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The role that destroyed their careers
by Anonymous | reply 318 | July 15, 2018 5:12 PM |
Faye Dunaway ~ Mommy Dearest
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 1, 2018 5:11 AM |
Will Smith - After Earth
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 1, 2018 5:13 AM |
Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 1, 2018 5:14 AM |
R1 Beat me to it.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 1, 2018 5:16 AM |
Mike Myers — The Love Guru
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 1, 2018 5:16 AM |
Michael Beck....Xanadu!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 1, 2018 5:20 AM |
Geena Davis — Cutthroat Island
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 1, 2018 5:21 AM |
Kevin Costner — The Postman
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 1, 2018 5:22 AM |
Adam Sandler.
The last 20 movies he shat out.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 1, 2018 5:25 AM |
“Batman & Robin” —Alicia Silverstone & Chris o Donnell
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 1, 2018 5:33 AM |
Kevin Costner's career ain't over.
He was bankable after Postman for what he does.
That's like my suggesting Joaquin Phoenix destroyed his credibility and career for "I'm Still Here" stunt and 'in character' (?) promotional period.
Yes, whole debacle, like Kostner's, a legitimate professional embarassment no question.
Yet, both actors thrived onwards with plum roles and work.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 1, 2018 5:54 AM |
Mommy dearest
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 1, 2018 5:55 AM |
If Mommie Dearest killed her career how did Faye win a Golden Globe and Emmy in the '90s?
Not saying it didn't have a negative effect, but kill it?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 1, 2018 6:16 AM |
Colin Farrell- Alexander
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 1, 2018 6:22 AM |
Vic Morrow - helicopter scene guy, Twilight Zone
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 1, 2018 6:27 AM |
John Travolta-- Gotti
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 1, 2018 6:38 AM |
R15 (and similar responses) is the only reason I visit DL ...
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 1, 2018 6:52 AM |
Brandon Lee - The Crow
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 1, 2018 6:58 AM |
Atlanta-Blake Chandler
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 1, 2018 7:00 AM |
Diana Ross - The Wiz
Kerry Fox - Intimacy She's worked steadily since but she got a lot of flack for the unsimulated sex scenes (the IMDB threads were vicious). Her co-star, Mark Rylance, has gone on to a distinguished career.
Maria Pitillo - Godzilla (1998)
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 1, 2018 7:04 AM |
Richard Gere - The Gerbil Whisperer
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 1, 2018 7:08 AM |
Joan Crawford- Trog
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 1, 2018 7:10 AM |
honey joan's career was already destroyed before trog....why the hell do you think she was in trog?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 1, 2018 7:11 AM |
Maxwell Caulfield -- Grease 2 Christopher Atkins -- A Night in Heaven Dudley Moore -- Six Weeks
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 1, 2018 7:12 AM |
John Lloyd Young: "Oy Vey, My Son is Gay."
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 1, 2018 7:15 AM |
[quote] “Batman & Robin” —Alicia Silverstone & Chris o Donnell
Probably true but unfair. It's the one and only Batman movie I've liked.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 1, 2018 7:19 AM |
I do not remember Richard Gere's career ever being over.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 1, 2018 7:20 AM |
Patty Duke - VOTD
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 1, 2018 7:21 AM |
Sharon Tate - VOTD
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 1, 2018 7:22 AM |
Barbara Parkins - VOTD
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 1, 2018 7:24 AM |
Hayden Christensen: Star Wars
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 1, 2018 7:25 AM |
Eddie Murphy - Norbit
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 1, 2018 7:25 AM |
Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 1, 2018 7:33 AM |
Paul Mercurio - Exit to Eden....although his huge, round, sweaty bubble butt surely became fapping fodder for millions.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 1, 2018 7:33 AM |
Why did Eddie do those silly movies? I just don't understand a guy with that much talent, doing those films. Was he that desperate for money?
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 1, 2018 7:35 AM |
Some actors invariably destroy perfectly good roles. G comes to mind.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 1, 2018 7:38 AM |
Josh Lucas in Poseidon...he was an up and comer and grabbed the lead in a huge Wolfgang Peterson remake of an adventure classic and...it bombed. And, Josh was done as a lead.
Was it his fault?
No (it had a shit script and was horribly cast; it had three main female characters, all 20something brunettes you couldn't tell apart; zero characters to really give a shit about...)
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 1, 2018 7:43 AM |
r35 Eddie Murphy has always had shit taste in movies. He made some turkeys even during his peak fame. But when he was Oscar-nominated for Dreamgirls and followed it up with Norbit, he just looked foolish.
r37 good one. Poseidon is not as bad as I thought back when it came out but Lucas didn't really get to stand out like Hackman did in '71. The script, like you said, was shit and none of the characters were likable.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 1, 2018 7:48 AM |
R10 you’re spot on. R26 me too! The movie was like a campy modern day 90’s nod to the old tv show. The cheesy one liners.
Mr. Freeze (To Robin after freezing him) : “Stay cool, bird boy.”
Poison Ivy (Terrible villainess Laugh) Hahahaha, GOTTA GO, So Many PEOPLE TO KILL! So little TIME.
Bruce Wayne to Dick Grayson : She’s trying to kill you Dick!
Batgirl to Poison Ivy (Before kicking her ass) : You’re about to become compost.
Bane setting up a bunch of explosives : Bomb.......Bomb.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 1, 2018 8:07 AM |
Yeah and it's the only Batman that I found had the comic book vibe with its cheesiness and ridiculously good looking Batman and Robin. Oh and those batnips and codpieces.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 1, 2018 8:27 AM |
Faye to this day maintains it was Frank Perry's unmoderated direction of her in Mommie Dearest that led to the performance that scuttled her career but I was watching "Eyes of Laura Mars" the other night and that bitch has ALWAYS had a natural inclination toward scenery chewing, histrionics and sky high camp. Frankly, some of her line readings (MICHEALLLL!!!" ) had me feeling embarrassed for her. I'm sure THAT was the directors fault as well. Now don't get me wrong---Faye has real screen presence and charisma and I LOVE the OTT drama but let's face it, verisimilitude is NOT her strong suit. Neither is self-awareness, apparently.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 1, 2018 8:29 AM |
Brooke Shields - 'Mrs. Wolverton' in Freeway. Never had another memorable movie role again after that one.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 1, 2018 8:35 AM |
And she was good in that, [R42]! The movie belongs to young, sassy Reese W. (how could it not?) but Brooke was really good in a dark but pivotal part...
by Anonymous | reply 43 | July 1, 2018 8:38 AM |
OMG, [R41], I thought the exact same thing when I watched “Laura Mars” a few weeks back!!
Faye is deliciously over the top in that (and young Tommy Lee Jones is trying to give a “grounded” performance in this crazy movie..) but it definitely reminded me of her “Mommy Dearest” performance a lot.
It’s very “big” in the classic Hollywood grande dame sort of tradition and both performances are very “Faye”—and I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with that...
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 1, 2018 8:44 AM |
Midler - Jinxed Midler - Stella Midler - Scenes From a Mall Midler - For the Boys Midler - Drowning Mona
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 1, 2018 8:50 AM |
[quote]Brooke Shields - 'Mrs. Wolverton' in Freeway. Never had another memorable movie role again after that one.
I would say it was "Sahara" and Princeton that derailed Brooke's career. As well as turning down roles in "Scarface" and the lead in "Splash". I would have loved to have seen her play "Madison".
