On Aug 19, 11:46=A0am, Michael Black <et...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Rob Jensen wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:44:47 -0700 (PDT), sea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> >>>>> * Leonardo DiCaprio almost landed on "Baywatch" as David
Hasselhoff=
's
> >>>>> son.
>
> >>>> It probably wouldn't have hurt him at all.
>
> >>> Yeah, I can't see that being a problem. Almost any job is okay at
tha=
t
> >>> young age, and isn't that likely to hurt him in the future.
>
> >> He did play some kid roles on sitcoms; that didn't hurt him. =A0The
> >> problem with "Baywatch" would have been that the show went on
> >> forever. =A0He could have still been there when Titanic came along. =
=A0It
> >> might not have killed his ascent to movie stardom, but it would have
> >> delayed it.
>
> > No. =A0Baywatch pretty much killed the careers (and/or respectability)
> > of everyone who ever starred in it.
>
> That implies they would have headed towards a long career in the first
> place.
>
> "Hobie Buchannon" has barely had anything, before or after. =A0If he'd
> not been on "Baywatch", he'd be invisible.
We don't know that. It might be the lingering "Baywatch" stench that
has kept him from getting any more work. If DiCaprio had gotten the
part, the other guy might be winning Oscars, and dating supermodels,
and hanging with Al Gore these days.
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