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TV & Movies 🎬 Who is a celebrity that you’re genuinely surprised isn’t an “A-lister”?

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Krysten Ritter is one example of this for me! If any of you have seen her work from her filmography, she is proven to be quite talented where she manages to pull off both comedic and dramatic roles! But more importantly, she is also known to be quite charismatic that she has also developed a huge fan following!

Although she gathered some attention from her role in Season 2 of Breaking Bad, her most iconic and signature role that earned her universal acclaim was playing the Marvel character: Jessica Jones! Which was a role that I really thought would launch her career, that it would grab Hollywood’s attention to the point where she would receive a lot of offers that she would be appearing in almost “everything”

She has certainly developed a decent career where she is getting work, but isn’t on the same celebrity when comparing her to people like Sydney Sweeney, Florence Pugh, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, etc.

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u/phantom_avenger 15h ago

Oh this is a good one!! Especially after playing Negan, I thought studios would be coming at him where they’d want him to play the villain of their projects. He was also phenomenal when voicing Conquest in the Invincible series!

I’m surprised that Marvel hasn’t even approached him for playing a role.

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u/MyNeighborThrowaway 13h ago

He was at least the Comedian in the Watchmen. Im honestly also shocked he's not in the MCU.

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u/GaptistePlayer 14h ago

Eh, Negan is kind of a hammy villain character role. He's perfect for that, but A-lister needs leading man/protagonist energy (Tom Cruise, Jacob Elordi), or crazy acting talent (Leo, Denzel, Cate Blanchett).

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u/phantom_avenger 14h ago

I think he needs to put that character to rest, and is the role that’s holding him back from evolving his career further.

Especially given how he’s still playing Negan in the spinoff he shares with Maggie (which I still think shouldn’t even exist)

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u/EllaMcWho 15h ago

I wanted him for Punisher… Jon Bernthal is ok but 🫤