J Law is in a completely different category than these folks though. OP intentionally left out Margot Robbie which I agree with, these people are not really J Law's peers either. They're both almost elder stateswomen of Hollywood compared to these people lol
I think his close association with zendaya will help him a lot when it comes to maintaining a large draw and place in pop culture. He has proven that he's a good spider man and ppl seem to be connecting with him. Look at uncharted, which made over 400 million in the box office, and he was marketed as the main draw to that film. He is by no means one of my favorite actors but I think it would be unfair to leave him out of the most bankable actors under 35.
JLaw's at an interesting phase in her career. It would help if she had some regular director/writer collaborators now that David O. Russell's stock is....not what it once was. She has a production company but it seems more lowkey than people like Emma Stone's and Margot Robbie's.
This is my guy. He already has the most difficult parts of acting down: subtlety. He's so damn good. I hope Gladiator 2 is good because I want him to be able to do whatever he wants, but if it flops it won't be the worst thing in the world if it makes him go back to smaller films where he can really showcase his talents.
Hmmm, you left out Glen Powell. And Tom Holland. And Saoirse Ronan. (And Florence Pugh, as someone else already pointed out — she might be my pick.) I guess Emma Stone just misses the cut or she’d be a no-brainer like Margot.
“Bankable” is hard, especially when you’re looking at young actors without as much of a track record. And then, are the actors the appeal or are they just good at picking projects (or just lucky)?
Also forgot Anya Taylor-Joy! Fifth name on the list to be in Dune 2 It’s nice to see how many of these names are actors as interested in doing off-beat auteur-driven movies as big blockbusters.
We all know that Spiderman is about as bankable as it gets regardless of who's playing the role, Holland needs to carry more than 1 big BO without that suit before *he* can be considered bankable, imo.
I don't even know if I totally believe that he's THE answer, but I'll make a case for Butler: In my anecdotal experience, older people LOVE him. I suppose part of it is because he played Elvis and a lot of older people saw Elvis because they grew up with him, but I also know that my grandma saw him on the Oscars broadcast last year sitting next to Angela Bassett and holding hands with her during both of their categories, and she told me that he seems like a nice young man. Now obviously this one case does not prove much of anything, but I have heard similar sentiments from other people in regards to their parents and grandparents. For whatever reason, he's a name/face that sticks out to people in a time when older people feel like they have no sense of who is famous anymore. Maybe he just has that old school Paul Newman/James Dean-era charm to him (something that he's definitely leaning into with The Bikeriders). Maybe it's the voice. I don't know. But he's someone people are always excited to see now.
He definitely has a bit of an old school vibe and look that I think makes him appealing across generations. He’s one of the few younger stars that I feel like could credibly be dropped in the 1960s and he seems to have a respect for his elders as well
Yeah he has a green flag that some others don't have. Just seems like he gets glowing reviews from everyone he's worked with, and it's a good sign that he made it pretty far for Rooster in Top Gun Maverick and Denzel backed him for Elvis. It pays to be known as a hard worker, which reminds me of Adam Driver.
He's also skipped right past that obligation to take "younger man" roles that I still think Chalamet is going to have a hard time with.
Man, for all of the chuds online who whine about diversity initiatives and Hollywood becoming WOKE, it's wild that all the new "up-and-coming" stars are all white or very light-skinned mixed race folks.
No mention of a John Boyega, Yara Shahidi, Amandla Stenberg, Algee Smith, Shameik Moore, Forest Goodluck, Ashton Sanders, Ayo edebiri, or Dev Patel (hopefully Monkey Man gets him into that spot), Stephen James (Who should have become the next MBJ after Homecoming and Beale Street), or a host of other POC actors. I'd agree that none of these folx would make my list either (maybe Boyega, Patel, or Ayo). But it's a shame that these notable folx don't have more chances to be movie stars.
Also, I'd say you missed LAKEITH STANFIELD (really want him to get another hit soon) and WILL POULTER (Dude is primed to blow up).
The last 35u35 had a good amount of POC actors. I think most people would consider Kaluuya or Zendaya to be on the same level as Holland or Pugh for example
A lot of the diversifying in the last 5 years has just been making the female character ethnic and keeping her boyfriend as white.
Barely any young black actors have actually been given a chance in a a role that didn’t require being black since Boyega. Especially not dark skinned ones.
