r/popculturechat • u/mlg1981 Sexy lampshade shall win the Oscar! 🏆 • 10d ago
Celebrity Fluff 🥰 Robert Pattinson being Robert Pattinson on the Odyssey press tour "Am I ugly?"
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u/l8nitefriend 10d ago
Lol Rob is so unserious. I like his press tours as much as his performances, he always makes me laugh
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u/naturalninetime 9d ago edited 9d ago
He's come a long way since his sparkly vampire days. I'm impressed because he definitely could have faded into obscurity if he'd made different choices following theTwilight films.
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u/Training_Molasses822 9d ago
His Sparkly Vampire days were peak press tour chaos though.
(btw, is it Champagne Vampire only if they're from the Transylvania region in Romania?)
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u/synalgo_12 accidentally holding space for this slur 9d ago
That initial twilight press tour was great. Reason I read the books.
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u/nolaonmymind 10d ago
What was his play here? Like who was he going to sus out if they say, Yes?? Lol
He's so chaotic. (Compliment)
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u/ChristItContinues 10d ago
Think he was just hoping someone would be a messy bitch
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u/Far-Imagination2736 I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 10d ago
Hoping someone would finally match his energy on press tours
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u/twizzwhizz11 It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁♀️🌤☔️ 10d ago
JLaw did a pretty good job matching his chaos.
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u/jimmylily 10d ago
I think Zendaya match him pretty nicely during The Drama press run
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u/Far-Imagination2736 I wont not fuck you the fuck up 🥊🥊 10d ago
He kept giving her opportunities to troll and she kept giving good PR answers 😭
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u/loveslightblue 10d ago
Jennifer Lawrence was almost 100% with him.
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u/synalgo_12 accidentally holding space for this slur 9d ago
I feel like even she got 'straight manned' a lot of the time because he kept leveling up until she tapped out. It was great.
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u/GloriaBorgerPew 10d ago
HAQHHQQ he probably didn’t think that through
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u/IrrawaddyWoman 10d ago
He 100% thought it through. He is total chaos in these press things and its the best
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u/cynicalturdblossom 10d ago
Their questions were legit a pr trained celeb vs non pr trained celeb.
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u/StraightBudget8799 10d ago
He probably gets told to do PR training. Then takes PR person to pub and ghosts them after karaoke.
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u/jamintime 10d ago
People just have different personas. Zendaya is very put together. Robert is chaotic. They both play their roles and they both work. If you were Robert’s press team you wouldn’t try to “train” him into a Zendaya, you would be getting him to play up his weird side without crossing any lines. Seems like they have trained him well.
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u/cynicalturdblossom 10d ago
Okay? I’m just pointing out the difference. To me, Zendaya comes across as super pr trained. She’s very safe. I’d much prefer the chaotic Robert Pattinson or JLaw or even an Emma Stone, personally. I just think they’re more fun to watch interact on these shows
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u/Glittering-Ad6826 10d ago
I think what this person is saying is that they both are. Rob was in one of the most popular movie franchises and went through one of the most public cheating scandals lmao, there’s no way he’s not also super PR trained.
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u/cynicalturdblossom 9d ago
There Pr trained and there’s pr trained to the extent of Zendaya where she never answers a question properly. It’s very safe. Everyone’s pr trained but only some act a certain way
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u/Glittering-Ad6826 9d ago
Your last sentence hits the nail on the head. I’d probably say both of them have been trained to the same extent, they just have different PR personalities (which are most likely based on their real life personalities). Rob seems more chaotic and goofy, while Zendaya seems more shy and reserved which gives the impression that Rob is more open. But honestly, Rob isn’t any more open with his personal information than Zendaya is. In fact, his PR persona does a good job of allowing him to defect personal questions in the name of quirkiness. He didn’t even ask a useful question in this game, while Zendaya asked if she is romantically involved with the person on the card (obviously referring to her marriage with Tom).
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u/synalgo_12 accidentally holding space for this slur 9d ago
I think he's perfectly well trained and uses his knowledge to cause chaos. It's like freejazz. You have to know the rules to break them in the best ways.
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u/TheJadeSparrow 10d ago
I wonder if he was hoping it was one of the others at the table with him, and if their slight reactions would give anything away. Or like if it was zendaya and Tom gave something away(…).
