Rise of GEN Z Movie Stars: The Future of Hollywood

[@jimmyliuwho]

Which actors would you add to this list? Are there any you didn’t know? Is this just a chronically online list? Let me know I’m fr curious 🧐

[@growingupwithdisney]

technically Tom, Zendaya, and Timothee are millennials, but they're the only ones from this generation who feel like movie stars. I have the most hope for Jenna Ortega. I also feel like her co-star on Stuck in the Middle Ariana Greenblaat will also be an A-lister, she's been in some good stuff and she just turned 17

[@jimmyliuwho]

Yep I acknowledge that right in the beginning. I’m including some “zillenials” (under 30) just to make the age cutoff neater. Oldest Gen Z is 27.

[@818cookies]

YES, Ariana!!! And he does literally say that in the second clip/part of the vid lol

[@818cookies]

@@jimmyliuwhogreat video, my guy, I feel like it’s gonna get big cuz it was in my algorithm

[@lindamagagula7476]

​​​​​@jimmyliuwho I would added Isabela Merced, Mika Abdalla,Presley Coley,Luna Blaise, Isabela Ferrer, Hunter Schafer, Sadie Sink, Cailee Spaeny,Isabella Sermon, Manuela Mora, Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Stanley, Lily Collias are Gen-Z actresses I put Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet, Yvette Monreal, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Camila Mendes, Lindsey Morgan, Zendeya, Tom Holland, Olivia Luccardi on A-Listers. Jules LeBlanc and her sister Hayley LeBlanc have a potential. These days, they are focused their KZbin videos. Maybe they will return to acting in the future. Ariana Greenblatt has been doing some great stuff in 2024. She will be A-Lister. She just turned 17 . Some of millennials who are in the late 20s ( Mary Mouser 28 , Amber Midthunder 27, Peyton List, Xolo Mariduena, Hailee Steinfeld, Peyton List, Manni L.Perez,Chloe Grace Moretz) they will be A-Listers in the future.

[@vminajj1267]

Zendaya, Anya taylor joy, timothee, and Florence really the best of the younger generation

[@starbug345]

And Soiarse Ronan. Idk why we haven’t seen her in much lately.

[@sagenottheherb4707]

Get Aidan Gallagher his breakthrough horror A24 role please.

[@jimmyliuwho]

I see that for him

[@kyledoherty7169]

Id put Florence in A-List tbh and I’d add Cailee Spaeny on this list somewhere, she’s a really exciting new actress who I think will be huge, she was just in Alien Romulus and Priscilla.

[@channelhollywood137]

I'm sorry, Ayo Edebiri does not have a "spark" but rather an Emmy, Golden globe, SAG award(among others) all for "THE BEAR" One of the best and most popular shows on TV right now! + she was in Bottoms and Theatre Camp, which are ONLY cult classics and adored by critics largely because she's simply too talented and hilarious to be on that tier, thank you! (Ooh and don't even get me started on Paul Mescal in "let 'em cook"😑...)

[@jaygibbs_]

Totally agree with BOTH

[@atribecalledlen3567]

Chloe grace Moretz and Dakota Fanning had holllywood Gen Z at the palm of their hands at one point crazy to think about

[@fielalmanga]

Dakota is very much millennial though. Elle on the other hand....

[@casper7319]

There is a really good article I read about why Gen Z movie stars are so impactful. Essentially, Boomer actors (Clooney, Streep, Pitt, Kidman, Cruise, Smith, etc.) Had unprecedented success in the 90s. Historically, movie stars have 10 years or less at the top of the box office with certain outliers (Bogart, Hepburn x2, DeNiro, Brando). So when older millennial moved in to claim their time, they were rebuffed by the Boomers who still had major star power and refused to be pushed aside and take "older" roles. In some cases, it is great because we got to see interesting stories from older women who traditionally "age out" after 35. The biggest millennial stars got sucked into years long superhero movie contracts, were part of the Apatow sex comedy gang, or played sidekicks to Boomer movie stars. So Hollywood movie stars skipped a generation

[@jimmyliuwho]

This is super interesting! And another reason why gen z is gonna take over whether ppl like it or not

[@Drew_d55]

I think Isabela Merced should be added to this.

