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  • Jared Leto’s ‘Tron: Ares’ Sets Streaming Debut

    Tron: Ares is spinning toward its streaming debut.

    Disney announced Tuesday that director Joachim Rønning’s sci-fi feature is set to begin streaming Jan. 7 on Disney+. The latest installment in the Tron franchise hit theaters Oct. 10 and stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson and Jeff Bridges.

    Tron: Ares centers on an advanced program known as Ares (Leto) getting sent from the digital Grid into the real world, marking mankind’s first interaction with AI.

    The film is the latest offering on the streaming service to be available in IMAX Enhanced, featuring the expanded aspect ratio associated with IMAX programming.

    Bridges originated his role as software engineer Kevin Flynn in filmmaker Steven Lisberger’s original 1982 movie Tron and reprised it in director Joseph Kosinski’s 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy that also starred Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde. Both previous movies are currently streaming on Disney+.

    Leto and Bridges attended CinemaCon and San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year to promote Tron: Ares. The project underperformed at the box office, collecting $142 million globally.

    In his review of Tron: Ares for The Hollywood Reporter, chief film critic David Rooney wrote that the core story elements were “familiar from countless movies.”

    He added, “But a refreshingly subdued performance from Jared Leto as the eponymous program, Ares, supplies an emotional hook and even an occasional touch of humor, something missing from the earlier films. Leto is also well-paired with Greta Lee as Eve Kim, CEO of ENCOM, the tech corporation at the center of the series since the start.”

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  • “No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

    There he stood, in a red raincoat draped dramatically over a white suit, perched 30 feet above Piccadilly Circus for the Oct. 1 London premiere of Tron: Ares. What was Jared Leto doing up there, greeting his public like some interstellar overlord?

    Drumming up excitement for his latest blockbuster release, of course. The stunt was straight out of the Leto playbook — involving bombast, tall buildings and shoulder-length hair jostled by the elements — but didn’t succeed at its primary mission: driving audiences to theaters.

    Like a Light Cycle slamming into a Jetwall, Tron: Ares was savagely derezzed at the box office this weekend, bringing in at least $10 million less than its projected opening gross. The Disney sci-fi tentpole pulled in a dismal $33.2 million from 4,000 theaters against a net production budget of at least $180 million. Overseas, the sci-epic also failed to connect, grossing $27 million for a global start of $60.2 million. Some at Disney were always concerned only die-hard fans would show up, which isn’t a Leto issue but an IP problem. They were right; 18- to 24-year-old males, the sweet spot, badly underindexed. Combined with a bland B+ CinemaScore, sources say Tron will likely retire from the big screen.

    Leto appreciates spectacle. How else would you describe an actor who scales the Empire State Building, climbing from the 86th floor observatory to the 104th floor, all to promote his band 30 Seconds to Mars? Why? “Ever since I was a kid, I was fascinated with the Empire State Building,” Leto told Jimmy Fallon.

    But stunts might not be enough to distract from a spate of negative headlines after Air Mail collected nine allegations from women who described disturbing conduct, ranging from flirtatious overtures when they were minors to episodes of exposure. His representatives denied everything. But alarmed Disney executives had no idea whether other accusations might emerge.

    It didn’t happen, and Leto embarked on a global promo tour. He was the face of the Ares: Tron campaign and was a consummate professional throughout, studio insiders say. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter he earned high seven figures for the role, plus a seven-figure producing fee.

    He next stars in MGM/Mattel’s Masters of the Universe as He-Man’s high-pitched antagonist Skeletor. It could be a good career move — embodying the iconic, skull-faced fantasy villain who walks a line between genuine menace and camp. 

    Yet likely over are the days where Leto could, through sheer willpower and in-the-room charisma, push through a greenlight as he did with Tron. Ares originally was conceived as a straightforward follow-up to 2010’s Tron: Legacy, itself a modest success, having grossed $400 million worldwide against a $170 million net production budget. “The first iteration of the [Ares] script was a different movie, but it had a character named Ares,” screenwriter Jesse Wigutow told Polygon for an Oct. 11 story.

    The version ultimately was shelved by Disney. But Leto wouldn’t give up. It didn’t hurt that he had a powerful ally in his corner — Sean Bailey, who was hired to run Disney’s live-action studio in 2010 by former Disney topper Rich Ross after he produced Tron: Legacy. And he also had goodwill from his lauded earlier dramatic work in Dallas Buyers Club (winning him a supporting actor Oscar) and Requiem for a Dream. The pitch worked, and by 2017, Leto was elevated to producer, and the movie’s narrative was reframed so that the protagonist became Ares, his character. Leto not only got his Tron movie — he was now the star. (Bailey, the movie’s chief proponent within the studio, was shown the door last year, but has a producing deal at Disney.)

    But now the kinds of hefty paydays Leto earned for Ares could be in the past, as an agency partner says that studios already had stepped away from the actor as a leading-man choice after the failure of Sony’s Spider-Man universe spinoff Morbius, which opened to $39 million stateside en route to a not-good $167 million globally in 2022. “In a world where Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor and Benedict Cumberbatch are having a hard time getting lead roles, why would you even go to a person who can’t open a movie and who has question marks around him as a person?” asks one top talent manager partner.

    With Ares flopping, the insider says Leto’s currency in town has run colder than Morbius’ vampire blood. To be clear, the flameout of Tron isn’t Leto’s burden alone. “You could have had Ryan Gosling, it wasn’t going to work,” says the first agency partner. “No one asked for this reboot. If you say, ‘Tron: Ares is good, we just needed a different actor,’ you’re deluding yourself.” 

