David Corenswet

I don't know, he is basically in Ryan Murphy's projects and a lot of his actors basically work with him.

The guy is handsome but being declared an it boy and having a good career ahead yourself are two very different things. Time will tell

Rumors and gossip? Who did he sleep with?

Attractive but a bit wooden.

Nice looking in a dorky way, not “it” boy handsome.

He looked his best in that Hollywood show. He should go around dressed like a G.I. more often.

Cute block of wood

Cooperesque 😍

He is very nice looking but devoid of charisma, you could see that in Hollywood. Also, not even an ass shot.

He got to lick Patti Lupone's puss! What a lucky guy

He's a few years and some chest hair away from leading man material. He still reads very boyish

He's more "Clark Kent" than "SUPERMAN". His "Fuck Factor" is naturally low for some reason. But seems like a perfectly pleasant person.

R4 I don't know, Thimotee Chalamet is considered an it boy and this guy is ten thousand times more attractive

[quote] Thimotee Chalamet

Yuck.

Pretty young thing.

As with any porn star, he’ll be hot for a bit and then...

Next!

(I learned of Shawn Mendes from this site because everyone was crazy over him. And it went on for months, maybe a year, and then he was forgotten. Lather, rinse, repeat.)

Gay?

He has a girlfriend, I posted her Instagram in a couple of the many other threads that have been started on him.

I read once that Robert Redford credited his career to his bad skin/acne scarring, because he said without that characteristic he would have been too pretty and only a pretty young guy, and as he aged he would have been thrown away like women actors are because he lost his only perceived asset.

Corenswet is pretty. Hope he is saving his coins.

Can Corenswet grow a beard?

[quote] Can Corenswet grow a beard?

R16 already said he has an Instagram girlfriend.

R15 straight

Weird. I thought Redford's bad skin developed later in life. I never noticed he had acne scars when he was young and beautiful. I thought he developed some skin condition related to his beard.

It's amazing that anyone would cast him in anything as a romantic leading man if he had super bad skin. Maybe that's why he got cast opposite striesand. I thought it was completely unbelievable that a man who looked like him would fall for a fat, big nosed strumpet like her. Yuck.

Brad Pitt got lazer treatments, as did Ray Liotta, which transformed them. James Woods horrible skin added to his appeal as a villain or unlikable unsavory character,

^^^ R21, I think what you meant to write is, "James woods is a horrible asshole of a person deserving of the horrible skin, enabling him to inhabit a villain or unlikeable unsavory character, rotting from the inside, just like he is."

Young Redford was definitely very pretty.

R19: For some reason they’re extremely private about it and he’s not even that famous

He’s pretty wooden and charisma free. I think he’s Darren Criss 2.0

I will say I’d take him or Jacob Elrodi anyday over Mouseboy

he was so sweet and sexy in "HOLLYWOOD"

Bitch stole my act.

He’s the newest member of the Ryan Murphy rodeo

R8: He showed his ass in the movie Affairs of State. So disappointing that he didn’t show his ass again in Hollywood.

If they have to ride Miss Murphy here's hoping they got hazard pay

What's worse? Eating Patti Lupone's puss or riding that old mare Ryan Murphy?

Eh, he might make it as the internet’s boyfriend for a few months, but he’s not really “It” boy material, also if it was going to happen it would have already. Finn and Cody both flirted with “It” boy status, but it wasn’t sustainable for either of them. Like so many things connected to RM, they start out strong and fall off way to quickly. We should basically call it the “Ryan Murphy Effect.”

The problem is Hollywood wasn't a big hit r33. It didn't make much of an cultural impression.

skips leg day

Hotter than fire. Hopefully he can transcend the Ryan Murphy thing.

Lousy actor, won’t show peen. Next.

R37 it's acting, not porn

He should have changed his last name.

Yes, I think of a sweaty corn cob. Not cute.

I wanna lick him all over. He's dreamy.

R28 bye bye Henry, I’m the next Superman.

He was cute. The hollywood show was dumb but watchable during lockdown. He’ll get parts, have a moment or two.

Joe Biden has just been endorsed by one of NH's most prominent pols . . .

"Richard Nelson 'Dick' Swett, a Yale graduate, served as a representative for New Hampshire's 2nd District from 1991 to 1995, and from 1998 to 2001, was appointed as US Ambassador to Denmark by president Clinton, and officially endorsed Joe Biden for president on Monday evening."

he made me wet myself

He was hot in the Politician

he was sexy in Hollywood

[quote]Corenswet is pretty. Hope he is saving his coins.

And developing acne scars.

Too hot, hot damn!!

He was great and very pretty in Hollywood. People tend to overlook a lot of flaws when someone has that innocent "aw, shucks" beauty going.

He’s got the look of Gable and Gary Cooper!

He looks like a young Dylan McDermot.

Pretty boys are a dime a dozen in Hollywood but I'll give ya a buck for him alone.

He looks like Hayden Christensen.

No sizzle. No fire. His eyes are too far apart to allow him to be as handsome as he wants to be. But because of those poorly spaced eyes, he might someday make a fine creepy character actor in the Joseph Cotton style. But for now... meh.

He's young, tall and lean. That's all I can identify about him that Hollywood wants and needs.

No sizzle. No fire. His eyes are too far apart to allow him to be as handsome as he wants to be. But because of those poorly spaced eyes, he might someday make a fine creepy character actor in the Joseph Cotton style. But for now... meh.

He's young, tall and lean. That's all I can identify about him that Hollywood wants and needs.

he looks like jospeh haydn

There you go, R57. Ryan Murphy's next series.

or franz Joseph Haydn

His gf is really gorgeous tho

Girlfriend, R60?

He sticks it in a fish?

Oh, no!

R60: She’s ok looking. Anybody know what she does for a living?

I assume keeping Ryan Murphy's grubby fingers off her boyfriend is a full time job.