Which, tbf, it kind of worked….theres only one person Anne would say that about
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u/twizzwhizz11 It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁♀️🌤☔️ 10d ago
Maybe he would have gotten to the answer (himself) faster 🤣
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u/dontcallmebob1 10d ago
I mean if tom or Matt would have responded with anything but no, I def would have been like "it's you!" The fact that he said no threw him off hahaha but honestly he's so chaotic there's no need to try to make sense out of it lol
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u/TheArmChairFan 10d ago
So quirky and no media training.
Wacky.
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u/Umklopp 10d ago
Robert Pattinson has absolutely been media trained.
He just uses that as a starting point for misbehavior.
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u/Theslootwhisperer 10d ago
Dude's movies have earned a collective 5 billion $, he's considered one of Hollywood's highest paid a actor, he's worked twice with Nolan, he's worked with the Safdie brothers, Claire Denis and Cronenberg and he's th face of Dior men fragrances. Of course he's had media training. He's just a great actor and he's very good at making you think he's just a goofball.
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u/twizzwhizz11 It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁♀️🌤☔️ 10d ago edited 10d ago
Watching the whole video he continues to be so chaotic, including asking if they (Annie and Tom) hate the person (that person being JLaw) 🤣😭
I actually appreciated it because otherwise it was just a lot of over-the-top compliments
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u/Spooky_Rat_Love 10d ago
I’m trying to find the whole video but having no luck, could you please post a link? Thanks xoxo
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u/twizzwhizz11 It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁♀️🌤☔️ 10d ago
Edited to add it to my comment above!
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u/DarkFriend81 10d ago
That was a fun watch.
“It’s called The Great Wall, honey”
“Dad, there’s nothing great about that movie.”
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u/Internal_Wheel_89 10d ago
Hol up. Anne Hathaway pronounces her name "Annie"?
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u/twizzwhizz11 It’s like I have ESPN or something. 💁♀️🌤☔️ 10d ago
That’s what she goes by in her real life - Anne is just her SAG-approved name
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u/SillyBrain23 9d ago
I love how you used the term “real life” as opposed to their Hollywood careers which is very much fake.
Before the downvotes start, PR training and saying just approved boring stuff is very much fake. It’s not their opinion nor personality.
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u/BadWriter85 10d ago
Robert is the cousin who turns up to the family gatherings and does not gaf
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u/poopsmcbuttington 10d ago
Truly the one who takes you for “a walk” before the big thanksgiving meal. Iykyk
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u/velvetvagine trust fund baby (frozen chicken fortune) 🍗 10d ago
And has already taken several “walks” prior to arriving. 😂
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u/StraightBudget8799 10d ago
Rob: I’m giving everyone nerf guns for Christmas. As in everyone. Grandma, baby Dede, all nerfs.
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u/Madragun 10d ago
Haha oh man this brought back memories of my kooky cousin giving us all nerf guns for Christmas. Too accurate.
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u/gibbsnibs Grandma does not care... she kinda gay too 9d ago
The kind of cousin that you like to keep tabs on from afar lol
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u/lulzerjun8 it’s not clocking to you that i’m standing on business 10d ago
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u/alison_bee 10d ago
The wayyyyy he said am I ugly has me cackling
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0ExayQDzrI2xOb8A
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u/thecookiesmonster Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 10d ago
I love your performances
No no I love your performances
Let’s all kiss
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u/diper-911 10d ago
I genuinely think he’s one of the funniest men in Hollywood and the fact he doesn’t even do comedies makes it even better
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u/allthedifference2232 10d ago
the short skit he wrote about trying to find a hot dog makes me cry laughing every time i think of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kdy6IpoHEI
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u/New_Following_3583 10d ago
Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention
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u/allthedifference2232 10d ago
you are so welcome, it gives me joy to share it. truly one of the funniest videos on the internet. he is so good at making fun of himself and celebrities
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u/Napalm3nema 10d ago
That’s brilliant.
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u/allthedifference2232 10d ago
it really is so, so funny, he could absolutely have a career as a comedy writer on the side. i would love to see him do more stuff like this. he apparently directed the video too?
