Acolytes of this era of man know anything is possible, and we are pleased if not surprised whenever the possible comes true for them. There is a world in which Simon Rex - like Wahlberg, a former porn star, Calvin Klein model, and '90s flash in the pan - becomes a mogul, multi-millionaire, and offers vanity series on HBO in between tequila launches for $100 million a hit. "Marky" Mark Wahlberg of the Funky Bunch famously reinvented himself by starring as Dirk, proving that boy-band burnouts could be taken seriously by Hollywood with one brilliant performance in one brilliant director's brilliant movie.A young Simon starred in titles like Young, Hard, and Solo #2 and #3, with masturbation as the main attraction for a mostly male audience. Both were cis-het-male minors, on the verge of homelessness in California, hiding "something wonderful just waiting to get out" behind their jeans, and wound up in the porn industry. Before all of these mediocre but acceptable gigs, Simon's teenage years look (uncomfortably, uneasily) like those of Eddie Adams, birth name of 1997's Boogie Nights protagonist Dirk Diggler.Without streaming, we all watched it - at the same time - and just raged alone in our bedrooms. It was the final era when people behaved as if no one was watching, and those who grew up drooling over Simon, cutting his face out of magazines, absolutely made the most of that fact. Tables were danced on, canoodling took place, drugs were taken. He was rumored to be dating fellow Y2K-era icons like Paris Hilton and Tara Reid. Our version of secret communication was what's fondly known as a " telephone," with a cord. Simon Rex‘s visceral work as a former porn star in A24’s Red Rocket is on the long list of best actor hopefuls.Still, it includes an extended streaking scene with the 47-year-old running. We didn't have Signal, Kik, Telegram, or screenshotting abilities. MTV was basically TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, all in one. He was on TV, back when TV was our whole world.Many an elderly millennial recalls their adolescence (and sexual awakening) being intimately, feverishly, powerfully affected by watching him on MTV every day after school.
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