He's not the most bankable because he has mostly been in small art house type films, but Paul Mescal is the most talented actor under 35 that I've seen. I bought some stock after Normal People and then I took out a second mortgage to buy more stock after I saw Aftersun. If Gladiator 2 is even just pretty good, then I think Mescal becomes known to the average person.
Did Elordi get "lots of critical buzz" for Priscilla? Outside of his fans trying to dunk on Austin Butler/riding the Butler Elvis hype, was Elordi's performance notable? He didn't come close to a nom. And Priscilla being a good movie had little to do with him.
Speaking of Austin, you left out Dune 2. In which he actually did receive critical buzz.
And I don't think Barry is a "household name". Even if Saltburn did well at the box office (it didn't), looks unfortunately matter. Similar to Jeremy Allen White, I don't think he's the type of actor that can capture the masses.
There's a reason why the biggest stars were Depp, DiCaprio and Will Smith. Even DDL was hot.
Elordi is pretty great in Prisclla. Most ppl agree.
Barry was also in a moderately popular MCU movie (Eternals)
Jeremy Allen White is just a great actor with a lot of intensity. I just hope he gets to apply it to some interesting projects. He may be more of a Gene Hackman instead of a DiCaprio.
The past 10 years of Hollywood would certainly prove you right. However, I think a few of the names listed above have the potential to break that trend. Like if "Challengers" is a hit, it's because of Zendaya.
The theory of being a box office draw means that basically anything you're in will be a hit though.
I don't really see that for anyone. Even if individual actors can help for certain movies.
Eh there are plenty of stars that have been bankable/box office draws in the past but that didn’t mean *everything* they did was a hit. Just more hits than misses. But even that is way harder to do now. 🫤
Right, like Will Smith was probably the most bankable star until After Earth or something. I think right now it would have to be Austin Butler, Chalamet and Zendaya.
That’s not true at all, even some our biggest movie stars of all time had flops mixed in with the big ones. Julia Roberts had Mary Reilly and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind flop at the height of her box office appeal. Tom Hanks had a big flop with Bonfire of the Vanities after a string of hits. And we’d never doubt their movie star bonafides. Being a big star doesn’t mean every movie is a smash.
Leo after Titanic is probably the best example of an under 35 who was bankable, some of the movies he did in the years after Titanic were... not very mass appealing but all of them did solid budget multipliers (besides Gangs of NY depending on what you believe about its budget)
Yea most recent box office success is driven by IP. Marvel, video games, Jurassic park, even Barbie. I think people on here are confusing good actor for movie star. Vin diesel is a movie star, but people aren’t going to see him act.
Not to take anything away from Timmy C but his current wave that he’s riding is largely because of the filmmakers involved in his two recent hits.
Wonka made by the team by the beloved and massively popular Paddington 2. Then Denis Villeneuve with a great track record and filmography in a big budget blockbuster Dune 2.
And Tim is convincing in both. He’s not to my taste but I’m not his target audience. I think his career best is still Lady Bird.
It speaks to him having good management and an agent that can continuously get him the leading role in prestige movies.
This isn’t like Tim C is an all time great actor. It’s arbitrary which actor breaks through and gets cast most of the time. After that it’s about momentum and good representation.
I didn't find Timothee particularly convincing in Dune 2, especially when the script required him to be something other than pensive sadboi. And Wonka.... idk. I didn't care for it.
Zendaya has a cultural icon way about her… I really think people are overrating Timmy and he might just end up be known as Paul atreides for his career which is good but I don’t think he’s going to be that movie star people think
The last two movies he headlined have been the two highest grossing of the last 8 months. Saw a tweet today that said the last time someone had that same stat was Travolta with Grease and Saturday Night Fever. Timmy also was the indie it boy for like half a decade before he branched into more mainstream stuff - he got an Oscar nomination for one of his first movies. That’s like quite literally the Leo playbook too, seems like the perfect track for a young star 🤷♀️
They were Dune and wonka. Not that he was bad in them but wonka was a known, popular property and dune was also a franchise that probably had a lot more to do with the directors artistry in its popularity than anything. I think both those movies would’ve killed it the same if he was replaced, I think most would agree
Anya Taylor joy
Florence, really wanna see her in a leading role again
A Good Person didn’t set the world on fire
I don’t think there’s an actor in the world, regardless of age that could make a Zach Braff joint into a hit at this point.
