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Actors whose career crashed and burned after a hit
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Same with former it girl estella warren.
Speaking with the most disproportional "images on people's wallpaper" to "movie portfolio" ratio, Elisha Cuthbert has to be one of them.
bigboss370
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oh ya
He became a dumb ass Christian dipshit.
well thats very disrespectful. your statement would have been maybe ok if you had taken the 'christian' part out of it.
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anyways:
Randy Monk
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holy shit that thread is sooo good
He was in Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, yah dingus.
SousedLouse
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I...I have to go. I have to go and watch these movies. It's like he's slowly trying to fill out a month's worth of action flicks on Impact all by himself.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
There's also this movie:
I saw this recently on TV. It was fairly decent for a straight to DVD movie.
Samantha Mathis
Broken Arrow and American Psycho were her last big Hollywood hits. Seems to do Independent movies nowa days.
Matthew Broderick
Wouldn't say crashed so much but his last main staring roll (If you exclude voice acting) was Deck The Halls in 2006. Now mostly does plays if im not mistaken.
Broken Arrow and American Psycho were her last big Hollywood hits. Seems to do Independent movies nowa days.
Matthew Broderick
Wouldn't say crashed so much but his last main staring roll (If you exclude voice acting) was Deck The Halls in 2006. Now mostly does plays if im not mistaken.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
well thats very disrespectful. your statement would have been maybe ok if you had taken the 'christian' part out of it.
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anyways:
Jail.
There's a big difference between crash and burn and the natural transition from leading man/woman into supporting roles. Even Dustin Hoffman doesn't headline anymore, but he still does great turns in supporting roles. Granted all those luke warm movies he did in the late 90s didn't help much, but the move to family films gave him a boost. Lots of Hollywood folks do that, Robert Rodriguez and Johnny Depp come to mind.
And from what I understand, the only reason he even agreed to do the Oscars in the first place was because Brett Ratner convinced him to do it, and when he got booted for the homophobia fiasco, Eddie followed him.
Zoe
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She'll always be Princess Daisy to me.
I didn't call out Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy is a terrible example just like the rest, he was in a shitton of popular movies.
The entire premise of this thread is flawed if the only criteria is 'had a hit movie somewhere in their career and no longer make hit movies' because EVERYONE stops sometime. We could just make a link to IMDB and call it a day. The explosion has to be as sudden as the fizzle for it to have any impact. Anyone that was already a big star before their 'hit' makes no sense to be listed.
There's also this movie:
I saw this recently on TV. It was fairly decent for a straight to DVD movie.
You know you hit rock bottom when you are in a movie with Henry Rollins
I totally screwed up my original post...I meant that Al Pacino's last decent movies besides the HBO movies was Insomnia in 2002 and The Insider in 1999.As far as the other 3 actors I mentioned (Christian Slater,Treat Williams,Michael Keaton),they all were the main actors in popular movies in the past. Now Slater and Williams are doing TV shows and Keaton was in The Other Guys,but before that,he's been doing voices for animated (Pixar) movies as well as a few straight to DVD releases after White Noise in 2005.
echoshifting
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Do you actually read up on Cameron ever? His fundamentalism is an essential component of of his dumbassery.
There's also this movie:
I saw this recently on TV. It was fairly decent for a straight to DVD movie.
Interesting, other than him, there's some good people in it. Henry Rollins and Ron Perlman in particular.
There is a few people in here that shouldn't be. However here is one I didn't see:
Before finding god he admitted BioDome ruined his career.
I think Stephen Baldwin ruined his career.
Hah thank you. Ya HBO would air that fucker all the time, must of been some kind of conspiracy.
Holy shit the guy who played Mitchel Goosen (lol) has done absolutely nothing since then.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567574/
Guess he just don't give a fuck.
Yes, this dude. People in Hollywood wanted to make him a star and he just didn't want to be an actor.
joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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Clearly Australia's best export.This thread needs more things like this:
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So I just watched 28 days later and it reminded me of this thread because I used to think the girl was cute it and turns out she did nothing after the film.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122796/
apparently she fronts a "Goth Pop Band" whatever that means
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122796/
apparently she fronts a "Goth Pop Band" whatever that means
HP_Wuvcraft
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This thread needs more things like this:
Seriously.
