Comments on: Justin Timberlake Offered A Starring Role In The Coen Brothers’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

By: jingmei

jingmei — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

Seems Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan did a beautiful duo job in Drive.

By: a

Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

@padre: I agree with Benjamin. Casting doesn\’t work like that. Timberlake has particular talents/looks that lent themselves to the role of Sean Parker, in David Fincher\’s eyes. He\’s also, according to the Coens, the best choice for this part (they\’re not often/ever wrong). I couldn\’t imagine him in Drive, The Believer, Half Nelson, etc.

By: sigh please

sigh please — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

Anyone who calls In Time a flop is just a ugly hater. $13 million is good for a movie opening…look at Johnny Depps movie….it\’s like $5 million and he is Johnny freaking Depp!

By: sp

sp — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

I am not the biggest JT fan, but he was good in Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, and it is not easy hosting SNL. I have seen Helen Mirren, Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, & Sean Penn bomb at hosting SNL. Pulling -off hosting SNL takes talent. To be fair, Timberlake was decent ( not great ) in The Social Network . Armie Hammer, Andrew Garfield, & Jesse Eisenberg, easily left him in their dust.

P.S. I would never put JT in the league of Ryan Gosling. Never going to happen! The media & people truly need to stop comparing him to Frank Sinatra. Sinatra had charisma, strong presence, manliness, complexity, and an acting talent that Justin will never have.

By: sigh

sigh — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

People, people… maybe the Coens just thought he was right for the part? And whatever you think of his acting doesn\’t matter. A lot of people think he\’s good, including the critics.

Who cares what his new movie made at the box office? Who cares whether or not he\’s a \”popular\” actor?

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

@padre

I think it\’s JT\’s willingness to take supporting roles that has afforded him these opportunities. When\’s the last time we actually saw Gosling play second or third fiddle? Remember the Titans? I couldn\’t see him taking a role like JT had in The Social Network or is set to have in Inside Llewyn Davis.

By: brandi

brandi — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

By: No

No — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

Please, JT\’s leading man role in \”in-Time\” is flopping big time this weekend. It won\’t make more than $13 Million, it\’s like 37% on Rotten Tomatoes. He isn\’t a \”popular\” actor, does not have a fan base and is not very good at acting. He does fine in short skits on SNL but that\’s it. The Coen Brothers are USUALLY good with casting but everyone makes mistakes, even the Coens make mistakes. There are so many other talented actors out there why do we keep going with no talents like J.T.

By: padre

padre — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

JT is gaining on Young Hercules in a disturbing way. Young Hercules has never gotten to work with the Coens, or Fincher, despite years of acting, talent, charisma, and dedication to Indie films. This is a terrible turn of events. JT started serious acting, like yesterday and he has already bagged the Coens and Fincher?! Are you shitting me? Young Hercules should be busting up hotel rooms over this. Seriously.

By: kris

kris — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

hell no!

By: yer

yer — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

The Coens are usually so good with casting, but so far with this film it\’s been one awful choice after another.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

I\’m guessing if The Playlist had been around in the \’80s, people would have been pretty worried about the guy from Valley Girl starring in the Coens\’ follow up to Blood Simple. That is to say, the Coens know what they\’re doing. Don\’t freak out. Or at least wait until you see it to freak out.

By: bunty

bunty — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

On the downside, this movie is going to have a LOT of terrible beards.

By: bunty

bunty — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

Fuck yeah. I\’m not 100% sold on Timberlake the Actor, but he has chops and he has musical ability and, crucially, star charisma. And you just know this is going to spawn some remarkably successful spin-off soundtrack album, so it makes sense for both the Coens and Trousersnake to shift some units. Could be a new musical direction that takes him back into the studio, also. About time he recorded a new album. GOOD MOVE.

By: Yaya

Yaya — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

I personally think the leap to leading roles for JT is way too soon. I feel like
movie makers are just banking on JT already having a fan base and if he does OK, people are still happy cause he\’s a singer acting. But that type of casting ruins good movies. JT still acts like he acting when I see him in film. The best thing he has done was Social Network, but who did bad in that movie. Plus, he still had scene where I thought I was looking at JT acting and not Sean Park. Also, that film they did 100 takes to get the performance needed. That is not how it\’s done on most films. Doing good at skit comedy on SNL does not make you Dicaprio. I can\’t name one of the SNL cast members I want to see in films. He should stick to supporting roles and get better at the craft, if he\’s serious.

I do like Carey Mulligan and since it is based around music JT may can pull it off. I just hate that better acting talent may be looked over cause people want to take the easy way out by casting JT in leading roles.

By: Marko

Marko — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:35:18 +0000

@padre Young Hercules is too busy kissing Nicolas Winding Refn to bother with other directors.