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Originally Posted by vvvvv
Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, really?
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Those were decades before Charlie turned up in a TV series.
In the past there was a real class difference between movies and TV, a movie star would never consider a network TV series until their career was well on the way downhill. That's still true for megastars today but the impact of technology is changing things, these premium cable series have big budgets and the quality of writing and production is as good as theatrical released movies so 'A list' actors are becoming interested. You still won't see an 'A list' movie star at the peak of their careers doing a Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad. As home TV's become bigger and bigger the theaters will continue to decline and the line between theatrical and TV will blur further, both in the minds of the public and the acting community as the money gets bigger and bigger for actors on premium cable series.
TV people looked down on radio, until radio talent like Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern were making as much as the biggest movie stars.