Brenton Thwaites

Because he takes Accutane?

Break through?

Pimply-faced kid.

Stupid, annoying name.

tiny head

Them's the breaks.

He’s the lead on Titans.

What more do you want?

Cute, but a little too boring for a leading man career. Not that it's stopped many others, but I've never seen him show a lot of charisma or talent. He's not awful at all, but he doesn't do anything that several dozen other guys his age could do just as well if not better.

R8, he’s like a clone of Orlando Bloom.

Looks good to me.

Because he got married at such a young age.

Young females want to swoon over a cute young star, but they can't do it when they know he's married.

Because of his meh look and weird last name?

Bump. There was a blind item about him being told by some movie studio bigwig to forget about an A-list movie career because he wasn't talented enough. The bigwig also allegedly said he'd be better off focusing on television. There's a glut of Aussie actors on American film and TV anyway. Maybe it needs to level off a bit.

Brenton Thwaites was ever going to be a movie star because he doesn’t have a massive head. If you want to be career in the movies, you need a huge fucking head. Look at Gyllenhaal’s.

R13 you had to write the word ‘bump,’ because you didn’t think your post itself would bump it?

Who?

[quote] Who?

R13, I thought that it was good netiquette to do so.

Good looking guy but he's missing star quality, he has mediocre appeal.

Word is that he can't thwait to break out and become a huge star!

He hasn't learned how to properly act on his knees yet.

He's fairly good on that DC Comics show "Titans". He plays Dick Grayson aka Robin aka Nightwing, and shows some skin. But it's a Berlanti show, so there's that.

R22 It isn't Dick Grayson without more ass display and bondage.

He's a cutie, but Ryan Corr is the next breakout actor from Oz.

Cor!

He's cute but not remarkable. And he's busy popping out kids as quickly as possible

^^^How many children does he have?

Who does his PR? I'm curious.

He has two kids.

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The kids ended up looking white like her.

He didn’t gay bait enough.

Three spawn? Either he is straight on he's James Van Der Beek 2.0.

Probably doesn't want to play the game.

Maybe he gave up after his gaybaiting peak in the Blue Lagoon "sequel".

He needs to find some Jewish heritage. That usually helps I hear.

I saw OCULUS and was not impressed. He may have been miscast. He was better in SON OF A GUN and RIDE.

Jess from Sean Cody reminds me of him. Same carefree easy vibe. I like to think Brenton has the same attitude about sex with guys that Jess has!

R38 Hopefully that's not all they have in common.

He’s a good enough actor...for TELEVISION.

I can hardly thwait for the new season of Titans!

He needs to leak some nudes.

[quote] He needs to leak some nudes.

Noodz plz.

he’s like a clone of Farley Granger

[quote] but Ryan Corr is the next breakout actor from Oz.

He's already been busted for stupidity and cocaine or worse.

He's like Thwaites in that he has a cute face now but'll it turn squishy when he gets flabby in 15 years.

But Corr has depth as an actor. I don’t know if the heroin bust was a one time thing or not. I hope that it was. He doesn’t need to totally duplicate Heath’s career trajectory.

[quote] But Corr has depth…

R46 Corr has been given "depth" by his groomer, director, cinematographer and the editor who cut out all his mistakes.

He hasn't done theatre, ergo, he's a movie performer rather than an actor.

R47 He should have used his 10K prize money to get ride of that terrible stache.

^ Thwaites also has a terrible 'stache.

^ No argument there - they should both go.

Awww, I like Corr. I hope that he doesn't turn into another Ledger; or worse, another Crowe.

R51 They'll honor him for his "talent", while everyone understands that he is a cautious fuck-up story.

Remember when DL thought he was gay? Lol

I’m betting he’s bi, at least. He has settled down (or settled for) a wife and family, having sown his “wild oats.”

He does seem, well, passive. Maybe because he's got this hippie vibe going on. He's foxy, but I hate the way that he dresses. Like a young Johnny Depp. Hipster clothes and jewelry. Ugh. Turquoise even.

I've been binging Titans on HBO Max. It's actually better than I thought I'd be, it pays a nice tribute to Wolfman/Perez-era Titans, it's well-shot and has a good soundtrack. Brenton is very nice to look at, not the greatest actor ever but he works as Dick Grayson. The woman who plays Kory is great.

He has amazing pit hair.

Something about the lips...loving it.

This stuck up bitch refused to put out for a few key Hollywood power players. You have to play the game if you want to win.

Well, R59, you don't think that it's awful to not have a career succeed because you don't want to sleep with someone for a part? Ok, if he's a bad actor and sleeping with someone will get him a role, that is even worse. It's why we have JLaw and Chris Pine, amongst others.

