Maybe the name Dave Krumholtz doesn’t ring any bells for you. He’s not Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio, but he’s spent 35 years in the film industry, where he’s basically done everything, from The Santa Clause to Oppenheimer, including Sausage Party and Supergirl, where he played none other than Zor-El himself. Even so, after dozens of roles, he said that as far as he’s concerned, he’d already be done.
Super-retirement
The actor wrote on Threads “The other day I more or less put my acting career on hold the other day. I’ve always been afraid to do it, for years. More specifically, I was afraid of ending up broke and not being able to handle being out of the game“. Even so, he said that, he sent a pretty definitive email and that was that. For now.
“A great wave of relief came over me. I’m not sure what I’m going to do instead to make money, or how I’m going to do it, but I’ve taken off a gigantic burden, one whose weight I really couldn’t measure until it’s gone. Frustrated, fed up, burned out”. Before we go on: he deleted the posts, so you shouldn’t be surprised if you see him again in some movie.
Before deleting it, though, he stated “This year I’ve been very clear that if I keep fighting for roles, I’d also be doing it for roles that exploit my talent and reputation for a far less pay. Exploitative art isn’t art. And artists deserve a fair share of the pay. I started in a time when movie studios and television networks, no matter how big they were, were mom-and-pop shops”. I’ve got a feeling appearing in Supergirl stung someone a little too much!
