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Can you help me remember the actor's name?

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PenguinsCantFly · 22/10/2023 10:38

This is really bugging me, so I'm hoping someone can help 😀

I saw a clip of a movie/TV show where the main actor rushes into a classroom looking for the teacher who he is dating/went on a date with.

As the teacher turns round, he sees that it isn't her. He asked the woman where the usual teacher is, only to be told that she isn't in today and noone knows why.

He rushes out and then the scene cuts to him pulling up on a driveway and rushing up to the house with some flowers.

He is greeted by the homeowners nurse. The homeowner is the mother of the woman he is looking for.

The mother is in an electric wheelchair. She turns round and informs the man that her daughter died in a car crash last night. He is stunned. The mother blames him for letting her drive home in bad weather.

...then the clip cut out and I can't find in again (annoying Facebook reels!).

I recognised the male actor and it is really bugging me that I can't remember his name!

I'd say he is in his 40s (ish), has chin length dark hair and often plays nervy/quiet characters. He reminds me of a young Joseph Gorden Levitt from his 3rd Rock from the Sun days.

Does this ring a bell to anyone? I'll be eternally grateful 😀

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BMW6 · 22/10/2023 10:42

Sorry no idea but can you name the actress playing the mother and look him up that way?

PenguinsCantFly · 22/10/2023 10:44

I'll give it a try - I didn't recognise her but Google might work her out from a description!

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DRS1970 · 22/10/2023 10:46

What year is it set or made? What channel did you see the ad on? What genre is it? Sorry, I love a puzzle...

PenguinsCantFly · 22/10/2023 10:53

It was only a short clip and it popped up on Facebook - the clips where it doesn't tell you the name of the movie. I was going to click on it to try and find the actor but I dropped my phone and it vanished 😞

I'd say it was possibly a thriller, and I'm guessing 2000s - 2010s?

I can really picture the actor - he is soft spoken and nervous. He'd be in the math club in an American Highschool movie - the character who is friends with the main actor, and gets overlooked or left out when they turn popular.

I've been trawling though IMDB but can't find him or a movie he's in. I'm starting to wonder whether I've invented him 😂

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 22/10/2023 10:55

Don't worry. The algorithm will kick in and you're going to see 85% of the film over the next three days. Click on comments and somebody will say what movie is it.

TommyDeVito · 22/10/2023 10:58

John Cusack?

PenguinsCantFly · 22/10/2023 10:59

Younger than John...

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frazzledasarock · 22/10/2023 11:02

After.Life 2009 horror film thing?

PenguinsCantFly · 22/10/2023 11:04

Yes!!! Thank you so much 💓 It is Justin Long!

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 22/10/2023 11:05

Did you put the OP's description into search and then click on Video, @frazzledasarock ? Because that brought it up for me!

PenguinsCantFly · 22/10/2023 11:07

NeverDropYourMooncup · 22/10/2023 11:05

Did you put the OP's description into search and then click on Video, @frazzledasarock ? Because that brought it up for me!

I'll try that next time something like this happens!

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frazzledasarock · 22/10/2023 11:18

NeverDropYourMooncup · 22/10/2023 11:05

Did you put the OP's description into search and then click on Video, @frazzledasarock ? Because that brought it up for me!

No I didn’t but that’s a good tip.

juneybean · 22/10/2023 12:39

Good film as well, freaked me out for weeks.

icantchangetime · 22/10/2023 12:41

You just know google will be exploding with searches for this film now Smile

IsadoraQuagmire · 22/10/2023 13:07

I love that film!

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