Because he's not "pure" white.

Thread closed.

R61 Truth, though he'd still get farther if he knew when to get on his knees.

UGh, Titans is just awful.

They should've made it an adult animated series like the Justice League. It doesn't translate to live-action. The costumes are shit--especially Raven's, Wonder Girl's, and the Terminator's (I'm old skool). They don't even fly. Also, they crammed Rose, Connor, and Jericho into the same season. I can't imagine how they can pull off the Judas Contract or the Tamaran struggle with Komand'r.

He has wobbly knees which is why he won’t go down

Killer legs, though. But so round shouldered.

He did a few blockbusters like that one with Gerard Butler and they were all shit.

He did a few cheap horror flicks and sci-fi flicks like that one with Laurence Fishburne and they were all shit.

He did a Lifetime movie and it was shit.

The only halfway decent movie he did was Son of a Gun with Ewan McGregor (in which he got his ass out in a prison scene) but nobody saw it which is the fate of 99% of Australian movies.

He's not all white and he can't pass for half American black either so that makes him difficult to cast in movies where there is often a family relationship involved.

If he'd stayed in Australia he would have gotten more roles because he does indeed look part Aboriginal and so he would be easy to cast as, say, Aaron Pederson's son or just as someone in general with a bit of Abo in them.

[quote] Because he's not "pure" white.

[quote] He's not all white and he can't pass for half American black

Explain this please.

R67 He looks half white, half Aboriginal. Aboriginals do not look African American. Just as African Americans don't look Jamaican. Different skin tone. Different features.

Here's a photo of Aaron Pedersen who is a well-known Australian actor who is half Aboriginal. Brenton could easily be cast as his son in a movie or show.

If you tried to cast Brenton as the bi-racial son of, say, Samuel L. Jackson you'd be laughed out of town.

He looks like a Brazilian guy.

A picture of Brenton with his father and sister can be seen here.

Where's the mother?

Brazilian actor Henry Zaga, looks like him, the skin tone.

Henry Zaga

Is Brenton adopted?

[quote]He's fairly good on that DC Comics show "Titans". He plays Dick Grayson aka Robin aka Nightwing, and shows some skin. But it's a Berlanti show, so there's that.

It's not really a Berlanti show like Berlanti's CW DC shows which are all more or less crap. Titans has way higher production values and that includes pretty much everything from writing to cinematography to directing. No Brenton in this clip but it's one of my favorite scenes from the show, especially with that soundtrack since it always reminds me of my childhood.

He doesn't look biracial to me, at least not directly. DNA is a strange beast; maybe his olive skin is a throwback to an ancestor in antiquity, yeah? I believe that he's of English, Scottish and Irish descent like a lot of Australians. There could be a million reasons his skin is like that. Maybe he likes to tan.

A DL thread from several years ago:

[quote] I don't know about Brenton Thwaites' ethnicity, but he is certainly not white.

Here he is with his mother Fiona. Did she fuck around on her husband and produce Brenton (daughter looks fully white so I guess she is the father's kid).

I'd have to see both sets of his grandparents.

He looks very tall compared to his mother but not his sister. Is his mother a wee one?

I think that he got his mom's childbearing hips.

[quote] Titans has way higher production values and that includes pretty much everything from writing to cinematography to directing.

I watched S1 and thought the fighting scenes were so poorly lit.

He looked awesome in Gods of Egypt where almost every cast member was white.

He is indeterminate, undefinable.

Even his shapely loins couldn't save that shitdiculous film, R83.

Was he the only non-white cast member in Gods of Egypt?

Beautiful guy.

[quote] Here's a photo of Aaron Pedersen who is a well-known Australian actor who is half Aboriginal.

R68 No, Aaron is only one quarter.

[quote] his shapely loins

Shapely?

He‘s way too short. Terrible stature.

[quote] …shitdiculous…

R85 indeed

I agree that his racially ambiguous looks have not helped him the way it could have but a bugger problem is his totally forgettable name.

His concave face makes me think someone has punched him in the bridge of his nose.

Long torso + short legs and twinky face says he'll end up as unusable as—

[quote] I agree that his racially ambiguous looks have not helped him

Why have they not helped him?

Well, I was forced to appear in exotic costume drama with elaborate hairstyles to cover my egg-shaped forehead.

The Public grew tired of me in exotic costume dramas in the awful 1950s.

What accounts for his exotic look?

[quote] What accounts for his exotic look?

Someone has punched him in the bridge of his nose.

His skin tans easily (though he, like most Australians, will come down with skin cancer later)

[quote] His skin tans easily

It looks that way all the time and isn’t a reddish tan. It seems like his natural color.