He is incredibly good-looking but not so good looking that he's unapproachable or pretty. He's like a throwback to those classically handsome men from other eras. You don't look at that face and think delicate, you think man. Like he comes from working class stock.

[quote]You don't look at that face and think delicate, you think man. Like he comes from working class stock.

Perhaps, though I don't really agree. But one look at his skinny bony frame and there's nothing working class about him. Nothing manly. Just another pretty boy who wants to work the cameras.

She’s pretty, beautiful eyes!

R55 You forgot his "yellow" skin.

Yes, I think he has a classic Matinée Idol quality to him.

Classically handsome.

R68 yup, true!

R66: Not ugly but not gorgeous either

R55 = Darren Criss

his hot voice is 2nd only to liam mcintyre...of spartacus...

YES HIM THE NEW IT BOY

AND A FAB ACTOR, HE WAS HOT IN HIS OTHER MOVIES , CHEK EM OUT, THE ONE WITH MIMI ROGERS IS SIZZLIN, HE FUKS COUGARS

The Hollywood show started out OK and realistic, that first episode when Corenswet has to become a gigolo and put his acting dreams on hold was the potential start of a much better show than what was delivered. It also used Corenswet well, because yes his character is quite good-looking, a little bit talented, but not too special and won’t ever be a big star.

It then descended too far into fantasy to actually be enjoyable.

I only watched about 15 minutes of Hollywood before I gave up. Absolute dreck.

“Mr. Hurrell ... whatever you want”

On my 3rd viewing of Hollywood.....not jus for david, but its hella fun....jim parsons is wild.....fuk yea

R77 Is Ryan Murphy’s husband trying to boost ratings.

Smooth as hell!

I agree R39, it’s amazing he has not changed his name. Cannot see how he can transition into movies with that surname.

Coren’s sweat? Coren’s wet?

They are supposing that David is Murphy’s hit man and took out Naya for him on her thread.

Call me dumb, but I saw both Hollywood and The Politician show and didn't recognize David on that Politician show. He looked much better on Hollywood. Or maybe I just like that WWII soldier look.

I looked up his name origin expecting it to be from the British isles or something and was surprised it's a Russian Jewish name. I never would have guessed it's Russian.

platt and paltrow make it unwatchable for me..

Platt is a good actor but his character is not exactly lovable (you want to slap him half of the time and strangle him the rest of the time)

He's very pretty, but I found him lacking in Hollywood along with the rest of the young cast excluding Samira Weaving. The girl who ended up playing the lead in the film supposedly gets the role because her audition is so great and, yet, the clip we saw of her audition was awful.

I found david's acting amazing, he is very well rounded....can dance up a storm!!

The character doesn't make any sense rationally, and I can't think of many actors who could consistently pull off the charm and charisma of a totally opportunistic, sociopathic social climber who exploits and is unconditionally supported and loved by everyone in his life.

It's just ridiculous. If he were shown to be constantly negotiating and cutting deals and making promises and otherwise ingratiating himself to people who need approval, then I could buy how he could acquire a clan of devotees. But as written, it really is not Platt's fault that he doesn't quite nail it. The only way I can think of the premise being believable is if he were unbelievably gorgeous--but even then, people wouldn't fall on their swords for some smarmy young asshole the way all these people do for him.

He's basically Satan. He is completely amoral. Everyone around him is completely dedicated to him. MAYBE his high school friends might admire his ambition and ride his coattails. But then career politicians in NYC?

Meh, whatever. Poor writing.

R86, yeah, it’s incredible to have cast someone who apparently can’t act for that role, as they did here. Unless it was meant to be very ironic.

Ahhh whatever, he’s a HUNK! Want him to be the next Supes.

He was perfect....naive and the ingenue....a role for the ages...

I think he's too modelesque to be Superman today. Decades ago he would have been perfect, but it seems like with every passing year, every leading man in Hollywood has to be a mega-bodybuilder, and especially in action and superhero movies. Henry Cavill and Brandon Routh are so physically BIG and bumpy. David would lose a lot of his swoony appeal for me if he put on 40 pounds of muscle.

christ, he is a young guy, i think he is marvelous considering his limited experience, he was terrific in the politician.....he willl become one of our biggest and best stars!!!

Not gigantic enough to be cornfed.

R70 imo he would be perfect for biopic about Coop

Superman is now the Incredible Hulk in red and blue.

In a few yrs david will be the new Bond , he is in consideration....

He's from Philadelphia, R97. He had better find an incredible English accent coach TODAY if he wants to play Bond some day.

R96 Fake pussy Cavill is cancelled.

I'd love to see a more slight Superman. If he can fly, deflect bullets and has X-ray vision while looking like a human being, I don't know why he has to be built like The Rock to be super-strong.

He sure looks nice in tighty-whities.

look up Moe and Jerryweather on u tube, he is young in it, some early vid series he did with a buddy, his exuberance is tittilating...

He would be an excellent Gary Cooper.

R101 Nicer if there was a bulge.

R103 or Gable

B. Platt looks like their awkward little brother

Yeah, except that Cooper and Gable had genuine star power and this kid is dull as paint.

In a photo essay of some stylized kind, he could evoke some of Hollywood's great male stars. But not in front of a movie camera. Oh, no.

R104 I bet there’s a huuuge one.🤤

[quote] You forgot his "yellow" skin.

David has yellow skin?

[quote]Cooper and Gable had genuine star power and this kid is dull as paint.

Bullshit. They were studio creations like they all were back then. David is no more or less dull as paint as those guys were. Don't confuse myth and reality.

he smokes cigs better than even james dean....one of his heroes

Now, I can’t imagine anyone except David to play Gary Cooper. Thnx, folks💙

Does Cornsweat like cornholing?

It's interesting how different perception can be. Visually he is not really my type of guy. But watching Hollywood I thought he had enough charisma for two.

And for those who need a big one, I think he got it.

Awwwww

He is one fine man.

David is an underrated gem with a kind personality, he deserves more recognition & roles to come.

