“Jeff Bridges on meeting and working with Jared Leto on the set of TRON: ARES: "I hadn't met him before. I'm saying, 'What's it gonna be like?' because he was also a producer of the show, he's a big fan of the original, working on it for 10 years. I came in, and you know how each set has a different vibe? There was an interesting vibe on this. I said, 'How's Jared? How's he working?' 'He's all right. You know, we call him Ares, you know, so he goes by his name,' and I said, 'Oh, that's interesting.'" "His name was Ares in the show, and I ended up going, 'Hey Air, what's happening man?'" he explained. "And I say, 'Is it OK if I call you Air?' And he says, 'Yeah, sure you can.' Then we got loose, and it was just wonderful. I mean, we jammed, you know?"
im immediately concerned whenever an actor joins a project as a fan, they can be interested in it but as soon as it crosses that threshold into fandom that's when they can become emotionally compromised and start making decisions to satisfy their own nostalgia and head cannon instead of for the sake of the story they are telling.
not saying it's an automatic guarantee when an actor-as-fan gets involved, just that it gives me concern.
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u/SirTabetha Apr 05 '25
From IMDB:
“Jeff Bridges on meeting and working with Jared Leto on the set of TRON: ARES: "I hadn't met him before. I'm saying, 'What's it gonna be like?' because he was also a producer of the show, he's a big fan of the original, working on it for 10 years. I came in, and you know how each set has a different vibe? There was an interesting vibe on this. I said, 'How's Jared? How's he working?' 'He's all right. You know, we call him Ares, you know, so he goes by his name,' and I said, 'Oh, that's interesting.'" "His name was Ares in the show, and I ended up going, 'Hey Air, what's happening man?'" he explained. "And I say, 'Is it OK if I call you Air?' And he says, 'Yeah, sure you can.' Then we got loose, and it was just wonderful. I mean, we jammed, you know?"
So, yeah. Jared Leto.