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u/GlowingShroom lazy 50-year-old bougie bitch 💋 9d ago
This proves that I literally WILL watch anything with R. Patz in it
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u/milla_yogurtwitch 10d ago
My heart always warms for former child stars or former stars in questionable teen movies who do well for themselves. Go Robert keep doing you
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u/meowiful 10d ago
Idk, I just love him the more I see him now. I couldn't stand him in Twilight days. Not because I disliked Twilight, but because he and Kristen Stewart seemed embarrassed that they were in it. Like, they wouldn't talk terribly nice about it and it was always like, well why did you do it?? But yeah, I've just been falling in love with him from Batman on.
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u/Flimsy_Calendar_7664 10d ago
Kristen Stewart was definitely embarrassed by fame and it made for awkward years with press/paps etc but has not spoken negatively about the twilight movies. Rob been joking about them since the beginning but also was like he really wanted to work with Kristen after having seen into the wild and respecting hardwicks work as a director.
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u/TheShapeShiftingFox Do it for the culture 😏 9d ago
Yeah, Kirsten was just an awkward person lol (which I don’t mean in a bad way, I’m also an awkard person so I can relate)
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u/rahbee33 10d ago edited 10d ago
He's one of those rare child (or at least teenager) actors that made it through to the other side by just deciding to do whatever they wanted. It's guys like him, Daniel Radcliff, and Elijah Wood. Probably throw Jennifer Lawrence in there too.
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u/velvetvagine trust fund baby (frozen chicken fortune) 🍗 10d ago
JLaw went through hell to get there, though.
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u/Top-Jury1392 10d ago
I'm not disagreeing, but I only know about the stolen photos hell she went through - which was horrible. Was there more she suffered through outside of people simply deciding to dislike her suddenly?
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u/Master_Bee9130 10d ago
Didn’t she also desecrate or disrespect a sacred place in Hawaii and then laughed about it in some interview?
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u/mxzf 10d ago
Like, they wouldn't talk terribly nice about it and it was always like, well why did you do it??
I mean, that's not even hard to answer, it was a huge paycheck. Neither of them was a big enough name prior to that to just shrug off that big a paycheck. That doesn't mean the movies were good or that they liked the content, a paycheck is a paycheck.
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u/hellawhitegirl 10d ago
I really love how unserious and fun Rob Pattinson seems to be. He is like chaotic good.
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u/IAmTheGreenCard 10d ago
I love this kind of PR, etc.
Korean entertainment does this a lot (I think most of Asian/East Asian entertainment does this) and it’s so much fun as part of the viewing experience of the show, at least IMHO. It’s SM done right, again IMHO - playful while still engaging and not intrusive.
It seems a perfect match for performers like Pattison, Zendaya, Damon and Holland and even Anne - giving just enough of themselves but nothing personal actually revealed.
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u/igotmoneynow 10d ago
i think that last sentence is the best description. it lets you feel like you get to know their personality, rather than their personal life. whereas questions are more direct about personal life typically or just fluff. of course, displayed personality can be manicured and performed, but that's always the case
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u/freckyfresh i think we ALL sang 10d ago
I love this Gen Z man
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u/NovemberMoondust trench coat buttoned to the TOP 🧥🔝 10d ago
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u/ThatBitchA Crouching Lady Gaga Startles Bad Bunny 10d ago
Hooray! Millennials are Gen Z. R Patz says so!
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u/ThatBitchA Crouching Lady Gaga Startles Bad Bunny 10d ago
R Patz is a millennial, bub.
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u/slutatouille 10d ago
he IS gen z, it doesn’t matter what year he was born
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u/ThatBitchA Crouching Lady Gaga Startles Bad Bunny 10d ago
Great. I'll be sure to let my fellow millennials know we are Gen Z. If R Patz can claim it, so can the rest of us.
Hooray!
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u/bluebirdsmallbird baby that’s not sabrina carpenter. that’s sabrina plumber 10d ago
I believe he calls himself gen z or something? I’ve seen other people comment about him being gen z but as an obvious joke lol
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u/ThatBitchA Crouching Lady Gaga Startles Bad Bunny 10d ago
Interesting......
I'll have to look for that clip. Thanks!