I actually like "Sahara" and Brooke is STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS in it. Arguably, one of the most beautiful women to have ever stepped foot in front of a camera.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 1, 2018 8:56 AM |
People often cite "Blue Lagoon" or "Endless Love" but I think Brooke reached the peak of her beauty in "Sahara". Women simply do NOT get more beautiful than how she appeared in that film. As soon as she went to Princeton and gained 25 "protective" lbs. that transitory moment of physical perfection would never return.
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by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 1, 2018 9:09 AM |
R27 it actually did look like Geres career was dead by the late 80s but since his Internal Affairs/Pretty Woman comeback he’s had a remarkably good run. His acting improved a ton as well.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 1, 2018 9:17 AM |
In regards to hopes for a reborn movie career - Lucille Ball in "Mame."
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 1, 2018 9:19 AM |
Demi Moore, THE SCARLET LETTER, GI JANE, STRIPTEASE.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 1, 2018 12:06 PM |
[quote]Christopher Atkins -- A Night in Heaven
What career did Christopher Atkins have before A Night in Heaven?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 1, 2018 3:57 PM |
Klinton Spilsbury, "The Lone Ranger."
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 1, 2018 5:05 PM |
Alden Ehrenreich, "Solo."
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 1, 2018 5:06 PM |
Tony Geary- Luke Spencer "General Hospital". That was his opinion anyway. That's what he always figured stopped him from becoming a big movie star.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 1, 2018 5:18 PM |
R53, hope you're wrong about Alden Ehrenreich. I find him a very talented actor. If you haven't seen Hail, Caesar! he completely steals the show.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 1, 2018 5:26 PM |
Taylor Kitsch in John Carter
David Caruso in the one forgettable movie he did after CSI.
Jack Huston in Ben-Hur.
Would you all agree that Hollywood gives prospective leading men one shot at the big brass ring and then drops them if it's a miserable failure? Seems like it's true.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 1, 2018 5:39 PM |
[quote]Would you all agree that Hollywood gives prospective leading men one shot at the big brass ring and then drops them if it's a miserable failure? Seems like it's true.
Depends on the guy R56. Looke at Jake G. or Ryan Reynolds. Even Effron was allowed to come back after his drug binge.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 1, 2018 5:40 PM |
R57 What was GG's Waterloo film? I don't remember.
Nightcrawler secures his place as one of the greats for me.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 1, 2018 5:49 PM |
Lady Gaga--Born this Way
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 1, 2018 5:51 PM |
Linda Blair- Exorcist 2: The Heretic
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 1, 2018 5:53 PM |
R58 - Prince of Persia, I suppose
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 1, 2018 6:05 PM |
R13, Mommie Dearest, The Wicked Lady, and Supergirl killed Faye's [bold]film[/bold] career. After those turkeys, she was no longer A-list, and was relegated to tv miniseries and movies of the week.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 1, 2018 6:06 PM |
R3, "Showgirls" did't destroy Elizabeth Berkley's career. That movie made it. Before, she was a supporting actress in a cheesy kid's show, but after "Showgirls," she got to do "The First Wives Club" and earned roles in Woody Allen and Oliver Stone movies. Even the more successful members of the "Saved By the Bell" cast had to settle for replacement roles on aging hits and basic cable fluff, while she got to work for Oscar-winning auteurs.
Without "Showgirls," Elizabeth Berkley would just be Lark Voorhees, and that's not a fate to wish on any actor.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 1, 2018 6:19 PM |
Meg Ryan - Proof of Life. Hard to believe it was only 2 years after You’ve Got Mail.
The combination of bad movie/affair with co-star/divorce from Hollywood husband was more than anyone could have survived.
Add to that just terrible PR. She did one of those Barbara Walters interviews where her rom com sweet girl persona was completely destroyed in 10 awful minutes.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 1, 2018 7:59 PM |
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 1, 2018 8:07 PM |
Her plastic surgeries didn't help either R64.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 1, 2018 8:08 PM |
Marthe Keller -- Bobby Deerfield
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 1, 2018 8:50 PM |
He still tries to deny it, but the chances are very good that Eddie Murphy lost the Oscar because of "Norbit".
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 1, 2018 8:54 PM |
Jaden Smith--all the music and movies he has evern made
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 1, 2018 8:59 PM |
@R68 - Got to learn how to play the DL Way - Always include the reference in question, SVP.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 1, 2018 9:07 PM |
Lindsay Lohan- I know who killed me Christina Ricci- That darn cat Johnny depp- the Lone Ranger Sean pettyfer- beastly
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 1, 2018 9:10 PM |
Cher’s infomercials destroyed her film career, although they weren’t movie roles per se...
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 1, 2018 9:12 PM |
[quote]Arguably, one of the most beautiful women to have ever stepped foot in front of a camera.
Se had Brezhnev's eyebrows.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 1, 2018 9:20 PM |
Bruce Jenner - Can't Stop the Music
by Anonymous | reply 74 | July 1, 2018 9:40 PM |
Anthony Perkins - Mahogany
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 1, 2018 9:40 PM |
Any character actor that broke out in a role in which he played a believable psychopath. So, the guys who played: 1) Edith Bunker's rapist 2) Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs and 3) The serial killer on Dirty Harry. (Sorry, too lazy to look up their names).
Also, I thought it was Brenda Starr that killed Brooke Shield's movie career. I remember how that was going to be the film that was going to put her back on the map again and it bombing so badly that she finally jumped ship to television.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 1, 2018 9:41 PM |
Pia Zadora for her Golden Globe win in "Butterfly." The rumor at the time was that her husband paid the judges to vote for her.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 1, 2018 9:46 PM |
Jake Gyllenhaal - Prince of Persia
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 1, 2018 9:50 PM |
I thought it was In The Cut that destroyed Ryan’s career and I think she showed her kitty in also. Black Snake Moan Ricci was obviously suffering from Anorexia and it was a very sordid , embarrassing role. Brown Bunny killed two birds with one stone, Chloe Sevigny and Vincent Gallo.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 1, 2018 9:50 PM |
Uma Thuman in Motherhood.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | July 1, 2018 10:25 PM |
Farrah Fawcett - Somebody Killed Her Husband (aka Somebody Killed Her Career), Sunburn, Saturn 3
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 1, 2018 10:39 PM |
Michael Ontkean, "Making Love" played gay, quite well, but the biz never forgave or wanted him again,
brave man
by Anonymous | reply 82 | July 1, 2018 10:44 PM |
Out of curiosity, what killed Sally Struthers' career? For a while, it looked like she might amount to something.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 1, 2018 10:50 PM |
R82 But Ontkean went on to a pivotal role in Twin Peaks, arguably one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of all time.
So it didn't kill his career.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 1, 2018 10:50 PM |
Angel Heart - Lisa Bonet
Showgirls - Elizabeth Birkley
R82> That's odd considering Harry Hamlin was just as convincing and went on to have a successful career after Making Love.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 1, 2018 10:51 PM |
I thought Faye underplayed many of her scenes like with Tommy and Michael in the taxi and talking to the models.
Yes, she showed histrionics when being stalked by the killer and seeing the visions, but that makes sense when an eye-stabbing killer is after you.
Love Eyes of Laura Mars.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 1, 2018 10:59 PM |
GLORIA, the TV spinoff of ALL IN THE FAMILY, effectively killed off Sally Struthers' career. Infomercials and regional theatre notwithstanding.
