• Delphia@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    You have to remember, pre-internet he was a tall, charismatic, handsome, very funny man and he was a movie star, of course he was arrogant. The industry knew he was a jerk, but he was a jerk who got everyone paid. He also had family money, which allowed him to call people’s bluffs and take risks most people trying to build a career wouldn’t dare take.

    And the fans, the parasocial thing just didn’t exist back then, they weren’t our friends. They were an elite class who could do no wrong. If you wanted to talk to Chevy and he didn’t talk to you, you apologised to him for taking up his time.