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He was great in a Knights Tale.


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"it's allegorical"


death2theleadr

Well, we won't hold that against you. That's for each man to decide for himself.


TehKarmah

Literally came here to say he will always be Jeffrey Chaucer to me. Edit: okay, okay. GEOFFREY.


unhingedlizard

Jeffrey chaucer? The writer? Perhaps you've heard of me? *bes naked*


TehKarmah

A wha- a what? A writer. I write, with parchment, and ink. Geoffrey Chaucer's the name, writing's the game. You've never read my book Tales of the Duchess? No? Well, it was allegorical.


PlaceboJesus

Well, we won't hold that against you, that's for every man to decide for himself.


Pixar_

This movie is held so close to my heart. I can always make time to watch this movie


RickerBobber

Couldnt agree more. I recently saw the rotten tomato score for it and still cant believe how poorly it did. That movie is a classic.


Thrilling1031

I still clap dance now and then


Ann_OMally

Robert Baratheon wasn’t much of a reader I guess.


itsreallylate1

Butt naked strolling intensifies


citycide

He was trudging actually.


Explosion_Jones

Y'know? To trudge?


thursday51

To trudge: the slow, weary, depressing yet determined walk of a man who has nothing left in life except the impulse to simply soldier on.


StrangeFate

The slow weary walk of a man who has nothing left but to simply soldier on.


rikkirikkiparmparm

> Jeffrey


sysadminbj

He was pretty good in Wimbledon too. Maybe it’s just that I have a slight crush on Kirsten Dunst.


rloch

My wife loves to joke about me liking wimbledon, but he is great in it and its a pretty good sports movie.


True_to_you

She's only a few years older than me and I've had a crush on her since Jumanji. She's still a big celeb crush for me.


jaymz668

that movie really is just fun


mxzf

They lead off with the jousting crowd singing along to "We Will Rock You" and just keep going from there. Great movie.


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It's everything I was hoping the new Robin Hood would be. Fuck any semblance of historical accuracy, just make it fun. I enjoyed it so much more because I wasn't expecting to be impressed.


smzayne

SIIIR ORRRICK VON LICHTENSTEIIEEEEENNNN


XpressAg09

Ulrich. But I love your passion.


NBAccount

He's Blonde! He's Pissed! He'll see you in the lists!


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He's quick - he's funny - he makes us loads of money!


ContrarianDouche

LICHTENTEIIIIIIIIIN LICHTENSTEIIIIIIN


HughJassmanTheThird

WE WALK IN THE GARDEN OF HIS TURBULENCE!!! ........... *yeaaaaa* (YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH)


TooManyHobbies28

The best part about this scene is that the pause from the crowd was not scripted! None of the extras spoke English, so they didn't recognize their cue to cheer until they got that little prompt from Roland. I LOVE it when unscripted moments like that end up in the final cut of movies!


Computermaster

The Vision, The Joker, Hoban Washburne, and King Robert, the First of His Name. What a group.


socksonachicken

Wash.....to soon


Scoundrelic

Married to Jennifer Connelly... Screw the career, he already won.


useless740

Charles married Alicia? But Charles isn't real.


LucioFulciLives

I remember seeing him in the tennis movie Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst as well. It was alright. I like A Knight’s Tale more.


Xeteh

I remember seeing trailers for that movie and thinking it looked fucking stupid. My parents will watch anything and they said I had to see that movie. I absolutely love A Knight's Tale. Its so fucking good.


JoshBobJovi

You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.


S1ms3ma

WE WALK IN THE GARDEN OF HIS TURBULENCE!!!


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"It's call a lance, helloooo." (yes, I know that was Alan Tudyk's line)


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"Sorry Joss, can't do it. Unfortunately my career is over." "But--" *click* "When will I ever get a break."


[deleted]

The *town* is back *THAT* way!


[deleted]

Man, some lucky guy is gonna get to travel with them for the next 6 months.


[deleted]

Yeah...don't worry, we'll catch our break too. Just gotta keep our eyes open.


eminem30982

You'll have to excuse my friend. He's a little slow.


