When Jeff Bridges started trending on Twitter, baffled fans began to wonder what was up with their favorite actor. It turns out that the moment began with an appearance on a talk show where Bridges threw out a hilarious Tron joke that sailed right over everyone’s head. After fears of the actor’s untimely death were dispelled, fans wasted no time in sharing their favorite Bridges moments.
The Dude has been acting since 1951 when he played an infant at a train station in The Company She Keeps. Of his most memorable performances, he has played Jack Prescott in the 1976 make of King Kong, Terry Brogan in the 1984 romance Against All Odds, The Dude in the 1998 comedy The Big Lebowski, and of course, Kevin Flynn in the 1982 film Tron as well as 2010’s TRON: Legacy.
Today’s confusion lies in the role he played in Tron and what he had to say about it when he was recently on The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables with Kieran Culkin (Succession), Damson Idris (Snowfall and Swarm), Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus), Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us and The Mandalorian), and Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story). But before we get to that, enjoy the fan confusion and subsequent career highlights.
Of course, one of the biggest concerns was whether or not he was okay. When someone’s trending, one of the first thoughts is “Did he die” or the mad rush to find out if it’s a hoax that someone rumored he was dead.
Adding to the trend are all the fans who are clueless over why but are more than willing to add to the conversation with their admiration for the actor.
Ironically, Pascal and Bridges became friends through acting and share a lack of knowledge of new technology in this clip where they are having a tough time figuring out how to work an iPhone 7.
Imagine all those actors sitting around discussing acting and every single one of them misses the joke. They congratulate him on the role he played in Tron and then continue talking while the joke lingered meaninglessly above their heads. Here’s what Jeff Bridges said when Pedro Pascal was talking about trying to play the video game based on the series he starred in The Last of Us.
For fans who may not have gotten the joke either, here is a visual image of what it’s about.
That is the joke in a nutshell. In the plot for Tron, Jeff Bridges’ character literally gets sucked into the video game. Why it went over everyone’s head is hard to guess, but the fans didn’t miss it at all.