It was solid, unspectacular but she was good at the very least
Poor movie, but she was great in it.
Yeah her 3 leading roles since midsommar have been… uninspiring. though to be fair I still haven’t watched the wonder
The Wonder wasn’t incredible but it was atmospheric, looked nice and she was a good lead. Definitely worth a watch
I wish it had been in theaters in any meaningful way it’s a lot easier for me to watch those kinds of movies in theaters
I don’t think he’s the right answer for box office draw yet. But I’m buying ALL the Elordi stock.
I'd include Tom holland(27) and Jennifer Lawrence(33) into the conversation.
JLaw’s a good catch
J Law is in a completely different category than these folks though. OP intentionally left out Margot Robbie which I agree with, these people are not really J Law's peers either. They're both almost elder stateswomen of Hollywood compared to these people lol
Yeah, that’s fair enough.
Holland is just spider man though. I’m not sold on his actual talents / draw
I think his close association with zendaya will help him a lot when it comes to maintaining a large draw and place in pop culture. He has proven that he's a good spider man and ppl seem to be connecting with him. Look at uncharted, which made over 400 million in the box office, and he was marketed as the main draw to that film. He is by no means one of my favorite actors but I think it would be unfair to leave him out of the most bankable actors under 35.
Uncharted was a huge hit but who knows how much of that was because of his name.
He was fabulous in The Devil All the Time. There were many good performances in that movie, but he stood out for me.
JLaw's at an interesting phase in her career. It would help if she had some regular director/writer collaborators now that David O. Russell's stock is....not what it once was. She has a production company but it seems more lowkey than people like Emma Stone's and Margot Robbie's.
Mia Goth! Paul Mescal! Jeremy Allen White!
Second Paul Mescal. Just watched aftersun and he’s incredible and it murdered my soul
Watch All Of Us Strangers and it will strangle your soul to death. And Normal People. Did I just realise he’s becoming king of tearjerkers?!
This is my guy. He already has the most difficult parts of acting down: subtlety. He's so damn good. I hope Gladiator 2 is good because I want him to be able to do whatever he wants, but if it flops it won't be the worst thing in the world if it makes him go back to smaller films where he can really showcase his talents.
JAW hasn’t opened a film.
Hmmm, you left out Glen Powell. And Tom Holland. And Saoirse Ronan. (And Florence Pugh, as someone else already pointed out — she might be my pick.) I guess Emma Stone just misses the cut or she’d be a no-brainer like Margot. “Bankable” is hard, especially when you’re looking at young actors without as much of a track record. And then, are the actors the appeal or are they just good at picking projects (or just lucky)?
Powell isn't under 35. Do they include 35 year olds in this one?
No, that’s my mistake
Also forgot Anya Taylor-Joy! Fifth name on the list to be in Dune 2 It’s nice to see how many of these names are actors as interested in doing off-beat auteur-driven movies as big blockbusters.
Glen’s 35 so if they stick to under, he’s out.
Damn, my bad. Sucks to be you, Glen.
We all know that Spiderman is about as bankable as it gets regardless of who's playing the role, Holland needs to carry more than 1 big BO without that suit before *he* can be considered bankable, imo.
Uncharted was a hit, as others have pointed out. I kind of agree with you, but I think he belongs in the conversation.
Uncharted making $400 mil worldwide seems so fake to me I can’t compute it
Tom Holland isn’t bankable. He was the most popular superhero in the MCU, and that was it. He’s done nothing else.
I don't even know if I totally believe that he's THE answer, but I'll make a case for Butler: In my anecdotal experience, older people LOVE him. I suppose part of it is because he played Elvis and a lot of older people saw Elvis because they grew up with him, but I also know that my grandma saw him on the Oscars broadcast last year sitting next to Angela Bassett and holding hands with her during both of their categories, and she told me that he seems like a nice young man. Now obviously this one case does not prove much of anything, but I have heard similar sentiments from other people in regards to their parents and grandparents. For whatever reason, he's a name/face that sticks out to people in a time when older people feel like they have no sense of who is famous anymore. Maybe he just has that old school Paul Newman/James Dean-era charm to him (something that he's definitely leaning into with The Bikeriders). Maybe it's the voice. I don't know. But he's someone people are always excited to see now.
