Van Lathan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Like Brad Pitt was dealing with his daddy issues in space.
Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon, now Ryan Gosling.
Like there is something about the aging white movie star where they're like, I got to be alone.
And the fish is at the bottom.
How does the movie change if you, like, put, like, a black guy in space or a black woman?
Like, what would I be thinking about in space?
You know what I mean?
You don't think audiences would take Will Smith and be like... Will Smith... I think you could do Will Smith.
You could do Will Smith.
Now, would people... This is nothing against Idris Elba, but if you put Idris Elba, are people like...
Independence Day.
Independence Day.
So if he domed Rocky right when he saw him.
I'm more so saying that this specific type of movie, it seems like we're on basically a three, four year window where it's like,
the next movie star who's going to like be up.
And I think Ryan Gosling is that kind of like, he's one of a dying breed.
I would not be surprised if like in a, in a decade, Chalamet gets a movie like this, or is this like Chalamet lost in space?
And he has a family.
Do you think the world will accept Rocky?
Do you think Rocky has the chance to be a breakout character?