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Could someone explain Adam Driver to me?

Why he gets so many plum starring roles? Fugly, pasty, morose, monotone, asexual, humorless... he looks like a member of the crew wandered in front of the cameras.

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by Anonymousreply 123October 25, 2021 5:41 PM

Another Brit Invasion into Hollywood. Out of all the handsome men who could have been in any one of those rolls, he's the best pic? I don't get it either.

by Anonymousreply 1August 16, 2021 5:50 AM

He's not British, HELEN KELLER!

by Anonymousreply 2August 16, 2021 5:53 AM

BAD = Big Ass Dick

by Anonymousreply 3August 16, 2021 5:54 AM

He’s been very smart. I don’t know If it’s because he’s quite comfortable financially but he’s really got an enviable record of working with the most “important” directors in the business. If I were an actor I would envy his filmography in terms of filmmakers. He chooses his films like a film buff might - gotta work with Scorsese, spike Leigh, jarmusch, spielberg… it’s sort of the anti James Franco career - Franco tends to work with unknowns.

by Anonymousreply 4August 16, 2021 5:56 AM

He has numerous unsightly moles.

by Anonymousreply 5August 16, 2021 6:01 AM

I know many women, who find him sexy for some reason. I don't know why either. I think he's the kind of fugly-"sexy" that also helped Benedict Cumberbatch to gain an ardent female following.

by Anonymousreply 6August 16, 2021 6:02 AM

He was dripping sex on Girls.

by Anonymousreply 7August 16, 2021 6:05 AM

Woman like fugly self confident men over handsome shy ones. Girls like the boy next door type because they are non threatening, then they get tired of it and go for fugly bad boys.

by Anonymousreply 8August 16, 2021 6:05 AM

Lena Dunham discovered him. She really has an eye for talent.

by Anonymousreply 9August 16, 2021 6:10 AM

I think he chooses work based on the director more than anything else. I think he’s more likely to become the muse of a director this way, like diCaprio is to Scorsese.

by Anonymousreply 10August 16, 2021 6:15 AM

To women, Adam Driver looks like the big guy with heavy dickage who will greedily deeply eat out and fuck your lady pussy and ass into multiple orgasms, hang out with you and talk about some girly crap while still maintaining bedrock masculinity and some desirable individuality and his own interests. He won't care about his clothes but will take advice with a fuss.

by Anonymousreply 11August 16, 2021 6:15 AM

All adventurous girls do...

by Anonymousreply 12August 16, 2021 6:17 AM

What's even more fascinating is how many threads he generates here. We just had like 5 last week regarding his new fragrance campaign. He clearly has some gays on his team working overtime.

by Anonymousreply 13August 16, 2021 6:18 AM

HIs body is banging in that Burberry ad.

by Anonymousreply 14August 16, 2021 6:22 AM

How long has he been married to Minnie?

by Anonymousreply 15August 16, 2021 6:25 AM

Rose, like Mrs. Patsy Ramsey, hasn't been funny for a very long time.

by Anonymousreply 16August 16, 2021 6:28 AM

^wrong

by Anonymousreply 17August 16, 2021 6:30 AM

I saw him in that Angel’s In America revival and from the moment he stepped on stage an electricity hit the theater. He was one of the least known cast members, but I could barely wait for intermission to find out who he was. He was magnetic and your eyes couldn’t tear themselves away from him.

Nothing on film or TV has matched that performance and electricity, but directors and casting agents obviously see and feel it when they meet him in person and he’s able to convey a percentage of that in his performance, but I think the stage is where he really belongs.

by Anonymousreply 18August 16, 2021 6:30 AM

R18 = Lens

by Anonymousreply 19August 16, 2021 6:32 AM

I went to an open call a zillion years ago when a movie came to Boston and they were looking to cast a few roles; we were all pretty young 15 to 18...we were broken up into rooms of about 30+ each. A casting rep asked each of us why we came here today. 29 of us said we wanted to be in a movie; and this one tomboyish girl acted all weird and said: I don't know why I came here!