SS has been a punchline for so long that people forget that she'd done some interesting work in film (FIVE EASY PIECES, THE GETAWAY) even before ALL IN THE FAMILY, where she won 2 Emmys. GLORIA, however, only lasted 1 season--one of the rare unsuccessful spinoffs of AITF--and poor SS was cast to the wolves.
Unfairly, I think. I'm not a major fan (even though dear Carroll O'Connor was) but I think she's gotten a bit of a raw deal. TV does eat its talent too much of the time.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 1, 2018 11:21 PM |
Be fair.
Recently I rewatched Five Easy Pieces and she's not in it for much. Kinda like Beatrice Straight in Network.
Fanny Flagg, Billy Greenbush (what happened to him?), even Aunt Liz from Another World is in that movie.
LOVE Palm Apodaca
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 1, 2018 11:27 PM |
Her IMDb says otherwise R87.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 1, 2018 11:31 PM |
Jennifer Lawrence-mother!
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 1, 2018 11:37 PM |
Dennis Quaid -Great Balls of Fire. He even toured thinking he was Jerry Lee Lewis!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 1, 2018 11:43 PM |
R63, while I agree that Showgirls made Berkeley a star and I think her performance makes the film as fun as it is, the hype surrounding her at the time was heavy and she was supposed to be launched into the A list in the same way that Sharon Stone was with Basic Instinct.
So the film didn’t destroy her career, but it did destroy her chance at the A list.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 1, 2018 11:54 PM |
Kevin Kline: WILD WILD WEST (1999)
He was already aging out of any potential leading man roles, but this was the nail in the coffin. A high-profile, big studio BOMB.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 2, 2018 12:33 AM |
Ann Reinking at the Oscars. She still had a Broadway career but her Hollywood career stopped with this performance.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 2, 2018 1:07 AM |
R93, Nobody could ever surpass the glory that was Robert Conrad in the original.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 2, 2018 1:08 AM |
Julia Ormand - Sabrina. Instant star and has been in 6 months. The NYT put her on the cover of the Sunday magazine section when that still mattered.
There was so much male A list talent behind and in front of the camera that they had no choice but to throw her under a chauffeur driven limo.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 2, 2018 1:13 AM |
Dawson's 50 load weekend part 36. His enthusiasm was waning and it was palpable.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 2, 2018 1:26 AM |
Claire Forlani in Meet Joe Black
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 2, 2018 1:38 AM |
Roseanne Barr in the rebooted "Roseanne."
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 2, 2018 1:43 AM |
Rob Lowe after his "Snow White" Oscars.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 2, 2018 1:52 AM |
R93. Are you really that ignorant or a shit stirrer? Kline recently won a Tony for best actor and has a shitload of award post 1999. Hardly evidence of a destroyed career.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 2, 2018 1:54 AM |
Laugh In - Judy Carne s the "Sock It To Me Girl".
She complained about it. The part was dialed back in season two. It was eliminated in season three, and she was released mid season. Pretty much done in show biz after that.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 2, 2018 1:58 AM |
R102, it was Judy's drug problem that derailed her career.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | July 2, 2018 2:08 AM |
Phoebe Cates -- Drop Dead Fred
Christopher Jones and Sarah Miles -- Ryan's Daughter
by Anonymous | reply 104 | July 2, 2018 2:34 AM |
Man, you guys are off your game today!
Michael Meyers, The Love Guru--He was riding high after the Austin Powers franchise. This was the movie that sent his career into a screeching halt.
Ned Beatty, Deliverance--Yeah, he appeared in the Superman movies later but that infamous rape scene totally killed his career.
Sharon Stone, Sliver-- I remember that this was the movie that ended her status as It Girl and leading lady. It was such a colossal bomb that people reportedly threw things at one of the screenings.
John Travolta, Battlefield Earth-- Travolta's career always had ups and downs but I think that was the movie that killed it completely, especially because of the Scientology thing. He never really bounced back after this one.
Demi Moore, The Scarlet Letter-- Yes, she starred in a series of bad movies around this time but I remember that this was the one that put the nail in the coffin.
Adam Sandler, Jack and Jill-- The movie that made even his die hard fans turn against him.
Malcolm MacDowell, Caligula-- Did his career ever recover from this movie? I don't think so.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 2, 2018 3:37 AM |
Jon-Erik Hexum - Cover Up
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 2, 2018 3:56 AM |
Ben Affleck in Gigli
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 2, 2018 3:58 AM |
R94 I still don’t get what was so bad or “career ending” about that performance. Her singing is good enough and her dancing is fantastic.
If anyone’s career should have taken a hit after the Oscars it was the year Teri Garr hosted - that was embarrassing . And yet I would never hold some embarrassing Oscar performance or moment against anyone - it happens way too often.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 2, 2018 5:49 AM |
[quote]That's odd considering Harry Hamlin was just as convincing and went on to have a successful career after Making Love.
R85, actually Harry Hamlin has said in interviews that for several years after 'Making Love' he had trouble getting hired for good roles.
Yes, he did go on to make it big with 'L.A. Law', but It took several years before his career revived.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 2, 2018 5:55 AM |
r105 huh? "Totally killed his career"? Beatty went on to be nominated for an Oscar for Network and two Emmy awards. He has a long list of credits and was also on Roseanne for a few years playing the father of John Goodman's character.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 2, 2018 6:05 AM |
[quote]Malcolm MacDowell, Caligula-- Did his career ever recover from this movie? I don't think so.
McDowell never again achieved the heights of "A Clockwork Orange"', but he has continued to find steady work in film and television for the past 40 years.
There are many unemployed actors who wish they could have his career.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 2, 2018 7:54 AM |
Lou Diamond Phillips - Agaguk
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 2, 2018 8:47 AM |
Natalie Wood - "Brainstorm"
by Anonymous | reply 113 | July 2, 2018 9:09 AM |
[quote]Klinton Spilsbury, "The Lone Ranger."
Baby, with that ridiculous name he was a non-starter before the damn movie was even RELEASED.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 2, 2018 9:29 AM |
R110, exactly! I could't believe R105 said Deliverence ended Beatty's career. If anything it made his career. It was essentially his first big role in what became a big film. Beatty was never going t for be a Hollywood leading man. He had a strong career in supporting roles in film and television, a few leading roles in minor films and some tv movies, and both leading and supporting roles on stage.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | July 2, 2018 11:27 AM |
Olivia Newton-John Soul Kiss
by Anonymous | reply 116 | July 2, 2018 11:50 AM |
[quote]Man, you guys are off your game today!
R105, but some of those were already mentioned (Love Guru, Striptease, Adam Sandler's 10-year oeuvre)..
by Anonymous | reply 117 | July 2, 2018 12:44 PM |
Karen Black - "Airport 1975"
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 2, 2018 12:44 PM |
Adam West - Batman.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 2, 2018 12:58 PM |
[R105] huh? "Totally killed his career"? Beatty went on to be nominated for an Oscar for Network and two Emmy awards. He has a long list of credits and was also on Roseanne for a few years playing the father of John Goodman's character.
Simmer down, fanboy. Ned Beatty had a chance to break out as a major actor; instead he was downgraded to character actor and turned up in a bunch of comic relief/sidekick roles because no one could take him seriously because of Deliverance.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 2, 2018 1:00 PM |
Louise Fletcher in Exorcist II: The Heretic
[quote]John Lloyd Young: "Oy Vey, My Son is Gay."