    This story first appeared in the Oct. 15 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe. 

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  • Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on ‘Tron: Ares’

    Disney’s got a lot of IP it doesn’t always know what to do with, and Tron has to be high up on that list. After 15 years, the company delivered a sequel to the cult classic Tron: Legacy in the form of Tron: Ares, a third installment that for a long time seemed more like a pipe dream until fairly recently.

    To say franchise fans and general moviegoers have been placed in an awkward spot with Ares might undersell it. On one hand, the film’s marketing makes it look like a solid-looking cyber-adventure backed by a rad score courtesy of Nine Inch Nails, who Disney’s been sure to promote as part of this almost as much as the film itself. On the other hand, the titular Ares is played by one Jared Leto, who folks have…mixed feelings about, let’s say, either as an actor or a person more generally.

    And speaking of mixed feelings, that sure describes the reception to Tron: Ares itself, yeah? Some love it, some detest it, others think it basically gets the job done. Tron’s never been a super popular franchise, but the reactions to this new one aren’t abnormal for the series, and there’s been consensus reached on some things, like its visuals and Greta Lee doing a lot with a little as Eve Kim. (And the soundtrack being great, but you already knew that.)

    Time will tell if Tron: Ares gets a warmer reception after its initial release, but until then? Let us know what you thought about the film in the comments below.

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  • Box Office: ‘Tron’ Hits the Skids With $33.5M Opening, ‘Roofman’ No. 2 at $8M

    Disney’s reboot Tron: Ares malfunctioned badly in its box office debut, coming in well behind expectations with a domestic opening of $33.5 million from 4,000 theaters. Unless it can solve its problem quickly, it will once and for all end hopes of rebooting a storied, yet troubled, sci-fi franchise that began more than four decades ago when the first film became a cult classic.

    Overseas — where the sci-fi genre is an even harder sell — Ares also disappointed with a debut of $27 million for a global start of $60.5 million. It unfurled everywhere except for China, where it opens next weekend.

    Heading into the weekend, the big-budget event pic had been tracking to open to $40 million to $45 million domestically (at one point, $50 million was even a possibility) against a hefty net production budget of $180 million after tens of millions in tax breaks and production incentives.

    The Tron film franchise has always been challenged, resulting in terms of long gaps between installments. It took 33 years for the sequel, Tron: Legacy, to hit the big screen. Debuting in 2015, Legacy opened to $44 million domestically on its way to earning $409.9 million globally, not adjusted for inflation. Ares was in development for a decade, but former Disney exec Sean Bailey refused to give up and shepherded the project when serving as head of Disney’s live-action studio.

    Disney insiders were well aware that Tron: Ares might encounter trouble in its box office debut. The hope now is that solid audience scores can make up for decidedly mixed reviews. Its current critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes is 57 percent, while the audience ranking is much better at 87 percent. And it got four out of five stars on PostTrak. Also, it has little competition coming up and will retain Imax, Dolby Cinema and other premium large-format screens, which combined accounted for an unheard of 67 percent of opening weekend earnings.

    Norwegian Disney vet Joachim Rønning directs the third film, which stars Jared Leto as the eponymous program, Ares, Greta Lee as Eve Kim, CEO of ENCOM, the tech corporation at the center of the series since the start, and Evan Peters as baddie Julian Dillinger.

    Another new major studio offering this weekend is Miramax and Paramount’s romantic crime-caper comedy Roofman, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst. Derek Cianfrance directed the pic, which co-stars LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple and Peter Dinklage.

    Roofman came in on the low end of expectations with an estimated $8 million from 3,362 theaters, but who is counting when the film’s net production budget is a modest $19 million (tracking had it debuting at $8 million to $10 million). Miramax produced and financed the film, which hoped to serve as counter-programming for females not interested in Tron or the myriad of male-skewing films dominating the marquee. So far, however, more males than females are showing up to see the film, even if by a slim margin.

    Unlike Tron, Roofman boasts strong reviews, although moviegoer reaction is relatively similar. Roofman‘s Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score is 85 percent, while the audience score is 84 percent. Both films received a B+ from polling service CinemaScore, as well as four out of five stars on PostTrak.

    Based on a true story, Roofman follows the adventures of an Army veteran and struggling father who turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname Roofman. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move, but his double life begins to unravel when he falls in love.

    Another new nationwide offering is Soul of Fire, from Sony’s faith-based Affirm label. The movie opened to $3 million from 1,730 locations for a sixth-place finish. The good news: the movie reportedly cost a net $3 million to produce and earned an A CinemaScore. It is doing best in America’s heartland and the South.

    At the specialty box office, A24 launched its Rose Byrne-starrer If I Had Legs I’d Kick You in four theaters for an estimated per-location north of $27,000, the best of the weekend.

    Amazon MGM Studios is also going the platform route with Luca Guadagnino’s specialty psychological thriller After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts. It’s paying off so far; the #MeToo movie opened in six theaters for a promising per-location average of $25,745. The awards contender, which also stars Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny, made the rounds at the fall film festivals and is about a sexual assault accusation that tears apart Yale’s philosophy department.

    The score for After the Hunt is from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who are on double duty, having also done the score for Tron: Ares (in the latter, they are credited by their band’s name, Nine Inch Nails).

    Among holdovers, Paul Thomas Anderson‘s One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, came in third with an estimated weekend gross of $6.7 from 3,127 sites, a drop of 39 percent. Some box office pundits are stumped that the high-profile awards contender from Warner Bros. isn’t holding in stronger after earning a coveted A+ CinemaScore, but the film’s fate is far from being decided (it is only in its third outing). Overseas, it took in another $15 million for a global tally of $83.5 million and $138 million globally.