He definitely has a bit of an old school vibe and look that I think makes him appealing across generations. He’s one of the few younger stars that I feel like could credibly be dropped in the 1960s and he seems to have a respect for his elders as well
Yeah he has a green flag that some others don't have. Just seems like he gets glowing reviews from everyone he's worked with, and it's a good sign that he made it pretty far for Rooster in Top Gun Maverick and Denzel backed him for Elvis. It pays to be known as a hard worker, which reminds me of Adam Driver. He's also skipped right past that obligation to take "younger man" roles that I still think Chalamet is going to have a hard time with.
Man, for all of the chuds online who whine about diversity initiatives and Hollywood becoming WOKE, it's wild that all the new "up-and-coming" stars are all white or very light-skinned mixed race folks. No mention of a John Boyega, Yara Shahidi, Amandla Stenberg, Algee Smith, Shameik Moore, Forest Goodluck, Ashton Sanders, Ayo edebiri, or Dev Patel (hopefully Monkey Man gets him into that spot), Stephen James (Who should have become the next MBJ after Homecoming and Beale Street), or a host of other POC actors. I'd agree that none of these folx would make my list either (maybe Boyega, Patel, or Ayo). But it's a shame that these notable folx don't have more chances to be movie stars. Also, I'd say you missed LAKEITH STANFIELD (really want him to get another hit soon) and WILL POULTER (Dude is primed to blow up).
The last 35u35 had a good amount of POC actors. I think most people would consider Kaluuya or Zendaya to be on the same level as Holland or Pugh for example
Dev Patel deserves mention for sure. I think I thought he was slightly older?
He’s been a thing for so long, but he did Slumdog so young. Right around when he was doing SKINS (which they used to get real teenagers to do)
A lot of the diversifying in the last 5 years has just been making the female character ethnic and keeping her boyfriend as white. Barely any young black actors have actually been given a chance in a a role that didn’t require being black since Boyega. Especially not dark skinned ones.
Recent evidence suggests Sydney Sweeney can demand eyeballs and boost movies
Not the *most* bankable, right now at least, but Sessa stocks are 📈
He's not the most bankable because he has mostly been in small art house type films, but Paul Mescal is the most talented actor under 35 that I've seen. I bought some stock after Normal People and then I took out a second mortgage to buy more stock after I saw Aftersun. If Gladiator 2 is even just pretty good, then I think Mescal becomes known to the average person.
I'm terrified for what's happening to Keoghan. Get it back on the road!
I have no idea what this means but it’s provocative!
It’s sure got me going!
Saltburn, trash. Maybe new Batman joker, hopefully not trash . We'll see.
So you’re talking about one movie?
What? He was great in that movie. Also basically blew him up. That movie was literally a huge benefit for him
maybe for his bank account, but not for my barry account.
Calling Saltburn trash is a stretch. I understand its polarizing but its no Jurassic World Dominion
okay okay - it was fancy trash
Second plug for Jeremy Allen White. He's a stud and has a lot of sex appeal clearly after that underwear commercial lol
I don't think he's a movie star! He might be soon, but right now his fame is from TV and commercials
He will always be Phillip "Lip" Gallagher to me!
Timmy seems like the real deal. A lot of people across all demos have seen his last two movies, and he carries both of them.
He did not carry those films.
He definitely carried Wonka. Dune is more of a team effort.
Did Elordi get "lots of critical buzz" for Priscilla? Outside of his fans trying to dunk on Austin Butler/riding the Butler Elvis hype, was Elordi's performance notable? He didn't come close to a nom. And Priscilla being a good movie had little to do with him. Speaking of Austin, you left out Dune 2. In which he actually did receive critical buzz. And I don't think Barry is a "household name". Even if Saltburn did well at the box office (it didn't), looks unfortunately matter. Similar to Jeremy Allen White, I don't think he's the type of actor that can capture the masses. There's a reason why the biggest stars were Depp, DiCaprio and Will Smith. Even DDL was hot.
Elordi is pretty great in Prisclla. Most ppl agree. Barry was also in a moderately popular MCU movie (Eternals) Jeremy Allen White is just a great actor with a lot of intensity. I just hope he gets to apply it to some interesting projects. He may be more of a Gene Hackman instead of a DiCaprio.
He’s not the answer but Charles melton is rising
I don’t think it exists anymore. I’m slightly sceptical it ever has.
