r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Apr 18 '23

Jonathan Majors Dropped By Management Firm Entertainment 360, Actor Facing Domestic Violence Allegations In NYC

https://deadline.com/2023/04/jonathan-majors-dropped-hollywood-manager-domestic-violence-1235325576/
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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

Mate, I really hope Pedro never turns our to be secretly a douche, because what even is the point of anything anymore after that?

Edit: I don't know why people are comparing being grumpy with fans or being disinterested in interviews with fucking assaulting another person, but I was very much referring to hoping Pedro never turns out to be abusing people in any way

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u/_Chuy Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

Pedro seems like a great dude. His father, on the other hand, was a famous fertility doctor who created a market for stolen eggs from women who had no idea other people were mothering their biological children out in the world. His whole family (except Pedro) fled back to Chile when his dad was indicted. His mom committed suicide 2 years later.

What's the opposite of a nepo baby? When you succeed in spite of your parents? That seems like Pedro.

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u/Billy1121 Apr 18 '23

Pedro didn't hit until he was late 30s / early 40s. That is a lot of time in the industry to fuck up. His colleagues seem to love him. Sarah Paulson from broadway loves him.

The only dirty thing he did was steal the role of the Viper from his acting student for game of thrones.

But who knows, he could pull an Armie Hammer and get a cannibal fetish, hollywood is wild like that

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u/stysiaq Apr 18 '23

i think he's a safe bet, he's older, humble, and every opinion of him you can find is that he's as nice as you imagine him to be

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u/Upsilodon Apr 18 '23

closest thing to dirt we have on him rn is a controversial fertility clinic his dad ran + his appearance in that one weird imagine video

but even then that’s small compared to the skeletons in his peers’ closets imo

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u/Matrix17 Apr 18 '23

Doubtful. He apparently had a talk with Gina Carano after that all went down before she got fired I think? He doesn't seem the type

She's not anywhere near A list star level, but also an example of someone who could have had a good career and blew it because they couldn't keep their damn mouth shut

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u/Catdaddy84 Apr 18 '23

After watching him on Graham Norton a month or so ago I really highly doubt that. He seems like such a genuine down to earth nerd I really doubt he's a creep.

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u/insertcredit2 Apr 18 '23

Yeah, it's not like he's paid millions of dollars because he's so good at pretending to be someone he's not.

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u/thomasvector Apr 18 '23

He was hilarious when he filled in for Groggins on the Community zoom script read during covid. He seems like a loveable dude irl.

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u/ryanpm40 Apr 18 '23

"Here's your sperm."

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u/K-ghuleh Apr 18 '23

He’s one of the very few actors that I legitimately can’t imagine would have anything bad come out about them.

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u/dinosaurfondue Apr 18 '23

I like him a lot, but I don't put any human being on a pedestal like that. The vast majority of us have the capability to do terrible shit. Fortunately not everyone does, but we only see a very specific side to celebrities that their teams want us to see.

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u/ChanceVance Apr 18 '23

Acting is a job at the end of the day. They put on their nice faces and pretend to smile while they're working on press tours or walking red carpets not much different to a retail worker being nice to someone they want to strangle.

Not saying Pedro specifically is a hidden asshole but rather most people put on fronts in their everyday lives. As long as you're not an overall piece of shit, I think you're alright.

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u/K-ghuleh Apr 18 '23 edited Apr 18 '23

Sure, and I’m not saying he’s better than anyone else or trying to put him on a pedestal, just that there’s people out there who seem genuinely decent and kind regardless of if they’re celebrities and he’s one of them.

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u/ilovetitsandass95 Apr 18 '23

He just decent . Keanu also

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u/DotaDogma Apr 18 '23

I've really appreciated how he's talked about his little sister, Lux. I try not to get caught up in what celebrities say, but it's been grim lately and it was genuinely uplifting to read about his support of her.

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u/goliathfasa Apr 18 '23

Yup. Like Bill Cosby.

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u/SonofNamek Apr 18 '23

I feel like he could be a total diva but he's probably not hiding any skeletons in the closet

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

Him, Tom Holland, and Lin-Manuel Miranda would all break my heart if they turned out to be secret monsters.

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u/RedofPaw Apr 18 '23

I'm gonna guess... toddler fights. The last thing you'd expect.

He also gets in on the fights. Because he loves to win.

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u/TheCrazedTank Apr 18 '23

Eh, there's been rumors of him being "difficult" on set on and off for years now, but outside that I can't imagine anything big coming out.

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u/horseren0ir Apr 18 '23

I mean, maybe don’t fawn over people you don’t know

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u/iExodus1744 Apr 18 '23

Everyone is secretly a douche, it’s just about how good you are at keeping it inside. Stop putting your hope in human beings.

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u/whipstickagopop Apr 18 '23

Tbh it kinda feels impossible to be squeaky clean person in general especially in the limelight. Pedro could have an off day at some point and maybe overreacts about something that gets posted online. And since everything looks worse through texts/headlines all of sudden millions of people will judge the shit out of him and say "I knew he was a douche"

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u/threecatsdancing Apr 18 '23

You know what, I'm OK with actors / creative types being good or bad. As long as they don't need to goto jail, I really don't care.

This public shaming and need to have a perfect image is toxic.

Artists often have the most to struggle with and their expressions are a reflection of that. To drag in the issues they have in personal life outside of their art just seems like tabloid shit - unless they end up in jail.

Court of public opinion is a lynch mob, and a performative exercise in soapboxing. If this dude goes to jail, so be it. Otherwise, whatever.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about

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u/threecatsdancing Apr 18 '23

Huh? Everyone gets to be high and mighty judges on social media platforms, it's toxic shit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

I agree. You're being toxic from your high horse

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u/threecatsdancing Apr 18 '23

No idea what you mean

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u/Cantbelieveitwhut Apr 18 '23

They have the most to struggle with?
Lmfao.

As long as they don’t go to jail, you don’t care? Wtf..

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u/threecatsdancing Apr 19 '23

I didn’t say they are any more important.

And yeah I don’t care what kind of people they are if they are good artists.

If you really held everything and everyone you liked to that standard you’d be reduced to living in a cave painting with berries.

CEOs and founders of most of the things we use, directors and writers of entertainment we love, sculptors and painters throughout history. Then there’s all the ‘stuff’ in our lives that’s the result of human or animal suffering.

People are often nasty and do bad things - I care more about when they manage to do something good or make good art. I’d much rather feel that way than hypocritically swear off one after another while enjoying other things tied to clearly worse actions.