    New Line and Warner Bros.’ The Conjuring: Last Rites achieved a major milestone in screaming past the $300 million mark internationally. In North America, it rounded out the top five with $3 million from 2,334 cinemas for a domestic tally of $233.4 million and a profit-popping $473 million.

    Japanese manga blockbuster Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle also notched a major milestone this weekend in passing up Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to become the top-grossing international film of all time at the domestic box office with a cume of $128.6 million, not adjusted for inflation (it came in seventh for the frame with $3 million from 1,834 sites. Sony’s Crunchyroll is handling the blockbuster both domestically and in numerous foreign territories outside of Japan; its share of the film’s global total of $648 million is $336 million.)

    Dwayne Johnson-starrer The Smashing Machine appeared to collapse in its second weekend after getting snubbed by audiences, despite solid reviews. The A24 pic dropped nearly 70 percent to $1.7 million from 3,321 theaters for a paltry 10-day domestic total of $9.8 million and an eighth-place finish. The movie, which kicked off its awards campaign with a splashy world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, marks Johnson’s first foray into Oscar territory. The Benny Safdie-directed pic cost $50 million to produce before marketing, a high price tag for an indie pic, although Johnson himself took a far lower fee than he usually commands.

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  • Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Tron: Ares – Houston Press

    Title: Tron: Ares
    Describe This Movie Using One Dragnet Quote:
    FRIDAY: Reckless endangerment of human life, willful disregard of private property, failure to signal for a lane change.
    STREEBECK: Yeah, he’s really raking up the violations, isn’t he?
    FRIDAY: Not him, you.
    Brief Plot Synopsis: Tech CEO teams up with sentient security program played by Jared Leto … wait, come back!
    Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: 3 Frankenstein’s monsters out of 5.

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    Tagline: “No going back.”
    Better Tagline: “Stop trying to make A.I. happen.”
    Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: ENCOM, the tech/gaming company formerly run by Kevin Flynn, is in a race with Dillinger Systems to obtain something called the Permanence Code, which will allow objects rendered in our world from cyberspace to outlast their current 29-minute lifespan. ENCOM CEO Eve Kim (Greta Lee) has the inside track, as the code is hidden in one of Flynn’s old gaming servers. However, rival CEO Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters) has a trick up his sleeve: a security program named “Ares” (Jared Leto) that may or may not have more human goals in mind.

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    “Critical” Analysis: Tron was always a weird choice for a franchise property. The 1982 original — still the most visually arresting movie about intellectual property disputes ever made — was lauded for its special effects*, but otherwise dragged for being a gorgeous snooze-fest. Somehow, director Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick, F1) convinced Disney to make a sequel nearly 30 years later. Tron: Legacy was, like its predecessor, incoherent yet pretty to look at.

    Now it’s Joachim Rønning’s turn. Disney kept things in house by bringing on the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent director for our latest descent into the Grid. One thing you have to give to Tron: Ares that you couldn’t always say about the first two movies: it isn’t boring.

    There are actually lots of things you can say about Ares. For one, Rønning and screenwriter Jesse Wigutow made the decision to set most of the action in the meatspace, where Dillinger (grandson of David Warner’s character from Tron and (presumably) son of Cillian Murphy’s uncredited Ed Jr. in Legacy) wants ENCOM’s code to shore up his pending A.I. contracts with the military. It’s a smart move — considering the groundbreaking F/X of the original were already old hat by 2010 — and helps ground the story.

    Or as grounded as a story about sentient code repeatedly violating the First Law of Thermodynamics can be, anyway.

    They also steer the protagonist arc mostly away from the Flynns. It’s the worst kept secret outside of Trump being named in the Epstein Files that Jeff Bridges is back in Ares (for maybe 10 minutes) as the virtual Kevin Flynn, but neither hide nor hair is to be seen of Garret Hedlund’s Sam, and that’s fine, really. Instead, we have Greta Lee’s Eve Kim, whose efforts to obtain the “permanence code” are propelled by the memory of her dead sister.

    Ares is a pretty blatant attempt to perpetuate the myth that artificial intelligence is good, actually. Kim, in contrast to Dillinger, wants to use the technology’s potential to feed the hungry, help cure illnesses, and mitigate climate change. It would all be very inspiring if our current real world crop of pasty A.I. gurus weren’t singularly hellbent on wiping out lower sector jobs, depleting water reserves, and plagiarizing creatives.

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    Which of these jackets is not like the other?

    But at the risk of sounding like Homer Simpson, where’s TRON? The names ENCOM and Dillinger are familiar, but Flynn is the only constant throughout all three movies, and his presence here is largely superfluous. The idea of a Grid-like cyberverse is now well-trod territory, and while it’s cool to see light cycles and Recognizers showing up on the streets of San Francisco Vancouver, it’s hard to shake the feeling that Rønning took creator Steven Lisberger’s original “aliens among us” inspiration, swapped out “aliens” for “A.I.,” and affixed a “Tron” label to it.

    Your opinions about the previous movies aside (I honestly have almost no memory of Legacy), all three feature kickass soundtracks. Wendy Carlos’ original remains the gold standard, but Daft Punk was one of the only reasons to recommend Tron: Legacy. Here, Nine Inch Nails take over, and aside from the unremarkable “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” their score absolutely propels the action in Ares.

    It’s this same action that sets Ares apart from the first two, which one could charitably describe as “deliberative.” Ares ain’t that, with the Kim/Dillinger maneuvering only giving pause to the spectacle of a freeway light cycle chase or a Recognizer taking on fighter jets (piloted by NIN’s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, yes really). Gillian Anderson, playing Julian’s mother Elisabeth, even gets in on the action, slapping her son when the scale of his hubris spins out of control.

