Is there a term for actors and actresses that got known for roles in geeky productions, who studios started to snap up for AAA blockbusters in the hopes of getting neckbeard cash, while the actors and actress can't seem to build up their CV besides anything catered towards the geek crowd?
Game of Thrones seems to be filled with these sort of people.
Emilia Clarke >Terminator Genisys
Sophie Turner >X-Men: Apocalypse
Gwendoline Christie >Star Wars: Episode VII
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau >Gods of Egypt
It's not AAA but I feel like
Kit Harington >Pompeii
Only came about because the studio thought they could attract GoT fans.
Dinklage also got by on small roles until GoT and I feel like his job in >X-Men: Days of Future Past was because Fox thought they could also cash in on GoT money.
For another example that's not Game of Thrones, Stephen Amell of Arrow is going to be in >Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
A job I think he only got due to Arrow's small success.
Jack Diaz
It's called "getting paid."
John Ward
so a specific form a typecasting?
Evan White
mmm imagine sophie and emilia taking turns sitting on your face yum yum i got a big stiff boner thinkin about it
Jack Lee
It's kinda similar to specific actors in cult film, Sid Haig's career is mainly based on his work for Rob Zombie. I guess you call those people Cult actors, so people like the game of thrones cast are Geek actors.
Chase Brooks
Kind of?
In my mind, typecasting is getting offered only roles for something that made you famous.
Like, say you had critical success with a role where you played an innocent woman, and after that, all you get are the same roles where you play innocent women.
But in this case, while you got famous with a role in some geek production like Walking Dead or such, and you'd like to do a more dramatic film that might be Oscar bait, but all you get are offers for big budget summer movies where the main draw will be your reputation from the Walking Dead. I think that's a bit different.
Bentley Harris
>Dinklage also got by on small roles until GoT
Well what else would he get?
Ethan Lee
Cult actors might be a good example yes!
I looked it up and some examples I'm seeing are Nathan Fillion, Danny Trejo, and Christopher Lambert.
Guys you go in to see them playing themselves the whole time.
Ryder Bailey
typecasting is when you can't get varied roles because the general public can only think of a certain type of character when they look at you. It's literally what you're talking about.
Andrew Ward
Haha! You're so funny user!
Luke Foster
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Michael Lopez
Because they're all fucked looking and can't act? Not exactly rocket science
Lincoln Cooper
Kit Harington also did a Silent Hill movie with Sean Bean
Gavin Gutierrez
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Xavier Diaz
The bigger her ass get the harder I become
Nathaniel Reed
I don't think it's the type of thing you could find a TVtropes page on, but in general, many TV actors fail to transition into film, and many flawed movies attempt to cash in on small-screen success with popular TV actors.
Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston are both good examples. Particularly the former, since he has one noteworthy film that was awful. Cranston didn't fail his transition at all, but was attached to some mediocre projects since he couldn't really ask for more. (Total Recall 2012, Godzilla)
Lincoln Ward
Aaron Paul has that Hulu show right? Isn't that doing well? And he's a producer on Bojack Horseman, so he's got work.
Robert Gray
i'm sure you can do this for a lot of actors/actresses in general (not just geeky realm)
in general the studios choose the roles for name recognition so they often cherry pick from popular TV or lesser movies, but often those people do not work very well in large scale productions for whatever reason
Evan King
The guy who plays Jaime was also in Oblivion.
Kayden Fisher
He is also on Final Fantasy XV of all things, alongside Sean Bean and Lena Headey
Jaxon Fisher
Wouldn't that be an example of the sort of thing OP is talking about?
Oh shit, we need to boost FFXV. Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones was popular so nab whoever is free to voice some characters!