Hollywood superhero movies are running out of blond dudes named Chris
Hollywood superhero movies are running out of blond dudes named Chris
Hollywood is nearing a crisis situation. Soon, there will be no more white male actors named Chris left to star in superhero movies.
The Chris rumor du jour is that Chris Pine (Star Trek) is in the running to play Green Lantern in DC’s Justice League franchise. If he winds up being cast, Hollywood will have exhausted the last of its Chris stocks.
The trend began with Christopher Reeve as Superman. Then it was Chris O’Donnell as Robin in the ‘90s Batman movies and Christian Bale as Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy—directed, incidentally, by yet another Chris. Marvel Studios took things even further, casting Fantastic Four alum Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, and Chris Pratt as Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Chrises are a winning formula, but audiences grew too demanding, too greedy. Without any thought for the sustainability of its most valuable resource, the Hollywood superhero genre is down to its final Chris.