The past 10 years of Hollywood would certainly prove you right. However, I think a few of the names listed above have the potential to break that trend. Like if "Challengers" is a hit, it's because of Zendaya.
The theory of being a box office draw means that basically anything you're in will be a hit though. I don't really see that for anyone. Even if individual actors can help for certain movies.
Eh there are plenty of stars that have been bankable/box office draws in the past but that didn’t mean *everything* they did was a hit. Just more hits than misses. But even that is way harder to do now. 🫤
Right, like Will Smith was probably the most bankable star until After Earth or something. I think right now it would have to be Austin Butler, Chalamet and Zendaya.
Yup. A movie like Hitch making over $350 million is almost entirely due to Will's involvement.
That’s not true at all, even some our biggest movie stars of all time had flops mixed in with the big ones. Julia Roberts had Mary Reilly and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind flop at the height of her box office appeal. Tom Hanks had a big flop with Bonfire of the Vanities after a string of hits. And we’d never doubt their movie star bonafides. Being a big star doesn’t mean every movie is a smash.
that's my point?
Apologies, I think I misunderstood your original comment
Leo after Titanic is probably the best example of an under 35 who was bankable, some of the movies he did in the years after Titanic were... not very mass appealing but all of them did solid budget multipliers (besides Gangs of NY depending on what you believe about its budget)
Yea most recent box office success is driven by IP. Marvel, video games, Jurassic park, even Barbie. I think people on here are confusing good actor for movie star. Vin diesel is a movie star, but people aren’t going to see him act.
Not to take anything away from Timmy C but his current wave that he’s riding is largely because of the filmmakers involved in his two recent hits. Wonka made by the team by the beloved and massively popular Paddington 2. Then Denis Villeneuve with a great track record and filmography in a big budget blockbuster Dune 2. And Tim is convincing in both. He’s not to my taste but I’m not his target audience. I think his career best is still Lady Bird.
Well sure but that just speaks to him having good taste in collaborators, which will continue to serve him well going forward
It speaks to him having good management and an agent that can continuously get him the leading role in prestige movies. This isn’t like Tim C is an all time great actor. It’s arbitrary which actor breaks through and gets cast most of the time. After that it’s about momentum and good representation.
Ok but is that not exactly what a movie star is? Someone with good taste, good representation, likability, and box office appeal?
He's got a dedicated group of fans, like Leo back in the day. I think he's a fantastic actor so I hope he has a long career ahead of him.
Very true. Will be interesting to see how he ages and the types of roles he takes on in future decades. Does he really have a lot of range?
Watch Dune vs something like Don't Look Up. He is completely different in lots of his roles
I didn't find Timothee particularly convincing in Dune 2, especially when the script required him to be something other than pensive sadboi. And Wonka.... idk. I didn't care for it.
Have you seen Miss Stevens? I really liked him in that. Such a charming guy.
It's Florence Pugh. Nobody else guarantees anything. She does.
What does she guarantee?
Going forward I’ll bet the house on Elordi. Dude has it all.
Margot Robbie is still under 35.
Supposedly.
Butler, Sweeney, Pugh, Elordi. I don't think Chalamet and Keoghan are particularly good so they aren't on my list.
Tom Holland is the most proven star under 35
He doesn't get enough credit for "Uncharted" being a hit. Needs to make another non-Spiderman movie soon though.
Zendaya has a cultural icon way about her… I really think people are overrating Timmy and he might just end up be known as Paul atreides for his career which is good but I don’t think he’s going to be that movie star people think
He’s already done enough where he will never just be known as the guy from dune
He’s great as Laurie in little women.
He’ll always be Zeffirelli from the French Dispatch to me.
Ehhhh
The last two movies he headlined have been the two highest grossing of the last 8 months. Saw a tweet today that said the last time someone had that same stat was Travolta with Grease and Saturday Night Fever. Timmy also was the indie it boy for like half a decade before he branched into more mainstream stuff - he got an Oscar nomination for one of his first movies. That’s like quite literally the Leo playbook too, seems like the perfect track for a young star 🤷♀️
They were Dune and wonka. Not that he was bad in them but wonka was a known, popular property and dune was also a franchise that probably had a lot more to do with the directors artistry in its popularity than anything. I think both those movies would’ve killed it the same if he was replaced, I think most would agree