[@keyair3866]

ariana greenblatt, mckenna grace, etc

[@vivalasammm]

ermm if it helps some Gen Z are currently in their early 20s (Jenna Ortega is 21) and some Millennials are in their late 20s (Timothee Chalamet is 28). other than that, cool video, I am excited to see any big movie stars that come out of Gen Z, Jenna Ortega and Aiden Gallagher are my favorite so far

[@voyager451]

i'd put Florence Pugh & Jacob Elordi in A List for Sure, and then move Tom Holland to cusp because his projects outside of Spiderman have been flops. I have a feeling Walker Scobell is going to be super successful in the future.

[@VioletRaven.]

I disagree. While Tom Holland's roles outside of Spiderman haven't been hugely successful, everyone knows who he is, making him a household name. My professor brought him up randomly in one of my Linguistics classes the other day to talk about how good his American accent is. Heck, my 60 year old parents know who he is, and my mom hates superhero movies. Florence Pugh is close to being a household name I think, but for the most part, only really young people have any clue who Jacob Elordi is (for now), so I definetly wouldn't say they've made it to A-list yet.

[@kellyzhou9971]

@@VioletRaven. Pugh is not close to household name wtf. She's only known in film twitter circles.

[@VioletRaven.]

@@kellyzhou9971 she’s pretty popular from all the drama surrounding Don’t Worry Darling, her name was literally EVERYWHERE. Plus she was in Dune Part 2 and Little Women. You’d have to be living under a rock to have not at least seen her face. However, many people still don’t know her name.

[@kellyzhou9971]

@@VioletRaven. they’ve seen her but still don’t know her name. That’s not A list.

[@VioletRaven.]

@@kellyzhou9971 Exactly, which is why I agree with her being placed in the "on the cusp" section in this video. I'm not the one who said that she should be placed in the A-list category, that was the comment that I was responding too (that I, much like you, disagreed with.) Maybe you meant respond to that one instead of mine? I said I think she's close to being a household name (meaning A-list), because I think she could easily get to that place soon. But I agree with you, she's not there yet. However, I definitely think she's more popular than only being known by "film twitter circles."

[@AREA-jp8vb]

I also think Jacob Trembley belongs on this list. he’s an award-winning actor with multiple blockbuster roles.

[@franciscaguevara1611]

The A-list used to be Oscar contending celebrities, but now it seems like any popular person in a movie

[@isthischannelforreal6354]

Is this a bad thing

[@zachharris3040]

One of the big difference in movies that I see nowadays is that there aren’t big movies centered around kids anymore. I feel like a couple decades ago, this was way more present. As far as healthy life choices, maybe this is a good thing, but it kind of makes movies a little less diverse. I really don’t know many young actors but my critique is more to do with the roles they play and the stuff they’re in. I tried Euphoria and I don’t get it. Almost every character feels unlikeable, but not in a good way like Goodfellas. Which is even a little strong. It’s more like in an annoying way where I say I would have never hung out with any of these people. This isn’t necessarily a new thing. Skins, UK version, was like this. They had a lot of unlikeable people but definitely were more nuanced. But the filming style for Euphoria seems to be romanticizing bad choices with little redemption. I haven’t seen it all so maybe it gets better, but it feels overhyped because there are a bunch of attractive people in it and they stick to the tropes that young people like. Zendeyas narration style is awful in my opinion. I just don’t think she has the voice to get across emotion. But scripts and filmmaking seem to be both glossier and more generic now. Like characters don’t really stand out with dialogue and most movies feel too clean. Even with a movie like Longlegs, people have been praising the tension building but spoilers the tension building is for no reason. There aren’t any jump scares or chase scenes or anything like that. So it feels very random. The set design in that movie was also atrocious and bare bones.