Are there any other famous men who have his racial ambiguity?

^ Keanu Reeves

Johnny Depp

Adam Driver

Ezra Miller

The Rock

Vin Diesel

Strange, R100, because I think many people know Vin Diesel and the Rock are mixed race, but Brenton just confuses people. They don’t know what he “is”.

But what I think is interesting about his look is that you really can't tell what he is but he could pass as many things. Latino, Italian, half black. I've seen a lot of Half Asians who have a similar look. Instead of it being a positive, it seems to have stalled his career. People don't know what to make of him so he's in a netherworld.

He looks part Aboriginal to me. He could have a generational admixture. Michael Hutchence another Australian looked part Aboriginal too.

Keanu is of mixed Amerasian ancestry.

Perhaps Brenton has a secret BBC.

[quote] Perhaps Brenton has a secret BBC.

Has he ever appeared in any of their productions?

R106 He was in Blackballed 7: Blue Lagoon Invasion

Is that [italic]Blue Lagoon[/italic] sequel he made any good? I already know the answer, but I'll ask anyway.

Gods of Egypt

R108 He's decide eye candy, but otherwise no.

^^ decide=decent

He may be asked back for another Pirates of the Caribbean.

R112 He should have to walk Cap'n Zac's plank.

Compare and contrast him with his Pirates of the Caribbean father Orlando Bloom.

They'd make a nice couple.

I don't knwo if he got a nosejob (I started a related thread) but he's gorgeous on Titans and sexy, and his nose is perfection to me.

[quote] I don't knwo if he got a nosejob (I started a related thread)

Link please.

Try this

His nose did look a tad ill-defined in his younger days.

I also think guys who look sort of ethnic are less desirable in the entertainment community than females.

I think the actor playing Jason on Titans is hotter, and that Superboy is hotter than both of them.

Anyone else sense sexual tension between Jason Todd and Hawk Hank on the show?

[quote] I also think guys who look sort of ethnic are less desirable in the entertainment community than females.

Why do you think that is, and how does that impact Brenton?

It's purely a sexist thing as the straight guys who run the studios and networks have fetishes about ethnic looking women, especially those who are half Asian like Kristen Kreuk. Leading men generally look either or. When you have someone like Thwaites in a romantic lead, then it becomes a question as to his ethnicity with his leading lady.

That would explain why so many black leading actresses are actually mixed or light-skinned (Halle Berry, Tessa Thompson, Zazie Beetz, Zoe Kravitz, Zoe Saldana, Rosario Dawson, Thandie Newton) while most black leading actors are mono-racial (Denzel Washington, Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan, Don Cheadle, John David Washington)

Is it the ambiguity in Brenton's racial makeup that causes hesitancy in hiring him, or is it because he's not fully white?

Serious question R126. When you see him, what do you think his ethnicity is? I think it makes him interesting looking but it creates questions when you cast him.

I'm not sure, R127. The first time I saw him I thought he might Middle Eastern/Arabic, Italian or Hispanic of some sort. I never would've thought Australian or of English descent.

Still my question remains "Is it the ambiguity in Brenton's racial makeup that causes hesitancy in hiring him, or is it because he's not fully white?" Or is it both?

Or maybe we do not give a fuck about him

I honestly don't believe that he's anything but a white Australian with a tan. Who knows what ancestors he had in antiquity that gives him the ability to tan well. Some of his younger photos show him to be rather pale. Anything is possible, I guess, but I don't see it.

R123 Most movies and TV shows include a family dynamic. It's much easier to cast people who look alike enough to pass for father and son or mother and daughter or brother and sister etc than it is to cast someone who looks vaguely ethnic and pair them up with someone who isn't. It's why some redheads like Nicole Kidman go blonde. They instantly become easier to cast.

R128 It's not about him not being fully white. It's about him not being fully anything. If he was fully white he could be cast as Richard Gere's son. If he was fully Hispanic he could be cast as Jennifer Lopez's son. If he was fully black he could be cast as Samuel L. Jackson's son. But he's not fully anything which makes him difficult to cast because now the filmmakers have to explain why he doesn't match his family members on the show or in the movie. Is he adopted? Is he a product of adultery? It's easier to just cast someone who matches the star than it is it rewrite the script and explain it.

R130 obviously isn't Australian and is just embarrassing himself at this point.

No, R131, I am not Australian. But you sound defensive and foolish right now. Most people do when they are confronted with valid opinions that challenge theirs.

It's all right doll. We've all be through it. And most of us, obviously save for some, never do.

I'll just put that out there.