That underwear had to go in that first scene with Patti Lupone. I know it was the style of the time, but it was so awful looking. His "embarrassment" would have been far more effective if he was naked, full-frontal for all to see.

I'm just happy all the actors had to grow out their pubes for the series. No one groomed back in the 40s. I just we could have seen more of them.

SUPER DUPER!

He needs to do more Golden Age of Film pieces that accentuate his classic handsome looks.

I like that

like what, moron r123 ?

Ryan Murphy should follow Hollywood up with West Hollywood. A reimagining of the decadence of the gay 60s. Corenswet as Anthony Perkins, Glen Powell as Tab Hunter.

R125, I like that idea.

R126 You like the idea, but Ryan is certain to eff up the execution.

[quote]Is he the new IT boy?

So glad to know. Windows 10 is a fucking bitch.

[quote]Windows 10 is a fucking bitch.

Why did they replace Windows 7. It was my favorite Windows ever. It was the most perfect OS since I gave up Macs in 1999.

shame they deleted some stuff in the original script that showed the studs full frontal with prosthetic penises on.....why not jus have em nude??

no kiddin bout windows. i didnt want it, but it got downloaded on my comp anyway....fuk they sneaky bastids

I kind of love that this has become about Windows operating systems. Since it has, I have questions...

From the time I first used a computer at home at age 17 (Windows 95), each new operating system upgrade did indeed seem like a major upgrade. And when Apple products came out—the iPod—iTunes was easy to use and it made sense intiuitively.

By around 2010 or so, iTunes’s navigation baffled me. I couldn’t find options to do the simplest things, such as plugging in my phone and navigating to the music. It had been easy for years and then it seemed impossible.

Around the same time, Windows and MS Office upgrades seemed to do similar things, albeit not as extremely. First there are the near-constant security upgrades and the “click here to enable editing” on documents that are annoying as hell but probably necessary. But Word in particular has just continued to add gratuitous options and buttons for them that every time there’s an update basic editing functions have been moved around and buried for years. Plus, on my work laptop for some reason (maybe because it’s Windows 10?), windows randomly maximize and take up the full screen, etc., or they close seemingly without my having done anything. And then (maybe this is a Dell thing) they did away with the double-clicking that has been standard for as long as I have used Windows computers and instead employ a single click to open documents and a “extended hover over icons” approach to selecting documents instead of single-clicking that often ends up opening them or selecting the wrong ones.

I’m 42 now. I fear that a lot of this frustration might be age related and not really a problem with the software...but damn, it seems like both Microsoft and Apple make some shitty decisions about their upgrades. They don’t have to keep adding features if something is already good enough, do they?

Dunno r131.

You should ask David Corenswet, the new IT boy.

mines all fukd up since the new windows 'got' downloaded on mine, i dint even want it.... gotta learn new shit, bummer

Why do people put up with those shitty Microsoft products?

I made the leap to Linux 10 years ago and I've never looked back.

And no, I am not a tech person. A fully developed distribution like Ubuntu is much easier and far more dependable than Windows. That's why I use it.

r131, Word has had excessive features for at least as long as I have been using it in Windows, which is since 1999. My perfect version of Word was 5.0a for Mac, back in the '90s. I never needed the updates. I have hated using it for 21 years now. It's not a Mac v. PC thing, either. It's just as awful on a Mac.

I found iTunes to work fine on my desktop PC (a Dell from 1992, which recently went RIP because the sound died). Now I'm using a Dell laptop, to which I have an external HD attached that contains most of my music (75-80 days' worth). I find it difficult to understand exactly how to put music on my phone, but I have managed somehow. Someone else may be able to help you with that specifically. It may help to know your exact model numbers.

The reason I gave up on Apple in 1999 was because I needed a computer that could use Naturally Speaking. I bought one of the rainbow iMacs (turquoise), and returned it for two reasons: the so-called Mac equivalent to Naturally Speaking was useless and two, the damned box offgassed so severely, I was getting huge headaches from it. Apple didn't offer any objection to my return.

I eventually lost interest in Naturally Speaking, and my Dell computer, which used the ME OS, worked just like a Mac. I wish I could have kept using my old Mac, but it was only capable of reaching AOL, not the WWW.

I would probably buy a program identical to the Mac Word 5.0a if it were to be available for today's Windows computers. It had everything I needed and not one thing I didn't need.

R134 I can’t exactly go to my nonprofit job of 12 years and demand that they make special accommodations to install Linux software because I find MS Office products’ interfaces annoying. I don’t wield that kind of power.

[quote]damned box offgassed so severely

It is my understanding that David Corenswet suffers from this exact same affliction.

R135 I gave up on iTunes. It was just too annoying for me. Songs I had owened for years occasionally disappeared and iTunes showed that I had never purchased them and I had to pay again for many for them to stay in my library. And then there were so many sync issues that I stopped using iTunes on a computer altogether. I still use my phone for music while commuting (on foot) but I never, ever connect my phone to iTunes on a computer because of the weird shit it used to do, and while I download casual-listening music to my phone, music that I really love, I still also buy a CD as a backup because I have had music permanently evaporate from my phone before as well as from iTunes, no longer available for download even though I had already purchased it. If I have to find an archaic way to transfer from CD to digital files for some music, it’s worth it. Apple has taught me not to trust it, sometimes sending songs into my library that I don’t want, and sometimes stealing songs I have purchased.

I do need IT Boy David to fix this shit for me. I am 42, damnit, and fed up with the newfangled tech of these whippersnappers!

I didn’t think I’d ever want to be Patti LuPone but I do now. Dreamland.

I don't buy music online, r138, unless something is absolutely unavailable otherwise. I have but a few iTunes purchases. I'm considerably older than you, and have a large CD collection, which I ripped to my PC. That makes up 99% of my music, so I haven't experienced the loss of tracks you speak of very often.

12 years in a non-profit job? It sucks to be you, R136. Even Linux can't fix that.

He's the flavor of the moment next year you'll be salivating over the next pretty young thing.