    I’m not even jealous, even though I’ve been longing to be slapped by Anderson for years.

    As for the Leto of it all, he’s not bad, even if I can imagine his publicity tour amounting to, “Hi, I’m Jared Leto. Please go see my new movie, but don’t read my Wikipedia entry.” And if Ares is simultaneously a paragon of enlightened self-awareness while also being the baddest dude in virtual *and* physical reality, I’m sure it had nothing to do with Leto’s status as executive producer.

    If you’re looking for a nuanced look at the ontological implications of artificial intelligence, I can recommend a few Substacks. Tron: Ares, on the other hand, is entertaining in the same way as an amusement park ride**. It’s loud, visually arresting, and the thrill wears off in minutes. It’s probably the least Tron of all three movies, which might be why it’s my favorite so far.

    *Fun fact: Tron was disqualified from the Best Visual Effects Oscar because the Academy viewed using computers as “cheating.”
    **Ironically, not the the Light Cycle ride at Magic Kingdom, which sucks.

    Tron: Ares is in theaters today.

    This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2025.

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  • Video: ‘Tron: Ares’ | Anatomy of a Scene

    Hi, I’m Joachim Ronning. I’m the director of “Tron: Ares.” So this is the scene where Julian Dillinger has discovered that Eve is in possession of the permanence code. So he’s sending his two top programs after her, Ares and Athena. And we get to see them on the light cycles. And Ares obviously being played by Jared Leto, Athena being played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Eve being played by Greta Lee. I put so much pressure on myself and everybody to get this right, this sequence, because it’s such an iconic part of the Tron universe, the light cycle chase, and light cycles. And we spent a year designing this. And here, the police car, obviously, this is the first time we’re going to see the famous Tron light wall in the real world. And boom. We shot this in Vancouver over six weeks of nights. And luckily, Vancouver is a very film friendly city, so we were able to close down the bridge and really, really do this. And then we finally found together with Darren Gilford, the production designer, and we found a look for the light cycles and together with the suits and I’m really happy with them. This is the Akira slide by the way, which is super important for me to get in there. And I remember reading the script three years ago and thinking like, how can we be worthy of a next Tron chapter. And I think I got to page 30 or something like that. And, and I saw the digital assets coming into the real world and the light cycles coming out and creating havoc on the streets. And I felt like as a fan, as a filmmaker, that’s something I really wanted to see. So here we are getting into the parkade, and this is like, I wanted to have a sequence in the middle of this big chase that we just stopped down and we brought it all down and it became more a psychological thriller sequence. “Come on.” With Eve hiding and wondering what the hell is going on here and being resourceful, she ghost rides her Ducati and takes down Athena. And Athena Boom. Falling through the air here. That’s a real stunt woman doing that. And obviously this is in March in Vancouver. So it’s like everybody’s really cold. And it’s not easy. And we did it over so many nights. And you get that 1,000 yard stare after a while. But I’m really happy we did it. I think the audience can feel that this is real. It’s in camera. We built the light cycles, and we’re coming up to this moment now where Eve is about to make a decision and get on one. So I think the big advantages of building these assets the light cycle, we built a couple of them. What that meant was that we were able to put the camera on the light cycles with the actors. Here’s Athena coming T-1000 style, running for her. And here we go. I think this is kind of like a wish fulfillment for a lot of fans, to be able to drive the light cycle in the real world. And it sure is for me. And it was so amazing to be able to do this. And I think when you make these big movies, you have the resources to get it. And here’s Greta Lee escaping Jodie Turner-Smith or Athena actually running behind her. And you get all these things in the same shot. And both Jodie and Greta did so much running on this movie. And obviously Jodie is in that suit. So I was just so amazed by these, the physicalities that these actors went through.

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  • This Retro Trailer Shows the Love ‘Tron: Ares’ Has for the ’80s

    Jared Leto visits a very familiar-looking Grid in this new trailer for the film, out Friday.

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  • Jared Leto’s ‘Tron: Ares’: First Reactions From the Premiere

    The Joachim Rønning-directed film, the third entry in the Tron movie franchise, hits theaters on Oct. 10.

    ‘Tron: Ares’

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    On a busy night of film debuts, Disney’s sci-fi action movie Tron: Ares had its starry world premiere in Los Angeles. Full critics reviews for the third entry in the Tron film franchise officially drop tomorrow morning, but early reaction to the feature has already hit social media — and the consensus seems to be the film is visually spectacular, in particular on Imax screens, and features an all-timer soundtrack from Nine Inch Nails.

    Tron: Ares features a very topical story about mankind’s interaction with artificial intelligence and stars Jared Leto as a sophisticated AI program who leaves the digital world to complete missions in the real world. The cast also includes Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro and Gillian Anderson. Tron regular Jeff Bridges returns as the legendary Kevin Flynn.

    Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) directed the film, with the script written by Jesse Wigutow and cinematography was done by frequent David Fincher collaborator Jeff Cronenweth. As mentioned previously, the movie’s propulsive music is by Nine Inch Nails’ Oscar-winning duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

    Tron: Ares follows the Joseph Kosinski-directed Tron: Legacy (2010), which again was praised for its visuals and notably featured the classic soundtrack by French electro superstars Daft Punk. The first Tron film was released in theaters in 1982 and despite its moderate box office success, became a cult classic for its groundbreaking visuals.

    Ahead of the official reviews for Tron: Ares, read on for the early social media reactions to the film.