Of course, she was the one who was kept; not sure how far she made it. My point is .... weird people sometimes get work because they're edgy and different and unknown.... maybe that's Driver?

by Anonymousreply 20August 16, 2021 6:37 AM

R19 Don’t be a dismissive fuck to me, but I wanna bet she saw that production and had his agent on the phone during intermission.

by Anonymousreply 21August 16, 2021 6:38 AM

He's straight with BDF. Period.

by Anonymousreply 22August 16, 2021 6:41 AM

I agree with r18. I saw that production too. He was excellent.

by Anonymousreply 23August 16, 2021 6:43 AM

No one canadequately explain sexuality, or attraction OP. He has some mysterious and potent sexual energy; some call that magnetism.

Sexy people don't always need to be traditionally handsome or pretty, yet they radiate such a charge. On the contrary, I don't find him ugly, or fugly at all. He's just a bit unusual looking, and that's a plus for some people. He undeniably has a nice body as well.

by Anonymousreply 24August 16, 2021 7:36 AM

It always seemed abusive how on Girls Lens mother would call him ugly.

Lens seemed to delight in writing that he was ugly and yet wrote herself constant nude scenes which EVERYBODY thought were ugly.

by Anonymousreply 25August 16, 2021 7:41 AM

R24 I believe the French call it "Je ne sais quoi".

by Anonymousreply 26August 16, 2021 8:32 AM

R26 I should think the French would explain him more as [italic] beau laid [/italic] as the male equivalent of [italic] jolie laide [/italic] . IMHO, Your expression applies more to things, places, or ideas.

by Anonymousreply 27August 16, 2021 9:03 AM

^ rather than people in common French usage.

by Anonymousreply 28August 16, 2021 9:07 AM

R18 Did you see him in Burn This?

by Anonymousreply 29August 16, 2021 9:41 AM

Isn't he supposed to be a sex pest, or something?

How did he escape the accusations?

by Anonymousreply 30August 16, 2021 9:50 AM

Nepotism. Isn't he a member of the tribe?

by Anonymousreply 31August 16, 2021 9:54 AM

I was gonna say it, R31.

But I dare not poke the bear or shake the hornet's nest.

by Anonymousreply 32August 16, 2021 9:58 AM

I stopped watching Marriage as it was unbearable looking at his mug. It's ok in a supporting role but, seriously. Never again.

by Anonymousreply 33August 16, 2021 10:22 AM

R32 Driver isn't Jewish according to [italic] The Forward [/italic]. I'm responding to you as I have that poster you referenced on block for being an Antisemite, and for having insulted me quite directly numerous times.

by Anonymousreply 34August 16, 2021 10:23 AM

R31 As in Minnie? Is he Irish?

by Anonymousreply 35August 16, 2021 10:30 AM

Is he Latvian Orthodox ? As he does have the Kavorka.

by Anonymousreply 36August 16, 2021 10:47 AM

R36 You should try googling his bio or heritage. The article i read just categorically denied there was anything Jewish about him.

by Anonymousreply 37August 16, 2021 10:56 AM

He is almost 40 and looks like one of those weird sexy college boys you had a crush on back in the day. Amazing body.

by Anonymousreply 38August 16, 2021 11:10 AM

He looks like Keanu Reeves ugly brother.

by Anonymousreply 39August 16, 2021 11:12 AM

He's "ugly hot." But there's something so sexy about him. He has an amazing chest and broad set of shoulders, and he just looks like he's packing a big, swingin' dick, too.

by Anonymousreply 40August 16, 2021 11:47 AM

The short answer is that he has charisma.