If Hank Cavill walks out, he should play Superman.

R143 But will the producers make him turn into a meathead?

R144 Why? He already have a great body. David will be an amazing Superman to Robert Pattinson's Batman.

R143 They want michael b Jordan for cavills replacement, sorry still.

R145 Because these days, Superman has to be built like a roided out Incredible Hulk. See Henry Cavill and Brandon Routh. I hate it, but if an actor can’t squat 600 pounds, he can’t star in an action movie today.

R146 the thing is Cavill isn't a very likable Superman. maybe that's the direction they wanted to go but I'm looking forward to him moving on from the role.

Story doesn’t matter anymore. Superheroes are it, and superheroes are fantasy fuck machines in colorful Spandex. That’s it.

What really matters are the CGI effects and what sort of blue tinted color scheme is being used to make everything look dark and depressing. Honestly, in some scenes you can barely see what's going on and rely on the droning voices to give you a clue when to get really depressed.

i see him more as Bond than a roided Superman

Jeez, let him play Coop and yeah I want to see his affairs with Cecil Beaton and Anderson Lawler.

R152 When I read “Coop,” I thought you meant Anderson Cooper.

I do detest Murphy series, but I will DEFINITELY grab the popcorn when the inevitable “FEUD: ANDERSON VS. ANDY” is released.

Ben Platt can play Andy Cohen.

I imagine Murphy will cast Evan Peters as Anderson Cooper because that is just what Ryan Murphy would do.

R153 lol I meant Gary Cooper. But that’s a good idea either. Btw I heard Evan Peters is done with Ryan Murphy. So...

R154 Meh, then swap Peters for any other stock player. I don’t know. I have not been taken by any of his choices who have been sold to us as breakout stars. I did think Cody Fern was beautiful with his eye makeup but then the ladyclothes attention whoring turned me off.

Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton to me are the real star-stars who maintained dignity and identity, doing AHS and then escaping. Kathy Bates will always be a singular star in her own right. I do love Jessica Lange overall but sadly I think she has been overindulged by Murphy, plus has opted in to be the central figure in too many terrible scripts, and I really associate her with being one of his pets now even as I respect her pre-Murphy work.

So bleach Darren Criss’s hair, or Cody Fern’s Hair, or any other dude’s hair and have him dutifully memorize and poorly recite Anderson Cooper’s words and call it a day.

R155 Jessica Lange did a great job in Feud: Bette & Joan and I really like tv show itself but the book it’s better tho. I remember reading one blind item that Jessica is avoiding calls from Murphy. Honestly, I believe it. 😂 P.S. my vote is for Cody Fern!

R156 I think Jessica Lange is an immense talent, but I only bought her for fleeting moments as Joan Crawford. She just looks and sounds far too different than Joan.

I know she's roundly hated, but I thought Susan Sarandon was a very, very good Bette in Feud.

But again, the story...ugh! The show would not have been made by anyone but RM, and so how can I fault him? And yet, by the end, the whole spirit of the show, like all his schlock, was basically an Afterschool Special. His work is so frustrating to me.

Cody Fern would be very challenged to play Anderson Cooper. I think he'd need a prosthetic nose, and he'd need to pack on a lot of pounds. Andrew Rannells or maybe Finn Wittrock could pull off the right sort of tight-tee-shirt-with-bulging-biceps look that Anderson depends on. Cody is too modelesque.

I would be highly amused to see Jim Parsons cast as either Andy or Anderson, just to drive them both bonkers.

Darren Criss might actually be able to pull of Andy Cohen, too. Andy tries to downplay his gay mannerisms and is very sensitive when people suggest he's gay, and Darren Criss supposedly isn't gay but plays flamboyant, and so by putting on flamboyance, he might strike that right spirit of Andy's self-loathing. Criss is also good at being smarmy, charismatic and sending off a creepy vibe...so he's kind of a natural Andy! Ben Platt might be a little too likable.

Cate Blanchett and Susan Sarandon would have been dream casting in those two roles. NOTHING about Lange suggested Joan Crawford. And the hair and make-up people on FEUD were not able to get around that fact.

R158 YES. I can imagine Cate Blanchett pulling off a near-perfect Joan Crawford. I want to see that happen! I never considered her for such a role because she seems too big and too good for TV, but now that she has done a Hulu series, I can imagine it.

Lange is GREAT at being Lange and being creepy and crazy and troubled and victimized and monstrous, but Lange is not good at all at doing any voice but her own voice. And her face is so distinctive it's hard not to see Lange in anything she does.

Blanchett can be a chameleon at least with her voice and her body language. She can really embody different people. She can do the weird haughty pretense that Joan Crawford projected, she can be stiff and perfectly postured, and I would bet money she could mimic Joan's voice in a way that neither Lange nor Faye Dunaway--both great actresses but not great imitators--could do. Blanchett also has a distinctive face, but she can command her posturing in such a way that I think she'd be able to really embody Joan Crawford.

Damnit, now I really want to see Cate Blanchett play Joan Crawford.

R157 yes, I agree, Susan Sarandon's Bette made me want to shake her like she did Miriam Hopkins in "Old Acquaintance". She embodied the voice,the power and the actress's renown wit and laugh. Idk about Criss.. but here’s many people assume that he’s closeted case. I think he would be good choice to play Andy.

The guy's built nicely enough, but I wouldn't call him handsome at all. More like Steve Buscemi's features upgraded from ugly to merely unremarkable. In some pictures he looks okay, in some I expect the next frames had one eye following the flight of a nearby bug before his tongue shot out to capture it.

The guy's built nicely enough, but I wouldn't call him handsome at all. More like Steve Buscemi's features upgraded from ugly to merely unremarkable. In some pictures he looks okay, in some I expect the next frames had one eye following the flight of a nearby bug before his tongue shot out to capture it.

[quote]Darren Criss might actually be able to pull off Andy Cohen, too.