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  • Jared Leto’s Weird-Ass ‘Tron: Ares’ Set Behavior Was Maybe His Least Weird-Ass Set Behavior

    Jared Leto is known for a lot of things at this point, but one thing that he’s perhaps very known for is his approach to getting in character on-set. Leto is a tried and true method performer, and his turn as the titular program in the upcoming Tron: Ares was no exception to that process.

    Which might mean you’re bracing yourself to hear how Leto could possibly have gotten into method acting for playing a digital warrior made up of code that comes from a computerized alt-world. After all, this is the man who hobbled about on crutches during the production of Morbius—to the point of contributing to the film’s production delays—or showed up to the set of Blade Runner 2049 pretending to be blind.

    Or, perhaps most infamously, allegedly sent his Suicide Squad castmates animals (living and dead) and used condoms, among other things. So what could Leto have possibly done to maintain his method cred for Tron?

    Turns out, it was significantly less weird than you’d expect: he simply forbade people on set from referring to him by name. Instead, it was Ares or nothing (or Air, if you’re Jeff Bridges, according to a recent interview on the Sirius XM show Literally! with Rob Lowe).

    “I do address him as Ares when we’re filming and everybody goes, we get a little bit up. He’s the general walking onto set, which is fine,” Ares director Joachim Rønning recently told Screenrant. “And it’s not uncommon for actors to do it like that. And it works for him. And I think you can feel it in any movie he makes. He’s completely into the character.”

    According to Rønning, it was the least he could do to help Leto get into the character of an AI supersoldier. “I know he’s a little wary about talking about his [process], I would say it’s his method,” the director continued. “It’s like, yes, he’s in character for the most part when we did this film, but that’s great. Honestly for me as a director, whatever works, I think he’s one of the best actors in the world.”

    Still, considering the lengths that Leto has gone to get into a character in the past, simply asking to go by his role’s name means everyone on the Ares set got off lightly.

    Tron: Ares is set to hit theaters October 10.

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  • Jared Leto Went by Ares on Set of Tron: Ares, Says Jeff Bridges

    Jared Leto Went by Ares on Set of Tron: Ares, Says Jeff Bridges

    Jared Leto is known for his method-acting ways when working on films, and that extends to the recently finished Tron: Ares, according to co-star Jeff Bridges.

    Speaking during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Literally! With Rob Lowe, Bridges talked about meeting Leto for the first time, and how he was told that Leto was already going by his character — Ares — name instead of his own.

    What did Bridges say about Leto’s method acting?

    “I hadn’t met him before. I’m saying, ‘What’s it gonna be like?’ because he was also a producer of the show, big fan of the original, working on it for 10 years. I came in, and you know how each set has a different vibe?” Bridges said. “There was an interesting vibe on this. I said, ‘How’s Jared? How’s he working?’ ‘He’s all right. You know, we call him Ares, you know, so he goes by his name,’ and I said, ‘Oh, that’s interesting.’”

    Alongside Leto and Bridges (the latter of whom is reprising his role as Kevin Flynn), Tron: Ares also stars Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, and Sarah Desjardins.

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    Tron: Ares will be the third official feature film in Disney’s Tron franchise following 1982’s Tron and 2010’s Tron: Legacy. The film is directed by Joachim Rønning, who previously made 2019’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and 2024’s Young Woman and the Sea. He also co-directed 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales with Espen Sandberg.

    Production on the new Tron movie officially wrapped in May 2024. Rønning wrote in an Instagram post at the time, “Thanks to an incredible and tireless crew, I really believe we pushed the filmmaking limits on this movie. Even through six weeks of night shoots you never slowed down. Also, a big thank you to our wonderful cast for leaving everything on screen. I can’t wait to show the world what we’ve done.”

    Tron: Ares will be released in United States theaters and IMAX on October 10, 2025, from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

    (Source: Literally! With Rob Lowe via The Hollywood Reporter)

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  • Jared Leto Went Method on Set of ‘Tron: Ares’ While Playing “Big Rockstar,” Says Co-Star Jeff Bridges

    Jared Leto Went Method on Set of ‘Tron: Ares’ While Playing “Big Rockstar,” Says Co-Star Jeff Bridges

    Jared Leto‘s Method acting ways on everything from Suicide Squad to Morbius have generated so much attention that when Jeff Bridges reported for work on Tron: Ares, he didn’t quite know what to expect.

    “I hadn’t met him before. I’m saying, ‘What’s it gonna be like?’ because he was also a producer of the show, big fan of the original, working on it for 10 years. I came in, and you know how each set has a different vibe?” Bridges asked Rob Lowe during an appearance on his podcast series, SiriusXM’s Literally! With Rob Lowe. “There was an interesting vibe on this. I said, ‘How’s Jared? How’s he working?’ ‘He’s all right. You know, we call him Ares, you know, so he goes by his name,’ and I said, ‘Oh, that’s interesting.’”

    The Disney tentpole — a follow-up to the 1982 seminal science-fiction film Tron and the 2010 sequel, Tron: Legacy — stars Leto as Ares, a computer program sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission to introduce artificial intelligence beings to humans. Bridges has been a part of the entire franchise by playing video game designer Kevin Flynn. Tron: Ares, directed by Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’s Joachim Ronning, features a cast that also includes Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Gillian Anderson.

    The subject of Method acting came up as Lowe detailed what he’s like on set and how it’s similar to Bridges’ approach. “You, I know, are like me of the school of actor where we show up and do it. There’s not a lot of artifice around the edges. We’ve done whatever work we need to do, we’re doing it in the quiet of our own privacy, so I can go and be Rob, and we can talk about the Lakers or whatever, and they can say, ‘five minutes,’ and we come to the set, and we do it, and then when they cut, we go, ‘Hey, you know, I went to a great Mexican restaurant last night,’” he explained. “Then, there’s Jared Leto, who, you know, when Jared played the Joker, I have a friend who played his best friend. He was Mr. J the whole time.”

