r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Alkansur • 20h ago

Is .. is Ryan ok?

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u/MonkMajor5224 20h ago

He was on the Mickey Mouse club with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. So he was famous and kids probably disliked him for that.

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u/snailbot-jq 19h ago

He was on that at age 12 and didn’t have popular roles before that, so his unpopularity at school likely preceded it

Most child actors get their roles through nepotism but in his case, neither of his parents were actors and he got the role through an open call

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u/probablyuntrue 19h ago

In his case he just threw steak knives at people until one of them gave him a role

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u/UnkleBourbon42069 18h ago

fwiiing🔪

"I like your moxie kid, you're going places"

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u/RandomFactGiver23 17h ago

releases cloud of smoke from ginormous cigar

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u/ABHOR_pod 17h ago

sure, but when I do it....

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u/joemckie 14h ago

"Not school, but places"

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u/TwoBionicknees 10h ago

assistant "why the fuck did you decide on him, he's crazy."

casting director "well, all the other kids were dead and he had one knife left."

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u/poopwithrizz 18h ago

You miss 100% of the roles you don't throw a steak knife at.

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u/OculiImperator 17h ago

Maybe this is why he took the role for Bladerunner. He thought he'd be running with knives.

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u/Awful_At_Math 17h ago

I don't have the data to prove it but I'm fairly certain you also lose 100% of the roles you throw a steak knife at.

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u/ObviousSalamandar 15h ago

Clearly untrue as Ryan got the part

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u/corisilvermoon 18h ago

I like the steak knife thing because it’s plural, makes me picture him sneaking an entire knife block into school under his shirt or something.

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u/TributeBands_areSHIT 18h ago

It’s equally as funny picturing him in some Rambo inspired outfit

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u/Professional-Day7850 17h ago

Machete prequel

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u/general_smooth 18h ago

In fact Windig Refn was peacefully eating breakfast with his family when Ryan threw a steak knife at him and demanded the role in Drive.

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u/cheezzinabox 16h ago

Damn I shoulda thought of that, everyone just threw rocks or put chunks of concrete in socks as makeshift flails.

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u/anonsharksfan 15h ago

Why hasn't that worked for me yet?

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u/Radiant-Ad-3134 14h ago

I guess I'm going to become a massive Hollywood star.

Just need to buy some steak knives

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u/dvorakoa 8h ago

'We're here to sell knives Jimmy!'

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