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Reading stuff on the internet, I was suddenly hit with a realization that Tom Cruise is over 60 now (looking ridiculously good for the age, btw). Which got me thinking - almost all the movie stars I am familiar with are officially old now. I am mostly into action movies (though not only, I like comedies and even occasional romcom) and it used to be that if the movie has, say, Bruce Willis, or Schwarzenegger, or Harrison Ford, yes, Tom Cruise, you get the idea - I'd at least pay attention to it. It may still be bad, but I'll at least bother to check (otherwise I'd have to hear some good hype from some respected sources to even pay attention, there's just too much junk around otherwise). So, my question is - are there any stars under 40 now that are worth paying attention to? Who are they? Obviously, it's very subjective criteria, a matter of taste, but I'd like to hear some opinions.
The collapse of the monoculture means that, with very few exceptions, no new "stars" (in the sense of celebrities who are household names to a broad cross-section of the population) have been minted since the smartphone era began in earnest. Jeff Maurer noticed that all of the celebrities featured in this year's Super Bowl ads were all people who were already famous twenty years ago. I sincerely cannot think of a movie star who got their big break since 2014 (when smartphones achieved saturation) who could legitimately be considered a household name.
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