I swear I thought that was meant to be a joke. Then I checked it out . . .
by Anonymous | reply 121 | July 2, 2018 1:10 PM |
R34 Wow, just looked up Paul Mercurio - he has aged horribly.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | July 2, 2018 1:24 PM |
r121, Hence, my signature at r25!
by Anonymous | reply 123 | July 2, 2018 1:32 PM |
R121, Is that what drove Lainie Kazan to shoplifting groceries?
by Anonymous | reply 124 | July 2, 2018 2:29 PM |
Naomi Watts as Diana.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | July 2, 2018 2:36 PM |
Charlie Hunnam - King Arthur
by Anonymous | reply 126 | July 2, 2018 2:40 PM |
Sharon Stone Catwoman and Basic Instinct 2
Subsequently Catwoman also deep sixed Halle Berry’s career.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | July 2, 2018 2:53 PM |
Thanks, r87, about Sally Struthers.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | July 2, 2018 3:06 PM |
Oscar-winner Shirley Jones is a famous example of this. She was told that if she accepted the mom role in "The Partridge Family," her movie career would die as a result. They were right. She hasn't acted in any noteworthy big-screen movie since, and today, she's pretty much known only for having been Mrs. Partridge.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | July 2, 2018 3:14 PM |
r129, her movie career was already over by then
by Anonymous | reply 130 | July 2, 2018 3:16 PM |
Ned Beatty is a big pussy hound. Married 4 times and has 8 children.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | July 2, 2018 9:43 PM |
For all her claims of being "Mensa", Sharon Stone sure had no intellect when it came to picking scripts.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | July 2, 2018 10:16 PM |
Actors make bad decisions concerning scripts all the time R132. It has nothing to do with intellect.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | July 2, 2018 10:22 PM |
R133, right, I figure what scripts look like in the beginning is often drastically different from what they are at the end of the movie making process. For instance, Mean Girls was supposed to be way darker than what we see on screen.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | July 2, 2018 10:24 PM |
Or actors that turn down roles and the film becomes very successful R134.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | July 2, 2018 10:31 PM |
[quote]Natalie Wood - "Brainstorm"
'The only "role" that destroyed Natalie's career was when RJ ROLLED her unconscious body over the side of the damn boat.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | July 2, 2018 10:32 PM |
Orlando Bloom - Kingdom of Heaven.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | July 2, 2018 10:35 PM |
Mariah Carey in Backdoor Reunion
by Anonymous | reply 138 | July 2, 2018 10:48 PM |
Liza did three, "Lucky Lady", "A Matter of Time" and "New York New York". No film career for Liza and proved Cabaret was a fluke.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | July 2, 2018 10:50 PM |
Fluke? Liza bounced back to glory with "Stepping Out."
by Anonymous | reply 140 | July 3, 2018 12:32 AM |
Josh Hartnett - Hollywood Homicide
Taylor Lautner - Abduction
by Anonymous | reply 141 | July 3, 2018 12:47 AM |
R140, Stepping Out grossed $250,000 TOTAL before it went straight to video. Talk about a bounce back to glory.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | July 3, 2018 12:52 AM |
R129, Couldn’t the same be said for Donna Reed?
by Anonymous | reply 143 | July 3, 2018 12:54 AM |
I forgive Liza everything for "Artthur"
by Anonymous | reply 145 | July 3, 2018 3:03 AM |
Rent-A-Cop is a masterpiece! How can you resist a film where Liza plays a hooker and Dionne Warwick is a high-class madam?!!
by Anonymous | reply 146 | July 3, 2018 3:08 AM |
Batman and robin destroyed Alicia Silverstone career. Chris O’Donnell has bounced back with a very successful TV show but I doubt he makes anywhere near the kind of money he would’ve made a successful movie star
by Anonymous | reply 147 | July 3, 2018 3:27 AM |
R146, did you know that in the 70s, Dionne Warwick's nostrils provided shelter to hundreds of hookers on the Lower East Side?
by Anonymous | reply 148 | July 3, 2018 3:28 AM |
R34 & R122, good grief, just looked up Paul Mercurio too and could barely believe it’s the same guy. Appreciate he’s now 55 but doesn’t even look like the same person.
Alicia Silverstone is the one I think of for this but she’s already mentioned. Does she even act at all anymore?
by Anonymous | reply 149 | July 3, 2018 4:04 AM |
Shes worked steadily R149.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | July 3, 2018 4:18 AM |
Jerry Van Dyke turned down GILLIGAN'S ISLAND for MY MOTHER THE CAR
by Anonymous | reply 151 | July 3, 2018 4:23 AM |
Paul Mercurio had a terrific bubble butt. Sadly, that hasn't been the case in some time.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | July 3, 2018 4:25 AM |
r152 My God!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 153 | July 3, 2018 4:36 AM |
I hear you R152. He aged terribly. I do wonder if he had attained a movie career in Hollywood - would he have put the time in gym to maintain? He was ridiculously fit and gorgeous for years and years as a ballet dancer. Everyone can loose it - but he likely would have put in the work and discipline in order to look great if a career depended on it. Again, he was a bad actor and honestly just a fine ass piece of meat in the mid 1990's. Much like in real life, these gorgeous high school and college hunks that we all knew turned "dad bod" less than a decade later - we all know the story. Life marches on for most of the world - Mercurio included.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | July 3, 2018 4:40 AM |
True, Exit to Eden was a turkey. I didn't quite hate it as others did but I haven't seen it in years but remember Mercurio's beautiful ass compensated for seeing those frightening images of Rosie in S/M gear.
Dana Delaney's film career ended with that movie but she still continued to do well on television.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | July 3, 2018 4:43 AM |
Doubtful R154. Look at all the actors that gained weight, Brendan Fraser and Val Kilmer are good examples.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | July 3, 2018 4:44 AM |
Dana Delany didn't have a film career so there was nothing to kill R155.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | July 3, 2018 4:48 AM |
Carol Channing in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. That film was sort of a screen test for Channing to see if movie goers would want to see her in the film version of HELLO DOLLY!
Chaim Topol, Norma Crane and most of the cast of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Leonard Frey, Paul-Michael Glaser and Molly Picon, excepted). FIDDLER was one of the most anticipated films of the early 1970s. The film got great reviews and a couple of technical Oscars, but ...
by Anonymous | reply 158 | July 3, 2018 4:50 AM |
Gwyneth Paltrow -- stealing Mary Louise Parker's Tony-winning role in Proof for the Weinstein-produced movie version. Nepotismy whore. Demi Moore - The Scarlett Letter - her participation made her look dumb and uneducated. like sub average-education level. Sharon Stone - Sliver - from a great erotic thriller to a horribly written one in which we were asked to view her as vulnerable and repressed. Sex and the City 2 -- all involved. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars -- terrible script and bad wig.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | July 3, 2018 4:51 AM |
Oh, leave Paul Mercurio alone! He worked as a chef for many years after Exit to Eden and Strictly Ballroom.
