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EXCLUSIVE: WME has brought up and coming actor Scoot McNairy into its talent stable. McNairy is most recognizable for Argo, for playing the U.S. embassy worker who was most skeptical of the daring rescue attempt that forms the basis for the film.
McNairy leaves by ICM Partners, and while it always hurts to lose rising clients as an agency like that regroups after a big restructuring, McNairy’s rep team has every right to hold their heads high. They just signed him to star with Michael Fassbender in Frank, and opposite Guy Pearce and Rob Pattinson in The Rover. He’ll next be seen in the Brad Pitt-starrer Killing Them Softly and the Gus Van Sant-directed Promised Land and Steve McQueen-directed 12 Years A Slave. He’s currently shooting Non-Stop for Universal opposite Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. McNairy continues to be repped by The Group Management.
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He’ll be back at ICM in a heartbeat once they pass him off to someone junior. Nigel did an unbelievable job for him. This is so typical.
ICM worked so hard for this guy. He is where he is now because of the effort and time and consideration they put in for him.
The pass-off already happened. Scoot thinks his agents are Patrick Whitesell and Sharon Sheinwold but everyone at WME was told Andrew Dunlap is the point. Dunlap even sent out the signing announcement. Have fun becoming a cautionary tale Mr. McNairy!
I don’t understand this. Look at those jobs, stay classy LA.
ICM indeed has “every right to hold their heads high” after all they did for Scoot. Such bull.
And he never spoke to Patrick again…
So ungrateful. ICM killed it for him and he repays them like this. He’ll soon regret it when he’s pawned off on a junior agent who hasn’t even heard of him.
Good luck being a leading man when you’ll be the 15th man up for the job. Scoot had it made with Nigel and ICM. He won’t find better representation, he’ll just have a harder time getting his reps on the phone.
Small fish drown in big ponds. Good luck staying afloat, amateur. This guy had it made at ICM, that list of upcoming films is all Nigel and ICM.
normally I understand people moving to WME or CAA when they break out but in this case that agency has done SUCH an amazing job for him, especially someone who’s not your straight-forward leading man. I am truly shocked. He will come to regret it.
WOW this looks like ICM has really given all of the assistants there something to do this evening since they cant hold on to any clients.
Jeeez
ICM should hold their heads high. Nigel worked his ass off for this dude. Scoot had no career before him…Nigel broke him…then the dude ditched for the bigger name agency. story book. what happened to loyalty? I’m sure he will get so much attention over there. he will regret
so obvious! why do no actors appreciate the people that break them??
“there is an inexplicable dreamlike dimension to LA. Its a place where reality and insanity are very closely linked” – xavier valhen
and i wonder where xavier got that idea?
WME will lift him to the next level. Smart move for the client and agency =)
Good move for Scoot, probably went as far as he could at ICM anyways
At the end of the day it’s a numbers game. WME doesn’t care if Scoot’s career is elevated, they just want to steal him from ICM and cripple an already dying agency.
This guy was the best thing in Argo – he was so believable! I’m excited to see where his career goes.
Ask Andrew Dunlap, he’s the WME agent that signed him per WME internal emails
Justin Deanda did all the heavy lifting and Nigel took all the glory.
Nigel will now have to take all the heat! Sorry Nigel, trying to be “friends” with clients does not work and wearing cool sunglasses definitely does not work…try reading scripts and advising next time.
Justin, sorry for your loss, man.
Nigel has learned from one of the best talent agents in the business, chris silbermann. be friends with your clients. chris has shown that works with jon hamm.
This news reflects poorly on Scoot, and it doesn’t help WME, an agency that is associated with bigger names. Therefore, it seems like an ICM-placed article, along with all of the above comments. So here’s my advice to those folks at ICM: LOOK IN THE MIRROR. IF YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB, WHY DID HE LEAVE? IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU PROCURED, ITS ABOUT OVERALL SERVICE, ITS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP AND ITS ABOUT LUCK. Placing these kinds of articles followed by obvious in-house comments of support is indicative of a failure to learn from one’s failures.
Oh cmon. As if WME assts, CAA assts, UTA assts don’t do THE EXACT SAME THING. Talk about being hypocritical. ICM did procure opportunities, ICM did service Scoot in the best way, ICM did give him great relationships, Scoot is just another insecure actor who’s going to fade out because of this. Can’t say it enough. This is just so TYPICAL. When will actors learn?
ICM did not discover Scoot, he first came to the attention of UK producers following his role in IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS, the producers then put him in MONSTERS which catapulted him to stardom. Talent does not need sycophantic agents to succeed.
All you fool’s who are smashing Scoot for leaving and saying his agents at ICM made his career need to get a clue. Scoot made ” In search of a midknight kiss ” with his friends alone. It won the American spirit. This kid was in the game for a loooooong time and it wasn’t until Andrew dominik scooped him, who then referred him to Ben Afleck, who then referred him to Van Sant, and then after meeting Brad gets plugged for 12 years. That’s the work of agents? No sorry…agents piggy back off what’s hot. Agents are crest smile business men who capitalize on talent. Take nothing away from him. If his agents at ICM actually produced films and packaged him in some of those earlier projects then I get it, but they didn’t. This kid took the bull by the horns and made his career happen from the heart. Over 14 years on town eating shit getting rejected for countless pilots and living on a couch in someone’s backyard early on….all of you who gate can blow yourself. It’s so sick how agents and managers complain when this happens but they never wanted to put the work on in to really produce a client. They just send them out like bait on a hook. This kids carer wasn’t made from the bait. It was made from independent hustle and producing on his own and the groups part…with whom he is still repped. Mcnairy is an exceptional actor and will be around for a long time smashing the alist and stealing scenes throughout his entire career.