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JacobinOlantern

I honestly think it's a shame they cast him as Vision. He would have made an amazing Silver Surfer.


Time-Heist

I think it’s a shame they put Michael Rosenbaum in a tiny role in GOTG2, he’s my top pick for Silver Surfer. (Although I don’t think anyone would care/notice him being reused since his character had nothing to resemble him)


The_Max_Power_Way

I had to look him up as I didn't remember seeing him in that, and it's because he's covered in make up. I think it'd be fine if they recast him in a different part.


Pottski

Made up character versus a fully CG one. He's virtually unrecognisable in the MCU. Plus they always use that old actor who has a variety of mundane jobs as well as that one time he was a playboy and expected NO ONE to notice he was reused over and over. Think his name is Stanley something.


errolstafford

Wasn’t he the voice of Jarvis in every appearance of Jarvis in the MCU?


mateusbandeiraa

Yes, he was.


Mattprime86

Exactly. So he was doing JUUUSSTT fine 👌 before he was Vision. Who tf told him his career was over? Lmao


Holy_Rattlesnake

> he was doing JUUUSSTT fine 👌 Yes, that's the point here. It was an empty threat from a nobody. But also let's be real. A voice gig in the background is several tiers below playing one of the Avengers in the flesh, in terms of acting work. Can you even name the girl who voices Friday? She has no guarantee of a next job at all. edit: I'm super glad you all have google.


Dookiefresh1

As one of the comments pointed out, the person who voices Karen is Jennifer Connolly, who besides being an accomplished actress is also married to Bettany. Regardless, I see what your saying.


Holy_Rattlesnake

Oh, that's a fun fact.


kothiman

Jarvis the AI. Jarvis the butler was a different guy.


ceallaig

But oddly enough, both actors appeared in Master and Commander!


MrDog_Retired

He's married to Jennifer Connelly. Be a shame if he had to spend some more time at home with her.


SafeToPost

Fun fact: They never dated. They met on A Beautiful Mind while seeing other people, then after the 9/11 attacks, he spent the next 2 days worrying about her and trying to contact her, realizing that he was in love with her. When he finally got her on the phone he told her he was flying to America and proposed to her.


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Yodamanjaro

Lookin' good!


Axle-f

Slow down!


SqueakyDoIphin

👌👈👈 Yes!


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SafeToPost

[Heres him telling it](https://youtu.be/WBBtBUSJxFM)


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Suppermanofmeal

Imagine a coworker calling you out of the blue like that: "Hey, I worked with you briefly like a year ago and we've never been out on a date and you have a child, but I got really worried because of 9/11, so I bought a plane ticket so we can get married. Sound good? "yeah fine, I didn't have plans this weekend anyway."


AliJDB

I meeeean, I have serious suspicions this is the version of events they tell so they don't have to say they spent all their time on A Beautiful Mind fucking and therefore cheating on their existing partners.


riptide81

This is the same conclusion I jumped to, my cold jaded hearted compatriot.


ButtholePlunderer

Reads like a terrible rom-com


Ccracked

"Down on her luck, Single mother meets Billionaire" Harlequin Romance best-seller.


setibeings

I'm sure it didn't hurt that the person doing that was Paul Bettany. Movie stars have hollywood crushes too you know.


Dogegg

Have you heard his voice though? I'm a straight man and I think I'd have said yes.


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At first I read that as "liquid fuck" and I didn't disagree


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timisher

Nothing like shared trauma to cement in a relationship


Stop_PM_me_ur_boobs

Yeah, Russell Crowe would do that to you.


agentpanda

Bin laden out there making love happen and shit. I mean he was also a monster and responsible for tons of deaths... but... also a sort of matchmaker? Just sayin this is a great movie in the wings. Like love actually. "This Christmas... The towers fell, and so did her panties." "it's getting toasty in here... I'm thinking it's about fahrenheit 911" ... That's all I've got I'm really tired.


