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in case you haven't heard Taika's short, unplanned guest appearance on The Cryptid Factor (back when they still recorded at a food court)

Am I the only one that didn’t know that David Jenkins and Taika are writing a movie together? Flash Gordon???? Am I super fucking late to this party? Has that always been the case and I just never knew? I feel dumb as hell.

if you don't hear from me I died for zaddy

did you guys know that ofmd is actually a romance and a love story between two men who happen to be on boats

I need more respect put on Taika as an actor because this scene right here is my favourite piece of acting out of every single thing I watched in 2022 (and I watched a lot of good acting in 2022).

It's the way you can see him get to the point of not being able to hold it back anymore, his face crumpling slightly, his voice getting thinner, eyes getting wetter and wetter until a tear leaks out, even as he's still trying weakly to hold it in. It's not over the top, or great gulping wails, or an overabundance of tears (although he's fantastic at all those too) - it's just pure believable nagging pain, slowly bubbling up and spilling out of him. Every time I watch this scene, I can actually viscerally feel that scratchy tightening that you get in your throat when you're on the edge of crying but trying desperately not to.

I've watched a lot of crying-acting in my time, and Taika in this scene is just a masterclass. Nothing feels forced. It doesn't feel like someone who is making himself cry for the camera. It feels like a genuinely heartbroken man, who is desperately trying to stop himself from crying but can't stop the pain from bursting out of him.

Taika completely inhabits Ed's heartbreak, his despair, his pain and his vulnerability, and it just gets me in my chest more than almost anything else in the show. He's a fantastic actor who goes to some truly difficult and vulnerable places for this character - every single one gut-punchingly believable - and I need people to start yelling about him deserving awards for it as much as they do for some of his co-stars.

SPOT THE HETERO CHALLENGE

this is the number hbomax means by the way - the number of cishet people in ofmd

The few times Taika seems actually excited in interviews - not covering things with jokes and sarcasm - is in talking about this show. He’s obviously fucking proud of it.

I'm so sorry what the absolute fuck

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Honestly, this tracks. If I had to pick cast members most likely to randomly climb the ship's rigging, Taika and Vico would be at the top of my list.