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The kid who plays Glenn is a really bad actor

posted 5 years ago by Mister Babadook (2623)
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I just watched the episode where he came into the city to see Sally and she ran off cause she got her period, then he came back to Don's and Don took him back to school. Just everytime he delivers any kind of dialogue it sounds so damn wooden and bad, when he was younger i didn't notice it that much but now thats he's a teenager and older its more noticeable.

He always sounds like he's reading right off a cue card or something and puts zero emotion into his lines, he just says them.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5955) 5 years ago

You know whose son he is, right?

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 5 years ago

No, whos son is he?

[–] Ace_Spade (9347) 5 years ago

The show creator, Matthew Weiner's son. Once I learned that, a lot of puzzle pieces dropped into place...

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 5 years ago

Yeah that explains alot, it just baffled me someone that bad had a role on this show, but now knowing he's the son of the creator it makes alot of sense now.

[–] Ace_Spade (9347) 5 years ago

Next you'll be thinking hard about his last scenes with January Jones in the show. They *really* play differently with that knowledge.

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 5 years ago

Yeah, and what a shocker the actor hasn't acted in anything before or after Mad Men.

[–] Fandango (534) 5 years ago

Would you mind elaborating on that? I'm just curious. I never knew that was his son.

[–] Ace_Spade (9347) 5 years ago

Sure, but here be spoilers for the final season of Mad Men...

The last scene between Betty and Glen has Glen kissing Betty. Knowing that Glen is played by the series creator's son, it's hard to watch the scene and not think that Glen's kissing a statuesque model is, uh...orchestrated from a less-than storytelling-first ideology.

[–] Fandango (534) 5 years ago

Thank you for clarifying. I suppose I see how it can be viewed that way.

[–] Ace_Spade (9347) 5 years ago

I'm not 100% saying that's what happened, I'm just saying that when you cast your kid and your kid can't act, it looks like nepotism. When he also gets to make out with January Jones, it looks that much more like nepotism and feels scuzzy.

Who knows? Maybe that was the way the part was always going to go - it would have been written like that regardless of who played Glen. I'm just saying it's suspicious and made my mind stop thinking about the scene while I was watching it.

[–] Fandango (534) 5 years ago

It certainly puts certain things into perspective. We'll never really know, I guess, but now I'll view that scene differently.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5955) 5 years ago

What! The show's creator has a stellar reputation and never has anything even been breathed regarding anything like a #metoo -- oh wait