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Danica Catrick
Chatty Member
What gets me is the people who deny it's a thing, like Kate Winslet saying her daughter was cast in a TV series with her based on talent and not connection as they didn't publicise their relationship. She looks exactly like her and has the same surname as Winslet's ex!
Or Gwyneth Paltrow saying she's "had to work twice as hard" because both her parents were famous
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Or Gwyneth Paltrow saying she's "had to work twice as hard" because both her parents were famous
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DipsyDoodle
VIP Member
Did anyone watch Gladiators with Bradley and Barney Walsh? Barney was painful to watch, absolutely no presenting skills whatsoever, yet managed to snag a big prime time BBC show because of his dad 
On the flip side, you've got the author Joe Hill, he's Stephen King's son but apparently didn't even tell his agent until he'd been with them for about ten years. He made a choice to not build a career off his dad's name.
On the flip side, you've got the author Joe Hill, he's Stephen King's son but apparently didn't even tell his agent until he'd been with them for about ten years. He made a choice to not build a career off his dad's name.
MaineCoonMama
VIP Member
This is the ultimate Nepo Baby imo.
No rhythm, no charisma and stole a spot that a truly talented youngster could've played. The smug face is so irritating.
No rhythm, no charisma and stole a spot that a truly talented youngster could've played. The smug face is so irritating.
LaraQ
VIP Member
Miss.Chanandler.Bong
VIP Member
I liked when Jack Quaid spoke about being aware of how privileged he is. It’s annoying when they can’t openly admit it helps massively
variety.com
Jack Quaid Agrees With ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: ‘I Am an Immensely Privileged Person … I Don’t Think It Undermines My Talent’
'The Boys' star Jack Quaid is embracing the 'nepo baby' label, saying 'I don’t think it undermines my talent.'
variety.com
FrannyGallops
VIP Member
It was absolute tripe. Such a shame because I love Josh Hartnett and I’m glad to see he’s back on screen, but there were so many plot holes. I mostly enjoy Shyamalan’s films, even the silly ones like Old and don’t take them too seriously because he’s the master of the enjoyable B movie but this one was just…crap. And she wasn’t even the worst thing about it.
I wouldn’t say she was gorgeous tbh, although that’s just my opinion obviously. If she wasn’t wealthy with all that comes with it, I don’t think she’d be turning heads in the street and she definitely doesn’t have the ‘it’ factor. I guess I’m just sick of seeing the next generation of the same faces - Jude Law’s son, Cindy Crawford’s daughter, Johnny Depp’s daughter, Don Johnson’s daughter, Keith Allen’s kids (and on and on and on). It’s like royal inbreeding. I know he’s divisive, but at least someone like Barry Keoghan has an interesting ‘new’ face and actual talent and he did it without a privileged background, something that’s rare these days. I’d rather see one of him than ten nepo babies.
Rabbitweed
Chatty Member
Jack Whitehall. How the hell he's considered a comedian is beyond me. His dad is a talent agent / producer / author.
FrannyGallops
VIP Member
I like Anais tbf, but Liam’s sons seem like a pair of knobheads. I also don’t mind Meg Ryan’s son (Jack Quaid?) who’s in The Boys and will happily acknowledge his privilege while also being good at his job. Least favourite is Kaia Gerber who seems to be popping up in all kinds of stuff these days and is as wooden as plank but insists that she gets parts on talent alone and North West, as someone’s already posted. I know she’s only a little kid but she looks like an absolutely insufferable brat. Oh, and nearly forgot Bono’s daughter who had a major Twitter meltdown when she was mentioned in that Vanity Fair (?) article about nepo kids.
See also Lily Rose Depp who I believe started her career as a catwalk model despite being about 4ft tall.
CrackingOwlSanctuary
VIP Member
I think the problem now is the content farm. Instead of nepo babies these families used to be called 'dynasties', Brolins, Hestons, Jamie Lee Curtis, etc etc but they were all still talented and it was competitive for roles. Now with a million streaming services desperate for content it's a lot easier to hand these roles over to talentless wannabe kids of the rich and famous because there's more than enough roles to go around. Some of the stuff Netflix pumps out seems more like sophisticated money laundering than any attempt to make a good product.
tuberculosis
Active member
Back here to praise Margaret Qualley.
MaineCoonMama
VIP Member
She's a pretty girl just like thousands of other pretty girls but she wouldn't be there if she wasn't Kidman's daughter.
Also her name sounds like Sunday roast, poor kid.
Warpaint
VIP Member
It would be fine if they just blended in. But they seem to get top TV jobs with little to no effort; often starts with them on some crap Euro trip with their parent. With the 5 main terrestrial channels being pretty much dominant they just seem to be all over the place. Roman Kemp is the current most annoying one as he was gifted a mental health documentary then loads of presenting work.
ranchdistressing
Well-known member
Never thought I'd have to drag him, as a big fan of his early work....but I watched the new M Night Shyamalan movie last night....so disappointing and predictable. The whole thing just felt like a vehicle to promote his daughter's music, because the concert plot/setting made no sense, plot had more holes than a wheel of swiss cheese too.
Imagine making a whole ass movie with THAT MANY extras just to get your push your kid's singing career....lame!
Imagine making a whole ass movie with THAT MANY extras just to get your push your kid's singing career....lame!
Jane Tee
VIP Member
And you just know she feels shes earned her Vogue covers.
I shudder to think what her mother had to do to get this for her
NoHintOfDrama
VIP Member
Went to see him a few years ago. Utter shit. Rehashed material from previous years that had been on Netflix. It was like he couldn’t be arsed. We left at the interval.
Warpaint
VIP Member
Same with Will Smith having his kids star alongside him. Thankfully I don't think they ever really took off but he kept trying.