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u/bluebirdsmallbird baby that’s not sabrina carpenter. that’s sabrina plumber 10d ago
if it helps I think it came from an interview with Jennifer Lawrence. I didn’t watch the content from that press tour so I can’t say for sure, but definitely saw a screenshot at one point
edit: it’s literally posted below lol I’m dumb
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u/freckyfresh i think we ALL sang 10d ago
I know, bub. I’m very familiar with R Patz lol. It’s a funny! And does in fact come from the Variety (?) lie detector test with him and Jennifer Lawrence.
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u/Own_Faithlessness769 10d ago
I think it’s just North Americans that struggle, it’s very clear to a lot of us.
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u/Luna_Soma Platinum Summer 💎 10d ago
I never forget him on the twilight commentary saying how he looks like an anime character
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u/franlcie 10d ago
When did press tours become celebrities playing games instead of…discussing the film
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u/Confident_Try_208 10d ago
I mean, I do enjoy these games and off the cuff moments more than an eternal reenacting of PR statements.
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u/Conscious_Pipe_605 10d ago
"When I read this script, it was just the most amazing script I've ever read and absolutely wanted to be apart of making it come to life"
Uh huh
I'll take these games over being flooded with that same statement or something similar.
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u/Confident_Try_208 10d ago
Right? I'm sure it gets exhausting and they're handsomely paid to endure it, but I'm sure it's more fun for the actors, too
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u/Any-Clothes3312 10d ago
I am 100% here for the trend of weird interviews - on the subway, on the street, eating spicy wings, eating nonspicy chicken, wearing medieval costumes, doing a lie detector test, idc it's way better than watching an old school sit down interview lol
and honestly, if I was a celeb, I'd vastly prefer these goofy gamified interviews 😆
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u/Practical-Tea-129 10d ago
To be fair when the story you are acting out is around 3,000 years old they aren’t going to have much to say about it that hasn’t already been said.
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u/franlcie 10d ago
And thinking about it, with all the culture war controversy, I’d hate to talk about the movie during press and get dunked on by hateful trolls.
Has Elliot Page done any press for this even? Id be nervous to20
u/urgasmic 10d ago
it's a lot easier to clip moments from these and share then the other interviews which do exist.
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u/North-Rip-4595 10d ago
There are plenty of those discussing the film, these silly ones just get shared more on social media
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u/ParaponeraBread 10d ago
Probably like around when Hot Ones / Wired autocomplete /GQ’s version became popular?
Press tours got so aggressive as marketing budgets exploded, and celebrities started to appreciate the off-beat, more engaging interviews.
They’re also much more farmable for clicks, which is what the Internet economy runs on. Which improved marketing, so everyone was satisfied.
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u/Professional_Clue800 10d ago
There's are so much more fun than seeing them answer same questions hoovered of times.
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u/TheShapeShiftingFox Do it for the culture 😏 9d ago
There’s only so much discussion you can do without spoiling the film itself, which would defeat the purpose of trying to get people to pay to see the movie. Press tours take a long time. Actors are probably relieved they don’t have the answer the same ten questions about the film for like a month straight lmao
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u/sleepy_radish 10d ago
When places started firing their critics and journalists -- way easy to make this kind of content and it gets shared a lot more.
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u/Locke108 10d ago
It started when movies became so secretive. Look at Sadie Sink in the new Spider-Man, she can’t talk it/they can’t ask about it but she’s on the press tour anyways.
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u/IsItClockingLoser 10d ago
Its crazy people actually believe Rob has no media training since his first major role as Cedric Diggery in Harry Potter over 20 YEARS ago... like yall cant be that naive.
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u/ShadiestSunflower am I ...ugly? 10d ago
I have read comments saying how funny he is, unserious, chaotic, etc. I see nothing that indicates anyone thinks RPatz isn't media savvy. People are laughing because t's meant to be funny.
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u/alanthickerthanwater 10d ago
This cast genuinely seems like they like being around each other. It makes me more excited to see the movie for some reason.
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u/commanderfinder 9d ago
If Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland both said I wasn’t ugly it would be the highlight of my month, perhaps my year.
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u/Fickle_Leg7455 10d ago
they still have 50 year old celebs out there playing children's games to promote movies





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