Excuse me r157, but I am a straight heterosexual male only into women. The only person I will be "pulling off" is my girlfriend. Or whatever it is you do with all of that stuff down there.

Please no more Darren Criss

Yeah, let’s talk about our new Matinée idol.

If David Corenswet relegates Darren Criss to minor character roles, or to selling used cars in Rancho Cucamonga, then I'm fine with David Corenswet.

David should play Gene Draper in a sequel to Mad Men.

Juilliard?

R168 YUP!

Why isn't Juilliard pronounced "zhwee-ARD"?

This has always bothered me.

THOSE TWO!!! And David’s dimples!😍🤤

Ben Platt would be the obvious choice for Andy Cohen.

Murphy isn't the only one in Hollywood who believes that sticking to the truth or facts is not a requirement to film real life events or making films and shows about real life people. Datalounge is just the perfect forum to anonymously shit on an out and proud producer who hires openly gay actors.

You’d think a Juilliard grad would be a better actor.

R171 David is talking about Superman 1:23

R172 I love that he hires gay actors, and I love that he does gay themes. I just really end up EXTREMELY frustrated at the way he executes almost all of his series. They start off as great concepts and then they're usually just so poorly scripted that they end up clunking their ways to dissatisfying resolutions.

I said it above and I stand by this idea: Ryan Murphy's productions could be great if he still conceptualized all of them, perhaps had a hand in writing the first 1/3 or so of the first season, and then had no say over writing whatsoever from that point on. He's a great ideas guy. And he's a great stylist. Beyond Act I, he makes trash of every great idea he has.

I do have issues with his casting. I like that he casts gay people. And I don't mind that he casts gay people to play straight roles, or quasi-straight roles, or bi roles that end up in heterosexual relationships...or whatever. What I dislike is that it seems really obvious Murphy has favorite cast members, and these people are not necessarily well cast in their roles in many cases. AHS, for example, was very well cast and well executed. But then he wanted to repurpose those actors who were cast intentionally in their roles for season one, and so he just shuffled them around and didn't necessarily consider that they'd be good in their specific roles--just that he likes them and wants to work with them. And after a few seasons, that seriously degraded the show for me as a viewer. Sarah Paulson is fine, but she doesn't have to be the fretting chihuahua centerpiece of every single storyline, no matter the storyline. Ugh.

Until Murphy came along, I had always been a huge cheerleader for auteur approaches. Focus groups and too many cooks in the kitchen dilute good stories. But then we get Murphy the TV auteur and he can be his own worst enemy, since he seems to be authorized to proceed without the benefit of a good editor, which he really would benefit from.

So is he gay or straight?

He's becoming more popular due to global warming!

R176 I desperately want him to be gay or at least bi, but nah.. straight, alas..

Daaaaamn he is perfect!

He's very goodlooking. Anyone can see it. But he doesn't make my dick hard the way Jake or Julian does.

He's pretty, like a leaping gazelle or a whitetailed deer. Very graceful looking. Also doesn't arouse me, but he does have a great aesthetic appeal, like a sculpture.

Get him a cheeseburger before he starves to death.

If I could choose my body to look like any body, it would be his. It's elegant.

R182 WTF?

wanna see pix of him smokin.....

R182 hes really lean but looks fairly athletic and not like he starves himself to look like that.

If that lean body was accompanied by 9 inches or more of fat cock, then I am interested

R185 🔥🔥🔥

Ever since I was introduced to James Charles from the scandal last year, all I can see him as is Joan Crawford. He would be perfect and I think he should transition his life to living, in the ultimate performance art piece, as her. Buy her old house, restore it to peak 40s style, star in movies as her, hell even adopt some children. Ryan can build some shows around her as Joan, maybe remake a few of her classic movies. It could start a whole trend with young actors vying to take over and continue the careers of long dead actors.

He's far too shiny r189.

Hmmm why not? 🤩

Don't sully Joan's good name with that mess. R189.

He looks nothing like Joan Crawford. His nose is too big, his lips are too big. Arched eyebrows do not Joan Crawford make. Get that trash outta here.

R189 ruined the thread. Don’t mess with JOANIE!!

There really is only one face that looks strikingly similar to Joan Crawford’s, and she’s just drawn that way.

I’m reading now Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud and this moment is hilarious: when Crawford was cited as being a major influence on the fashions of the 1930s and the 1940s, Davis growled, “What in the hell did she ever contribute to fashion—except those goddamned shoulder pads and those tacky fuck-me shoes?”

Joan was an extremely stylist and attractively ‘handsome’ woman. Neither she nor Bette were sex bombs—which has a lot to do with why their careers lasted so long, and Bette acknowledged that, as did Katharine Hepburn—but Bette was distinctive looking and a true talent, and Joan was statuesque and commanding looking as she aged. Young Joan was nothing spectacular to look at in her youth, except when she smiled, but her features and her styling aged into something sublime.

She could photograph gorgeously in her youth...

And also not so much!

This thread should be named “David Corenswet and The Golden Age of Hollywood”!

Or “Things Thirsty Old Queens Love, Including David Corenswet.”

Sublime Miss Crawford!

Will you bitches shut up about those old Hollywood hags?

Back to the manmeat

Joan would have been all over a prime stud like David. She liked them like David.

David Corenswet IS Joan Crawford!

R204 she didn’t get Gary Cooper though 😂

Dylan and David have such a good chemistry. Btw, look at the David’s BIG hands... 😏

[quote] David Corenswet and The Golden Age of Hollywood

That would make a great swing orchestra band name.

Hon, "Corenswet" is not a good name for ANYTHING.

He should change his name to David Karenina.

Big D Sweat!

If David Corenswet somehow makes Darren Criss the next Glee person to leave this Earth then I'm all for David Corenswet.

I would LOVE to see photos of the DLers calling this guy unremarkable and closing time handsome.

R207 has convinced me he needs to play Gary Cooper--he's got the lanky physicality for it. With hair/makeup/lighting, he could do a passable young Coop.