by Anonymous | reply 160 | July 3, 2018 5:25 AM |
Sliver (1993) was so terrible - such a lame screen play and also such terrible acting. Sharon Stone was utterly captivating in Basic Instinct. She blew all of us away - gorgeous, sexy, brilliant, witty, icy, bisexual, psychotic, BEAUTIFUL... I was 12 when Basic came out and my father took me to see it (one of the few and enjoyable times that we spent together - and yes he could care less about my age). Many were anxiously awaiting Sliver a year or so after only due to Sharon starring as the lead in a new thriller - what a flop on all fronts. The only memorable thing about the entire crap movie was her apartment (I still love that building although Morgan Court is not located in the most fashionable part of Manhattan - who cares, I love it anyway). That said, Sliver did NOT end her career. Casino was her greatest critical triumph in 1995 and she was excellent. Basic will always be her defining role, but Casino will likely go down as her pinnacle.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | July 3, 2018 5:36 AM |
Some good points about Sharon’s career, [R161].
by Anonymous | reply 162 | July 3, 2018 9:03 AM |
Yes, Sharon Stone held her own against Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in "Casino, and was rewarded with an Oscar nomination.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | July 3, 2018 9:08 AM |
R163 That’s why i didn’t mention Silver as destroying her career she went on to get an Oscar nomination.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | July 3, 2018 2:58 PM |
Lisa Bonet Angel Heart that scumbag Bill Cosby ensured her career was over from that point on.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | July 3, 2018 2:59 PM |
Brandon Routh - Superman
by Anonymous | reply 166 | July 3, 2018 3:03 PM |
Kevin Spacey - Being Anthony Rapp's molester
by Anonymous | reply 167 | July 3, 2018 3:12 PM |
Helen Lawson as the Ethel Merman character in Valley of the Dolls. She never made another film. Her career was reduced to an endless series of lackluster Broadway revivals, TV guest star roles, club dates and TV talk shows. Oh, and the yearly Christmas specials, of course.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | July 3, 2018 3:47 PM |
R165, to be fair, the movie was awful. I saw Angel Heart and I was blown away by how dumb it was. It does have a few effective and scary scenes though.
by Anonymous | reply 169 | July 3, 2018 4:57 PM |
[quote]Orlando Bloom - Kingdom of Heaven.
Orlando Bloom actually gave a solid performance in 'Kingdom of Heaven'.
It was much more complex than most of his other roles.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | July 3, 2018 11:30 PM |
I will never understand why Brandon Routh got the blame for Superman Returns. He was the most tolerable thing about the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | July 4, 2018 3:53 AM |
R158, Wasn't Carol Oscar nominated for Millie?
by Anonymous | reply 172 | July 4, 2018 3:58 AM |
Pia Zadora - "Butterfly"
by Anonymous | reply 173 | July 4, 2018 3:59 AM |
Neil Diamond - "The Jazz Singer"
Lucie Arnaz - "The Jazz Singer"
by Anonymous | reply 174 | July 4, 2018 4:01 AM |
Liberace - "Sincerely Yours"(1955)
by Anonymous | reply 175 | July 4, 2018 4:03 AM |
Carole Lombard - “Airport ‘42”
by Anonymous | reply 176 | July 4, 2018 4:05 AM |
r171 agreed. I thought Routh was terrific in Superman Returns. He brought a sense of innocence like Reeve did but wasn't a direct copy. I blame both Singer and Spacey. They are both loathsome on their own but Space was completely over the top as Luthor and I thought Kate Bosworth was absolutely dreadful as Lois Lane. Talk about charisma-free. It might have worked better with Rachel McAdams as Lois. I did like Parker Posey, though. Posey and Routh saved that film for me.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | July 4, 2018 4:20 AM |
Jennifer Connelly - The Hulk
by Anonymous | reply 178 | July 4, 2018 4:22 AM |
The poster who says Ned Beatty was on the brink of achieving major stardom is blowing my mind with his stupidity.
Beatty is and always was a character actor, and he had a great run after Deliverance (which was his first film!): not just the Superman movies, but also some of the most high-profile films of the 70s: Nashville, Network (an Academy Award nomination!), All the President's Men, Silver Streak. He was Emmy nominated for his fantastic work in Friendly Fire and Last Train Home.
What great starring roles do you think he somehow missed out on because of "Deliverance"? Rocky Balboa? Tony Manero? Indiana Jones?
by Anonymous | reply 179 | July 4, 2018 4:40 AM |
R172 no.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | July 4, 2018 4:54 AM |
Hersha Parady: Alice Garvey, Little House on the Prairie.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | July 4, 2018 5:00 AM |
I couldn't find anything on the internet but I'm almost certain Beatty was involved in some sort of anti-Semitism scandal. If anything was a career killer, that would have been.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | July 4, 2018 5:18 AM |
R20 That's a blast from the past regarding the old IMDB boards and Kerry Fox. I remember the vitriol that spewed on that board and it was rife with calling her a cheating slut and a prostitute. Had so much fun on that board. The Margo Stilley board was even worse.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | July 4, 2018 5:37 AM |
Thanks r183. I remember before the boards closed, I went back to the Kerry Fox forum and it appeared they had deleted those threads. I thought maybe I had imagined them but thanks for confirming. And yes, I remember then calling her a cheating slut and a prostitute! They were just vicious. I felt bad for Fox since it seemed like such a double standard that she got flack whereas Rylance went onto win an Academy Award.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | July 4, 2018 5:47 AM |
Happy to confirm that you did indeed read those comments R184 and your mind wasn't playing tricks. DL needs a thread on the most bizarre, weird & hateful IMDB boards because most of what was posted could put DL to shame with the aggression, hate and sheer spite that dominated those places usually mixed with some really interesting anecdotes and insightful comments.
I remember Marianne Faithful had a pretty out there board too.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | July 4, 2018 6:00 AM |
R180
Carol Channing
Oscar [Nominee] (1968)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
by Anonymous | reply 186 | July 4, 2018 8:44 AM |
R86 Agree with you. Ms Faye Dunaway was perfect for the role and delivers a stunning performance.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | July 4, 2018 8:57 AM |
He's what would be called a working actor R188.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | July 4, 2018 12:56 PM |
After the success of Back To The Future, Howard the Duck totally fucked Lea Thompson's burgeoning film career. She'd be relegated to Lifetime TV movies just a scant few years later.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | July 4, 2018 1:04 PM |
Ancient eldergays - didn't "Bedtime For Bonzo" derail what was left of Ronald Reagan's Hollywood career?
by Anonymous | reply 191 | July 4, 2018 1:17 PM |
It looks like Loren Dean didn't work at all between 2012 and 2017
by Anonymous | reply 192 | July 4, 2018 3:06 PM |
R186, in the fifty years after TMM, Channing had FIVE motion picture credits, two of which were voice and one of which was a cameo Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. Movie career destroyed.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | July 4, 2018 3:10 PM |
I thought Elizabethtown did in Orlando Bloom? Took down Kristen Dunst, too, until Melancholia.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | July 4, 2018 8:58 PM |
I agree with r194 about Bloom
by Anonymous | reply 195 | July 5, 2018 3:25 AM |
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Boat Trip
by Anonymous | reply 196 | July 5, 2018 2:40 PM |
"Elizabethtown" was certainly a weak film, although Orlando Bloom does a decent American accent.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | July 5, 2018 7:07 PM |
Linda Lovelace - Deep Throat
by Anonymous | reply 198 | July 6, 2018 1:22 AM |
That made her career R198.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | July 6, 2018 2:24 PM |
[R39] God damn it Dottie this Diet Coke is Warm
by Anonymous | reply 200 | July 6, 2018 2:31 PM |
Jill Clayburgh in Luna.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | July 8, 2018 2:33 AM |
R201, is that the movie where she has an incestuous relationship with her teenage son?
