He probably didn’t get paid millions for his first major gig
Anon watches Lost
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starik@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe not the first season or two. But he was a series regular for six seasons for what at the time was one of the most popular television shows, ever. His character had unique staying power in that show.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
You could say he lends that weight to the role
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But it clearly worked out for him, I mean we see him on new media all the time! What, you can’t think of anything? Just Google his name!
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I mean he was part of the main cast on Hawai Five-0 for like 6 seasons too. Credited with 130 episodes on IMDb. Dude’s probably loaded and only takes occasional roles for fun nowadays.
phonics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think you need to do a certain amount of roles per year or whatever to stay in the actors guild.
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If he was smart about investing it, he probably earned enough to retire and live at a middle-class level for the rest of his life. But, he’s probably not loaded. He wasn’t ever one of the main stars of a show, he was always a side character. Plus, lifestyle inflation is a big problem for actors. Say he was making $400k per year on Hawaii Five-O, he probably wasn’t living a modest $80k/year lifestyle and putting away 80% of his earnings.
I would bet he’s still out looking for work so he can live in a house in LA with a pool up in the hills, not in a 1 bedroom apartment in the city.
can@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
His image is immortalized in rock history
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I literally thought that was Steve from Gamers Nexus.
treesapx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I actually really like Bookie.
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The guy who played Sam in game of thrones said he would ask people, who pointed out tye similar plot hole with his character, something along the lines of “you know I don’t actually live on the wall right?” I don’t want to search for the clip to find the exact quote so sorry if that’s too far off.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Also something along “theres living dead, giants, dragons, magic, and the only thing you find unrealistic is someone not losing weight?”
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Becauae there is no in-fiction reason why that would be the case. Dragons aren’t realistic, but not losing weight is internally inconsistent with the rules of the world as presented to us.
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Is this implying that everyone on those stranded-on-a-desert-island shows are just actors and they stay in hotels and live comfortably when the camera isn’t on them?
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I just assumed The Skipper on Giligan’s Island ate a lot of coconuts.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The Skipper was 60’s fat, Hurley is 21st century fat.
The difference is about one entire person.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 months ago
There were actually ten people on the Minnow but The Skipper is also a cannibal.
lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
He is the only thing I remember about that show. Then again, I have never really watched it
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 months ago
Bazell@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Chad.
sanbdra@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The real mystery of Lost wasn’t the island, it was the writers explaining that 😭
pyre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
yeah “refuses to lose weight”, because they didn’t know he was fat when they cast him.
and no, the show doesn’t even try to come up with an explanation. why would it. he’s fat, we know why people may be fat. like what the fuck was this idiot smoking when he watched the show that he thinks Hurley’s weight is the main focus?
IronBird@lemmy.world 2 months ago
as someone who can’t be bothered to watch Lost, what are some of the reasons given for him remaining fat?
treesapx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Asking Lost to give you answers is the reason none of us talk about Lost.
8oow3291d@feddit.dk 2 months ago
The opening text image did explicitly say that the writers did come up with explanations.
biscuit@lemdro.id 2 months ago
Hurley was only on the island for 108 days before being rescued. As he said on the show “I’m a big guy, it’s gonna be a while before I lose a few notches”. 108 days isn’t a massive amount of time.
In season two he did hoard some food for himself, but then when the 2nd food drop came he ultimately gave it all away.
This is just a silly meme it’s best not to judge the show from it. They don’t “keep making up excuses”.
daannii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He keeps finding food stashes. Finds a food pantry in a bunker (start of season 2). Then a pallet of food dropped by helicopter (mid or late season 2). Then they made it a reoccurring drop delivery even though there hadn’t been reoccurring food drops the whole first season. No one found any of the drops nor saw a helicopter even though it was right by the camp/hatch. But it was apparently happening the whole time.
It still was never clear who was having the food drops made but maybe dharma initiative. Since they knew Desmond was living in the bunker and the food was supposedly for him.
Also it’s a pretty good show. The last season was confusing and misunderstood.
But the rest is solid. Good acting. Interesting characters. Honestly worth watching.
hesh@quokk.au 2 months ago
One of if not the best TV show ever produced, don’t listen to the haters. Check it out someday
pyre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
yeah you can have criticisms of the show but most i hear is from motherfuckers who still think they died in the crash