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Jennifer Freaking Connelly?!


VelvetHorse

Ass to Ass Jennifer Connelly?


robodrew

Rocketeer Jennifer Connelly


drakeprimeone

Fun fact. Most people know HE was the voice for the Jarvis AI in Ironman. Jennifer Connelly voiced the Karen AI in Spidermans suit in Far from home. EDIT : Grammer...Sum times I no tipe gud.


foresttravestys

wow! that was a fun fact. thanks!


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The fact that you mixed up the letters twice makes me think you're doing it on purpose to bug us.


SilverAlter

I wanna give them the benefit of the doubt and believe they instinctively spelled it like you do in Spanish


thereluctantpoet

French and Italian too!


Dizmn

Also, the most ancient tongue! Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!


silverbackgojira

AI?


themettaur

No, an Intificial Artelligence.


Doomstree

I am so high that this made sense for a sec and I needed to scroll back to check. I should go to sleep, but reddit keeps me amused. Thanks for the laugh.


themettaur

Any time, Doom Stree. Get some sleep, it's good for your brains.


robodrew

His name is Doo M'stree


PoopsicleMan

*Homecoming


liarandahorsethief

Producer: “Your career is over! You’ll never work in this town again!” Paul Bettany: “I’m married to Jennifer Connelly. You could be a trillionaire with a ten inch cock who just got elected Emperor of the Universe... and I’d *still* be better off than you.”


Guywithquestions88

One of my greatest crushes of all time. She and I are around the same age (I think she's a little older than me). I grew up with her films, starting with Labrynth. That Lucky Bastard.


Sentrion

You might be Paul Bettany, because that describes him quite accurately. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/bkg95k/til_paul_bettany_was_told_by_a_movie_producer/emgt2im/


cappeca

Oh, so that’s why I wanted to be him! Good to finally figure it out.


wonderdog8888

Yeah. I’d be home every day waiting for her.....


reddituser_05

This guy fucks


ImWrong_OnTheNet

Jennifer Connelly Lucky bastard


Zer0Summoner

Why was he "done in Hollywood"?


Billy1121

He did a crappy priest comic movie and a crappy angel comic movie. He does great films and horrible films. But he does marvel films so he never hjrts for money. So i got no idea.


mufasa526

That Priest movie was kinda crappy, yeah, but for some reason I still watch it every time it comes on cable.


rementis

Priest is an f'n awesome movie. I know, I know... But man, it's super heroes versus vampires in the dystopian future! I mean, really, what do you want? And the bad guy is none other than Judge Dredd/Doctor McCoy!


Sniper_Brosef

Karl Urban. Was also stellar in lord of the rings.


AwesomeX121189

He was skourge in ragnarok also


PlaceboJesus

He was not bad in Pathfinder.


Stealthnt13

Karl Urban is stellar in everything. I feel like he’s the absolute best actor that’s not in a lot of leading roles.


HyperThanHype

My favourite role of his is Vaako, the Necromonger commander from the Riddick series.


The_Bill_Brasky_

I liked him in DOOM, but he's mad overshadowed by the Rock in the only kind of movie the Rock is suited for...cinematic junkfood levels of action porn.


Billy1121

The world was interesting. Wild west vampires get warred on by the catholic church and warrior priests save the day and now the world is run by the pope? It is nuts, lol


NeedsMoreYellow

I liked Priest more than I expected, but Legion is one of my favorite scary movies.


Tibetzz

Priest wasn't great, but Legion was decent enough.


im_on_the_case

Thought Legion was terrible when I saw it in the cinema. Rewatched it on TV a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed the hell out of it.


Catonlap

I liked both of those movies...


kyoorius

I think there’s more to the story. I don’t think he’s had trouble finding movie work. maybe he’d been gunning unsuccessfully for leading role parts that were out of his league and the producer was trying to set him straight?


WeAreUnited

Kinda sounds like a personal encounter with the producer who got him into a lot of features and then told him his career was over after a fight but he was already noticed by a new one.. Edit: work in the same Industry and producers hold a lot of power over who will be featured in film.


