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edit: Wiki, list Christian Slaters arrest history as dragging him down, but it still seemed like he was getting box office roles. What am I missing?
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A-list actors who fell off the face the earth.
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Oh yeah. I need some more caffeine in my system.
edit: Wiki, list Christian Slaters arrest history as dragging him down, but it still seemed like he was getting box office roles. What am I missing?
Sir_Crocodile
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He got a cold
I was looking at her IMDB page and damn she was away for 15 years. I guess she was just retired and raising her kids.
I saw Earth Girls Are Easy on the other night and it made me think of this thread. Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Julie Brown, Michael McKean and Charles Rocket. I know the sad story about Rocket, but it was full of so many familiar faces that you don't see as much anymore.
derExperte
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Married in 2009 and got a child so I'm sure it was intentional. And I liked her too.
She gets work, but it "TV movie' work. It is nowhere near a real Hollywood career. And yes, she is married to Clark Gregg. She didn't literally fell off the face of the Earth, we still know where she is. It is just not in famous-land anymore.
ZackieChan
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Mr. Show even did a joke about how the ghost of Gene Wilder was already haunting people, because Gene hadn't done anything in "for-fucking-ever."
Guy was an amazing talent. Really sad to see him drop out of the race, like Moranis.
Zantetsuken
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Made me sad to hear that. An excellent actor.
What do you think should happen to you once you turn 60? You should go to a nursing home and never set foot outside? I've never seen the Expendables but it's still kind of inspiring. Actors in their 60s still doing what they love to do and having a blast being badass action heroes in a movie again.
That's your loss, the Expendables are awesome and their success shows there is an interest on them.
It will take a while, if it even happens, to see a generation of action heroes like them. Given how different action movies are now, it may not even happen.
Jest Chillin
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I disagree. Steady work, whether TV Movies or TV Series (and she's been in more TV series than TV movies lately) is the sign of a healthy career. Of course that's not Dirty Dancing money but it's much more than most actors ever see. Especially TV Series. That's respectable work.
Three episodes of Phineas and Ferb, one of The New Adventures of Old Christine, one episode of House, three of John from Cincinnati, and one one season 1 show where she played herself. It is not like she is her husband who starred in two succesful shows. She had one failed shows and a handful of guest spots.
jonnyp
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Because he's a terrible actor.
Jade Knight 08
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Val Kilmer.
Haven't seen him since the movie "Red Planet".
Haven't seen him since the movie "Red Planet".
Jest Chillin
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The show where she played herself was 2 seasons, which is more than most shows get. Aside from that, like I said, she's had steady work from Dirty Dancing onward. She had a brief gap from 2001/2 til 2006 but that's when she and Gregg had their kid.
The biggest reason why people don't know where she is, is because she looks completely different. If you look at her entire career, she's only had 3 notable movies. Red Dawn, Ferris Bueller, and Dirty Dancing. None of those movies are notable because of her though. She just stood out because she had a unique look. That look changed, and nobody noticed her anymore.
BrokenEchelon
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Her face eventually sucked in and imploded the rest of her body. She is no longer with us.
MrPing1000
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I'd still make her my waifu, nutty parents and all.
I'd also make her go back to looking like Enid in Ghost World
He wound up resembling Mars in circumference.
derExperte
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Spartan and Salton Sea were all after RP. I hope you've seen those. Wonderland and Mindhunters were okay too.
He won something grander a long time ago.
Oh yes he did!
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I doubt Jodie will ever start becoming a Hollywood workhorse actor like Tom Cruise. I think she just prefers directing. She was in Elysium last year. Movie kinda sucked though. Before that...Yeah I hadn't seen her anything since The Brave One. Which I thought she did a great job in.
heliosRAzi
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She was in Elysium and she's behind the camera more nowadays.
He was in Amazon's Alpha House recently, but with this face:
He's not getting as much work
and this guy
He's this guy now
No, I just wanted more IASIP in this thread
She was in that teen book adaption with Shailene Woodley too this year.
john whiteguy84
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Martin Kove
RustyNails
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Spartan was fucking amazing. The original Taken. Man I wanna rewatch it now.
MrPing1000
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I first asked my now-wife out because she reminded me of Enid.
Nice *high fives* and err pic request for... authenticity, yes that'll do.
KernelPanic
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Probably not A list but what happened to Minnie Driver? Don't recall her in anything after the Riches.
I'd probably add Lucy Liu, last I saw her in was Kill Bill.
I'd probably add Lucy Liu, last I saw her in was Kill Bill.
Jest Chillin
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She's in a new show called "About a Boy" on NBC.
Sherlock on CBS.
Killing_Joke
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Surprised by all the Michael Keaton posts. He's been having a nice little comeback. Birdman looks amazing.
Everyone is either retired, old, or past their prime. Which is sad. But if i had one wish, It would be one more Scorsese mafia flick with De niro, Pesci, Liotta, Nicholson, Pacino and if he was still alive Gandolfini. That Pesci snickers commercial always put a big grin on my face. Miss that dude a lot.
Everyone is either retired, old, or past their prime. Which is sad. But if i had one wish, It would be one more Scorsese mafia flick with De niro, Pesci, Liotta, Nicholson, Pacino and if he was still alive Gandolfini. That Pesci snickers commercial always put a big grin on my face. Miss that dude a lot.
Mechanized
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Hurley was in Alcatraz, which was a fucking AWESOME show that never should have been canceled.
Wasn't she in the latest X-men movie?
Escape Goat
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Haley Joel osmemt looks like a giant toddler.
This. He was pretty much the new millennial Leo DiCaprio and then Speed Racer happened and he vanished...
He just forgot to grow up like DiCaprio did when a new teen heartrob appeared.
Chuck Norris
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All he needs to do is lose weightShe was in Elysium and she's behind the camera more nowadays.
He was in Amazon's Alpha House recently, but with this face:
He's not getting as much work
He's this guy now
No, I just wanted more IASIP in this thread
Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas had cancer, so he was out of acting for a long while. Catherine Zeta Jones is also having health problems, she is bipolar so she is also doing less work. His father Kirk Douglas is 97, so I hope he gets an excuse for stopping.
After seeing this thread, you know what would be a good thread? A thread about what actors who have stopped doing acting have been doing. They still have to work and earn money. Are they telephone operators, did they go back to school for degrees. Are they working the financial industry. These are all interesting questions.
Escape Goat
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They get paid millions for one film. The average american earns 2 million in their entire working career (net).
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