Celebrity Social Media, August 12, 2024

Kit Harrington has a new profile in GQ Hype, talking about his sobriety and his reasons for backing out of the Game of Thrones spinoff while it was still in talks (and not in production, unlike some people, cough cough). 

There were so many hyped-up actors coming out of Game of Thrones and that heat can’t transfer to good work for everyone. Look at other buzzy shows with large casts—Bridgerton comes to mind, but so does Never Have I Ever and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Great ensemble casts, few and far between individual wins for the actors. It’s like transitioning from boy or girl band into a solo artist. Kit is now on Industry, which I haven’t watched yet but my timeline raves about it. 

The way she chucks the bag – this is art. This is cinema. This is worthy of a series deal at Netflix. Even Viola commented!

It’s been just over a year since I mentioned the Chadassaince and honestly? It’s in full swing with Chad Michael Murray set to reprise his role in Freaky Friday Part Deux. 

Chad had a bit of a smarmy reputation in the CW years but, as far as I know, nothing crazy egregious (and there’s a lot of sh-tty news so if missed any, let me know). But overall, with the amount of Very Bad Men working in Hollywood, being a blue steel bro is kind of low on the list of offensive behaviour. What I think has helped him is not constantly defending himself. The chillness has worked in his favour. 

OK what if we take the budget and crew for the Joaquin Phoenix movie and just transfer it to Spy 2? The people demand it!

A little while back, Lainey asked for Oscar host predictions and I think she already had Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman, which makes a ton of sense. Blake will be their stylist (hair AND wardrobe), run craft services with her baked goods and consult on the lightning and set design, of course! And Ryan will write key parts of the script, like he did for It Ends With Us, which the screenwriter found out during an interview. As Blake has said, his wins are hers and vice versa, which is why they are so invested in the work. But this is my question: when you begin a project with someone, do you also commit to working with their spouse? I don’t, unless it’s explicitly mentioned. Like if I’m in a meeting and someone mentions their partner’s input, I would be like… OK, and? I get that creative endeavours are more collaborative but it’s kind of bonkers to me that they think Ryan coming in and rewriting a scene is something to be celebrated when there’s an actual screenwriter and the source author is heavily involved. And I do work with a husband and wife team, Lainey and Jacek. They have very clearly defined roles and have since day one. Lainey is the editorial driver and Jacek has to send me very gentle reminders each month to get my invoice in. The system works.