Apex Mountain
Kendrick; Banks (qualified); Wilson; Astin (probable); Tufts Beelzebubs
In the discussion (5)
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- Kendrick’s post-film year is the agreed peak of her leverage after Twilight and Up in the Air; subsequent films often failed to fit her talent, while Love Life is praised as a better fit.
- Banks has a persuasive peak case around Hunger Games, 30 Rock and expanding producing/directing power, qualified by greater fame after this film and later flops.
- Wilson’s Bridesmaids breakout is consolidated here; later work is judged less successful at using her rare comic talent.
- Astin is a probable peak choice because this suggests a major musical-film future.
- The Tufts Beelzebubs are a curveball peak choice, linked to The Sing-Off and influence on the Treblemakers; the consultant’s initially misremembered name is corrected later.