James Cromwell must have the easiest job in Hollywood these days. His character of Ewan Roy on Succession seems to parallel his actual viewpoints so closely that it’s like he’s not even acting.
Cromwell glued his hand to the counter at a Midtown, Manhattan location to call on Starbucks to stop charging extra for vegan milk.
It turns out, in fact, that the similarities between himself and his character are no accident.
Cromwell, a longtime activist for animal rights, racial justice and environmental causes, told the Guardian his character was rewritten to reflect his politics as a condition of his participation in the HBO series. “I demanded that we have similarities,” he said.
Don’t be too hard on the geriatric. He’s losing his mind. I remember seeing an interview with him when he he got his start on All in the Family. He was hardcore Republican, but six decades later and being immersed in Hollywood, he’s quite literally, lost his mind.
So he is a nutcase…..that’s no surprise.
When the “vegan” option costs as much at the store as real milk then it should be charged out at the same rate. When someone insists on a more expensive and rarer replacement option, it should be expected that there is not just the difference in cost but also a “you made us go to extra effort to supply this so you’re going to pay more for it” fee added.
Or since there is lots of competition in coffee shops (not a government or patent protection monopoly) he can start your own coffee shop with the “right” pricing and make a fortune because everyone agrees with him.
Yet if I go to Timmy’s, while everyone gets their “double-doubles”, I pay the identical price for a black coffee. If they want triple cream, I believe it’s the same price. If I want to upgrade to a large black coffee, I pay a little more for a little more.
True, but you’re talking standard ingredients. If your local Timmies had imported llama milk for a particular customer, and then you insisted that your double-double should be made with the llama milk at the same price, that would be a closer comparison to what he’s discussing.
There is a strong case for what you’re saying, but the price differential for milk and coffee isn’t as high as the differential between nut milk and cow milk (if you snort when you read that then you have a dirty mind). What sort of udder oil does one use on an almond, anyway?
True but cream is much more expensive than a couple of mouthfuls more of straight coffee. As a drinker of coffee, the way it should be drank, this fact has always irritated me just not to the extent of gluing my hand to the counter. I did send TH’s an email inquiry but did not get an answer. The truth is I subsidize the cream and sugar users. I’ll get over it. LOL
But you don’t drink your black coffee the way it should be drank, you drink it the way (you think) it should be drunk.
Do you take everything so seriously? Enjoy your double double as disgusting as it may be. LOL
This reveals the truth of what this guy wants.
He doesn’t care if his is cheaper, he wants everyone else’s to be more expensive.
At Tim’s you’re paying for the creme, and if you skip it the company makes more. He wants everyone to be paying the vegan milk price, and if they don’t get vegan milk the deserve to pay more.
Remember leftism is about making things worse for others, not better for anyone.
Starbucks in New York is a pretty edgy place to make a statement. The vegan milk issue must burn the guts of who, exactly? Looks like someone is grovelling for a job.
This is why tv and movies are bad. Imagine a restaurant where all the waiters and busboys had “input” on the meals.
Well, better that than output on the meals, but even so.
Please tell me they upped the price of all “milks” and put a sign up saying Cromwell pricing in effect.
Does James ever ask politely for something or is it all demands?
I wouldn’t trade places with that man for all the whiskey in Ireland, boyo.
Have ye a valediction?
“With a wrecking ball”
Multimillionaire demands freebie.
Advertise it at the same price, and be forever out of stock… sorry.
Now ya see if I was the manager, at close up time, just before turning off the last light and locking the door from the outside, I’d be saying, “G’nite Jimmie, see ya in the morning”.
One step further. I would say, “Here, let me help you.”
I would drive a six-inch ardox nail through his hand into the counter. Then left him for the night.
If we treated celebrities with the contempt they deserve, none of this would be an issue.
My wife taught me to use a thermos bottle rather than give coffee shops a thousand dollars plus every year.
I’m tired of hearing patrons of Starbucks and Tim Horton’s, the fool James Cromwell as well as the average person, moan about coffee shop prices because they usually also moan about their inability to afford serious things like cars and houses. They never see the cause and effect.
And in that vein, don’t subscribe to HBO, ever.
I took it years ago as part of the new subscriber package, but cut it when the package ended. Their politics were already clear then, years ago.
Bill Maher, Exhibit#1
My wife taught me to use a thermos bottle rather than give coffee shops a thousand dollars plus every year.
That’s what I do whenever I drive from Edmonton to Fort St. John. I brew up some fresh tea, pour some of it into a thermal travel mug and the rest goes into a thermos. I have something nice to drink for the trip.
They oughta super glue his thumb up his ass.
They can’t because it’s already glued into his mouth.
Sigh. Another actor I’ll be ignoring.
So will I. I used to have respect for him but after that, zippo.
Who?
Just another *&^%$#g Hollywood drip who I wouldn’t know if I ran over him.
Every workplace has a jerk like this guy.
But it is easier for a girl to tell a weirdo to GFH than a guy.
Never heard of the guy. Never heard of the show “Succession”.
I said you’d be hard pressed to find something I care less about than golfers in Saudi Arabia, but you came through. Very impressive.
The first role I saw him in was as the sheep farmer in Babe. Great little movie about a rescued piglet who learns to herd sheep. That was some years ago. Really liked Cromwell for a long time. But not after I found out about his “activism” and he began choosing roles in sync with it. He used to be a good actor. Too bad.
So Mr. Peta Vegan began his career by exploiting pigs and sheep?
You may not recognize the name but I’m sure you’d recognize the face. From Stretch Cunningham on “All in the Family” to farmer Hoggett in “Babe.” IIRC, he was also in “LA Confidential.” Good actor, despite his crazy political leanings.
BTW, “Babe” is a gem of a film.
Do you know how much water is used to produce Almond Milk? It’s a catastrophe! Why should we be wasting water to destroy the planet so he can have almond milk? Killer, Murderer. SHAME.SHAME. SHAME!!!
I saw a documentary where bee hives are being stolen to pollinate the almond trees because there are so many new almond orchards. And all for the sake of Starbucks.
Why can’t people just enjoy a coffee without all the added garbage.
That guy is the epitome of a virtue-signaling creep. Ugh. You can tell when the hollyweirds are looking for work.