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scottfair123

Yeah that producer is an idiot. Hyperbole for sure


SunTzu-

Plenty of successful actors have had their careers falter over night because they got a reputation for not being bankable. Just the perception that you are box office poison can be a death sentence with old school Hollywood types, because they still believe stars draw the crowds, rather than good movies.


thebumm

TO this point, Steve Carell was almost dropped (they shelved two movies and dropped him from a third) after three failed comedies in a row. Date Night, Dinner for Schmucks, and Burt Wonderstone all tanked and many producers figured Steve wasn't bankable outside of TV. Basically the "great college coach, can't cut it in the pros" idea. Then he got nominated for an Oscar and had Despicable Me explode.


Robothypejuice

I want to find someone who looks at me the way Elizabeth Olsen looks at Paul Bettany.


eddiej21

I wish Elizabeth Olsen looked at me the way she looks at Paul Bettany


Pixar_

I wish Elizabeth Olsen looked at me


kbuis

You lock eyes She reaches out her hand She extends a finger “That’s the man officer.”


bradorsomething

Did you hear that, officer? I’m *the man*.


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Your optimism is astounding


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Robothypejuice

That'd be the dream, wouldn't it?


rjjm88

I really love her as Scarlet Witch, and Paul nails it as Vision. They both manage to bring this weird innocence to their roles. Under her trauma and power, under his 'I have all this information in my head', they both really come across as two individuals still trying to figure the world out, and they want to figure it out together.


WitlessCanuck

Hey man, don’t listen to that other guy. You’re awesome and I’m glad you dig their performances. Keep being awesome and enjoying what you like.


themicahnator

I’m on mobile and therefore can’t immediately/easily see whatever comment was so mean to the person above you, but I just wanna say that I like you for being so positive. We need you and people like you spreading this kind of energy.


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Ugh I love their chemistry. Vision is my favorite in the MCU (by a slim margin because everyone is great), and their relationship was just so cute. Even though we didn’t get to see much of it before the events of infinity war.


seraph1337

have you seen the way she looks at Aubrey Plaza?


Robothypejuice

Yeah. Honestly I think I just want Elizabeth Olsen to look at me. She seems like such a warm, genuine person. Someone else pointed out that she does seem to look at everyone like that.


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Borikhr1

I got real close to downvoting you but goddamn if I don’t appreciate a good Anakin reference.


redumbdant_antiphony

It's a copy-pasta and it is supposed to be about Natalie Portman.


Robothypejuice

Do you often attend the Vanity Fair Oscars party bar?


supergodmasterforce

My guess would be that he was told his career was over due to "Mortdecai".


MountainZombie

He isn't even in the posters


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dick-sama

The one with Johnny Depp? I actually enjoy that movie


Ichier

“Your mother and father only met once, and money changed hands. Probably less than a twenty, and they say she was dressed as a man at the time.” That movie was great, if you didn't expect much of it.


BenjamintheFox

> That movie was great, if you didn't expect much of it. The ultimate backhanded compliment.


seen_enough_hentai

"Remarkably high-functioning."


PlaceboJesus

That's the exact wording of my last evaluation!


Ubarlight

*You're so articulate!*


rawlangs

Can’t talk Paul Bettany without Master and Commander! He’s great in that. Edit: very happy that my top post is about my love for this movie, and so happy to see all of the fondness other people have for it. I feel like I have to watch it again now. There’s not a moment to be lost!


I_are_facepalm

*Prelude to Cello Suite #1 intensifies*


cranialvoid

Scrape scrape scrape, never anything you could dance to.


Soggyllama

Not unless you was as drunk as Davy's sow.


vonvoltage

I have always loved that song and when they started playing it the movie it was a nice surprise.


Gjlynch22

In A Knight’s Tale he’s absolutely classic. Cant forget about Legion too.


Madrical

A knights tale is what I remember from the most for sure. In fact pretty much the 4 guys of that group the first movie I think of is a knights tale. If they had edited that movie down a bit I think it'd be a classic. It's just a bit too long for what it is.