[@myBquest]

Idk, I feel like it's too soon to say they will be the future of cinema, as cinema in itself is dying. There are no cinema stars nowadays, just celebrities. Blame the social media. And I still feel like many of these actors and actresses have A LOT to show us still, it doesn't feel like they have been giving us their full potential. Idk if it's the scripts to blame or what. And some of them are millenials 😂

[@ZolaRenard_01]

McKenna Grace is so criminally underated. She's been in A LOT of projects and her acting had always been 10/10 Also, Jenna Ortega, Zendaya, and Anya Taylor-Joy are literal Queens ❤

[@lissy2000us]

Really? Anya Taylor Joy and Florence Pugh are A list for sure. They’ve been working continuously for years and definitely have box office draw. You have an interesting perspective.

[@luisrizo8813]

These people are mostly celebrities...not stars.

[@gabrielarredondo3825]

An actress that I would also definitely add to this tier list is Cailee Spaeny. She’s 26 and has been acting since 2018 with a couple really good movies on her resume, such as Bad Times at the El Royale, On the Basis of Sex, Priscilla, Civil War, and just a couple weeks ago, the recently released Alien: Romulus (which has the potential for her to be the lead in sequels if they happen). She’s also currently set to Star in third Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man.

[@aijamberisabel]

What about Gabriel LaBelle? He had his breakthrough with The Fabelmans which is super successful with cirtics and did decently at the box office. He also started in Saturday Night the new SNL biopic as the starring role which had a lot of critical acclaim but flopped at the box office fsr (maybe niche subject, marketing or unconventional style (at least in terms of modern movies) maybe) and has a lot of awards potential. Considering his young age he definitely should be at least in the spark category because his films have done decently at the box office and is being talked about in both popular and critical circles as a breakthrough star.

[@chrisslambs]

should’ve included cailee spaeny especially after civil war and alien this year!! also daisy edgar jones from twisters!

[@pepperminttree]

i think rachel should've been in cusp, i mean wss is pre-existing ip and thg has a huge fanbase, snow white will push her over the edge, and she has an a24 movie coming up

[@RedEveTillDawn]

Ella Purnell is pretty new to the spotlight but she's getting recognition for Fallout and Arcane. She's damn amazing in both

[@Santoscortexxxxx]

You should have put Arianna greenblatt and Xolo mariduena

[@TheOnlyRick3]

I don’t agree with this list AT ALL

[@lilymay4136]

timothée, tom, florence, jenna and zendaya are the BIGGEST stars and will continue to be for the rest of their careers

[@pepperminttree]

i feel so very chronically online for understanding this video (in a good way)

[@taticalypso-halls2261]

I would add actresses like Bailey Bass (21) and Avantika(19) in between spark and wildcard. I think they have potential as well and there definitely has been buzz some conversations around them. Maybe not as much as the other ones but I would say keep an eye out for them...💞🦋🌕💫

[@benshepherd3059]

Tom Holland isn’t an A list actor, outside of the MCU his movies have flopped. People go to see Spider-Man not Tom

[@-HIKARI-69]

Jacob Elordi, Florence Pugh and Jenna Ortega r absolutely A list of

[@818cookies]

Barry is 31 😮 bruh that man looks 38 (at the very least)

[@jimmyliuwho]

Lmaoo

[@pookiecookie1994]

i argue that by your logic, jenna should already be on the A-list tier. yes, she's sort of pigeon-holed into the gothic type of character, but my goodness. She has range. Watch her in the fallout!! plus, she totally dominates the horror box office. scream 6 alone made around 170m in the box office, and yes, while it's not a lot compared to other films, its a HUGE ROI on her and the other castmates. Same for Scream 5 which made 139m and then X made 15m. All of the movies she's been a lead in or has a supporting role in have all made great returns on their investments, (at least 3x their budget) which means hollywood is definitely going to connect those dots and be willing to put her in more stuff. she's already proven she can handle it after the huge explosion of Wednesday. PS Sorry for the rant. im a huge horror fan and knew she was going places after seeing her in X

[@mirandajewell23]

That’s what I was thinking!

