r/MadeMeSmile • u/moonpies4everyone • 27d ago

This letter from Ron Howard to Newsweek after they grilled 9 year old Jake Lloyd’s performance in The Phantom Menace. Favorite People

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u/54sharks40 27d ago

It's been a long, long time, but if I recall, the kid's performance was not the issue with that movie

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u/Pope_Squirrely 27d ago

Watched it today, his acting was not the worst, it wasn’t good by any means, but it wasn’t the worst.

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u/yun-harla 27d ago

That’s true, but on the other hand…I don’t care how good he was, nobody can say “I’ll try spinning! That’s a good trick!” without sounding like a mediocre, annoying child actor. You could be Sir Patrick Stewart and you still couldn’t pull it off with dignity.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Now i really want to hear patrick say that...

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u/culturedgoat 26d ago

“I shall try spinning. It is a formidable tactic. Mr Data - make it so!”

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u/GetUpNGetItReddit 27d ago

He kind of did that line amazingly well though. He says it so convincingly, like someone who has truly never flown a Naboo fighter.