Opinion: Crypto Skeptic Ben McKenzie Seems to Have His Head in the Clouds.

07 Mar 2023, 08:00

Opinion: Crypto Skeptic Ben McKenzie Seems to Have His Head in the Clouds Why do actors consider themselves experts on things they’re clearly not experts on? Is it because they’re surrounded by entourages that deem them gods of some kind? Is it because their agents and managers suck up to them out of knowing that if they don’t do what they should, they won’t get their ten percent cuts? In any case, actors seem to think they always know it all, and Ben McKenzie of “The O.C.” fame is no exception. Ben McKenzie Likely Doesn’t Know as Much as He ThinksAs a young man, McKenzie made his bones in Hollywood by appearing in the television program “The O.C.” with performers such as Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson. Now, as a full-fledged adult and allegedly part of the Hollywood elite crowd, he has starred in shows like “Gotham,” thus bringing the world of Batman to the small screen. About a year ago, he co-wrote a book about cryptocurrency and his dislike for it. This is the first real problem in question. McKenzie may be a genius when it comes to standing on sets and memorizing lines, but that doesn’t mean he’s an expert in crypto. The fact that he had to co-write the book with the aid of a legitimate reporter (Jacob Silverman) is proof of this. He needed help with the idea and thus couldn’t put his name alone to the book. He had to include someone else’s alongside it.