by Anonymous | reply 202 | July 8, 2018 2:46 AM |
Amanda Seyfried - Lovelace
by Anonymous | reply 203 | July 8, 2018 2:49 AM |
But Clayburgh bounced back with an Oscar nomination for Starting Over.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | July 8, 2018 3:00 AM |
R176, is that the one where she got her mother a walk-on part?
by Anonymous | reply 205 | July 8, 2018 3:09 AM |
Mommy Dearist.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | July 8, 2018 3:18 AM |
[quote]I agree with [R194] about Bloom
Bloom made a comeback with “The Good Doctor.”
by Anonymous | reply 207 | July 8, 2018 3:19 AM |
John Travolta
by Anonymous | reply 208 | July 8, 2018 3:21 AM |
[quote]Will Smith - After Earth
And, Jaden Smith.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | July 8, 2018 3:31 AM |
Kate Bosworth was 23 when she made Superman Returns, and looked and acted it, which is ludicrous casting for hotshot experienced reporter Lois Lane, and even more so for a version of this character who has a five or six year old son apparently conceived when she was already a reporter and not still in high school. Just one of the very many stupid things about that film. It’s an incredibly bad film that Routh’s performance, which was perfectly OK if not great, was one of the better aspects of, and he shouldn’t have been blamed.
Add to Kevin Spacey’s list of misdemeanours the fact he recommended Bosworth for the role. He was terrible in that film and Bosworth was even worse.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | July 8, 2018 3:33 AM |
R209, Jaden Smith in everthing he has ever done has been terrible.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | July 8, 2018 3:33 AM |
Chuck Norris... need I say more?
by Anonymous | reply 212 | July 8, 2018 3:33 AM |
Isn’t it a Tab, R200???
by Anonymous | reply 213 | July 8, 2018 3:38 AM |
Yes, R202. You're correct, R204. I did a quick check of her filmography and she seemed to slow down when she became pregnant with her first child toward the end of 1981. Although I do remember reading at the time she tarnished her leading lady image with that film.
Here's a list of her films after Luna (about a two year period.)
1979tLa LunatCaterina SilveritNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1979tStarting OvertMarilyn HolmbergtNominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1980tIt's My TurntKate Gunzingert
1981tFirst Monday in OctobertRuth LoomistNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
by Anonymous | reply 214 | July 8, 2018 3:41 AM |
Please excuse the mess of a post at R214. I should have formatted the darn thing.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | July 8, 2018 3:43 AM |
Jim Caviezel - Outlander ( Vikings vs Aliens movie, not the series)
by Anonymous | reply 216 | July 8, 2018 3:48 AM |
R190 I don’t give a damn what anyone says I loved Howard the Duck as a kid. Now I realize how dumb the movie was but dammit it was the 80s. This and the Attack of the Killer Klowns were classics.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | July 8, 2018 3:49 AM |
R216, Caviezel starred in the series Person of Interest. It ran from 2011-2016.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | July 8, 2018 3:55 AM |
Dream A Little Dream - Both Coreys
by Anonymous | reply 219 | July 8, 2018 4:11 AM |
[quote]Ann Reinking at the Oscars. She still had a Broadway career but her Hollywood career stopped with this performance.
Wow, her singing performance was as flat as a pancake 🥞 !
by Anonymous | reply 220 | July 8, 2018 4:23 AM |
Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp in “The Lone Ranger”. Then, Armie makes a big critical success comeback with “Call Me By Your Name”.
Johnny is yet to recover.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | July 8, 2018 4:30 AM |
Just have to say that Ellen Burstyn was one lucky woman that she decided NOT to be involved in The Exoricst II. Jesus Christ, what a fiasco. It would have killed her career. If the Exorcist didn't make her a believer in god, I'm sure The Exocrcist II made her a believer in luck.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | July 8, 2018 4:36 AM |
R218 I'm well aware of that, but his Hollywood movie leading man days were over.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | July 8, 2018 4:41 AM |
I think it was his religion R223 that ended his career. He's very religious and wouldn't do intimate scenes, which I find ironic considering he had no problems with killing scenes
by Anonymous | reply 224 | July 8, 2018 4:46 AM |
R108 must be deaf and blind, she was horrible and yes it derailed her career as a film actress. At least Teri garr knew how silly the opening number she did at the oscars was, reinking was completely serious and not even pat benatars gay pimp could save her.
No Ned Beatty was not involved in a anti Semitic incident, all of the previous points about a solid career as a character actor have already been stated, he’s semi retired and teaches ever so often.
Luna did derail clayburghs career and later said it was a mistake taking it as the shoot was a mess and the script wasn’t even completed when shooting started. She turned down Norma Rae to do Luna.
Carol Channing would be extremely hard to cast in anything so no Millie didn’t end her career, she was closing in on 50 in 1968 and was already a broadway legend who could have guaranteed work for the next 20 years. What would you do in that situation?
by Anonymous | reply 225 | July 8, 2018 4:50 AM |
R222, and Ellen Burstyn is still going strong.
A few years ago she was nominated for an Emmy for playing the sadistic grandmother in "Flowers in the Attic".
by Anonymous | reply 226 | July 8, 2018 8:34 AM |
Taylor Swift’s boyfriend - Tom Hiddleston.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | July 8, 2018 10:17 AM |
Billy Cambell - The Rocketeer
Though compared to most of the current Marvel/DC shite it was an OK movie and he's had a great TV career since.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | July 8, 2018 11:17 AM |
Paul Mercurio could never act, and comes across as rather gay (I know he's married, but seriously). He was never rather credible as a leading male, too campy.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | July 8, 2018 11:18 AM |
R226, exactly, she should have won that Oscar all those years ago for Requiem for a Dream, she was the most deserving winner.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | July 8, 2018 5:10 PM |
Center Square - Whoopi
But only because she made too many awful films to exactly pinpoint which had derailed her career.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | July 8, 2018 6:47 PM |
R231 I'd dispute the Whoopi Goldberg one on the basis that her only half decent movie performance was The Color Purple and that whole thing was patchy.