    Bridges continued the thought by saying that both ways of doing it can “work beautifully,” though when he showed up on Tron: Ares, he wasn’t sure how to play it. “His name was Ares in the show, and I ended up going, ‘Hey Air, what’s happening man?’” he explained. “And I say, ‘Is it OK if I call you Air?’ And he says, ‘Yeah, sure you can.’ Then we got loose, and it was just wonderful. I mean, we jammed, you know?”

    He nodded to the music in the film, prompting Lowe to confirm that Leto’s character is also a rockstar. “Big rockstar, man,” he confirmed. “I won’t tell you ’cause we get into some music stuff in the show, and it’s quite good. He’s wonderful in the part though, and I’m so happy to be a part [of it].”

    Playing a rockstar isn’t that much of a stretch for Leto, the longtime frontman of Thirty Seconds to Mars. The band kicked off its Seasons Tour earlier this year, on March 14, in Santiago, Chile, at Lollapalooza. Dates continue through the end of the year before wrapping in Dubai on Dec. 12. Most recently, they just finished a series of shows in Australia before performing in Singapore this weekend.

    Tron: Ares is due for release on Oct. 10, 2025. Bridges joined Leto, Lee and Peters onstage at D23 last month to tease what’s to come. “Technology and AI is omnipresent in our lives,” Bridges offered during his remarks. “What a perfect time to revisit this world. Or, have this world visit us, because that’s what happens in this movie.”

    Jeff Bridges, Greta Lee, Evan Peters and Jared Leto appear at D23 in Anaheim, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2024.

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  • Houston Concert Watch 8/28: Charley Crockett, Squeeze and More

    Houston Concert Watch 8/28: Charley Crockett, Squeeze and More

    Ah, the bliss of youthful ignorance, a totally misplaced sense of confidence and an unswerving conviction that “it will be fine.” This thought crossed my mind when I read about an amusement park ride at Six Flags Mexico that ceased operation for ten minutes during a storm this past weekend, leaving stranded passenger hanging about 250 feet in the air. For the record, the name of the ride is “The Sky Screamer.” I’ll bet!

    I’m pretty sure that none of the kids on the ride worried for an instant about such an incident prior to boarding the ride. When it comes to rides, kids don’t think twice before jumping on the Nausea Whirl in a shopping center parking lot, unconcerned by the fact that the ride was assembled by a bunch of toothless carny tweakers just hours before. But I was one of those kids in the early days of Astroworld. The only thing I ever really worried about was some yahoo next to me in the Barrel of Fun throwing up and, thanks to centrifugal force, having the effluvia hit me in the face. For more cheap thrills, please see below.

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    The Rev. Horton Heat, a true Texas treasure, will play at Main Street Crossing on Wednesday, January 8. Tickets are on sale now, so snag them quickly if you are looking for a serious psychobilly fix.

    Iconic metal band Judas Priest will be on tour this fall, performing in support of its latest album, Invincible Shield. Incredible as it seems, lead vocalist Rob Halford (“The Metal God”) can still hit all of the high notes, or at least most of them. The Houston show is on Tuesday, October 22, at the Smart Financial Centre, and good seats are still available.

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    It has been said that most rock stars would like to be actors (e.g. Mick Jagger in Freejack) and most actors would like to be rock stars (e.g. Corey Feldman opening for Limp Bizkit on the band’s current tour). Add to the latter category Jared Leto, who will perform with his band Thirty Seconds to Mars on Thursday at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion.

    To be fair, Leto and his crew have been at it for over 20 years, releasing their debut album, produced by industry legend Bob Ezrin (Alice Cooper, Kiss, Pink Floyd), in 2001. Considering that Leto’s mega-bummer film Requiem for a Dream was released just before work on the album began, it makes sense that Leto would have been looking for a rock and roll distraction at that point.

    The early ‘80s music scene will be represented on Thursday at the 713 Music Hall by beloved British band Squeeze (“Tempted,” “Black Coffee in Bed’) and Boy George, formerly of Culture Club (“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me,” “Karma Chameleon”). Both acts were leaders of the new wave movement and seen often in the early days of MTV, so the billing makes sense. Squeeze and Boy George are alternating opening and closing the evening on this tour, so if you have a particular favorite of the two, get there early and don’t miss out.

    America doesn’t usually get mentioned in the first breath when “bands of the ‘70s” are discussed, but that isn’t necessarily fair. Sure, the group’s first single, “Horse with No Name,” was viewed by some as a crass Neil Young rip off. Even Young’s father thought that America was Neil and called to complement his son when he heard the song on the radio.

    Nevertheless, a hit-filled career followed, helped in no small part by the fact that Beatles producer George Martin was behind the board for singles like “Tin Man,” “Sister Golden Hair” and “Lonely People.” America will perform at the Smart Financial Centre on Sunday, with Al Stewart (“Year of the Cat”) opening. Gotta love a guy like Stewart, who name checks Peter Lorre in a pop song.
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    Charley Crockett could be viewed as a savior of country music. These days, few artists are able to capture the sound and the heart of classic country better than Crockett. For an example, check out the performance of the title track from his latest album, $10 Cowboy. But Crockett is more than a latter-day Ernest Tubb. He’s one hell of a bluesman, making him a favorite of those who dig a rootsy sound. Crockett performs on Tuesday at the 713 Music Hall.