I still remember how puzzled I was in Peggy Sue Got Married when Sophia Coppola turned up as her sister. Parents were Barbara Harris and Don Murray. How did this WASP family have this ethnic looking daughter. When I saw the credits and noted that her last name was Coppola, I understood.

R132 I'm defensive about what, dear?

Someone asked a question. I answered it (as someone who's actually in the business).

Sorry if that disturbs you, "doll".

R133 Exactly. Perfectly example of what I was referring to in R131.

I'm not disturbed at all.

But you are foolish. It was the way you answered it. You know that.

I think he's cute and has a nice body. Yeah he has a racially ambiguous look but culturally he is an Australian. It says a lot about our society that people still need to put him into a box.

I think it's a given in post-colonial countries like Australia, New Zealand, The US and most of Latin America. That everyone is mixed.

I love him too.

As a white, privileged, Australian male, I have no idea why I connect with him.

He's cute. Like Josh Hartnett cute. I think that they bear a slight resemblance, at least body type if not facially.

Cute but boring. He clearly never reached for serious roles. So his career has been lukewarm.

He lacks charisma. They've been trying to make him happen for years, but people simply aren't interested.

If you cannot breakout in a superhero role, it ain't gonna ever happen.

He should have gone to David Geffen. But that would mean that he had no soul.

[quote] I still remember how puzzled I was in Peggy Sue Got Married when Sophia Coppola turned up as her sister. Parents were Barbara Harris and Don Murray. How did this WASP family have this ethnic looking daughter. When I saw the credits and noted that her last name was Coppola, I understood.

It's been years since I watched Peggy Sue Got Married so I don't remembered Sofia Coppola in it. I do remember an interview Francis Ford Coppola did, however, where for some reason he mentioned casting a blonde person as an Italian in one of his films (Godfather Part III?) where he said something like "And blonde Italians do exist". I wondered why he had the need to even mention that.

[quote] so I don't remembered Sofia Coppola in it

Remember not remembered.

He reminds me of Brenton for some reason.

[quote] It says a lot about our society that people still need to put him into a box.

It says a lot about a certain few posters here who keep bringing up Brenton's race repeatedly. NO ONE ELSE gives a shit. For some reason his race and skin color has been debated here for years, and I still don't have a clue what the hell for. Is it some white supremacy thing? Or a black lives matter thing? No fucking idea. That said I very much doubt any black person would view him as one, which makes me think it's pure old racism that's keeping the debate alive.

[quote]Is it some white supremacy thing?

What isn't, on DL? There's a significant contingent that's obsessed with sniffing out adjacency.

Love this pic a hidden photog caught of him with his Titans co-star!

We are talking major scandal here.

Remember when we all thought he was bisexual? What happened with that?

Doesn't he have three children?

Thwee children???

Thwait a minute!

Genetics is so fascinating. Look at r27. The brothers look nothing alike except their smiles.

Brent bump

r131 He could very well pass for a Brazilian guy, I've seen many Brazilians look like him. Or Mediterranean white, a Greek for example.

^ Good point. A lot of Australians are of Mediterranean descent. The stereotype is all Aussies are Irish and English descent with pale skin, blond hair, freckles and blue eyes. But there is a sizable population of Australians of Greek, Spanish and Italian descent.

Maybe his family's milkman was an immigrant from the Mediterranean regions.

Thwaites

1) I've never heard of him (not that that means anything)

2) Is that Jeff Bridges in OPs photo?

3) From this photo it does look like he has 'broken out' or 'expanded'

R158, that is indeed Jeff Bridges. I think the name of the film is The Giver. Meryl Streep is also in it.

Brenton is looking a bit plump in R158's photo. He's in between projects I guess, so it's okay.

Titans is such a god awful boring show. And I hate how all of the action scenes are filmed in the dark.

I was tempted to watch it, but not for $2USD an episode. I like Brenton, but not that much.

I was tempted to watch it, but not for $2USD an episode. I like Brenton, but not that much.

He's no Dacre Montgomery.

dfystyre

[quote] Does Australian actor Brenton Thwaites go both ways? He certainly gave that impression in a recent interview with when he was asked what he looks for in a partner. ‘Male or female?’ he asked an interviewer for The Fix. The interviewer answered: ‘Both.’ Thwaites, whose films include Maleficent, The Giver, and Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, then replied: ‘They’re very different.’

And then he quickly got married to a woman.

Are they even married?

What are we supposed to take from that statement, “Male or female; they’re very different?”.

The tru is that his films haven’t been very good. GODS OF EGYPT is unwatchable, same with GHOSTS OF WAR.

Truth, not tru. Damned iPad.