The rest were basically Pantomime.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | July 8, 2018 6:53 PM |
R210, what was with Spacey and Bosworth? She co-starred with him in two more dreadful movies after Superman Returns. I saw where she and her husband are now going to teach acting classes in Montana. Who is paying for that? Shouldn't one have fine arts degrees or major awards or claim to do that? Sounds like a hustle.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | July 8, 2018 7:02 PM |
Billy Campbell in Rocketeer is a good one. During filming, some of the crew called it Rocket Queer.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | July 8, 2018 7:17 PM |
Whoopi? Remember "rape-rape". For some reason, she fascinated a lot of Hollywood elite but that was the first time the American public saw through her persona and went "no, not this time."
by Anonymous | reply 235 | July 8, 2018 7:54 PM |
Mira Sorvino in that big bug movie.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | July 8, 2018 8:06 PM |
R236 = Harvey Whalestein
by Anonymous | reply 237 | July 8, 2018 8:20 PM |
What happened to that chick who played Nadia in American Pie--wasn't she supposed to be some kind of sex symbol after that movie? I'm sure that what execs thought when that movie firs came out.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | July 8, 2018 8:29 PM |
Shannon Elizabeth R238. Working actress.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | July 8, 2018 8:40 PM |
Shannon Elizabeth. Working RACIST. She once said on Stern that black people weren’t attractive.
by Anonymous | reply 240 | July 8, 2018 8:42 PM |
Shannon Elizabeth lives in Cape Town and runs a non-profit animal rescue organization. Acting in Hollywood productions isn't really what's on her mind these days.
by Anonymous | reply 241 | July 8, 2018 8:43 PM |
R241, ironic that she said she didn't consider black people attractive.
by Anonymous | reply 242 | July 8, 2018 8:44 PM |
Shocking. A racist from South Africa.
by Anonymous | reply 243 | July 8, 2018 8:46 PM |
With the actors known for their sex appeal and not so much their talent, it's kinda hard to pinpoint when their careers stalled, because they all do eventually. I see the truly talented character actors continuing to work a la Ellen Burstyn. I don't think there's ever been a time when she wasn't in demand. It also helps that she's aged gracefully and looks like a well maintained older woman instead of some weird science lab creation like many of her contemporaries.
I think Shannon Elizabeth still does the convention circuit these days. Much like Linda Blair, I assume the money she raises from those appearances goes towards her animal charities.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | July 8, 2018 8:46 PM |
Aside from the Superman movies, which got worse and worse, Somewhere in Time killed off anything Christopher Reeve might have had after the first Superman. After that it was all shit.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | July 8, 2018 8:48 PM |
Do you have a link R240?
by Anonymous | reply 246 | July 8, 2018 8:52 PM |
Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince of Persia
He redeemed himself with Nightcrawler
by Anonymous | reply 247 | July 8, 2018 8:53 PM |
She's American R243.
by Anonymous | reply 248 | July 8, 2018 8:55 PM |
[quote]Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince of Persia
Why did 'Prince of Persia' cause so much damage?
by Anonymous | reply 249 | July 8, 2018 10:09 PM |
Kitty Heigl in everything after "Gray's Anatomy."
by Anonymous | reply 250 | July 9, 2018 4:25 AM |
It's Grey's Anatomy R250.
by Anonymous | reply 251 | July 9, 2018 4:31 AM |
Thank you r251.
I know we will all sleep better.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | July 9, 2018 4:40 AM |
I know I will. The Klonopin and scotch is kicking in.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | July 9, 2018 5:16 AM |
This was the movie that destroyed Heigl's career
by Anonymous | reply 254 | July 9, 2018 3:09 PM |
Being a raging fake phony cunt destroyed Heigl's career.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | July 9, 2018 3:11 PM |
Heigl had everything, but deciding to be a bitch blew her career.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | July 9, 2018 3:19 PM |
Rex Reed - "Myra Breckinridge"
by Anonymous | reply 257 | July 9, 2018 3:22 PM |
Heigl should have just appreciated the Emmy nomination, but NO, she had to bite the hands that feed her.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | July 9, 2018 3:23 PM |
R1 and thread closed
by Anonymous | reply 259 | July 9, 2018 4:06 PM |
R235, Whoopi made a bunch of shit movies and it did catch up with her just like it caught up to Burt Reynolds.
What supposedly took her down was that stupid sketch her then-boyfriend Ted Danson did in blackface during her Friars Club roast; although I believe she was already reduced to doing Slimfast commercials at the time so her career was already in freefall.
by Anonymous | reply 260 | July 9, 2018 5:53 PM |
Doubtful R260. It didn't affect Ted Danson either.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | July 9, 2018 5:56 PM |
Trust me, R261, she is still bitter about it and blames that incident for the end of her career. The View gave her a second chance and she ran with it.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | July 9, 2018 5:57 PM |
Why should I trust you R262? The blackface incident was in 1993. She has steadily worked since then. She is not and has never been leading lady status.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | July 9, 2018 6:06 PM |
Elia Kazan, The Arrangement
by Anonymous | reply 264 | July 9, 2018 6:09 PM |
Wasn't Sister Act around the same time of the Danson/blackface thing? That was a huge hit and the sequel did well, too. Then, she did that dinosaur movie that was super shitty.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | July 9, 2018 6:36 PM |
R263, you also have to factor in her Bush joke in 2004, that's when she lost the Slimfast endorsement. And yes, she was a leading lady at one time.
by Anonymous | reply 266 | July 9, 2018 7:14 PM |
Your opinion of a leading lady and mine are completely different R266.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | July 9, 2018 7:18 PM |
R266, although Whoopi was given the lead in the "Sister Act" films, she was usually a supporting actress.
Thus, her SUPPORTING ACTRESS Oscar for "Ghost".
by Anonymous | reply 268 | July 9, 2018 9:27 PM |
Supposedly Heigl is playing it nice on the set of Suits these days.
by Anonymous | reply 269 | July 9, 2018 10:16 PM |
Foe those who forgot just how beautiful Paul Mecurio was. But you can even tell here that he can't really act,
by Anonymous | reply 270 | July 9, 2018 10:29 PM |
Whoopi was great in Sister Act, but I wonder what would have happened if original choice Bette Midler had taken the role. After her Oscar nomination for The Rose, Bette starred in some very successful comedies, like Down And Out In Beverly Hills, Ruthless People , Big Business and Outrageous Fortune. What film started her decline? Was it that awful crap she starred in with Woody Allen?
by Anonymous | reply 271 | July 10, 2018 12:39 AM |
Whoopie was supposed to work on Sister Act 3 and Burglar 2, but that didn’t pan out.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | July 10, 2018 12:42 AM |
Bette's downfall is her cunt attitude. There isn't a single costar who worked with her that ever had a nice thing to say about her.
by Anonymous | reply 273 | July 10, 2018 12:44 AM |
Tom HIddleston - Taylor Swift's Beard
by Anonymous | reply 274 | July 10, 2018 12:44 AM |
Jeremy Renner - Fabulous Interior Designer
by Anonymous | reply 275 | July 10, 2018 12:46 AM |
Corrina, Corrina with Whoopi is one of my favorite movies. Such an underrated gem.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | July 10, 2018 12:46 AM |
R276, I liked the movie Whoopie did with Doogie Howser. But, I cant remember the name.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | July 10, 2018 12:50 AM |
Whoopi is happy working 4 days a week and collecting $6 million a year
by Anonymous | reply 278 | July 10, 2018 12:54 AM |
I disagree. Whoopi was most definitely a leading lady during most of her movie career starting with The Color Purple in 1986. She may not have been a traditional-looking leading lady but throughout the 1980's she was the top-billed female in all of her films.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | July 10, 2018 1:46 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 280 | July 10, 2018 1:50 AM |
A lot of people thought Midler was finished with Jinxed. She came back but the momentum was gone.
Ugly fat girls never got their due.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | July 10, 2018 2:01 AM |
R280, I thought Whoopi was pretty good as Guinan on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'.
She was much more understated than her usual over the top style.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | July 10, 2018 4:57 AM |
r279 She may have got top billing, but leading lady she was not.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | July 10, 2018 5:02 AM |
Whah massah?
by Anonymous | reply 284 | July 10, 2018 5:04 AM |
I know it is a commonly held opinion that Mommie Dearest "destroyed" Dunaway's career to the point that it is probably held up as the most glaring example of this phenomenon...but I honestly don't think that was the case.
