>Jonah Hill’s ability to switch from fast-talking clown to serious commentator has made him an unusual member of the Hollywood in-crowd. But then the actor turned director has always been a game changer
>‘It’s insane that my perspective as an actor has only been a male’s vision’: Jonah Hill’s next ambition as an actor is to be directed by a woman. Photograph: Dylan Coulter/The Observer Jonah Hill is in a moment of reinvention. At least, that’s what people keep telling him, usually with an eyebrow raised, as though his evolution from schlubby comedy star to sensitive indie director might be just another joke. It’s been more than a decade since Hill became famous as Superbad’s X-rated doodler, a fast-talking clown voted Most Likely to Get Hit by a Cop Car. Since then, he’s earned two best supporting Oscar nominations (for Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street) and yet audiences still seem to approach his serious roles tentatively, as though he might pop out and splat a pie in their face. The question isn’t just: is it time to take him seriously, it’s why is taking him seriously so hard?
>“Anyone who knew me was very surprised that this first half of my life went the way it did,” says Hill on a recent afternoon in Beverly Hills. “My dream was always to be a filmmaker.” He’s dressed in a sweater and horn-rimmed glasses with just a pop of whimsy: the sweater is mauve and his hair is streaked platinum blonde.
>Hill grew up pasting pictures of Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese on his bedroom walls. His upper middle-class Los Angeles childhood was entertainment-adjacent – Hill’s parents were on the fringes of fame. His mother Sharon was a costume designer and his father Richard was an accountant for Guns N’ Roses. “But it wasn’t like rock stars and shit,” says Hill. “Dealing with finances is not really that interesting.”
he was shit on and mocked for like 15 years, let him larp as a hollywood big wig.
Wyatt Barnes
dude is like donald glover nothing more irritating than mediocrities trying to steal more limelight than they earned so we gotta get articles like this embrace your fame, money, success, but don't try to convince us you're good
Elijah Ward
It almost like there was one moment that changed his life forever...
Elijah Phillips
this guy and jim carrey should have the dignity to commit suicide.
they tried everything and the existential hole still there, so just end it.
>ASK ME ABOUT MY WEEEEINERRRR >Take me seriously NOW
Bentley Ward
The guy is in a fucking crisis, it's too fucking obvious. He needs to see a psychiatrist and stop trying to convince people that he has changed 100% all of a sudden. It makes him look like a goddamn hack and a child at the same time
Thomas Ward
Wow.
Ethan Brooks
>he’s earned two best supporting Oscar nominations I wouldn't exactly say 'earned'
He's got thin skin, which is surprising for a once obese comedian, and it's painfully obvious to they show biz chads who constantly make fun of him and have him feel like shit.
Look at that, a kike trying to subvert and degenerate culture. Also, water is wet and bears shit in the woods.
Brody Parker
I liked "The Mid 90s" It strayed to much into current day politics though.
Jackson Price
That's why I wonder what the fuck he's doing in Hollywood. When you look at recent interviews, it's clear as daylight that he has mental problems. Being in the limelight, raking in millions of dollars, AND being a whiney bitch don't go hand in hand. What's worse is that he intentionally let people see him as the fat funny guy in order to make millions and now he's backpedalling. Can't have it both ways because people will always see him as a joke
Samuel Bell
what a fucking gaywad lmao
Dylan Jackson
How much did daddy Feldstein pay for this "interview"?
Look, Austin. I love you, but you need to fuck off from here. You are not gonna make yourself into a meme. You are not gonna get the alt-right to start supporting you as some counterculture alternative to JDF. It is just not going to happen. Just keep doing cons, and living your best life. Maybe Hasbro will reach out to you now Saban is not calling the shots. If they do, it won't be because these chucklefucks like you. Peace.
Caleb Lewis
(((White)))
Julian Gomez
He didn’t go to films.
Caleb Reed
Actually, fat people have thinner skin because it gets stretched out so much, to the point of tearing, leading to stretch marks.
Eli Richardson
How does he have such strong looking hands if he has a fucking double chin? what roids is he taking?
