Fred Hechinger

I thought you said Fred Schneider.

Very heterosexual.

I wanted one of the muscly island guys to plow him so bad on White Lotus

He looks like he's going full Joaquin Phoenix.

[quote] He looks like he's going full Joaquin Phoenix.

He was apparently directed by Ridley Scott to amp it up beyond what Phoenix did.

Glaaaaaaaaaadiator 2!

If he's the emperor Caracalla, and Denzel Washington is his father the previous emperor, Septimius Severus, someone explain to me how someone so dark-skinned could father someone so pale.

Costumes and jewellery and Fred were about the only things I liked about that trailer.

r7 Have you SEEN Prince Archie of Sussex?!

Wait--I got it wrong. Washington is not playing Septimius Severus--he's playing a slave trader.

Never mind.

[quote] If he's the emperor Caracalla, and Denzel Washington is his father the previous emperor, Septimius Severus

Denzel doesn't play Septimius Severus.

No it won't OP.

I was initially bummed out when he replaced Barry Keoghan — who I had just seen and loved in The Banshees of Inisherin.

But Keoghan is so overexposed now, I’m looking forward to seeing Fred’s performance. He was solid in White Lotus.

Yes, Barry is everywhere now, let Freddie shine for a bit.

No offence to that poster, but it's clear as day from the trailer that Denzel isn't playing the emperor. He would be up there with his sons watching the games if that were the case. And that's just for starters, he definitely wouldn't be speaking to a gladiator the way we see him interacting with Mescal.

He has a nice ass.

That last name is terrible but heck that didn't stop Glen Powell.

Link please, r16.

I haven't seen the trailer, r15.

My apologies for the error--I misrread what had been posted on another thread, and thought someone claimed Washington was playing Septimius Severus. But I was wrong.

He was just in the June Squibb movie Thelma, playing her grandson. Much like The White Lotus, he has a role that could be really annoying but he makes it work anyway.

He's named after his grandfather who was a longtime editor at The New York Times.

[quote] He's named after his grandfather who was a longtime editor at The New York Times.

Nepo baby.

Are those zits?

Fake zits. Roman emperors did not have the healthiest habits.

R22: Wow he still hasn't broken out even with the nepo baby privilege.

Fred is only 24. He got a lot of praise for White Lotus.

[quote] He got a lot of praise for White Lotus.

From whom?

He grew up on the Upper West Side and attended Saint Ann's School, where his classmates included fellow actors Lucas Hedges and Maya Hawke. Hechinger was a teen reporter and studied at Upright Citizens Brigade. He is Jewish.

Nepo baby!!!

Gays noticed him because of his nude scenes.

[quote] From whom?

From wikipedia, at least:

[quote] Hechinger's breakout role came in his performance as Quinn Mossbacher in the first season of HBO's The White Lotus, which was released in the same year.

If the definition of a nepo baby actor includes someone whose grandpa was the education editor of the New York Times, the term has lost all meaning.

Get real R32. The likelihood of someone being an editor at the most prestigious news organization in the country and their spawn becoming an A-list actor is akin to winning the lottery during a full moon while plucking a four-leaf clover.

These people mingle in elite circles and pass their privilege between each other. So go ahead and be naive and pretend there’s zero connection. This kid is a nepo baby as much as Anderson Cooper is.

He would not have gotten to where he has without his connections, looking the way he looks. And that's coming from someone who's a fan.

Ugly nepo baby.

He's better looking than Barry Keoghan.

[quote] He's better looking than Barry Keoghan.

Not a very high bar.

[quote] He's better looking than Barry Keoghan.

A lower bar could not be stated.

R37 Ha!

We need a Hadrian movie already, Jews be damned.

Fred is just as good looking as his co-star Joseph Quinn.

R18.

Caracalla was likely gay. He preferred spending time with soldiers and let his mother handle the affairs of state. Caracalla often wore a blond wig to emulate Alexander the Great whom he was obsessed with.

Nepo babies get in the door but if the public isn’t interested in them then they’re just not interested.

I thought this was Cynthia Nixon.

He’s ugly and has no talent. No.

Hideous!!!

[quote] This kid is a nepo baby as much as Anderson Cooper is.

Having a grandfather who was the NY education editor of the Times is nowhere [bold]even close[/bold] to being the son of a Vanderbilt who had been a worldwide celebrity since she was a small girl.

Stop ridiculously exaggerating. I am embarrassed for you.

[quote] I thought this was Cynthia Nixon.

I wondered why I was getting moist just looking at that picture!

...let’s get rid of this so-called New Hollywood and just let all the folks at home know, if you want to make movies too, you are in. It doesn’t matter if you’re new or old, Hollywood or not. If you wish to be a part of it, then welcome.

Pardon me, I was so turned on by that photo at OP I forgot who I was at r49 and misidentified myself!

DL loves straight white boys.

R52 So do most straight white women, you bitter LSA femcel.

GURLEEN

I worked with his mother at one time and she was always pleasant and completely professional. I’m guessing he has his head screwed on straight going by what his mom was like.

Crazy Roman emperors always worked well for actor. Peter Ustinov won an Oscar as Nero, Jay Robinson won accolades as Caligula and then there are all those others including Joaquin in Gladiator.

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He bears an uncanny resemblance to Chloe Sevigny.

NO

No on Gladiator 2 being his breakout role, or no on him resembling Chloë Sevigny? Or both?

bump

Flop.

This ordinary schlemiel? Break-out into what?? Not leading-man roles, not stardom.

Did people actually look like that back then? It feels like filmmakers are a bit over the top with it. "This person is meant to be weird and evil, so let's make them look really pale and weird so the audience figures it out!"

The real Caracalla clearly enjoyed a fixted cheeseburger.

"In 202, Caracalla was forced to marry the daughter of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, Fulvia Plautilla, a woman whom he hated, though for what reason is unknown."

[quote] though for what reason is unknown

For reasons well known to her!

Caracalla was the original DLer.

This movie looks like a hate crime.

Elagabalus Was the original DLer. Same dynasty.

I didn't think I could like Fred Hechinger anymore after White Lotus but seeing him in the June Squibb movie Thelma, I really fell head over heels in love. I can't imagine anyone not adoring that performance. The movie isn't great, but June and Fred make for a spectacular duo.

He's not a leading man type but he's a wonderful young character actor with a great future. And his quirky sex appeal may not be evident in photos but certainly is on film.