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If height is so important why are all the TOP Hollywood actors sub 5'11?

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pearly 180 laser beams
  01/04/26
Actors at those heights look better on camera.
Multi-colored saffron elastic band
  01/04/26
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boyish offensive son of senegal useless brakes
  01/04/26
nah that's BS probably. if anything Mel Gibson looks ridicul...
tan heaven
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Pungent maniacal ticket booth fanboi
  01/04/26
cheaper constumes and the leading women can "act" ...
floppy area
  01/04/26
Not so much taller than their female costars that it causes ...
boyish offensive son of senegal useless brakes
  01/04/26
casting done by Jews who are 5'5 themselves
Primrose senate dopamine
  01/04/26
because you can just shoot them at camera angles that make t...
thriller liquid oxygen
  01/04/26
If you're an adult male with spatial intelligence and pay at...
tan heaven
  01/04/26
really tom cruise was thirty years ago and is grandfathered ...
thriller liquid oxygen
  01/04/26
have always been told it is about the face - smaller face...
Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression
  01/04/26
(Johnny Drama)
Cracking Burgundy University
  01/04/26
there are no "top hollywood actors" anymore. the S...
Shivering ape
  01/04/26
Child actors can't be expected to have good adult phenotypes...
tan heaven
  01/04/26
good point cowshit
Shivering ape
  01/04/26
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pearly 180 laser beams
  01/04/26
lol cr
aphrodisiac slate chapel
  01/04/26
Jews hate beauty and strength
Razzmatazz Range Partner
  01/04/26
this isn't even true btw because if you look at the box offi...
Shivering ape
  01/04/26
there are still a lot of Chalamets and Stathams out there (w...
Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression
  01/04/26
because actors are the theater kids from your high school - ...
Charismatic sandwich keepsake machete
  01/04/26
First, the most important (but also most obvious) answer is ...
big kink-friendly personal credit line
  01/04/26
ok I'll bite - who the fuck is philip haldiman?
Charismatic sandwich keepsake machete
  01/04/26
i assume he meant josh hutcherson, not 60 year old bald phil...
Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression
  01/04/26
Oh sorry, I literally googled "who played denny in The ...
big kink-friendly personal credit line
  01/04/26
josh hutcherson is listed at 5'5
excitant buck-toothed kitty antidepressant drug
  01/04/26
perfect for casting in XO the movie then
Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression
  01/04/26
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pearly 180 laser beams
  01/04/26
thanks for weighing in, Tall Internet Poster.
tan heaven
  01/04/26
I was almost cast in a pilot as a kid but there were problem...
Stimulating Crystalline Locale
  01/04/26
How tall?
pearly 180 laser beams
  01/04/26
Taller than average. So compared to child actors
Stimulating Crystalline Locale
  01/04/26
tall men are too busy dominating sports and IRL to care abou...
spectacular fishy old irish cottage
  01/04/26


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Date: January 4th, 2026 5:00 AM
Author: pearly 180 laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561045)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:12 PM
Author: Multi-colored saffron elastic band

Actors at those heights look better on camera.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561468)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:13 PM
Author: boyish offensive son of senegal useless brakes



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561469)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:19 PM
Author: tan heaven

nah that's BS probably. if anything Mel Gibson looks ridiculous trying to kick guy's asses in Film. Tom Cruise even worse. Sometimes he just launches his entire body at them like a missile. He can't just throw a punch.

It's like asking why the point guard is like the quarterback of the basketball court with higher IQ/GPA who plays shrewdly and intelligently and has exquisite ball handling and high free throw %. it's kind of just because there aren't nearly as many Tall Guys to begin with who also have those qualities. Like Jokic can do it all but it's not the norm.

the other thing is that Tall Guys go through life without feeling the full range of emotions, they just get praised for being Tall starting at age 5, so they end up lacking range. it's the same problem models have where they can't act.

Mel Gibson's suicidal underdog energy is like exactly what you'd see in a Short hs wrestler Scumjock or something. Imagine Tom Brady in Lethal Weapon. it'd be ruinous.

Tall Guys can do really well at being villains or henchmen. Charles Dance is one such case in Bond: https://preview.redd.it/charles-dance-in-for-your-eyes-only-1981-v0-lu0xukjwcr1e1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=f6f1ff1640f51462ae84355bdb5535a61d7fc4e9

If you've only seen him in GoT you'd think he's the best actor ever, but he's kind of The Same in everything bc he's like 6`3``.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561490)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:50 PM
Author: Pungent maniacal ticket booth fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561561)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:13 PM
Author: floppy area

cheaper constumes and the leading women can "act" attracted

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561471)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:14 PM
Author: boyish offensive son of senegal useless brakes

Not so much taller than their female costars that it causes a framing problem. Ben Affleck is an exception, but he often has pretty tall female costars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561472)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:15 PM
Author: Primrose senate dopamine

casting done by Jews who are 5'5 themselves

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561476)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:16 PM
Author: thriller liquid oxygen

because you can just shoot them at camera angles that make them look 6'3''. the actors may be 5'9'' but the characters are 6'3''

