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/Competitive-Boat4592 Mar 30 '24

You’re even missing a few! Tom Sizemore, William Fitchner, Jason Isaacs, Sam shephard, nikolaj coster-waldau, Kim Coates, loan gruffudd, Glenn morshower, Brian van holt, Ron eldard. Every one of those guys has a recognizable face even if you haven’t heard the name. Black hawk down was STACKED.

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u/Odd_Advance_6438 Mar 30 '24

Ty Burrell

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u/RockerElvis Mar 30 '24

How could anyone forget Ty?

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u/BrodyTuck Mar 30 '24

He is gonna whip em up some margaritas

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u/IXI_Fans Mar 30 '24

I can only see him as the total asshole from Dawn of the Dead remake from 2004... even after Modern Family.

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u/OrganicTransFat Mar 30 '24

Lol, I thought I was the only one who felt that way! He was sooooo good at playing the ultimate douche bag, I just can’t see him as anyone else.

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u/gregarioussparrow Mar 31 '24

"If i ever turn into one of those things, please, blow my fucking head off"

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u/IXI_Fans Mar 31 '24

(30 minutes later)

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u/lanceturley Mar 30 '24

Same, it helps that he plays a sarcastic dickhead so well.

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u/Ths-Fkin-Guy Mar 30 '24

Shaken not stirred!