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  • PHOTOS: Jared Leto on ‘The Morning Mash Up’ at the SiriusXM New York City Studios | SiriusXM

    PHOTOS: Jared Leto on ‘The Morning Mash Up’ at the SiriusXM New York City Studios | SiriusXM

    Jared Leto spoke with SiriusXM Hits 1’s The Morning Mash Up about climbing the Empire State Building, Thirty Seconds to Mars’ 2024 tour, the Met Gala, and more.

    STREAM SIRIUSXM HITS 1: Hear Jared Leto on The Morning Mash Up on 11/14

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto with 'The Morning Mash Up' on SiriusXM Hits 1 at the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto with ‘The Morning Mash Up’ on SiriusXM Hits 1 at the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto with Davis Burleson at the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto with Davis Burleson at the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 10: Jared Leto visits the SiriusXM Studios on November 10, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Maro Hagopian for SiriusXM)


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  • Week In Review: October 8, 2023

    Week In Review: October 8, 2023

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  • ‘Haunted Mansion’ Announces Disney+ Premiere Date

    ‘Haunted Mansion’ Announces Disney+ Premiere Date

    Just in time for the Halloween season, Disney’s new version of Haunted Mansion is coming to Disney+. The movie is based on the classic thrill ride at Disneyland, of course. It’s not the first time the ride has been adapted into film, since there was an Eddie Murphy-fronted effort back in 2003. In 2010, Guillermo Del Toro was attached to direct another Haunted Mansion-themed project, but it failed to materialize.

    The new film stars a ton of heavy hitters in an all-star ensemble cast, made up of the likes of Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto. If you don’t want to subscribe to Disney+ just to watch the movie, you’ll also be able to purchase a digital version of the film starting on the same date.

    READ MORE: Several Upcoming Marvel Disney+ Shows Have Been Delayed

    The film hit theaters on July 28, and it received pretty mixed reviews. Here is an excerpt from ScreenCrush’s own 5/10 review:

    If Haunted Mansion had been a little more invested in this bereavement theme, it might have risen to the level of something like Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which elevated an exercise in corporate brand refurbishment through sheer force of directorial vision. Simien’s film never quite gets there; it’s so possessed with recreating the ride’s details that it misses a bit of the ride’s spirit. A list of Easter eggs hidden in Haunted Mansion would be a waste of time; practically everything is an Easter egg, and none of them are hidden.

    Unfortunately, the people involved in the project were unable to attend the premiere of the movie as a result of the ongoing strike. It seems like the consensus is that the film isn’t quite funny or scary enough to work.

    Haunted Mansion premieres on Disney+ on October 4.

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    Here are 10 Disney movies that we think would make particularly great theme park rides, whether it be a dark ride, flume ride, or rollercoaster.

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  • Week In Review: May 28, 2023

    Week In Review: May 28, 2023

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    Houseguest Offended After Host Only Offers Rawhide To Dog

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    Athletes Respond To LeBron James’ Rumored Retirement

    Athletes Respond To LeBron James’ Rumored Retirement

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  • Texts From Tucker Carlson That Got Him Fired

    Texts From Tucker Carlson That Got Him Fired

    “I hate the way you talk to me, And the way you cut your hair. / I hate the way you drive my car, I hate it when you stare. / I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. / I hate you so much it makes me sick, It even makes me rhyme. / I hate the way you’re always right, I hate it when you lie. / I hate it when you make me laugh, Even worse when you make me cry. / I hate it when you’re not around, And the fact that you didn’t call. / But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you, Not even close, Not even a little bit, Not even at all.”

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  • The 16 Hottest Male Celebrities Categorized by Type

    The 16 Hottest Male Celebrities Categorized by Type

    You may not be able to define in words what exactly makes a person attractive, but you know it when you see it.

    Of course, there is a huge difference between what makes Justin Beiber hot and what makes Bill Nye the Science Guy hot (don’t judge, we don’t kink-shame in this household). For those of us who find men attractive—god help us—the question of attractiveness is particularly complicated. Why Matt Bomer is hot is a simple enough question (he looks like a naughty Ken Doll who has more than plastic beneath his trunks), but things get more nuanced when you consider why leagues of real human beings with eyes find Benedict Cumberbatch attractive or why women regularly throw their panties at Post Malone.

    To help you through the haunted, endless maze of human sexuality, Popdust has broken down all the types of hot a man can be. Chances are, every man you’ve ever been attracted to falls into one of these categories.

    “Want to Build a Life With Him” Hot

    Example: Paul Mescal

    This is the kind of guy you want to take home to your mother. Sure, the sex is only okay, but what does that matter when you wake up every morning to homemade pancakes? This isn’t the type of guy you fantasize about f**king on the kitchen floor, this is the kind of guy whose eyes you picture filling with tears when you buy your first home together. He’s not exactly a daddy, but he would make a great literal daddy.

    “Church Boy” Hot

    Example: Tom Holland

    Something about this guy’s small-town haircut and innocent, sunny smile makes you want to corrupt the sh*t out of him. He always looks a little shocked when you make a dirty joke, but you just know that with some intervention from the devil (you) you’d have that perfectly gelled hair mussed in no time. But also…some small part of you wants to let him make you a better person??? A very small part. Mostly, you just want to ruin his life.

    “Rearrange My Guts” Hot

    Example: Jason Momoa

    You don’t want this guy to take you to a nice dinner at a trendy restaurant—you want him to eat take-out off your ass and throw you around like a rag doll. Sure, he probably has thoughts in his head and a personality and interests and blah blah blah LOOK AT THOSE ARMS. This is the kind of guy you want to spend 72 hours in bed with every 4-6 months but otherwise never see. This is the kind of guy you agree to go camping with despite hating the outdoors because you just love watching him pitch a tent (yes, that was a double entendre, you filthy minx).

