Looking back on this WIRED Magazine article from 2010 on the then-upcoming TRON: Legacy (owning a physical copy #likeaboss), it's absolutely wild how instantly on board Jeff Bridges was. They had barely gotten into their elevator pitch for the movie and he basically said, "Shut up. You had me at 'hello.'" And then he brought out a prop he had been holding onto for some 20-odd years from the original and had everyone wear it. The amount of enthusiasm he had was insane. You have to understand: The original was panned by critics at the time. It was a B movie. It was lucky to become a cult classic. And Jeff Bridges had become far more famous and had won multiple Oscars since then. It would be perfectly understandable if he had said no. The fact that he was instantly on board for a sequel defies comparison. I wish more actors and artists alike would be as enthusiastic about their early work.