[@pookiecookie1994]

@@mirandajewell23 im glad someone agrees lol

[@TheCandela15]

Wasn't Florence Pugh nominated for an oscar? Anyway, she's definitely A list.

[@RedEveTillDawn]

My favorite old time RDJ movie is Heart and Souls. It's a cute film :)

[@RedEveTillDawn]

I'd put Hailie Steinfield on this list in A tier. No matter how envious I am of her 😂

[@keyair3866]

good video, but where are people like javon walton, or some of those kids?

[@jaygibbs_]

Halle Bailey in spark is a crime

[@irisamelia9787]

I feel like Aidan Gallagher would be great in some sort of Marauders movie.

[@AngelKing-wd7iz]

I was shocked to see walker

[@AceLeo1331]

Cailee Spaeny?? Alien Romulus, Priscilla, civil war

[@RedEveTillDawn]

Florence Pugh is really beautiful

[@Yuki-po7fd]

aren't timmy , tom nd zendaya not genz?

[@jimmyliuwho]

Technically no. But I address this in the beginning: Oldest gen z is 27 so I’m just making the cutoff

[@Yuki-po7fd]

@@jimmyliuwho aha ok

[@1aerene]

Never of Milo Manheim before today 😭

[@nyxcole9879]

As I Xennial I just don't care about most of these people. I don't see them the same as the actors I grew up with

[@UNSAMU3L]

Some of these actors aren't even gen z...

[@jimmyliuwho]

0:30 I talk abt it right in the beginning

[@luetar2948]

I feel like Peyton List could’ve also been considered

[@LydiaZTR]

Great list and very creative video idea! I actually very much agree with this ranking

[@Xenpen6]

Personally, florence and anya are deff a listers now.

[@wildmarjoramdieselpunk6396]

2:56 The Great is pretty well known.

[@bartoszraczkowski3984]

I only know 6 of those people

[@jimmyliuwho]

lol which ones? I’m curious

[@bartoszraczkowski3984]

Halle Bailey Millie Bobby Brown Jenna ortega Rachel zegler Tom Holland Zendaya

[@jimmyliuwho]

Hmm very interesting. Seems like lead actors in major movies and Netflix shows.

[@katiemaynard3512]

Margaret Qualley I thought ud of mentioned? And mia goth but not sure if she in the age range of gen x? ❤

[@AREA-jp8vb]

The fact that you put Tom Holland in the A-list category just because of Spiderman, and yet Anna Taylor Joy, who has had multiple lead movie roles in cusp is crazy. She is already an A-list actor and has been for years.

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

Zlennials would be those born in 95-96 as gen Z starts in 1997 Zendaya for ex turns 28 tomorrow a birth generation lasts roughly 15 years the same as two production gens of a car depending on the cycle for that particular car for ex the production gen for a Toyota Camry is roughly 6 years while for ex the average production gen for a Chevrolet Corvette is 9 years granted a base Corvette costs 70,000 while a base gas model Camry costs 29,535 never mind a ZL1 Corvette which starts at 180k never mind that flavor of Corvette has a twin turbo V8 that pumps out nearly 1100 HP and 830 Ft LB torque

[@RedEveTillDawn]

Hailie Steinfeld anyone???

[@leonhoward5741]

where's #KENSINGTONTALLMAN

[@biqos]

Sydney and Jenna are A-list right now. Holland really has nothing but Spiderman lol

[@anastasiacherkezishvili6799]

Also maybe Maddie Ziegler she would be in wildcard but after Fitting In she definitely has potential

[@Blueberry40]

Jacob Elordi needs to be on Let him cook and Taylor Russell needs to be on cusp.

[@Dragons_arerising]

First

[@i_tell_u_hwathill8089]

That’s why Hollywood suck now and days 💀 💀 💀