supposed to be a big, rangy cowboy.

He was great in Almost Famous, but the cast around him was just as great or even better. And it was sort of an unforgiving part as a guy who’s ultimately a narcissistic flake.

He reminds me of a less charismatic Ethan Hawke. Like he gets the parts Ethan rejects.

That Bus Stop revival stank to the heavens. And it was done at Circle in the Square which isn't known as a house for intimate shows like Bus Stop.

Brad Pitt was originally cast as that part in Almost Famous as a vehicle to try and get an acting Oscar but he dropped out. They then cast Crudup and thought this would make him a movie star.

Brad would have been great in that part, although it would have changed to more of a “this guy is selfish because he’s always been a golden god” vibe, rather than a sort of ruthless self-centered ambitious guy.

[quote] Doesn't do the publicity thing

He did endless press interviews for 'Dr Manhattan' where he gets an enhanced penis.

Hollywood tried with one movie? They tried with multiple movies with Ryan Reynolds and so many more.

R71 they tried at least 4 times with Crudup.

Meh. He's no Patrick Wilson.

I get him confused with Robert Sean Leonard.

I get him confused with Michael Hayden. I keep thinking it was Crudup in that 90s Carousel.

R73 Are you referring to his penis?

I read a funny and interesting tweet about Inventing the Abbotts basically saying that when it came out you thought Crudup going to be the next Brad Pitt/Robert Redford type and that Joaquin Phoenix was going to basically have a Giovanni Ribisi-level career. But women really liked Phoenix and he became the heartthrob (until he intentionally ended it with I'm Still Here) and women just didn't take to Crudup.

I think like what others have mentioned, he oozed smugness and seemed cold. Whereas Phoenix, in his weirdness, can have a real sweetness and charm when he wants to. It reminds me of the first few seasons of Girls. You would think Christopher Abbott would've emerged from that show the heartthrob/star, but women love weird ass Adam Driver.

What are you talking about, R60?! He looks great in the pic in my link!

Joaquin has a vulnerable and sincere qualify that Billy C doesn’t.

R78 He has those creases in his face.

They're worse now. He's beginning to get a concave face like 'Spoon-face Keira Knightley'.

[quote]And it was done at Circle in the Square which isn't known as a house for intimate shows like Bus Stop.

I think that's a pretty weird statement, seeing as how Circle in the Square is considered one of the most intimate Broadway houses in terms of seating capacity and also because no seats there are very far from the stage due to the three-quarter-thrust or, sometimes, in-the-round setup. If you commented that "Bus Stop" doesn't necessarily lend itself to a three-quarter-thrust staging, that would have made more sense. Anyway, I think the major problems with that production were the direction and the miscasting of Crudup.

I don't like his smirky, knowing performances like in the rock n'roll Crowe vehicle.

[quote] rock n'roll Crowe vehicle.

What is that? Google won't tell me.

I've never seen a young pic of him...he was beautiful!

I saw him on the first season of The Morning Show and man has he hit the wall. His face is so wrinkled and deflated. I agree with the post upthread who said he should gain some weight to fill out his face and smooth some of those wrinkles.

Almost Famous.

They tried 4 times? How specific

AT LEAST 4 times. Learn to read.

R71, Cf R59

[quote] I agree with the post upthread who said he should gain some weight to fill out his face and smooth some of those wrinkles.

LOL.

Every post about aging has a bunch of fat eldergays bragging that even though they weigh a metric ton, the fat prevents their skin from wrinkling and then they use $500 worth of random cremes and potions to keep it "positively glowing"

Forgetting of course that "That obese old man looks so young and his skin is just glowing, I do so want to make my way through his folds of flesh and ravish him" is a classic example of "Said No One Ever"

I'm a fit hottie with a sweet ass and don't you be jealous now little lamb chop.

r89 i'm about 15 lbs overweight, 53 and my face does NOT look like it. I don't use any expensive creams or topicals. So, speaking from experience.

LOL. Even better when they feel they need to defend it.

"15 lbs overweight" on DL is like "8.5 thick" on Grindr.

Mhmm.

A lot of the films he starred in during that period didn't catch on. Without Limits (one of the 2 Steve Prefontaine movies that came out around the same time), The Hi-Lo Country, Jesus' Son, Waking the Dead, etc.. Almost Famous did well critically/Awards wise, but not so much at the box office. He probably needed to get an Oscar nomination during that period to sustain the hype but it didn't happen. It seems easier these days for a up-and-coming actor to get Awards attention.

Then the MLP/Danes brouhaha happened. His career was definitely hurt by it, but I bet if he was, say, an Oscar-nominated/winning actor or had starred in a couple box office hits, then he would've gotten out of that unscathed (see: Daniel Day-Lewis).

r92 go sit on a traffic cone and then get hit by a bus, bitch.

I am 15 lbs overweight and this is going by BMI calculations.

From 1996 to November 2003, Crudup was in a relationship with actress Mary-Louise Parker. Parker was seven months pregnant with their son, born in January 2004, when Crudup ended their relationship and began dating actress Claire Danes. He was co-owner of Parker's Washington Square West apartment.

He's done a lot of voiceover work, including those MasterCard "priceless" commercials, so he probably has a ton of money.

Mary-Louise is a pain in the ass. A few years back when her book was published, she would harass the employees of her local bookstore if they didn’t have a copy in the window and copies stacked high on a table.

R80, he's not as young in my linked pic as he is in OP's, but, creases and all, that's still a magnificently chiseled face!

Hot for like 5 minutes, but it was a REALLY hot 5 minutes.

Didn’t Elizabeth Perkins hate working with her on “Weeds”? R98 supposedly she’s a nightmare to work with.

