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Who is the LAST movie star of the pre-franchise/expanded universe era? I mean somebody who could get a movie green lid with a budget of maybe 40 or $50 million just because they agreed to participate? Not Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, etc. – they pre-date that era.
To clarify, I feel like things really started to shift circa 2005 to 2008, when the Nolan Batman movies were huge and marvel was starting to refine its marketplace approach
A lot of interesting answers in this thread, the trend that really jumps out is that a lot of the big stars of the last 15 years who aren’t superhero people are comic actors basically
I don't know what the RIGHT answer is here. I'm just struggling to think of a movie star in the last 15 years who wasn't officially minted as a movie star by putting on some kind of franchise costume.
Like, who has come along recently who COULD do franchise work but doesn't NEED to do it in order to be considered a bankable name? Chris Pratt, to name one recent star, is somebody you plug into a franchise. He's not somebody franchises are created around.