Carson Taylor
so in spite of his success Yea Forums doesn't think he deserves this chiefly because of his looks, right
People have different fat distributions. I'm like Jonah, I gain it all in my gut and my chin. My arms and hands stay normal. This is also the most deadly type of obesity since it means more visceral fat, which is the worst kind.
Robert Powell
sneed
Joseph Murphy
>He's got thin skin, which is surprising for a once obese comedian
But he was never a comedian, he was a comedic actor whose comedy almost entirely came from him being "the fat guy"
Comedy and wit are supposed to be his job and he gets burned by a fucking weathergirl. What would this fucker be doing if he wasn't a jew?
Justin Bell
bruh
Hunter Sanchez
>why is taking him seriously so hard?
1) he's an actor 2) what he does or says literally doesnt matter 3) he's ugly
Angel Carter
damn white ppl are scary looking
Adrian Jenkins
LMFAO this fat sack of shit doesn't think anyone takes him seriously right
Jayden Adams
Checked. And to make matters worse, he sets himself up for the mockery, like he never had friends growing up he could banter with >I gotta go with a serious actor >You were forced on us by the studio
Aaron Green
Stay mad goy. You need a very high IQ to make movies, so gentiles can't do it.
Julian Harris
It would be shit. Sharknado tier productions with 923919431 sequels.
>He’s dressed in a sweater and horn-rimmed glasses with just a pop of whimsy: the sweater is mauve and his hair is streaked platinum blonde. Giving roasties the right to vote was the single dumbest decision in Western civilization.
Nathaniel Sanders
Who cares, dead suck
Samuel Russell
subway sandwiches
Luis Rogers
He's an unattractive fattie bum bum and people don't like looking at him other than when being a dork which led to his fame in the first place but he seems unable to accept this
Aaron Sanchez
Because he's fat and ugly and stupid
Anthony Jenkins
man, i got to make a short film and put it on youtube. if jonah can muster such a pose god damn i should be able to do something too. i am just lazy, got years of thinking about all that... maybe i can unironically wear a turtleneck in my forced interview to brag about how talented i am. what an unchill dude. he should be an ironic inspiration to us all to go out there and accomplish cool shit.
Caleb Walker
imagine spending your entire life being an insecure piece of shit oozing up to people and saying anything you think will make them like you
Eli Turner
>(for Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street) and yet audiences still seem to approach his serious roles tentatively
Wasn't his Wolf of Wall Street role largely comedic though?
>people don't like looking at him other than when being a dork I liked watching his Netflix show quite a lot tbqh famalam.
Logan Phillips
utterly irrelevant faggot trying to be something more
aka he brings nothing to the table hes a useless one bit hack
Carter Kelly
That frog lady REALLY messed him up
Juan Peterson
>just a pop of whimsy Someone got paid to write this
>scorcese and kubrick >but bro I watched goodfellas once and like the shower scene from FMJ is dope bro
He's every douchebag pretending to be cultured that's ever roamed a state school.
Jason Howard
100% unadulterated onions
Joshua Young
he's undergone so many transformations in such a short time (not just physically but mentally) that I'm honestly starting to believe he has multiple personality disorder
Isaiah Anderson
When you constantly talk about what your doing and how important it is that’s what bothers people. Just direct a good movie and you will get respect. It seems like he’s constantly fishing for respect and trying to prove how serious he is. All modern liberals virtue signal and try way too hard.
Charles Howard
Why can't white people just start their own studios?
Carson James
Everything about this guy seems fake. I don't even trust this news story as genuine. He probably had a friend or paid someone to write it. Seems like there is a cabal of sorts that wants him to be more famous than he should be.
Jeremiah Perez
he looks like he directs BLACKED videos
Connor Powell
Woah, hey, calm down there with the anti-Semitic remarks go-, I mean guy.
William Lopez
TIL I'm as """""in shape""""" as the red ranger.
Xavier Thompson
No. He worshiped their reverence, not their work. I hope Jonah dies painfully.