The longer answer is that he is the anti All American Boy so stands out from the pack when a director is looking for an actor with some distinctive edge. As already noted, he has also made some very smart choices in the roles he has taken, to the point that he now has huge momentum as someone whom many directors want for their projects.

by Anonymousreply 41August 16, 2021 12:00 PM

He’s one of the few non-nepotism actors that made it. That’s rare these days.

by Anonymousreply 42August 16, 2021 12:27 PM

[quote]Of course, she was the one who was kept; not sure how far she made it. My point is .... weird people sometimes get work because they're edgy and different and unknown.... maybe that's Driver?

Without too much detail, I was working in casting and I met a (now) famous A-List actress who is being discussed in another thread here on datalounge.

I probably met about 200 people during that call and she was the one that stood out. Just her and only her. Not her look but the way she behaved was so different? Some would say kind of awkward and binging on annoying if she wasn't just so damn charming. She had charisma and spunk. She was the only one who joked around with me that day too. She booked the role and the rest is ancient (okay like less than 20 years ago so semi-ancient) history.

As for Driver, he looks like a "real" person that isn't too terribly attractive so he probably doesn't intimidate straight men and I can't pretend to understand the minds of straight women but he does something for them too. He's a good or great actor and his obtainable. I think that's the key. He's not a "Hollywood" type. I think that sort of goes back to his role on Girls. You could actually see him with Lena Dunham and a lot of women look sort of like Lena Dunham?

by Anonymousreply 43August 16, 2021 12:29 PM

R43 Why do so many DLers play this coy game? For Christ's sake, you're anonymous. Just tell us who you're talking about.

by Anonymousreply 44August 16, 2021 1:11 PM

His dad’s from Arkansas and his mother is a Hoosier. Extras from [italic]Deliverance[/italic]!

That explains his looks.

by Anonymousreply 45August 16, 2021 1:19 PM

He hates when adult men use words like "Fugly" to describe someone.

by Anonymousreply 46August 16, 2021 1:26 PM

He WOULD.

by Anonymousreply 47August 16, 2021 1:46 PM

He is not traditionally handsome, but there is something about him. He's like a thowback. A man's man. Stanley Kowalski. He's gonna spend the rent money on booze and cards. He's probably going to cheat on you, but he'll still come home and fuck you in half and make you forget about all of his many weaknesses.

by Anonymousreply 48August 16, 2021 1:52 PM

A throwback? 😆 that doesn’t mean what you think it means in this case.

by Anonymousreply 49August 16, 2021 2:31 PM

Either he has a monster cock, a velvet hole, or the hookup for amazing drugs.

by Anonymousreply 50August 16, 2021 2:37 PM

He's not too bad in long shots or maybe even medium shots. But I just have to look away when he's in a close-up.

by Anonymousreply 51August 16, 2021 2:54 PM

He has a certain charisma

He is definitely not Jewish, comes from a working class white background.

Also did not take the usual path--he was in the military and then went to Julliard and never really fit in.

If you see his military photo at the Wikipedia page, you would never in a million years suspect he'd one day be leading man material.

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by Anonymousreply 52August 16, 2021 3:04 PM

He is sexy in a beastly way, but he is certainly not a handsome man. He exudes anger, sex , danger and intensity all at once with his gaze.

by Anonymousreply 53August 16, 2021 3:08 PM

I don't think he has charisma either. Kind of the opposite.

by Anonymousreply 54August 16, 2021 3:21 PM

Not one of you here would turn him down if he put his hand in your pants. Not a single one.

And most of you would shoot your own mothers to be hoisted onto his shoulders like this.

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by Anonymousreply 55August 16, 2021 3:25 PM

DL is schizophrenic. Conventionally handsome men are dismissed as terminally vanilla while unconventionally sexy guys are termed fugly.

All these hot or not threads are just a case of grown men playing Mean Girls.

by Anonymousreply 56August 16, 2021 3:36 PM

A fuckin God !

by Anonymousreply 57August 16, 2021 3:39 PM

He has a very firm body.

by Anonymousreply 58August 16, 2021 3:45 PM

Here's my type, consistently unconventional. Driver, Josh O'Connor, Michael Phelps.