I loved Perkins in BIG. She was just adorable in that.

Creases in face

Who cares? Creases happen with age. It’s normal.

His creases are as deep as Edward Fox's.

They aren't smile-lines, they're permanent creases.

Everyone ages differently.

He still looks good to me.

Someone on DL said they heard that the Crudup/MLP breakup went down differently than reported. Yes, he was cheating with Danes but he had no intention of leaving MLP. It was Danes, who fell in love, who took measures into her own hands and planted something (underwear?) to let MLP know. She dumped him and since the heat of the media was on, it was probably the least bad look to make a go of it with Danes and to act like he just fell in love. I

That always sounded pretty believable to me. It would explain why the Crudup/Danes relationship didn't last long. It's hard to fathom dumping someone who's that far along. What if she was so heartbroken/humiliated she became suicidal or acted out in a way that put the baby at risk?

Thanks, R108. Of course I have no idea, but I've always suspected it was MLP who chose to end the marriage to Crudup. Just based mostly on what we know of the personalities involved.

[quote] Mary-Louise is a pain in the ass. A few years back when her book was published, she would harass the employees of her local bookstore if they didn’t have a copy in the window and copies stacked high on a table.

Link?

^ Personal observation

What were these at least 4 times? How were these attempts made?

What neighborhood bookshop would she patronize in Brooklyn Heights, R98? The Barnes & Noble on Court Street? Nutty as she is/was I can't imagine her doing that.

I saw him in Arcadia at Lincoln Center in the mid-90s. Fell in love on the spot. Hollywood always wanted to make him happen but it never clicked, and one sensed he didn't seem truly to care. There were some good early films where he was really beautiful like ABBOTS and WAKING THE DEAD. ALMOST FAMOUS will be his defining role. Don't feel he's quite lived up to the early promise and he's aged badly.

The now closed Book Court R113. Don’t care if you believe it or not.

DL sure loves their made up stories of make believe.

Has great bone structure, but has always had that "dead pig eyes" thing going on.

He was very good looking in “Charlotte Gray” too playing a member of the french resistance

Crudd-Up is an equally ugly name as Crew-Dup.

This blind sounds like it was him and Naomi Watts? I don’t know who told him to fuck off though

Could it be Kidman? R120. I know she was friends with Naomi but she also worked with Mary Louise Parker in 1996 on portrait of a lady. Maybe the friendship soured.

Photographed at the BAFTAs together in 2012 so may be friendly.

I would love if it was Nicole who told him to fuck off because of what he did to MLP 😂

Nicole and Naomi have been friends for 30 years. Nicole would not do that to Naomi‘s boyfriend.

Breaking up with MLP certainly tainted Billy’s reputation, perhaps permanently, but there have to be two sides to every story.

MLP and BC’s son is named William so she must not have hated Billy, even at the time of their son’s birth.

Well we do not know why she told him to fuck off. It was only speculated. Perhaps she simply doesn’t like him or was caught off guard.

You’re assuming it was her r125. There are a lot of people at the SAGs.

The BI at R120 is definitely Billy and Naomi.

He left MLP when she was pregnant with his child. Creepy. But maybe it's karma for celebrities. Mary Louise Parker played a part in breaking up Timothy Hutton's marriage to Debra Winger when they did "Prelude to a Kiss" on Broadway in 1990. They did the play, got some Tony nominations, and moved in together. Winger wasn't pregnant at the time, but she and Timmy did have a small child, so it's similar.

Or maybe people just fall out of love and move on.

"je hebt erg witte tanden!"

God, Joaquin Phoenix and Billy Crudup were so beautiful in INVENTING THE ABBOTS. That movie came out when I was in middle school and I think it kickstarted my fascination with wanting to bed two hot brothers.

BTW: Why can't we have beautiful movie stars like this again?

There are still tons of beautiful people …

He showed glowing blue peen in "Watchmen."

It was digitally created r132. Not actually him.

I can't imagine anyone in Hollywood holding on to a grudge for that long on MLP's behalf.

I don't buy that this actually happened.

[quote]There are still tons of beautiful people …

On Instagram, TikTok, OnlyFans, etc.

I was talking specifically about movie stars. In recent years woke Hollywood has has opted to cast more 'unconventional-looking' people, to say the least. Stupid marketing move, because sex/beauty always sells. Look at the success of the models on those aforementioned sites.

[quote] In recent years woke Hollywood has has opted to cast more 'unconventional-looking' people, to say the least

You're right.

Choosing movie stars because of their 'diversity' means Choosing ugly movie stars.

[quote]In recent years woke Hollywood has has opted to cast more 'unconventional-looking' people, to say the least

Of course, I'm on board with the idea that not everyone in a movie or TV show, not even the leads, should look like a model. But it's possible to go too far in the other direction. There are lots of actors who are nowhere near model-handsome or model-pretty but are still very attractive -- and then there are actors so unattractive that no one wants to look at them, no matter how talented they are. And yes, I am referring to the leads in "Licorice Pizza."

Yes, our advertisements are now full of odd-looking uggos.

Great looking, can act, but can we all agree, HORRIBLE NAME. "Billy" make him sound like a perpetual 6-year-old (what's wrong with Wiiliam?) and "Crudup", are you kidding me?

That’s his surname. Why should he change it?

R140 Because he's in the business of selling himself, his body, his personality to the general public for their approval.

His income depends on our approval.

Well he’s done perfectly fine. He has a non Jewish European WASPY surname. He’s approved.

Crudup = Probably an Americanized form of North German Gratop, a nickname for an old man, from Middle Low German gra 'gray' + top 'braid' (modern German Zopf).