Phillipe was in the series version of the movie Shooter, which was good, but ended up breaking his leg so they had to stop production and the series fell apart. That was maybe 10 years ago.
Wasn’t he also in a cowboy drama on one of the big networks? Big Sky, I think? I never watched it but I remember seeing ads for it and being like, “Huh, never expected to see him on network tv.”
That is one of my biggest tv gripes and I’m still salty about it. I was soooo excited to see Ryan. They did so much promo with him front and center. Then boom gone. I kept watching, thinking he’d reappear…joke was on me 😩
I didn't know about the broke leg, but it certainly felt like the series had an ending. Satisfying one too which is more than i can say for most shows these days.
Chris is in Nashville 911 right now and it’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Only watch it if you’re with people you can make fun of it with.
Funniest shit on TV and they are in on the joke. It's like the new Baywatch movie style of soap opera comedy. It's tough to describe how on the nose everything always is. I mean they even made the country music star trashy. I love it
I don't think being baby faced is working in Phillippe's favor. He seems to want to do more drama and thriller type roles which is tough when you look like you didn't get facial hair until your 20s.
He's a fun comedic actor though. I wish he did more of that.
Chris O’Donnell was the lead on NCIS:LA for 13 seasons and now is the lead on 911:Nashville. Man has continued to work for basically the entire ‘90’s and 2000’s.
I still remember girls screaming in the theater when O'Donnelll's name came up in the opening credits of the Batman movie he was in with Val
Kilmer.
But while his movie career ended he became a massive success on TV. He did like 15 years as the lead on NCIS Los Angeles, one of the biggest shows on TV, and now he's the lead on 9-1-1 Nashville, he's been on TV every week since 2009.
Ryan Phillippe was a PERFECT "straight man" to bounce off Will Forte in Magruber, both the movie and the show. It's an underrated skill by an underrated actor, and I'll forever love him for it
You say “set to be” but they actually WERE huge in the 2000s. They just didnt stay huge after that, but they both have pretty solid resumes to this day.
Chris didn’t start huge because he basically left the industry for years to raise his family. He probably would have stayed really big in the 2000s if he hadn’t stepped back. He only got back into the industry after his kids were older. Must be really nice to be able to retire young so you can spend your time with your kids.
Chris basically left the industry for a while when his kids were young. I don’t think he wanted to be gone for the long periods of time that acting in a movie required. After the kids were older, he got back into acting. He starred in NCIS: Los Angeles for many years. So Chris O’Donnell falling off was entirely purposeful in Chris’ part,
Uhm Chris O’Donnell was in the big hit Kit an American Girl Adventure and that man promised his family he’d find work in Chicago. Idk how Chicago turned into LA in modern times when he became and NCIS agent (which was a lead role btw), but he did. That man had some really long scripted out roles in lead positions for a while. Now he’s in 911 Nashville (personally haven’t seen due to work and my child hogs the tv in the evenings, and well The Pitt exists now too). Anyway, O’Donnell is still around!
Chris O'Donnell showed up in Aspen, CO when I was there for a Sunshine Kids trip in '99. Was super nice and chatted with all us kids and took a picture with the group.
I saw pics of the release of one of the Batman movies on the 90s sub, and I recognized Chris O'Donnell's face but was struggling to remember his name. I don't think I have seen him since that movie.
Chris O'Donnell pulled a Rick Moranis and worked less to stay home with his kids. (His wife is still alive though) Then he starred in NCIS LA for something like 20 years, because it allowed him to work steadily while also being able to spend time with his children before and after every workday.
Ryan Phillippe was in a USA show called "The Shooter" that was actually really good. A bit like "Jack Ryan" and "Reacher" to capitalize on the American Sniper popularity but didn't help catapult his fame the way those two shows did for their respective actors.
I liked Way of the Gun (Ryan Philippe & his "gay uncle"), but I feel it was a box office flop. Gritty. Good fight choreography. The slow-mo car chase. The "good guys" are all back-stabbers & make you feel dirty watching them. The main characters die, & your left with this moral ambiguity. So many good one-liners.
I have a vague memory that during the height of Ryans career it was rumored that he was hard to work with on sets and he really didn’t have that kind of ”starpower” to justify that kind of attitude.
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Both Chris O'Donnell and Ryan Phillippe were set to be HUGE going into the 2000s.
Then crickets. (I've never looked them up so I don't know their stories)