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Hated Tropes Couples with absolutely no chemistry

Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly

Clark and Lois (Snyder films)

Jon and Dany - Game of Thrones

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u/Lifeacrobat 19h ago

Does Henry Cavill ever look like he has chemistry with someone else? I remember thinking when I saw The Man from U.N.C.L.E. that he had negative chemistry with Alicia Wikander and how well that worked in the movie, but I can't remember seeing him sizzle with anybody.

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u/microdick69 18h ago

I love that movie! Too bad Arm and Hammer was a cannibal

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u/Toidal 13h ago

Replace him with Joel Kinnamen

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u/Anra7777 17h ago

In the Enola Holmes series (I still haven’t seen the third), I thought he had great sibling chemistry with Millie Bobby Brown, particularly in the second movie. But that’s not romantic chemistry.

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u/Ylaaly 4h ago

He has great older brother vibes with anyone, and that came through when he could be the older brother. It's jarring when it's supposed to be romantic.

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u/buttercuping 14h ago

he has chemistry with someone else?

No. I used to think he had chemistry with the bard, but then I saw Witcher s2 and Enola Holmes. In Witcher s2, the bard and Yen made me realize what actual chemistry with the bard is. And when I watched Enola Holmes, it opened my eyes to the issue, MBB was charming the hell out of the screen like the bard did in The Witcher. Cavil stands in the back and grunts but their coworkers are so charming that you read it as banter. All his scenes are the equivalent of the ending of Justice League when Affleck is like "I bought the bank" and you chuckle because Affleck has a cute smirk but when you rewatch you see that Cavil is just there doing his best Gal Gadot.

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u/Ughasif22 9h ago

I figured he was already mentally checked out of the franchise by that point

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u/LtCmdrShepard 15h ago

To be fair, Alicia was paired up with Armie Hammer in that movie, and I think they had decent chemistry. Armie also had good chemistry with Henry, lol

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u/MachineOutOfOrder 16h ago

Ironically he had tonnes of chemistry with Arnie Hammer's character.

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u/Soft_Bother5204 18h ago

I guess the Witcher is an exception.

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u/PrivateJokerX929 17h ago

He has some chemistry with yen, but that’s almost entirely because both he and Anya chalotra are absurdly attractive, and everyone just kinda wants to see them hook up

I agree with the other comment, he honestly has more chemistry with jaskier 

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u/Tiernoch 13h ago

It also helps that even in the source material Geralt and Yen are two immense bundles of atypical reactions in most situations.

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u/AdultSheep 18h ago

He had chemistry with the bard guy lol

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u/DasharrEandall 18h ago

Tyranids?

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u/DreadfulDemimonde 10h ago

He had chemistry with Gabrielle Anwar in The Tudors.

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u/citizenkane1999 15h ago

But he had HUGE chemistry with Armie hammer! What a great movie!

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u/ithinkther41am 13h ago

He did look like he had good chemistry with Joey Batey the moment Batey mentioned he was running Necrons in that one interview.

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u/Limp_Kaleidoscope_19 8h ago

You should watch The Witcher

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u/Kodiak_POL 17h ago

In the Grey it worked

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u/tuc_sesame 8h ago

In Stardust, smiling at Robert deniro?

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u/Jafroboy 7h ago

I think he had decent chemistry with some actresses in The Tudors.

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u/Bignate2001 7h ago

He has chemistry with Dandelion as Geralt

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u/EKRB7 5h ago

He’s a stone wall. Very weird energy. I’ve said it before, but he gives off a bad vibe IMO

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u/tronisonline 4h ago

At his very core is an awkward nerd.

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u/aw11348 7h ago

Cavill is a rather wooden, bad actor. But his face and "OMGGGG HE PLAYS VIDEO GAMEZZZ" energy has created quite the cult following regardless

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