    “Got Your Teenage Sister Pregnant, but You Kind of Get It” Hot

    Example: LaKeith Stanfield

    Okay, not literally!!! (maybe literally). But you know that kind of smarmy guy who works at the gas station and says borderline-inappropriate things to you every time you see him? But for some reason, you just can’t summon feminist rage about it and instead sorta giggle and blush and wonder what his tobacco-stained fingers would feel like pulling your hair? Yeah, that guy. He’s a good-for-nothing, uneducated, creepy, grungy, loser…and that kind of works for you.

    “You Knew He Would Be Weird in Bed” Hot

    Example: Evan Mock

    So he’s super hot in all the traditional ways, from facial structure to swagger, but there’s also something a little…extra. Something about him that’s…unhinged. Some kind of mad twinkle in his eye that speaks of unexplored multitudes. In most cases, those multitudes are just daddy issues and a preference for foot stuff, but the joy is in the journey of finding out.

    “Burnout” Hot

    Example: Jeremy Allen White

    He’s not a bad-looking guy. Just a little limp-looking, with features that start seeming weird if you stare too long. But there’s something about him. The tattoos? The nicotine addiction? The greasy hair? Somehow, it’s working.

    “In Context” Hot (e.g. like a high school women’s lacrosse coach)

    Example: Nathan Fielder

    In most situations, this guy isn’t going to turn many heads. But put him on a public school field with 23 hormone-ridden 16-year-olds running laps, and you’ve got yourself an absolute sex magnet. Alternatively, put him in a political race populated by old, saggy, white people, and suddenly his ability to tuck in his shirt over his gut seems exceptional.

    “Ugly” Hot

    Example: Pete Davidson

    This is a broad but important category that this reputable publication has dwelled on seriously for quite some time. An ugly hot guy has an appearance that falls outside the boundaries of conventional attractiveness. Maybe he has a weird horse face or limbs that flail like a carwash’s inflatable man in heavy wind (think Pete Davidson). But if you take all of his objectively unattractive features and put them together, somehow, it just works.

    “Ascot/Take Me on a Yacht” Hot

    Example: Henry Golding

    This is better than just being rich—it’s looking rich. This is ascot hot. This guy’s actual God-given looks are largely irrelevant because money made him his own God. He has the money and time to ensure his hair, skin, and clothes are flawless in a “Who me? I just rolled out of bed like this…” kind of way. If this is your type, it’s fine, we get it.

    “Ready To Risk It All” Hot

    Example: Michael B Jordan

    This is the kind of hot you leave your husband for. This is the kind of hot you leave your wife for. This is the kind of hot you sell your house for. This is the kind of hot you pretend to like his DJ set for. Is the sex good? It literally doesn’t matter, just look at him.

    “Party Boy” Hot

    Example: Machine Gun Kelly

    Does he have a substance abuse problem? Probably. Is he reliable? Not at all. Do any of his values align with yours? Absolutely not. Is he a great f**king time? Oh yeah. This guy probably has one of those annoyingly hot side smiles, maybe a kind of hard-to-understand accent, and the sex is probably kind of like being mauled by a drunk bear but in a good way. He probably has an earring he doesn’t remember getting but kind of pulls it off. It goes without saying that your Dad hates him.

    “Baby” Hot

    Example: Timothée Chalamet

    This is a complicated category. He makes your uterus ache, but you can’t tell if that’s sexual arousal or your biological clock ticking. You can’t decide if you want to take a bath with him or give him a bath. Either way, you definitely wanna smooch that sweet lil face.

    “Retro” Hot

    Example: Aaron Taylor Johnson

    Something about him screams “traditional values.” Not in a scary, baby-Don’t Worry Darling way. More in a Ready For Marriage kind of way. And honestly … if he wanted a trad-wife, I’d be a trad-wife.

    “Artist/Vegan” Hot

    Example: Jaden Smith

    He is comfortable with his feminine side, and he wants you to know it. You wanna argue with him about the fallacy of placing the responsibility for climate change on the shoulders of individuals when a handful of corporations are ultimately responsible—but he has those puppy dog eyes, so you just give in and agree to give up plastic straws. His slam poetry competitions are cringe-worthy, but he just looks so good in ripped Levi’s and a beanie.

    “Wouldn’t Be Surprised if He Turned Out to Be a Serial Killer” Hot

    Example: Robert Pattinson

    He speaks, acts, and behaves like a robot who has heard about the behavior of human beings but never actually seen it. There’s something magnetic about his strangeness, and suddenly the legacy of Ted Bundy makes sense to you. Everything about him is subtly unsettling, but personality disorders aside….he could get it.

    “Prettier Than You” Hot

    Example: Josh Heuston

    He paints his nails, has a skincare routine, and posts thirst traps on Instagram. He doesn’t have a job, but he has thousands of followers on TikTok so he’s working on monetizing social media. Which makes all his hair products a business expense, I guess? Whatever, it’s worth it when he takes his shirt off.

    “Stoner” Hot

    Example: Donald Glover

    He only chuckles at your jokes but cries laughing when his gamer buddy says something about farts. He always needs a haircut, has stains on his shirt, and probably smells faintly of Doritos. Still, something about his anti-establishment, “being handsome is mainstream” attitude does it for you.

    “Garbage” Hot

    Example: Jack Harlow

    This one comes with a lot of justified self-loathing. Just do better.

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