In a still photo, yes.

R214 right?! From the first episode of “Hollywood” I thought this guy is definitely MUST play Coop. He has a quality of the strong, silent type.

So what’s up next on the docket for this actor, stalkers fill us in on his current projects?

Now tell me who wouldn’t go to Dreamland with him

Can someone explain why DL hates Darren Criss. I think I missed a few threads or something. Did he say or do something?

R219 It's quite curious but i grow up not hating but disliking him big time.

I find him incredibly phony. The whole i won't play more gay characters because they should be played by gay actors screams fake to me.

But it's true that he is a rare case, because he should be loved.

Of course Noah Galvin was trashed after the famous interview when the truth is most people on DL have exactly the same oppinion (and i think he had balls of steel for saying what he said)

R219 Because he's Asian and for the most part DL only worships whites or BBC.

darren is very ! funny and has the best sense of humor in town.

I agree, and has a great singing voice

Darren is a closet case.

R221 Darren is white, i don't care if his mother is asian, he plays white characters

R223 He is a decent singer but if you compare him with other broadway actors he is not on the same league

DARREN IS SO SMALL

Criss has a sibilant S. But his facial expressions don’t read as gay to me. Maybe he is bi.

I'm going to be sincere, the first time i watched him was an interview when he got the Glee role and my first thought was good for Murphy for hiring another gay actor

He was kinda cute in Hollywood but other than that, I don't know. He is okay at acting. Looks great.

David, Jeremy and Darren. Who would you pick?

R230 David, hands-down.

R130 David, of course! And idgaf that he’s straight😁

David is really hot, so definitely him. . The black guy gives me young Sammy Davis Jr. but he, like Darren Criss, doesn't really have that "I'm gonna fuck you half vibe" like David does.

I saw him in that 2018 movie, State of Affairs (watch it on Hulu), his acting was rather stilted or maybe it was the script. Plenty of scenes of him fucking older women for political power. After watching him for 2 hours the bloom from his beauty wore off. Don't get me wrong, he's better looking than any guy I could ever dream of getting, but I'm not yet impressed. I look forward to his future projects to see how he grows.

He's is literally the discount American version of Jamie Doran.

[quote] Plenty of scenes of him fucking older women for political power

Is there a reason directors seem to be into having this actor boink powerful, old women for some reason?

Darren is a funkboi

r235 it actually makes sense for the movie. He's basically an orphan that's unemployed after his boss resigned from office. He's desperate for a way onto a Presidential campaign and trades sex for some access. A guy that looks like David Corensewt in DC could believably go that route.

Correction on the title, Affairs of State

R237 I’m gonna watch this movie because of David, thanks!

DREAMLAND

r238, they's why I watched. Was below average, but not a complete waste of my time.

Why he is so fucking cute🤣🤣

He's no Timmy.

If I end up watching that movie it'll be because of Adrian Grenier. Damn, who knew he'd clean up that well?

r243 yeah the shorter hair really works for him!

[quote]Perhaps, though I don't really agree. But one look at his skinny bony frame and there's nothing working class about him. Nothing manly. Just another pretty boy who wants to work the cameras.

Calm down, Henry. There's enough work for everyone, if you don't bite the hand that feeds you.

David has this kind of preppy WASP quality to him as well as the matinee idol thing. The fact that he isn't a muscle queen like Cavill gives him that distinguished quality based on his athletic swimmer's build.

R242 I suppose you are talking about their acting chops because in terms of look David is way more handsome than Timmy

R182 oh, really Henry?

R246 Or maybe he is just handsome? He’s Jewish, so to think he would be cast from all the potential WASP actors to play “preppy WASP” because he looks like one is a little silly.

He's not Jewish. His father was Jewish, but his father doesn't count in this matter. His mother's side of the family is a mix of the usual WAPYy characters.

I’m with you David! Handsome devil!!

A particularly steamy scene between her and Corenswet filmed on her first day. “David Corenswet and I: ‘How do you do? I’m David.’ ‘How do you do? I’m Patti. Now let’s have a love scene.’ But he’s a Juilliard grad, I’m a Juilliard grad—so there was acting shorthand there.” (When asked for his take on working with LuPone, Corenswet responds, “That’s a heck of a sentence: ‘Your costar, Patti LuPone.’ It [still] seems pretty surreal.”)

r250 many Jewish people have a certain look due to Jews procreating with Jews. It's sexy as hell! Based on genetics (cause religion can be silly) he's at least half-Jewish. Obviously he can pass the WASPY look, just like half-Jewish Armie Hammer. It'd be like saying someone a half-black person looks passingly white or traditionally European such as Quincy Williams' daughters.

You're right, mothers are the factors that pass on the authentic Jewish label via the religion.

[quote]Based on genetics (cause religion can be silly) he's at least half-Jewish.

Judaism is a religion, not a genotype. The Jewish diaspora is large. It encompasses many ethnicities. Corenswet's father practiced Judaism as his religion, but his ethnicity is an altogether different matter.

R254 Well, DNA tests now identify people as Ashkenazi Jewish, leaving many people who do not practice Judaism a bit surprised.

This includes by aunt in NC, who is Southern Baptist and who was shocked—shocked!—when she came up trace amounts Ashkenazi and Polynesian. To our delight!

Loved him in state of affairs !!!! sexy parts....

Any skin 256?

I just finished Hollywood. Not good. I watched the credits and he was an executive producer. WTF?!?!? How does a David Corenswet negotiate an EP credit? And his story really petered out at the end.

R258 just means Murphy sucked him off

R258 just means Murphy sucked him off

yes state of affairs shows his ass and tits, brief but good. he fuks cougars...

