Douglas, Making Himself an Easy Target

No doubt inaccurate schlock from so-called AI -- that stands for "artificial intelligence" when it's frequently automatic idiocy -- says in part:

Armie Hammer was reportedly left "in tears" and "horrified" by the final cut of his controversial comeback movie, Citizen Vigilante. 

Despite initially expressing deep gratitude and crying tears of joy when he was first offered the role—stating to The Hollywood Reporter that he was so desperate to work again he "would have done a f***ing cat food commercial"—the actor was utterly blindsided by the film's extreme, right-wing tone. 

Why Armie Hammer Was Horrified

According to industry insiders and reports from platforms like Puck News and IMDb, Hammer freaked out after seeing the final product for several key reasons: 

Unfinished Scripts: Hammer reportedly only received a frantic, 50-page script from German director Uwe Boll before filming began.

Misled on Intent: He did not realize how aggressively the project leaned into a specific right-wing, anti-immigrant narrative.

Hateful Content: Upon viewing the final film, Hammer reportedly called his camp in distress, saying, "Fuck. This is hateful, disgusting" and "That was not the movie I thought we made". 

Ironically, despite Hammer's reported horror at how the film turned out, sources close to the actor have noted that his desperation for a career revival is so severe that he would still likely reprise the role for a sequel—if the price is right. 

I have NEVER heard of Armie Hammer. Checks calendar. No, not April First.

He's an actual actor -- if you can believe anything you read these days -- apparently named after his grandfather, Armand Hammer, and then he chose to go by some cutesy nickname version of his first name Armand instead of Doug, the short form of his middle name Douglas.

WHY?????

This is vaguely reminiscent of the joke in Major Dad where his wife Polly has a restraining order against her parents and sealed court records protecting her privacy to HIDE the fact that her middle name is Esther. She doesn't want to be known as Polly Esther, thanks.

Only instead of hiding it, he thinks changing the spelling to officially be Polyester as his stage name is a selling point. "Hi, I'm manly man Soldier Baking Soda. Hire me for your action flick!" 

I can't imagine why his career is languishing.

In my mind, it's spelled EXACTLY the same, only with a SPACE:

Armand Hammer 

Arm and Hammer 

I always forget the brand is technically Arm ampersand Hammer. We say it exactly the same: Arm N Hammer or Armen Hammer or whatever.

Anyway, I didn't really come here to rag on him. That's just throwaway entertainment for myself because language and social stuff interests me.

My real goal is to note that it describes the script as unfinished and frantic. So there's such pressure here to make a film AT ALL -- probably because MONEY -- that the script is garbage.

Whatever happened to actors working as wait staff to keep a roof over their head while auditioning for stage roles? 

Probably, rent is too high for starters.

Humphrey Bogart is supposedly the originator of the concept "Fuck you money." He reportedly kept $100 in his dresser so he could tell anyone "F you. I'm not taking that part."

It didn't originally mean obscene wealth. It originally meant enough breathing room to be able to pick your work so you could be proud of your acting roles -- the opposite of "I'm so desperate, I would do a cat food commercial!"

My mother used to play the lottery and regularly won small amounts. She stopped playing because they began making ever larger jackpots to attract more fools to play and changed the system so there are fewer payouts.

It's now just about a guaranteed loss while people frantically throw money at the lottery and dream of striking it rich, and never mind how well documented it is that winning the jackpot is practically guaranteed to ruin your life.

There's a famous Reddit thread about that. Well before that got famous, I was watching videosabd reading articles about it to see if that's even anything I want to hope for.

I think I bought lottery tickets once or twice while homeless, then went back to just trying to sort my problems.

Most of the world has embraced a lifestyle where we run ever faster to not merely stay in place, but to actively lose ground. We've apparently forgotten standard wisdom like "It's not how much you make. It's how much you keep."

My dad used to say "The best way to double your money is fold it in half and stick it in your pocket." 

Yes, it's a play on words. Get rich quick schemes typically lose you money.

In all schemes like the lottery, you have to have a whole lot of losers to pay for every winner. When the default norm is for everyone to frantically chase "winning lottery tickets," the end result is The Lion King scenario where the hyenas have taken over and everything is in ruins.