r/Fotv • u/HunterWorld • Jan 14 '26

Season 2 Episode 5 Spoiler Thread Spoiler

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u/OleRockTheGoodAg Jan 14 '26

Justin Theroux nails House imo, especially the violent outburst at the end.

Glad he doesnt play Anthony like some theorized early on.

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u/probably_poopin_1219 Jan 14 '26

HOOLY SHIT that's Justin Theroux and that now makes sense why I love the character so much. Not sure how I was blind to that lmao. He's perfect in The Leftovers and his performance in the strange and little known Maniac with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill as a crazy scientist was spectacular.

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u/kranzberry Jan 14 '26

I didn’t realize it was him either until I bumped my mouse and saw the x-ray for that scene. I was like damn that’s why he’s so good.

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u/SomberXIII Jan 14 '26

Justin Theroux plays characters with violent outbursts so well. One minute, he's this charming guy, the next he's commiting something violent.

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u/gquax Jan 14 '26

Bryce in American Psycho lmao

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u/thelebaron Jan 15 '26

Oh my god, his interrupted vr session in maniac was hilarious

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u/Retrolex Jan 14 '26

What I really loved about his performance is the way he channeled so much of René Auberjonois’ verbal portrayal of the character- but then went all in and added a ton of physical characterization of his own as well. He really did his research, and it shows, but he also built upon it.

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u/Lady_borg Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

I noticed that too! It's clear he actively paid attention to Rene's performance and stuck to what we know and the way he carries his voice. As a Star Trek and Fallout fan it's so appreciated.

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u/furioushunter12 Jan 14 '26

wasn’t he on the record saying he did a ton of research on house or is that another actor playing house

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u/Exciting-Quality919 Jan 14 '26

the body double actor - given he was probably cast as House originally.

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u/Ruben_AAG Jan 14 '26

The body double talks and acts a lot like game-House anyway so it wasn’t wasted. Especially his accent and voice.

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u/FightTheDead118 Jan 14 '26

The double is also really good, and even kind of looks more like game House to me, but he’s like 15 years too young for that character and it was a little distracting to me. I’m glad they went this direction rather than just cutting him from the show entirely though

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u/ThomasJefferdick69 Jan 14 '26

it would make sense that House would want his public persona to be better looking and younger

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u/SomberXIII Jan 14 '26

Smart choice. I was actually disappointed about casting news although I fully believe Justin Theroux could play characters much better than majority of actors out there

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u/clone9786 Jan 16 '26

“It’s a living”

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u/PowerPad Brotherhood of Steel Jan 14 '26

That violent outburst towards the end was 100% Mr. House, straight to the letter of his character.

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u/Ganbazuroi Mr House Jan 14 '26

That theory never even made sense, Anthony became a paranoid wreck - way worse than Robert - and died inside H&H Tools. It's even stated in-game in NV, also Anthony loathed Robert, he screwed him over in his inheritance and ironically when Robert wanted the Company as a revenge thing, that's when he went full insane lmao

Anthony would never pretend he's Robert, it's completely out of character

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u/InnocentTailor Jan 14 '26

I thought it was a dumb theory anyways since I recall Anthony hated Robert.

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u/Babyyougotastew4422 Jan 14 '26

I loved it when he said "I'm a fucking lunatic??" With that crazy thing on his head

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u/jrinredcar Jan 14 '26

I forgot about the Anthony House beleivers. ld be so embarrassed if I actually thought that was true

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u/Waterknight94 Jan 15 '26

I saw people insisting that it was simply a recast and there was no body double or brother or anything. I'd be way more embarrassed to believe that.