r/movies • u/shopdog • 24d ago

Question What happened to John Cusack?

Looking at his IMDB page and he's in a bunch of crap (rated 5.0 or lower) movies and a Chinese produced movies (judging from the original titles and posters).

He was in a lot of my favorite movies from the 80s until the teens and then just seemed to disappear.

Did something happen to his career? Self inflicted?

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u/WySLatestWit 24d ago

Yeah, I think aging out of his niche is really the biggest issue. His career, with a few notable exceptions, is almost all some variation on romantic comedies, and guys in their late 50s don't tend to get rom com roles regularly and he didn't really have the range to do much else. Even when he tried to do something else he was basically playing the same character he played in his Rom Com roles just in a different genre.

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u/AlienScrotum 24d ago edited 24d ago

He is the perfect guy to pull off Grosse Pointe Blank though. To me he has always and will always be a “I’m getting too old for this shit” actor. Even when he was young. Crazy shit would happen and he would take it in stride. So much so, I would love him in a Leathal Weapon remake with a race swap.

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u/tgs-with-tracyjordan 24d ago

He is the perfect guy to pull off Grosse Pointe Blank though. To me he has always and will always be a “I’m getting too old for this shit” actor. Even when he was young

I love this movie, but I do have to set aside the fact that it's set at a 10 year reunion. There's so much "too old for this shit" that they give off at least mid 30s vibes, not late 20s.

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u/mackattacktheyak 24d ago

People keep saying he’s “too old for this shit” in this thread but that is not the impression I got from the movie at all. Instead he regrets his career choice and is having an existential crisis. He’s not too old, he’s become too… ethical.

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u/big_sugi 24d ago

He was also just 30 when he made the movie, so he’s a better fit for a 10-year reunion, age-wise

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u/unjacent 23d ago

Instead he regrets his career choice and is having an existential crisis.

I mean...there's a scene near the end where he's holding someone's baby, and the song "Under Pressure" is playing...

You hit the nail on the head.