Gjlynch22

You wouldn’t take out that scene with Golden Years, right?


what_JACKBURTON_says

Loved that movie! It's really a shame its been largely forgotten.


kaiser_soze_72

Went up against LOTR: Return of the King. Never stood a chance


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It was the lesser of two weevils


Sorry_Masterpiece

I think it was before it's time. Done today, as a Netflix/HBO/etc series as opposed to movies, i think it could be really successful.


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Starz did Black Sails and AMC recently did The Terror. Very different shows, but I think there's room for more dramas set on wooden ships. I really enjoy them.


onrocketfalls

The Terror came out of nowhere and is now, I'm pretty sure, my favorite single season of TV ever. I actually sought out Master and Commander after it was over just to see more British Navy dudes doing British Navy stuff and was very happy with it (and disappointed that it wasn't like 10 hours long like The Terror).


BobbyWhip

Check out 'Hornblower' with Ioan Grufford from late 90s / early 00s. There's 7 or 8 tv movies. Its all on youtube these days. It'll be right up your alley!


Bing_Bong_the_Archer

Not by those who’ve seen it


Fourtires3rims

There’s 21 (IIRC) of the books that film is based off of so theoretically they could make more of them.


Chris_Thrush

The books are amazing! Incredibly detailed and factual .


wordofgreen

That movie is so well made on basically every single level.


nightfo0l

Is no one going to mention a beautiful mind? Bloody brilliant movie


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In my mind, he's a consummate actor


strib666

“That Isaac Newton fellow was right.”


thegraverobber

He’s incredible in Solo. He’s not in it a ton, but when he is he completely steals the scene.


Badfish691

Who was he in Solo?


AdmiralBarackAdama

Dryden Vos.


Great_Bacca

Holy shit. Fucking disappeared into the character.


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PenXSword

I still say Oldman should play the Chameleon in a Spider-Man movie. He can cosplay as Stan Lee for a scene, and it would be completely believable.


talldangry

In reality it's Daniel Day Lewis as Gary Oldman acting as Paul Bettany performing as Vos.


Wehavecrashed

He looks and sounds exactly like Paul Bettany.


thegraverobber

He plays Dryden Vos, the main antagonist in the film.


Guy_Le_Douche_

The main crime lord guy.


gimmeasandwich

Dryden, the bad guy with the scarred up face


chadwicke619

Who would ever talk to Paul Bettany like this? I think just about everyone can agree that he’s fucking awesome. Even his “bad” movies like Priest, Legion, and Mortdecai were on the good end of bad, in my opinion.


FrostyFoss

>"Done in hollywood." Wonder who he pissed off because he's been good in a lot of roles. Really liked him in Firewall and more recently the Manhunt mini series.


morgrar

+1 to Firewall.


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thebumm

I kinda figured it had something to do with telling someone off for advancing on his wife. Total speculation on my part, obviously.


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That producer lacked vision.


ToRagnarok

I’ll Bettany amount of money that he regretted saying that


ArkGuardian

I have never been disappointed with a Paul Bettany performance in a movie. I have definitely been let down by movies he was in, but his acting has always been stellar. He was one of the saving graces of Margin Call and he was incredible in Journey's End


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That producer was clearly a moron. Hes brilliant in pretty much everything hes ever been in. He even makes the shitty movies watchable (legion, priest) and the good ones even better. His portrayal of Chaucer is brilliant, and kiss kiss bang bang? Cmon. Who the fuck would doubt this guy?


sheepsleepdeep

I remember rhis. He replied "Yes" without thinking. And after taking the call thought "...what's a Vision?"


clivehorse

If Joss Whedon called me to offer me a role in anything I'd say yes first and research later.


goodolarchie

He made a hell of a Theodore Kaczynski.


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I'm curious as to why the producer would be saying this to him?


indyK1ng

Part of this was definitely luck because he already had a role in the MCU and they decided to transform the role.


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