In the 80s/90s Arnold was a huge movie star, playing huge men in both serious and comedy roles.
I guess that what I am asking is; what actor today could occupy the same kind of decade defining place as Arnold did in the 80s/90s?
They don’t have to be a massive bodybuilder, but they should be the first name that anyone would think of when someone say “2010s/2020s”.
The Rock.
Yep. The guy has a crapload of roles, from silly to more action-hero serious. I’d also toss Bautista out there, he’s pretty good and has had a good variety of roles, but Johnson wins I think just by having way more screen time.
Johnson “wins” by not being as good an actor as Bautista.
To be the heir of Arnold you must be a bit cheesy
Drax not cheesy enough? I guess he’s just written that way.
I can see that.
Dwayne Johnson has definitely improved as an actor. I thought he was absolutely shit in The Mummy Returns but great in the more recent Jumanji reboots.
Dave Bautista mirrors Arnold Schwarzenegger’s path from sports to cinema, where he got action movie roles because of his physique. And like Schwarzenegger, Bautista’s transition into diverse acting roles showcases his versatility beyond that.
Except Bautista is actually a very good actor and, for all I enjoyed a lot of Arnie’s films, Schwarzenegger is not.
You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!
Does he take leading roles, or is he more of a supporting guy? Arnie was usually the protagonist (or antagonist in Terminator).
Bautista has been great in every role I’ve seen him in.
He was the lead in My Spy. It was ok
Who?
Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy, but he was also excellent in Blade Runner 2049 and the two Dune flicks.
Also in glass onion.
His character in Glass Onion is absolutely terrible, I love to hate him in it. He does such a good job with it.
What’s it with people adding a “t” to his name all the time?
Damn it, I thought I had it right.
For me, not knowing Austrian pronounciation, and not realizing that the z has a clear t sound in it, so ut felt right when I did it.
Mr. Schwarzenegger, if you are reading this, I am sorry for misspelling your name.
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Not American, bro…
And they could edit it and correct the mistake.
Too late, you’re an American now.
John Cena perhaps. The dude is crazy talented and started off as a wrestler due to his physique.
Either The Rock or John Cena
Yeah. I feel like The Rock in terms of overall success, but John Cena more in that Cena’s career seems more willing to take the career risks that Schwarzenegger did.
If I’m understanding your question right, the 2010s were fairly dominated by marvel’s movie machine, and RDJ was probably the stand out lead of those films, though Samuel L Jackson is the highest grossingactor of that decade i think. RdJ has now garnered the critical acclaim in the 2020s that was missing, so there’s a reasonable chance RDJ could be the man you’re looking for. Leo DiCaprio is the most revered critically over the same period I think, of leading men in highly rated films. Though Tom Cruise, for whatever reasons, is really the last of the real Moviestars, but his career spans over the earlier period too of the 00’s and even 80s, & 90s.
Lots of media theory was aimed at the depictions of men on screen in the 80s. I’d say a modern equivalent might be (hear me out….) Ryan Gosling. Start with La La Land, where he establishes himself as a guy who can sing and dance, then go through to Barbie. Sure, it’s not the muscle men of the ‘80s, but it’s a new male archetype.
