Minnie Driver reduced to doing infomercials

Sure, they pay good. But can you ever regain status as an A-list actor afterwards?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hg-c1Nm2YU

She looks great there.
She's in a movie out this week in the UK with Anna Faris, looks decent.
A job is a job.
Cote de Pablo, Chilean-born American stage and TV actress and recording artist
Oh Minnie, I am so hurt for you...
At least this won't give her a big head.
Anonymous
Too bad she never worked more in prime time TV. She was quite funny on WILL & GRACE in a recurring role. And she can play Brit, American, you name it. And she's still fairly attractive. The rumor is that her affair with DL fave Matt Damon during GOOD WILL HUNTING ended badly. Very badly. Damon bad-mouthed her all over Hollywood as being unstable and needy and an unreliable performer, and it really hurt Driver's film career.
Minnie Driver & Matt Damon, the mole queen & king of Hollywood
She was much better-looking as Rachel Shelley.
http://www.zimbio.com/Rachel+Shelley
It worked for Cher.
Lori%20Davis
Didn't she do a movie with Josh Hartnett? That boy is cursed.
Minnie Driver was a hoot as Karen Walker's nemisis on 'Will & Grace.'
Oi moi.
Nemesis
Was she ever a list?
R13, I'm not aware of Minnie Driver being a list.
It's to her credit that she's a natural good actress even in an infomercial. See her on "Ab Fab" and "The Riches". Great actress, cruel business. :)
Poor Matt Damon. To actually be charitable enough to go out with that dog. Straight men have it rough.
I want some of that stuff. It looks like it really works. But apparently you have to belong to something called Beach Bodies to be able to purchase it.
I'd guess she made some bad choices when it comes to talent agency representation. British actors are practically courted like royalty in Hollywood and yet with her proven talent she's treated like trash. Either she peed in some higher up's cereals or slept with the wrong guy or girl at the wrong time with everybody knowing about her being easy.
Gretchen%20Mol
[quote] Poor Matt Damon. To actually be charitable enough to go out with that dog. Have you seen his wife? Ugly chicks are his thing
She's clearly having dental issues in that infomercial - her Sss sound is impure. I guess she took the infomercial gig to pay for her new teeth. I also guess her country/western stint didn't pay off either...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/minnie-adventure-miss-driver-turns-her-attention-to-country-music-and-motherhood-822734.html
It didn't hurt my career
Cher
Minnie had trouble getting the kind of work she wanted after "Circle of Friends." She thought she was going to get cast as the beautiful ingenue type in Hollywood films after that movie's success, and it's a testament to her talent and her drive that she even managed to snare a few roles like that (like in "Good Will Hunting"). But she's not a conventionally beautiful woman by any means with that huge head and square face: indeed, she was cast as the lead in "Circle of Friends" precisely because she's odd-looking. She would have done better trying for choice character work in American and British films, or for good work on British television (she's good enough an actress she could have done it). She made the move too quick to "comic guest cameos" in US television, which usually is a sign (if you do more than just on or two of them) your career is foundering. She became perceived as a hasbeen before she really needed to be. Kate Beckinsale has tried to have the same career path after getting attention fifteen years ago with some British TV work (for "Cold Comfort Farm" and "Emma"), and she's had a little better luck than Minnie Driver. But it took major plastic surgery (she's unrecognizable now from how she used to look) and she also became a major bitch along the way. And she never had the Angelina Jolie-sized career she seems to wish she would have had.
Yes KB is a liar. She said this about PS: I’m against it. If I were 45 I might think about having my eyelids done".
I agree with, R22, wholeheartedly. She should never have relocated to Hollywood. I think she fancies herself more than anyone fancies her. She was involved in one film project all about the trials and tribulations of being a great beauty & she was the star. (No, really). She should be in England doing period TV drama (badly) and should visit Hollywood when and if the offers come in. She's what my father would have called 'misguided'. In fact, I'm surprised she's had such a long run.
She also famously told the world that Matt Damon was "hung like a cashew". And scowled at his Oscar win with camera lingering on her. I got a kick out of it but who knows, it might not have helped her in the biz. She was bigtime Woman Scorned.
[quote]hung like a cashew I can see that.
I enjoyed her in The Riches.
Damon treated her like shit but he's not the only one who scorned Ms. Minnie. She actually is unstable and needy. It's a pain in the ass to deal with her shit on or off the set so people just avoid her. It wasn't Damon who ruined her career, she did it to herself. Still, I always kind of liked her. I wish she'd find a tv role that could last for a few years. She should play a doctor, a lawyer, a whatever on a one-hour drama. She's not built for sitcoms and she was great on the under-appreciated "The Riches".
R6 didn't she call the paps before every time they went out. I think that was one of the reasons he called it off.
Her contemporary Emily Mortimer is more beautiful, interesting and talented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Mortimer
R29, she did the same thing when she dated Harrison Ford. He put up with it for about five minutes before he dumped her.
[quote]Her contemporary Emily Mortimer is more beautiful, interesting and talented. & stupid...going on American talk shows and saying she became an American citizen for tax purposes.
OK, let's have at it: "The Minnie Driver Programme", a half-hour sitcom. Premise? Cast?
That deserves a thread of its own, R33. I'll post it.
R33 Minnie is a publicity hungry actress whose stunts always backfire on her.
[quote]OK, let's have at it: "The Minnie Driver Programme", a half-hour sitcom. OK...go for it!
http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html%23page:showThread%2C12450945%2C1
She managed to get herself engaged/unengaged to Barbra Streisand's stepson, Josh, too.
Minnie Driver dated Harrison Ford? How'd I miss that?
I missed the Harrison Ford period, too, but didn't she have another scandal, a who's-the-daddy-scandal?
Women have to hide their ambitious streak and their tendencies to be blunt at least until they made it to the top. Men and women don't like that kind of attitude. They prefer fake American Sweethearts like Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, and Sandra Bullock who act all sweet and humble in public.
Minnie Driver! Patsy Stone? Minnie Driver! Patsy Stone? Minnie! Patsy? Minnie...Minnie...Minnie. Is your name Patsy Stone?
She also dated Robby Ginepri, American tennis pro, for another five minutes. Her relationships don't last long, do they?
Taylor%20Swift
R38, R39, Harrison Ford really did dump her after about five minutes. I think there were one or two pics of them out together. It looked like she called the paps and that was the end of that.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0068245/
R43 Eeek, that means Han Solo is almost 70!