This thread inspired me to watch Hollywood yesterday. He's very pretty and I love a tall, not-too-bulked-up man in that era's clothing, but if I hadn't been stuck on the couch with a fever, I would've turned it off before the first episode ended. As it was, I fast-forwarded through a lot of it. Are all Ryan Murphy things this poorly written?

yea,,,,,,fraid so......lots of his stuff is written at the moment of filming supposedly.....2 many irons in fire and not enuf first rate writers.

at least it was gay as fukkk

I think people forget that this series is not meant to be accurate, the idea is that it becomes this fantasy world where we see what could have happened. That is the magic in this, that it is possitive, yes it is not perfect, but is totally gives that vibe in an awesome way.

R262 Yes, many of Murphy’s pet projects cast pretty young men in terribly written roles.

[quote] the idea is that it becomes this fantasy world where we see what could have happened.

I think that's the major problem of this series. It started out as a (pseudo?)realistic view on Old Hollywood and then continued to wishful thinking. They could have prevented the confusion by just calling the whole show 'Dreamland'. Problem solved. Everybody would have known that this is not about real Hollywood.

Murphy also has been hailed for being dedicated to creating a lot of roles for older leading ladies, which is pretty pioneering for Hollywood. However, it’s sad to me that actresses like Jessica Lange and Katy Bates praise him for this as they have to act out schlock. It’s maybe two notches above Trog.

Slogging on towards the end of Hollywood, I've decided to give Corenswet the benefit of the doubt. The script is just so awful--only Taylor Holland and Joe Mantello come off well.

But according to IMDB he doesn't have much coming up.

“Taylor Holland”

Oh, dear.

David is the definition of “They Had Faces Then.”

[quote]I think people forget that this series is not meant to be accurate, the idea is that it becomes this fantasy world where we see what could have happened. That is the magic in this, that it is possitive, yes it is not perfect, but is totally gives that vibe in an awesome way.

I wanted to love this show, but it was clearly written and produced by first year film students. Passions made more sense then this. If you're gonna write a fairy tale, then write a fucking fairy tale. This was just awful. I'm still rolling my eyes. Thank God for David and Jake Picking.

[quote][R258] just means Murphy sucked him off

If that's how he got the EP credit, then I can understand. But nothing else makes any logical sense.

Love them both! 😂💙

Hollywood was made for the woke demographic. I don't mean that in a derogatory way. It's just is what it is. The show was never intended to be liked by those who, say, love classic Hollywood history.

To me it was a fun ride. Pretty and likable cast and characters. Feelgood entertainment. That's the kind of entertainment I want while reality is pretty grim thanks to Trump and the Deplorables out there making the Covid-19 crisis worse.

In recent decades Hollywood foisted some pretty lame leading men upon us, but IMO David Corenswet is pretty great leading men material.

It's much wiser to go the supporting route and get a plumb Aunt Jackie or Karen Walker role. That way if the movie or show bombs, you name doesn't become poison because you aren't the lead.

cuties

R274 Whaaaaaat? Laurie Metcalf and Megan Mullally are so gifted with comedy. It seems a unwarranted at this point to suggest Cornysweat has the option to emulate their sitcom choices.

Terrible last name.

Damn, Gary Cooper reincarnated.

Carniesweat

[quote] Terrible last name.

Indeed. His agent should be shot.

R280 You’re fired.

His looks and body were the only things that made The Politician bearable but prolonged exposure in Hollywood dulled his lustre.

You may hate me, but I want season 2.

R282 Because in the Polititian he has a very limited role and his character is sympathetic compared with the uberambitious asshole who plays Ben Platt. He basically is there to be cute and be lovable

Ben Platt is just too fucking ugly to be a lead on television. Hopefully he has no larger screen ambitions. He looks like a gross fem midget troll.

Aside from when he sports a scary shaggy mustache, I think Ben is cute. He’s adorkable. If you’re comparing him to Sweatycorns, you’re obviously comparing a male model to an average, goofy-looking guy, but Platt is not ugly.

I love this thread! It’s like a time machine. Brings you back to the 1940s. Thanks, David!

R285 Ben Platt can act and that's what it matters. He is an actor not a model and there are a good bunch of shows whose lead actor is not hot

What kind of vanity title does David have on The Politician?

Divine Inspiration - As Himself R289

r288 I actually think he's an average actor in the vein of early Armie Hammer or Tudors Henry Cavill. Pretty boys that spend so much time trying to act extra masculine that they come off a little wooden. Corenswet isn't in Keanu territory, so there is hope, but he's no better than a lot of guys on teenage dramas.

He hasn't been given a shot with good material so I'm rooting for him and will watch almost all of his stuff since he's hot.

He has great potential to one day in the not-too-distant future to become a popular WHET topic.

It’s been a longtime I’ve not seen an actor like David, he’s got it all rolled up in one! I’m sure we will be seeing more of him!

I just need some more David Corenswet. 🔥

R276, I didn't mean that he should do comedy. Those were just two examples of the supporting character being better than the lead.

Robert Pattinson Batman x David Corenswet Superman. That’s all I’m saying.

what a honey!

I'd say he has potential for leading man roles, but it depends on his choice of roles. He needs to stay away from dreck like The Politician and hone his acting chops. I do find him a cut above the usual pretty boys Hollywood peddles our way. Classic old Hollywood looks.

God, Pattinson looks awful on that pic. He is not traditionally handsome but he generally looks way better.

Superman is a character that was completely destroyed by Henry Cavill (i suppose it was not only his fault), he played him like Superman was some kind of angry dark character when that was never the case

R295 But in those cases, the supporting actors were better than the leads.

R299 Cavill can’t act.

Corenswet is awfully pretty, but pretty took an actor a whole lot further in 1920 than it does in 2020. These days, gritty realism is essential to most drama. Corenswet's pretty face is going to be working against him in most of those roles. He may have a VERY difficult time finding that meaty role that will take him to the top.

R302 Since The Sopranos, I’ve felt strongly that part of HBO’s high quality formula is that they (often) reject typical Hollywood looks-based casting and instead go for 1) exceptional actors and 2) average-looking people who are more relatable, because you’re feeling them more than you are objectifying them.

See also: Six Feet Under, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm...