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561477)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:20 PM
Author: tan heaven

If you're an adult male with spatial intelligence and pay attention you realize this is BS. Tom Cruise looks short as hell in everything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561491)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:25 PM
Author: thriller liquid oxygen

really tom cruise was thirty years ago and is grandfathered in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561507)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:20 PM
Author: Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression

have always been told it is about the face

- smaller faces look better on camera

- small people with a relatively big head for their tiny bodies look better on camera



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561492)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:37 PM
Author: Cracking Burgundy University

(Johnny Drama)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561541)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:21 PM
Author: Shivering ape

there are no "top hollywood actors" anymore. the Stranger Things cast is ugly, like phenotypes you would see at Aldi, and they will all spiral into drug abuse and extended unemployment soon imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561496)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:27 PM
Author: tan heaven

Child actors can't be expected to have good adult phenotypes when their only talents are being Short and pretending to be younger than they are & getting molested

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561511)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: Shivering ape

good point cowshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561520)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 2:01 PM
Author: pearly 180 laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561715)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 9:08 PM
Author: aphrodisiac slate chapel

lol cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49562728)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:35 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Range Partner

Jews hate beauty and strength

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561538)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:39 PM
Author: Shivering ape

this isn't even true btw because if you look at the box office in recent years it is guys like Hugh Jackman and Liam Neeson who are pulling in the numbers. Jackman is still in the closet for some reason but he's 6'2 and Neeson is like 6'4 even at 73 years old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561545)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression

there are still a lot of Chalamets and Stathams out there (who both claim to be 5'10", so about 5'7")



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561556)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: Charismatic sandwich keepsake machete

because actors are the theater kids from your high school - not the jocks. The screen is big enough for short guys to look normal. What producers look for is interesting and emotive faces (big eyes, big noses, lips, chins, etc)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561560)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:51 PM
Author: big kink-friendly personal credit line

First, the most important (but also most obvious) answer is that the pros of height / cons of shortness are negated by cinematographical conventions that don't show lingering, dead-on, head-to-toe shots of multiple people at once (i.e., how people look at other people exclusively IRL), which obfuscates height in a way that doesn't have any IRL equivalent. So asking why studios cast short actors in leading roles clearly intended to be Tall is like asking why chris nolan didn't cast real experienced space-shuttle pilots in interstellar: he didn't need to, because movie magic was going to make whoever he cast *look* like he was piloting the space shuttle, regardless. So there's no reason to apply that highly restrictive filter on casting.

Second, shorter guys' proportions look better for the camera, which actually does distort human features a bit. Where you actually see this *the most* is child actors: the child actors who look best tend to be more fully developed (as in, their growth is closer to being done) both facially and bodily, and as a result they grow up to be malformed-looking and comically short--like, too short to even be used at all as adult actors (at least in any kind of sex-symbol/leading-man capacity; maybe as like a dwarf or hobbit or something). Look at haley joel osment and harry and ron from the harry potter series; five-foot-seven macaulay culkin TOWERS over all of them.

Finally, even these historical benefits for short actors have started to fade in recent years, succumbing, ultimately, to the all-important power of Height. Look at how wet sluts got for the Hemsworth brothers. That's my wife's big complaint about the Hunger Games movies, where they cast liam hemsworth as one potential love interest and philip haldiman as the other: she points out that it's "just not believable" that a girl (especially a tall girl, like jennifer lawrence) would go with haldiman under really any circumstances. "He's [haldiman] a good actor, but they just can't have the comparison be like that if they want female viewers to stay engaged with the film."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561565)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 12:56 PM
Author: Charismatic sandwich keepsake machete

ok I'll bite - who the fuck is philip haldiman?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561576)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 1:09 PM
Author: Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression

i assume he meant josh hutcherson, not 60 year old bald phil halidman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561605)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 1:13 PM
Author: big kink-friendly personal credit line

Oh sorry, I literally googled "who played denny in The Room," thinking of james franco's "The Disaster Artist," which depicts the making of "The Room".

Haldiman played denny/danny in the original The Room, and then josh hutcherson played Haldiman in The Disaster Artist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561613)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:09 PM
Author: excitant buck-toothed kitty antidepressant drug

josh hutcherson is listed at 5'5

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561863)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:23 PM
Author: Vivacious Sanctuary Indirect Expression

perfect for casting in XO the movie then



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561889)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:32 PM
Author: pearly 180 laser beams



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561903)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 2:08 PM
Author: tan heaven

thanks for weighing in, Tall Internet Poster.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561745)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:31 PM
Author: Stimulating Crystalline Locale

I was almost cast in a pilot as a kid but there were problems bc I was Tall

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561902)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:33 PM
Author: pearly 180 laser beams

How tall?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561905)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: Stimulating Crystalline Locale

Taller than average.

So compared to child actors

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561912)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: spectacular fishy old irish cottage

tall men are too busy dominating sports and IRL to care about playing make believe. Acting is for short losers hoping for a chance to pretend to be preps and jocks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5817140&forum_id=2#49561910)