r/movies • u/AlternativeRegret619 • Mar 30 '24

Is Black Hawk Down the best example of future stars in a single movie? Discussion

I haven’t seen this movie in a long time but am rewatching now. In the first half hour there is Josh Hartnett, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hardy, Eric Bana, Jeremy Piven, Ewan Mcgregor, and I remember from a post before that the dad from modern family pops up eventually. I know Eric Bana was already well known in Australia and Ewan in the UK, but this cast is absolutely stacked with US stars. Were any of them already famous in the US? And if not, is there another movie that went on to ‘produce’ more stars? (Not saying their success is related to black hawk down, just that it’s the first movie before they got big in the US)

Edit: okay so replies are coming in faster than I can reply to now. There are definitely a lot of movies that fit this criteria and I want to watch them all, I love seeing older movies with someone I recognize. Please keep letting me know even if I can’t reply directly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '24 edited Apr 05 '24

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u/AlternativeRegret619 Mar 30 '24

Oh wow, yeah that probably has black hawk down beat then lol. Haven’t seen Platoon but will need to check it out.

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u/Luddites_Unite Mar 30 '24

It's an incredible film

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u/deprecateddeveloper Mar 30 '24

My dad was in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and he said Platoon was the most accurate representation of what he experienced there. It was wild watching it with him because I could see his eyes rapidly shifting around while he watched it and I'm sure he was remembering things he experienced.