As a very wise Twitter user named @maplecocaine once said, “Each day on Twitter there is one main character. The goal is never to be it.” On Monday, an obscure character actor named Patrick Wilson was Twitter’s main character, and, much like when he actually plays a main character, the rules simply don’t apply to him like they apply to other people. The Golden Globe– and Emmy-nominated star started trending during the day when user @Skoog said of Wilson’s many varied roles: “the mf really said i’m gonna be in a million movies but absolutely refuse to be famous.”
the mf really said i’m gonna be in a million movies but absolutely refuse to be famous pic.twitter.com/QR53uxB6Jn
— Skoog (@Skoog) August 31, 2020Which set off a barrage of tweets praising Wilson’s extremely lengthy body of work, including his turns in Watchmen, Hard Candy, Insidious, The Conjuring series, Angeles in America, and The Phantom of the Opera movie, not to mention his Tony-nominated Broadway work in 2000’s The Full Monty and 2002’s Oklahoma!
y’all don’t know who Patrick Wilson is????????? Like without google y’all can’t tell me who that is???
— HOOD VOGUE is tired of poverty (@keyon) August 31, 2020In this house we love and appreciate patrick wilson https://t.co/6cC8dpd26k
— Dana Schwartz 🫀 (@DanaSchwartzzz) August 31, 2020since Patrick Wilson is trending i'll just leave this video of him singing somebody to love by queen pic.twitter.com/FwfuTtz2dI
— krojačica sudbine (@MonaLisa_1797) August 31, 2020Since Patrick Wilson is trending, I'd like to say that he is a phenomenal actor who has starred in numerous iconic roles and films pic.twitter.com/sAPzw0b35v
— Burhan Khalid | برھان خالد (@RequiemNocturn) August 31, 2020We do not talk shit about Patrick Wilson in this house https://t.co/JxPEoZMA3w
— train whistles, sweet clementines (@whyangelinawhy) August 31, 2020patrick wilson slander won’t be tolerated in this house. king orm?? nite owl?? conjuring?? fargo?? and so much more. he’s such an underrated actor. pic.twitter.com/dv7jq3bO84
— k (@myvillaneve) August 31, 2020this is not will arnett. stop asking if this is will arnett. all white guys with narrow faces and large foreheads are not will arnett.
— Skoog (@Skoog) August 31, 2020But if you honestly could not tell a Patrick Wilson from a Will Arnett if you had money on it, or remember he was wonderful in the cast of Young Adult or Prometheus or The Founder to save your life, don’t worry. Turns out, that was apparently Patrick Wilson’s plan all along. “Dammit,” the Aquaman star lamented in response to Twitter’s discovery of his long artistic con. “My plan has been thwarted.”
Dammit. My plan has been thwarted. https://t.co/rNTcGvEkTA
— patrick wilson (@patrickwilson73) August 31, 2020 Patrick Wilson Responds to Twitter Uncovering His SchemencG1vNJzZmivp6x7t8HLrayrnV6YvK57kWlpaWdgbXyir9OoqWaokam%2Fqq%2FKZq6ipKOku26%2BxKynqKaUqHq1u4ytrqKspJq%2FbrnEppxmmZKkwrV5x6KkZ6Ckork%3D