{"id":281291,"date":"2019-10-08T07:24:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1080736"},"modified":"2019-10-08T07:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:24:30","slug":"paul-rudd-knows-he-cant-compete-with-brad-pitt-for-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/paul-rudd-knows-he-cant-compete-with-brad-pitt-for-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rudd Knows He Can’t Compete With Brad Pitt for Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Rudd<\/a><\/strong> seems to have found his place in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

The 50-year-old actor appeared to have a moment of clarity after seeing Brad Pitt<\/a><\/strong>‘s performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I thought, my God, what a movie star, just so cool,” he told The New York Times<\/em><\/a> in an interview published Tuesday. “[Leonardo<\/strong> DiCaprio<\/strong>]’s no slouch either!”<\/p>\n

To be clear, Rudd is a star in his own right. He’s won audience over with comedic classics<\/a> like Clueless<\/em> and Anchorman<\/em> and broken into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Ant-Man. He’s also starring in a new Netflix series, Living With Yourself<\/em>, which debuts Oct. 18. <\/p>\n

Still, he feels like audiences don’t marvel over him the same way they dote over other celebrities.<\/p>\n

“I came to terms pretty early on that I was not going to be the guy up there that people would watch, going, ‘Yes! That’s who I want to be!'” he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n

However, Rudd is OK with this. While he admitted Pitt-like roles are “not coming my way,” he’s “not fighting for them” either.<\/p>\n

“Because the truth is, I don’t quite relate to them in the same way that I relate to a guy who is mildly depressed or put-upon, and trying to fight his way out of this common situation,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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When acting, Rudd doesn’t have “any sort of grand statement to make, to anybody”<\/p>\n

“I don’t want people to know that much about me, really,” he told the publication. “I don’t have much of an interest in being an open book.”<\/p>\n

However, Rudd experienced a whole new level of fame after he started appearing in blockbusters like Avengers: Endgame<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I noticed a heightened awareness,” he said. “It seemed as if, no matter where I was, people had just seen the movie or they were going to it. Kids had seen it, and then parents of kids knew their kids had seen it.”<\/p>\n

He’s also aware of his internet fame and fans’ fascination with his ageless appearance.<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s certainly nicer than hearing, God, that guy looks like [expletive],” he said. “I don’t know what to say about any of this\u2014there’s nothing really to say about it.”<\/p>\n

Regardless of how he feels about his own level of stardom, fans can expect to see a lot more of Rudd. For instance, he’s also set to star in the new Ghostbusters<\/em> film<\/a>, which hits theaters in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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To read his full interview, check out The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t miss E! News<\/em> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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