Ignore: True Blood, Westworld , (arguably) Big Little Lies

Have we already tired of this terribly named actor? He's so mehhh.

PATTINSON'S batman sposed to be a big fat flop according to thems tht are workin on it

R304 Oh Henry, you’re jealous little bitch. STFU.

Is the superman thing just a rumor?

R307 I hope not, I can’t see anyone else except David as a next Supes, really. He talk about Superman rumours here : R171

He the new hot thing, is up for some great roles.

R308, sheeeeeet, he couldn't even land a guest role on (new) Dynasty!

He'd need to pack on about 50 lbs. of muscle and wait for all the older actors playing DC characters to be recast so he wouldn't look like a kid dressed up for Halloween next to them.

He was born to be a soap actor. Sadly, soaps (daytime, nighttime, etc.) are very high on the list of endangered species.

I LOVE HIM!

I actually hope he doesn't take the next Superman or whatever other tawdry superhero roles aimed at the high school audience. I think he can play more serious, glamorous, leading man roles.

Soap star. If he speaks Spanish, he would be perfect for telenovelas.

He be one fine assed piece...and smart/funny as hell...kool guy....STAR

I hope he stays humble because it’s a good look on him.

Cornersweatbox

R313 link doesn't work.

R311 That's a horrible idea.

R319 .

R321 Henry Cavill will nevah!

I think after Trump, entertainment media will (gently) push for more sophistication and class (as in proper social etiquette) where people are more considerate (I mean, part of the #metoo movement is that you should treat others with more respect or else get your ass handed to you for being an unprofessional creep).

And I think superhero movies will reflect that by being less about depression and brooding and more old school good vs.bad and that may include the physical appeal of lean and fit instead of steroid queen muscular (especially when more actions stars come forward about how bad it's for their health to take all these supplements to get in shape quick for a movie role).

Corenswet's Superman could go in that direction.

It would be so cool to have Superman who is also openly supports gay rights!

David Corenswet - is my Superman!

It's 2020 r324, what actors don't support gay rights?

Brandon Routh played a gay man for the sitcom "Partners"

Unreleased photo of David with Laura Harrier and Jake Picking for ELLE magazine photoshoot.

Jake Picking is the hottie in that photo. Yum!

R335 Henry Cavill is in the closet and tries to distance himself from gay stuff, even though he has gay friends. However, he will never comingle his gay and straight friends.

Laura is winning in that pic.

Laura looks great in that picture. She should stick to modeling cause her acting is below average.

R308 A Superman film is destined to flop (and probably make derail the career of the actor).

Right now people want dark superheros (with tons of traumas) and Superman is not that way. And when you play him that way it's as ridiculous as Cavill's superman

R328 actually I hinted on Cavill, you got that right! 😉

Yeah, that’s true. HC does not invite Corey to hang out with his straight friends. He keeps Corey and Crew segregated.

YES!

[quote] Right now people want dark superheros (with tons of traumas) and Superman is not that way. And when you play him that way it's as ridiculous as Cavill's superman.

Not from DC. All the Zac Snyder stuff flopped hard. Superman is part of the DC universe. What was successful was Wonder Woman. Apart from a female lead can you guess why? That is why Corenswet would be a good choice.

[quote]Right now people want dark superheros (with tons of traumas) and Superman is not that way.

No, that's not necessarily true for Marvel or even Aquaman/Ironman. Usually, a bad crime happens, and the superhero spends the time getting the villain.

Why do you all go on and on about fucking superman/batman crap! You talk like it's something of overwhelming importance. Fucking rubbish all of it for teenage kids. These endless films of things being blown up, the world coming to an end being saved by one muscly man usually having fisty cuffs with one other man. Pathetic, mind numbing shite. As to 'Hollywood' the moment they watered it down to make it paletable to hertosexuals by having the rent boys service housewives. I laughed my fucking arse off. How many housewives do you know bored or otherwise use male prostitutes? Read Scott Bowers. The vast majority of clients were male. It was one of the few ways guys could meet guys for sex. 40's housewives wouldn't put the lights on or take off their nighties to have sex with their husbands let alone go cruising and paying for men! Laughable. If Corenswet's character had drawn the line so morally at not doing men, he'd have earned fucking nothing. End of story.

R336, I think I agree with everything you point out, but man do you sound high and mighty ... about entertainment.

R336 Maybe it's because that's all HW produce now, superhero films and remakes. That's all.

They'll be back to nominate only five movies to the Oscars because it'll be impossible to find ten good movies with all the crap they produce.

Curiously being in superhero smash hit doesn't make you a star anymore

“Curiously being in superhero smash hit doesn't make you a star anymore“

Because 75 percent of theatrical features are now superhero flicks. They’re a dime a dozen. And they’re not special because there are also so many superhero TV shows that air weekly. If you are into the genre and you can turn on The CW and see Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl (which has cameos of Superman) and several dozen other superhero shows on other networks—who cares about a single movie?

Many of us are just entirely burnt out on formulaic superhero movies, anyway. For every Wonder Woman (which was different only because it was about a woman—the whole vanquish-the-evil-enemy and love affair thing was typical formulaic fodder) and Black Panther, there are 25 unremarkable superhero movies—Spider-Man, Spiderman Part II, Spiderman Part II-B, Superman Reboot, Spiderman Reboot Prequel Part III. Ugh.

I really resent Marvel for having taken over entertainment.

And Superman is DC, good guys vs. bad guys and no decent gray area, so at this point what can be interesting about Superman? He’s not supposed to be brooding and despondent like Batman. And he stands for a United States no one believes in anymore. Maybe if DC made a movie about the POTUS having kryptonite in his blood, it could be relatable. Otherwise, Superman was a sort of American god in our cultural lore, and no decent Americans believe in the goodness of this country any longer.

Almost a Gary Cooper/Gregory Peck hybrid.

R340, I rarely look at Instagram, and never at celebrities', but David's was nice and understated.

What is he up to?