Reading through it and finding things like Vin Diesel, The Rock, Matthew Broadrick? Even the cast of Friends?
and to a lesser extent
Robert Patrick still gets a TON of work. Nothing as huge as playing the T-1000 obviously, but he does like several movies per year and a bunch of TV shows.
Still has a very active career and hasn't completely fallen off the face of the earth like some other actors mentioned in this thread.
Yeah, shame her career didn't ever really reach full stride, wouldn't have minded to see her in more movies like Girl Next Door. Guess she's content being a hockey wife.
Unf.
Soyongdori
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He was in Safe House with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.and to a lesser extent
BrassMonkey1010
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The entire cast of Boy Meets World.
I was actually wondering the other day what ever happend to Elisha Cuthbert. I think I was watching Love Actually. I wanted her so bad in Old School and Girl Next Door
He was?
Topanga had a gossip show or something for awhile. The rest of them... yeah
He was?
Topanga had a gossip show or something for awhile. The rest of them... yeah
SCULLIBUNDO
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Emile Hirsch must have caught that Girl Next Door career-harming infection from Cuthbert.
Dude is amazing in Milk and Into the Wild. He makes a charismatic Speed Racer as well.
Yet it's supporting man JGL getting all the big roles.
Dude is amazing in Milk and Into the Wild. He makes a charismatic Speed Racer as well.
Yet it's supporting man JGL getting all the big roles.
Zombie James
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He was a bit misused on the X-Files, but he was still great.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Man, Jimmy Stewart just doesn't get roles anymore.
AgentOtaku
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Just looked up Cuba's IMDB. Okay, these are all within the last five years...
Anyone want to make a movie with Cuba holding a gun? I think he'd be down with that.
Slater, Woods, Kilmer, Liotta, Keitel! Is there like a washed-up actor sewing circle these guys all belong to?
Dude... I'm gonna have to watch all these films!
catching up with this thread but my god ...this post
Kristie Alley was famous for ages after cheers. Mostly for being fat. Carla, on the other hand....
I know this is from April, but those names are just an example of actors getting old and not being offered leading roles anymore. The examples you named had a gradual decline in their career. Pacino even being mentioned on a list of actors with one big movie who then fizzled out is just wrong.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Wait.
Wait.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. was in a Tahoe noir?
lol
A Tahoe noir.
Set in Tahoe.
Wait.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. was in a Tahoe noir?
lol
A Tahoe noir.
Set in Tahoe.
He was the dude
waterboarding Denzel's character (and killed in the raid right afterward)
This one is puzzling, Hirsch is a fantastic actor and fairly handsome dude, yet his career has never taken off. I would guess most of the roles he's considered for get offered to either James Franco or JGL first.
Jon Heder was posted already, but he is a perfect example.
Napoleon Dynamite was so fuckin huge, and then he did Benchwarmers and then nothing.
Well except the ND cartoon which bombed lol.
I think this phenomenon happened to people in live action kids shows a lot.
I dont think anyone from Power Rangers went on to do anything. Except Amy Jo Johnson, Kimberly, was in a few movies and is in Flashpoint right now but i think thats cancelled.
I dont think any of the other Rangers did anything later in life.
Napoleon Dynamite was so fuckin huge, and then he did Benchwarmers and then nothing.
Well except the ND cartoon which bombed lol.
I think this phenomenon happened to people in live action kids shows a lot.
I dont think anyone from Power Rangers went on to do anything. Except Amy Jo Johnson, Kimberly, was in a few movies and is in Flashpoint right now but i think thats cancelled.
I dont think any of the other Rangers did anything later in life.
a few come to mind
and to a lesser extent
Robert Patrick was on The Unit for years until 2009. Plus many other roles.
He was? as who? This thread has taught me that I simply do not recognize him today
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