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Travis Kelce will quickly be dominating our screens. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish reportedly booked a task in a brand new Lionsgate motion movie Free Cannons, simply months after his upcoming half on FX’s Grotesquerie was revealed. With Kelce’s new TV stints — he’s additionally the host of the upcoming quiz present Are You Smarter Than A Celeb? — followers are trolling, saying he could quickly surpass Taylor Swift’s ex in appearing roles.
Earlier than Kelce — and a quick romantic stint with The 1975’s Matty Healy — Swift dated actor Joe Alwyn for six years. Alwyn, 33, is thought for roles in Harriet, Boy Erased, Conversations With Buddies, and most lately, Sorts of Kindness.
After the announcement of Kelce’s function in Free Cannons, followers could not assist however examine Alwyn’s physique of labor to Kelce’s rapidly rising on-screen resume.
ULY 13: Joe Alwyn attends a celebratory lunch hosted by Vary Rover and Harper’s Bazaar within the Vary Rover suite forward of the Wimbledon Women’ singles ultimate on July 13, 2024 in London, England. Many Taylor Swift followers have been evaluating his movie credit to these of Travis Kelce.
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One Swiftie’s tweet — and dig at Alwyn — went viral, prompting a mixture of responses.
“Reserving extra appearing gigs in 6 months than joe alwyn did in 6 years is loopy,” they wrote on X (previously Twitter). On the time of writing, the publish has been shared over 1,000 instances and has pulled in over 33,000 likes. A few of the replies got here from Swifties, laughing in settlement with the publish, however others pulled out the receipts, rapidly proving the fan flawed.
One individual responded with a screenshot of the filmography part from Alwyn’s Wikipedia web page.
One other urged that it is time for Swifties to let go of their animosity towards Alywyn.
“For a previous relationship, from which everybody has moved on, why do some followers appear to be so fixated on Joe,” mentioned the X person.
For a previous relationship, from which everybody has moved on, why do some followers appear to be so fixated on Joe 🤔🤔🤔 https://t.co/nMYanNrSMD
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Although it is not essentially true that Kelce has surpassed Alwyn’s bookings — given Alywn’s 14 on-screen credit between 2018 and now, together with upcoming roles in The Brutalist, Hamlet, and Hamnet — Kelce is rapidly stacking up roles.
Along with Grotesquerie and Free Cannons, Adam Sandler introduced that Kelce will seem within the upcoming sequel to Completely satisfied Gilmore. Kelce can be credited as an government producer on the upcoming film, My Useless Buddy Zoe, set for launch this November.
Kelce opened up in an interview with Good Morning America about his expertise enjoying a fictional character for the primary time on Grotesquerie. “I really feel like an beginner proper now, nevertheless it’s positively a enjoyable problem, and I am having fun with each little bit of it, for positive… I am coachable,” mentioned the NFL star. “That is one factor I do know from being in sports activities, I’m a coachable man. It is simply been superior… Everyone concerned when it comes to the actors and the administrators and the writers have simply helped me out a lot, understanding what I am alleged to be doing. And I am simply having enjoyable with it.”
Followers will get the primary style of Kelce’s appearing chops upon the premiere of Grotesquerie on September 25.