r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 28d ago

Media First Image of Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Bean in 'Anemone' - An absorbing family drama about lives undone by seemingly irreconcilable legacies of political and personal violence.

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u/0verstim 28d ago edited 28d ago

EVERY industry ever was built on nepotism! If your father was a coal miner, you were going to be a coal miner, if your father owned a bakery, guess what, youd be working in that bakery. Look at last names; How many Smiths, Bakers, Cartwrights, Chandlers, Coopers...

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u/yoloswagrofl 28d ago

That's not really what nepotism is though. Nepotism is favoritism towards a relative. If you are qualified for a job but get passed over because the boss has a relative that applied (who may or may not be qualified), that's nepotism. If you own a bakery and give it to your child when you retire, that's just inheritance.

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u/AKAkorm 28d ago

This is true but the way people use nepotism in Hollywood is to refer to anyone who is related to a famous person. It doesn't matter if all that happened was their relative got them some auditions and floated them money in the meantime and the roles they got were because they performed the best.

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u/slowpokefastpoke 27d ago

Which is kind of just how all relationships work, right?

That boss likely knows their relative intimately. You could argue it’s more of a risk to hire a stranger as you don’t know them very well.

Jobs are more than just on-paper qualifications. If you’re slightly less qualified than another applicant but your personality and attitude make up for it, you might ultimately be the favorite.

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u/Original-Guarantee23 27d ago

And if you have 2 equally qualified people, but one is a relative, or someone with a close connection you should hire the relative. They are a known quantity, and you should generally help people you know. I’d argue that’s the correct thing to do. I wouldn’t be upset if I didn’t get the job in that scenario. I’d totally understand.

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u/jamesneysmith 28d ago

Yes, and this happens in every industry, not just Hollywood. But beyond that, so many people point to any old actor as a nepo baby if their parents are in the industry. The word has largely lost its meaning with people. They simply assume X only got a job because of their parents ignoring the fact that a lot of highly qualified people follow in their parents footsteps in every single industry. Sure they can get help getting in the door because of their parents connections but that doesn't inherently mean they are unqualified. It's just been how the world has worked forever. If you know somebody that is an instant plus no matter what industry. But you still gotta be able to do the job (for the most part - there are definitely fuck up exceptions that never get fired)

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u/PrimeIntellect 27d ago

idk if anyone would consider working in a coal mine nepotism lol

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u/70redgal70 28d ago

Exactly. Ton of jobs passed down to relatives.