Tall, jacked but not muscle bound, black hair, weird faces.

Am I part of the Fugly Cult?

by Anonymousreply 59August 16, 2021 3:48 PM

He has a big head and I think that photographs well in movies even if he isn't classically handsome.

by Anonymousreply 60August 16, 2021 3:52 PM

He only served in the Marine Corps for two years? What a pussy.

by Anonymousreply 61August 16, 2021 3:55 PM

He was able to convince viewers that he was desperately hot for Lena Dunham, which makes him the most talented actor in the history of acting.

by Anonymousreply 62August 16, 2021 3:56 PM

Maybe cause he's a great actor?

by Anonymousreply 63August 16, 2021 3:58 PM

He looks better in motion than in photos.

by Anonymousreply 64August 16, 2021 3:59 PM

"Great actor"? GFY.

by Anonymousreply 65August 16, 2021 3:59 PM

R56, you forgot the third DL category: butt-ugly hideous freaks are drooled over and deemed incredibly hawt.

by Anonymousreply 66August 16, 2021 4:01 PM

He reminds me of the late Matthew McGrory:

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by Anonymousreply 67August 16, 2021 4:06 PM

R65 Are you saying he's a bad actor? I watched only few of his movies, but he was really good in all of them.

by Anonymousreply 68August 16, 2021 4:16 PM

I wonder if being in the military made him a better actor? I mean Juilliard I’m sure helped too, but if he respects his director, and he has chosen wisely, he probably is good at following orders and directions and the armed services probably is the best training for the “hurry up and wait” that you have in filming.

by Anonymousreply 69August 16, 2021 4:24 PM

I do not find him attractive. Also, wasn't he kind of a lunatic in Girls? Wasn't he outright crazy? That made me dislike him even more.

by Anonymousreply 70August 16, 2021 4:26 PM

I'm not seeing a problem.

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by Anonymousreply 71August 16, 2021 4:27 PM

i only saw him in one of the SVU episodes. He's definitely charismatic. He remined me a a very young Mickey Rourke in Body Heat., who absolutely stole scenes from William Hurt. Driver may not be Hollywood handsome, but he is definitely interesting and watchable on screen.

by Anonymousreply 72August 16, 2021 4:32 PM

I think he's very sexy

by Anonymousreply 73August 16, 2021 4:33 PM

I don’t find him attractive but he’s mixing edgy projects with more mainstream. As I alluded to earlier, he’s sort of got the career I imagined James Franco having after 127 hours but he ended up doing obscure things.

by Anonymousreply 74August 16, 2021 4:43 PM

R1 you tard - Driver was born in in San Diego and is American.

by Anonymousreply 75August 16, 2021 4:55 PM

Adam may have some non-white background on his father’s side.

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by Anonymousreply 76August 16, 2021 5:45 PM

[quote] Why do so many DLers play this coy game? For Christ's sake, you're anonymous. Just tell us who you're talking about.

Some people take their professional responsibilities seriously even if they can’t get caught.

by Anonymousreply 77August 16, 2021 5:53 PM

R76 good sleuthing.

by Anonymousreply 78August 16, 2021 5:55 PM

Adam Driver can sit on my face any time he wants to.

by Anonymousreply 79August 16, 2021 6:03 PM

Adam sat on a few faces in the Marine Corps. He also tapped some Marine ass.

by Anonymousreply 80August 16, 2021 6:52 PM

I thought Driver was from Indiana.

by Anonymousreply 81August 16, 2021 6:53 PM

[quote] I do not find him attractive. Also, wasn't he kind of a lunatic in Girls? Wasn't he outright crazy? That made me dislike him even more

You know that was fiction, right? Not a documentary?

by Anonymousreply 82August 16, 2021 6:54 PM

I thought Clark Gable was attractive. But then I saw what a louse he was in the Civil War and he slapped around his wife and raped her. True, it was the 18th Century, but I just lost interest in Clark after that. I do think its incredible they had color film back in those times. Who knew?

by Anonymousreply 83August 16, 2021 7:10 PM

Driver has a weird look but has that intelligent-tough east-euro country boy air about him, like a guy that can probably win fights in MMA but might hold a masters degree at the same time. He also has a throwback 1970s look to him. Whether he's a good actor or not is beyond me since I only saw him in Star Wars and hate the movies with a passion.

by Anonymousreply 84August 16, 2021 7:17 PM

Aside from him being hot, as mentioned, it seems like he’s extremely professional. Seems like a solid method actor with good work ethic, takes direction, has creativity.

