{"id":43238,"date":"2023-11-11T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T16:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038192"},"modified":"2023-11-11T16:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T16:19:03","slug":"what-matthew-lilliard-could-teach-rachel-zegler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/what-matthew-lilliard-could-teach-rachel-zegler\/","title":{"rendered":"What Matthew Lilliard Could Teach Rachel Zegler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matthew Lillard could retire tomorrow and look back on his career with pride.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 53-year-old helped make 1996’s “Scream<\/a>” part of horror film history. He scored again with “Scooby Doo!”, bringing the franchise’s iconic Shaggy character to life.<\/p>\n

He even voiced Shaggy’s cartoon character following original star Casey Kasem’s death.<\/p>\n

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Lillard has worked constantly over the years, but hearing him describe his latest triumph feels odd in today’s Hollywood. He’s grateful, full stop. He adores his fans and appreciates every part of a “comeback” he didn’t need but relishes all the same.<\/p>\n

Call him the anti-Rachel Zegler.<\/p>\n

Lillard opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about playing the heavy in “Five Nights at Freddy’s”<\/a> and his career arc. He’s old enough to know how lucky he is for capturing lightning in a bottle three times in a highly competitive field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realize that these opportunities don\u2019t come around that often. It\u2019s been a really rich, joyful moment because I can sort of sit back and appreciate it on a deeper level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor says “Freddy’s” creators cared about the fans first and foremost, an approach he cheers. Later, Lillard shares how he views both his career and the overall Hollywood scene.<\/p>\n

“I have so many more things going on in my life right now than I\u2019ve ever had, and the good news is that I\u2019ve learned not to seek out validation from this godforsaken industry … I don\u2019t think you can survive in this industry looking for validation from film and television because it\u2019s just too fickle. If I was depending on that sort of affirmation, I wouldn\u2019t still be acting. I would be doing something else.”<\/p>\n

With age comes wisdom. That’s even more true for stars like Lillard who are lucky enough to work in Hollywood for decades.<\/p>\n

It’s a quality Zegler could use right about now.<\/p>\n

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The 22-year-old actress landed a career-making role in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 “West Side Story” remake. Since then, she’s scored gigs in the “Hunger Games” prequel, hitting theaters Nov. 17 as well as a supporting turn in “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.”<\/p>\n

Next up? She’ll play the title character in Disney’s live-action “Snow White” update. That film just got bumped<\/a> from 2024 to 2025, allegedly due to the recently-wrapped actors’ strike.<\/p>\n

It’s that reboot that has everyone talking about Zegler, and few of the comments are complimentary.<\/p>\n

Zegler has repeatedly trashed the source material, the 1937 film that put Disney on the map. She claims it’s a relic of another era and that her version will dramatically improve upon its “extremely dated” mores.<\/p>\n

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“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” remains a critical part of Disney lore. Millions grew up watching the film and have done the same with their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n

The point of creating a live-action version of “Snow White” is to build on its existing fan base while introducing the story to a new generation.<\/p>\n

And, along the way, make the box office registers go, “ka-CHING!”<\/p>\n

Tell that to Zegler, who created a PR disaster for Disney as her comments ricocheted around social media for month after month.<\/p>\n

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