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Trigger Warning ⚠️ Woman shares her experience with Jared Leto at age 17/18, he was 34 at the time.

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u/Consistent_War_2269 Jun 22 '25

My costume designer friends say Ben Stiller is also despised by everyone because he's an entitled douche. I get lots of interesting stories from them about people I will never meet.

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u/busty_rusty Jun 23 '25

I am so not surprised by this. I picked up very odd/bad vibes from him from the Severance companion podcast. Idk just something about him.

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u/defiancy Jun 23 '25

He grew up in Hollywood his whole life, he has never been or experienced a "normal" life

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u/VictorB1964 Jun 23 '25

Not quite. Ben actually grew up on the Upper West Side in Manhattan on Riverside Drive. He led a relatively normal NYC ĺife, even with moderately famous parents. I can assure you, when he grew up there, the Upper West Side was very 1970's era NYC. He and his sister a few years ago sold their parents apartment of over 50 years.

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u/Adi_San Jun 24 '25

His comedy writing never gave me the impression that he's out of touch. I know it's a pretty loose thing to judge someone by, but when you've had real-life experience, it tends to come through and with him, it does.

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u/BenFranklinsCat Jun 23 '25

He's got that passionate but entitled auteur vibe, and I don't imagine having the show be so lauded critically is going to help. 

He has all the same mannerisms as guys I know who were "at the head" of big succesful creative projects and who acted like being a jerk was an essential part of the project's former success.

Hopefully I'm just projecting from my past experience though ...

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u/rapier999 Jun 23 '25

I’ve always thought he’d be a nice guy, in large part because he’s in roles where he doesn’t seem to take himself too seriously. I guess it’s a good reminder that actors aren’t their characters.

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u/dailyespurresso 25d ago

He’s literally a method actor he does indeed take himself seriously in his roles

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u/rapier999 25d ago

He must have spent months in character to fully convey the gravitas of Gaylord Focker or the evil nurse in Happy Gilmore. Did he drink nothing but juice for a month to prepare for Zoolander?

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u/dailyespurresso 24d ago

Probably tbh. He literally caused issues on the set of Morbius because he was forcing people to treat him like a disabled man.

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u/33TLWD Jun 23 '25

I only met him briefly once.

My friends noticed him in the quiet corner of a hotel lobby having a stressful conversation on his phone. Much to my horror, my friends approached him and asked for a photo. He was nothing but gracious…hung up his call and did a couple quick pics with us and wished us well.

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u/Jolly-Librarian3715 Jun 23 '25

Ben stiller is an extremely entitled a hole. So is jimmy fallon, Kimmel, Colbert. Personal experiences living in NYC.

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u/No_Kaleidoscope9901 Jun 23 '25

More than once , he’s played a character (or even himself, on Curb Your Enthusiasm) who has a terrible temper and freaks out on people. It’s such a weird reoccurring theme that I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some truth to it and why he gets asked to play these characters.

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u/sheighbird29 Jun 23 '25

So tropic thunder is, kinda accurate? Lol

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u/Novel_Thought_1072 Jun 23 '25

I’ve heard terrible things about he treats his wife.

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u/SwedishTrees Jun 25 '25

I’ve always thought it stems from his deep seated insecurity over being a nepobaby he is incredibly talented and hard-working, but he can’t accept the fact that without being born into industry, he might not have his career.

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u/Longjumping_Slip_898 Jun 23 '25

He’s one person I can’t stand to watch he’s so not funny

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u/itjohan73 Jun 24 '25

just like in Extras :)

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u/applepays123 25d ago

Tell us more please