You never really hear about him being messy like you do about Efron, Evans, Middleditch other guys in his cohort….

by Anonymousreply 85August 16, 2021 7:45 PM

[quote] Aside from him being hot, as mentioned, it seems like he’s extremely professional. Seems like a solid method actor with good work ethic, takes direction, has creativity.

But wasn't he accused of sexual assault?

Whatever happened with that?

by Anonymousreply 86August 16, 2021 7:46 PM

I want him to play me in a biopic!

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by Anonymousreply 87August 16, 2021 7:55 PM

He does have a MTG face! 💩🤮

by Anonymousreply 88August 16, 2021 8:01 PM

OP would thank the stars above if they awakened to find this temperamental man nude and shockingly beautiful rolled in their designer sheets.

by Anonymousreply 89August 16, 2021 8:18 PM

He must have connections.

by Anonymousreply 90August 16, 2021 8:20 PM

His career will be dead within five years.

by Anonymousreply 91August 16, 2021 8:24 PM

He gave a great, understated performance in the movie Paterson. Probably not everyone's taste in film but I thought it was good.

by Anonymousreply 92August 16, 2021 8:32 PM

[quote] I thought Clark Gable was attractive. But then I saw what a louse he was in the Civil War and he slapped around his wife and raped her. True, it was the 18th Century

Oh, [italic]dear.[/italic]

"Gone with the Wind" took place in the 19th century, not the 18th.

by Anonymousreply 93August 16, 2021 8:40 PM

I loved him the Broadway revival of BURN THIS. Whenever he came on stage he was electric. Didn't love the play but thought he was fantastic.

The bit he did with John Oliver - where John Oliver is obsessed with him and eventually he comes on the show to yell at John and it turns sexual was hilarious.

That being said, he looks very out of place and silly in this period piece trailer...

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by Anonymousreply 94August 16, 2021 8:43 PM

I thought he did a wonderful job in "Black Klansman."

by Anonymousreply 95August 16, 2021 8:50 PM

R91 even if his career does die within 5 years, he’s had a better run in a short time than most. He’s really the modern deniro or Pacino. Their early careers were working with one good director after another on important films.

by Anonymousreply 96August 16, 2021 10:24 PM

"Modern DeNiro or Pacino" 🤣

by Anonymousreply 97August 16, 2021 10:44 PM

In terms of his work with top directors not necessarily talent. I can’t think of anyone else who’s built as good a filmography.

by Anonymousreply 98August 16, 2021 10:49 PM

[quote] But wasn't he accused of sexual assault Whatever happened with that?

No, never. He’s never been accused of anything like that.

A bunch of angry Star Wats trolls started rumors that his wife was cucking him and their child might not be his, but that was just dumb internet shit.

by Anonymousreply 99August 16, 2021 11:34 PM

Driver always looks like if he didn't clench that jaw, so distant from the rest of his face, shut, the mandible would just fall off from the weight.

by Anonymousreply 100August 17, 2021 12:05 AM

[quote] Could someone explain Adam Driver to me?

OP, I truly hope this thread has shed some light on this topic, and illuminated it in a way that the other 987,367,492,103,287,404 threads on the EXACT same topic did not.

by Anonymousreply 101August 17, 2021 12:36 AM

I understand the ugly-hot aspect. I mean Daniel Craig is hot to me, but this Driver guy does nothing for me - To each his own.

by Anonymousreply 102August 17, 2021 12:43 AM

Tall, dark hair, swole, broad shoulders, deep ass voice.