Dunaway had starred in enough highly acclaimed, award-winning work (Bonnie and Clyde, Network, Chinatown) that she could have survived that movie. In reality, from everything I've read about her, Dunaway destroyed her own career by being an absolute cunt to work with.
Mommie Dearest has just been her excuse.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | July 10, 2018 5:05 AM |
Inception - Leonardo DiCaprio. Retroactively, but it'll destroy his career.
by Anonymous | reply 286 | July 10, 2018 5:51 AM |
[quote]Dunaway destroyed her own career by being an absolute cunt to work with.
Why did she behave that way?
by Anonymous | reply 287 | July 10, 2018 8:48 AM |
Being the President's personal fixer.
by Anonymous | reply 288 | July 10, 2018 12:00 PM |
and now it's a Trump thread.
by Anonymous | reply 289 | July 10, 2018 12:05 PM |
R280 that just isn't true at all.
Whoopi as Guinan was sublime, and I'm not just saying that as a Trek nerd. She did a great job with the role.
Also, she had already been playing Guinan BEFORE she won the Oscar for Ghost.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | July 13, 2018 2:42 PM |
Whoopi made too many movies of varying quality. THE LONG WALK HOME was a good one and quite underappreciated.
Disappointing to hear that about Shannon making nasty comments about black peoples looks. Why did the Wayans Brothers hire her skinny white ass for SCARY MOVIE?
by Anonymous | reply 291 | July 13, 2018 4:06 PM |
They entered as leading men: Omar, Kristofferson, Segal, Sarrazin, Ryan . . ..Barbara chewed 'um up n' spit um' out.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | July 14, 2018 4:45 AM |
BARBRA!
by Anonymous | reply 293 | July 14, 2018 4:51 AM |
I stand corrected. i meant to say Hanna Barbera
by Anonymous | reply 294 | July 14, 2018 3:06 PM |
Scarlett O'Hara
by Anonymous | reply 295 | July 14, 2018 3:07 PM |
Kris Kristofferson - Heaven's Gate.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | July 14, 2018 10:56 PM |
Looking at Brooke Shields' IMDB profile I see after "Endless Love" (which wasn't awful; based on a popular book, with a top director at the helm and a hit pop song to go along with it) there wasn't anything until the forgettable "Sahara" (1983). For some inexplicable reason she decided to do the Jodie Foster thing and go off to college- right at her peak of popularity. Lost momentum and disappeared.
If she had some good management she might have worked with some good directors and built a career. But her alcoholic (and compulsive-shopping) mother called the shots, based on money and travel opportunities.
by Anonymous | reply 297 | July 14, 2018 11:07 PM |
Bo Derek, another one without any decent career advice. Her and John only worked when they were out of money. I'm not saying she'd have been Meryl Streep, but when you have that kind of momentum and notoriety you can really run with it.
They sorta tried by getting her "A Change of Seasons" (1980), but that was it as far as Thespian dreams. I remember she kept doing interviews saying she felt "exploited" when the director wanted her to pop her top, and it's like honey- that's what you DO.
After that "Tarzan" and "Bolero'- gorgeous to look at but amateurish and widely mocked. Then... buh-bye.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | July 14, 2018 11:16 PM |
200 plus responses and no one's mentioned Swayze and To Wong Foo. Did he even make another movie after that?
by Anonymous | reply 299 | July 15, 2018 12:57 AM |
R299 Yeah he did, but they were not very good. I think Letters from a Killer was his last decent movie role.
He was pretty much a TV actor.
by Anonymous | reply 300 | July 15, 2018 1:05 AM |
Shoot, I think Wong Foo was Swayze's BEST film. All three of them did an incredible job in roles that were totally foreign to them.
by Anonymous | reply 301 | July 15, 2018 1:23 AM |
I think a real choice would be Roger Herren. Gorgeous man who got pegged by Raquel Welch in "Myra Breckinridge". Only one credit after.
by Anonymous | reply 302 | July 15, 2018 3:10 AM |
Oprah thought her white frau brigade would lift her into movie stardom with Beloved. It didn't.
by Anonymous | reply 303 | July 15, 2018 4:28 AM |
R297, Brooke Shields did have some later success with "Suddenly Susan" (1996-2000), for which she received two Golden Globe nominations.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | July 15, 2018 4:30 AM |
How about Jason Alexander in "Pretty Woman?" Went from a loveable nebbish in "Seinfeld" to a crazed wanna be rapist. (Of Julia Roberts, no less.) Did he do anything of note after that? I did see him in a guest appearance on "Malcolm in the Middle."
by Anonymous | reply 305 | July 15, 2018 4:51 AM |
R302, I bumped into this ad when I googled your Roger.
by Anonymous | reply 306 | July 15, 2018 4:53 AM |
R305, Jason Alexander had a guest appearance on "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
by Anonymous | reply 307 | July 15, 2018 4:54 AM |
I'm not going through 307 posts so if this has been posted, my apologies.
That horsefaced girl with two Oscars and her appearance in The Black Dahlia.
She demonstrated how horrendous she was playing anything but a trailer trash role. She was as bad as co-star Scarlett Johanssen, maybe worse.
by Anonymous | reply 308 | July 15, 2018 4:59 AM |
'The Black Dahlia' was a bad film, so that's not entirely her fault, R308.
The only redeeming features of that film were the Oscar-nominated Cinematography and Josh Hartnett's ass:
by Anonymous | reply 309 | July 15, 2018 5:09 AM |
Donald Trump ~ "President of the United States"
by Anonymous | reply 310 | July 15, 2018 5:10 AM |
Cher in the Lori Davis infomercials.
by Anonymous | reply 311 | July 15, 2018 5:10 AM |
@301 Oh I enjoyed To Wong Foo as well. Swayze gave a great performance even though Leguizamo low-key key stole the movie from him. Snipes did a good job as well.
But that part was a career ender for Swayze.
by Anonymous | reply 312 | July 15, 2018 5:26 AM |
One of Swayze's last films was the British black comedy, "Keeping Mum", in 2005.
It stars Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas and Rowan Atkinson.
It's worth checking out:
by Anonymous | reply 313 | July 15, 2018 5:38 AM |
High Road to China - Tom Selleck
Lassiter - Tom Selleck
Her Alibi - Tom Selleck
by Anonymous | reply 315 | July 15, 2018 1:02 PM |
It seems like Hollywood was going to give perennial B-movie actress Sharon Stone a second chance after the success of the lurid "Basic Instinct". But she followed-up with "Sliver", which was a dud with audiences. Aside from her work with Martin Scorcese, she never really had a major starring role again.
by Anonymous | reply 316 | July 15, 2018 1:45 PM |
[quote]Looking at Brooke Shields' IMDB profile I see after "Endless Love" (which wasn't awful; based on a popular book, with a top director at the helm and a hit pop song to go along with it) there wasn't anything until the forgettable "Sahara" (1983). For some inexplicable reason she decided to do the Jodie Foster thing and go off to college- right at her peak of popularity. Lost momentum and disappeared
I thought “Endless Love”’was a decent movie, and Brooke looked her glamorous best in that film...she and Martin made a perfect handsome couple. But, I do agree that her mother made some very bad movie decisions for her.
by Anonymous | reply 317 | July 15, 2018 3:13 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 318 | July 15, 2018 5:12 PM |