He was supposed to be the next big thing since he was 24 years old but it never really happened. He had that whole Brad Pitt thing going, where his looks were focused on. He considers his male beauty just as much of a curse as it is a gift.
J-Law did not want to be seen as just another “pretty boy,” so he sought out roles that were unconventional. Every now and then he did lean into hearthrob roles like in the movie “Alfie,” but he ended up regretting it. He felt it was too “cheesy,” that he was overpaid for it, and that the movie was not as successful with audiences as was anticipated.
The two-time Academy Award nominee can act. Not just get the rub from a veteran actor, he can actually carry a scene, and a movie. He has starred in favorites like The Talented Mr. Ripley, A.I. (Artifical Intelligence), Grand Budapest Hotel, Road to Perdition, and the Sherlock Holmes films.
Much of Law’s work has been house and independent films, and while critically loved, they don’t often attract the same hype and massive crowds as mainstream blockbusters.