And of course, the BDF.

He's talented too. Whats not to love?

by Anonymousreply 103August 17, 2021 3:27 PM

He is going to be the next James Bond.

by Anonymousreply 104August 17, 2021 7:17 PM

R104 The fuck he will!

by Anonymousreply 105August 17, 2021 7:34 PM

What about the guy from Bridgerton? I thought he was going to be James Bond.

by Anonymousreply 106August 18, 2021 2:14 AM

[quote]I saw him in that Angel’s In America revival and from the moment he stepped on stage an electricity hit the theater.

I felt the same when I saw him in Burn This.

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by Anonymousreply 107August 18, 2021 2:45 AM

I saw Eric Roberts in Burn This decades ago. Everyone said the same of him then. Maybe it's just the role.

by Anonymousreply 108August 18, 2021 11:38 PM

It's a great role for actors That was the part that made John Malkovitch a star.

by Anonymousreply 109August 18, 2021 11:43 PM

[quote] Whats not to love?

The hideous mole-covered skin and the homely face.

by Anonymousreply 110August 18, 2021 11:44 PM

I find him very attractive.

by Anonymousreply 111August 18, 2021 11:53 PM

He's more like a boy in a mans body to me. Like Matt here.

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by Anonymousreply 112August 19, 2021 1:29 PM

I like the fact that Modigliani designed his face.

by Anonymousreply 113August 19, 2021 1:32 PM

If his father is from Arkansas and looks like that he probably has some Native American ancestry. Or just some Asian ancestry.

by Anonymousreply 114October 24, 2021 12:13 PM

I have never understood him. The first time I saw him in a movie I remember thinking: "Why is this mother fucker even here?" Then I said to myself: "I will never watch another movie with him in it again." And I haven't.

He's not attractive and his acting skills are very bad. He exudes no emotion and speaks in a very low monotone. He really sucks bad.

by Anonymousreply 115October 24, 2021 12:27 PM

He went to Juilliard and he FUCKING SHOUTS so you know he’s talented.

by Anonymousreply 116October 24, 2021 1:33 PM

His appeal is something Dunham, of all people, figured out: he gives off a Crazy vibe.

As in you have a sense that he might, at any moment, go over the edge and begin destroying things, kick out a window and you;d have no idea what set him off.

If you sat next to him on an airplane, you'd be choosing your words very carefully thinking "I don't want to say anything to set this guy off."

Crazy can be Sexy for a lot of people and it's the source of his magnetism--the Savage just barely controlled.

His working class background also sets him apart form his Hollywood and UK contemporaries, almost all of whom are college educated, many of who are second generation showbiz and some of whom come from very wealthy families and don't need to worry about money. So he seems "authentic" in a way most of them don't and again, the Crazy is the "magnetism" you all are feeling. Our bodies are designed to be on alert in the presence of danger.

He has a banging body but the face is still as the photo below. (Hannah's mother was right)(

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by Anonymousreply 117October 24, 2021 1:54 PM

An extra from Deliverance, this one…

by Anonymousreply 118October 24, 2021 1:56 PM

He looks medievil.

by Anonymousreply 119October 24, 2021 2:05 PM

He is going to be the next James Bond.

by Anonymousreply 120October 24, 2021 4:10 PM

I may have already said this on this thread but I don't want to re-read everything. Didn't Ray on Girls say he looked like a monkey or something?

by Anonymousreply 121October 24, 2021 4:39 PM

He has a big dick and that will take an actor far in Hollywood.

by Anonymousreply 122October 25, 2021 4:07 PM

"Not one of you here would turn him down if he put his hand in your pants. Not a single one. And most of you would shoot your own mothers to be hoisted onto his shoulders like this."

...in Macy's window.

by Anonymousreply 123October 25, 2021 5:41 PM
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