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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 8, 2011 16:53:43 GMT -5
Sherry Stringfield leaving "NYPD Blue" and "ER".....then "ER" again.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 8, 2011 17:00:15 GMT -5
Every actor in Rat Race. A friend and i were discussing the possibility that Rat Race was a mass murder on careers and we looked at what Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr, Amy Smart, Breckin Meyer, Mr Bean, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, John Cleese, and even SMASH MOUTH did after Rat Race....the results were not pretty as far as the actors careers in films went. I know some have gone on to some TV work. Hell, even Diamond Dallas Page's wrestling career went down the tubes shortly after doing a scene in Rat Race that was cut from the final release. Let's be honest. Those careers couldn't go anywhere but down regardless of what movie they were doing. I agree with everyone but John Cleese and Seth Green. John's a member of one the most famous comedy troupe's of all time. Let's face it, if his career went anywhere I would assume it's because he is getting up there in years. Seth I would argue as a movie actor may be down, but he has Robot Chicken.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 8, 2011 17:10:50 GMT -5
Geena Davis in "Cutthroat Island"
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Post by Hurbster on Oct 8, 2011 17:11:39 GMT -5
Every actor in Rat Race. A friend and i were discussing the possibility that Rat Race was a mass murder on careers and we looked at what Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr, Amy Smart, Breckin Meyer, Mr Bean, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, John Cleese, and even SMASH MOUTH did after Rat Race....the results were not pretty as far as the actors careers in films went. I know some have gone on to some TV work. Hell, even Diamond Dallas Page's wrestling career went down the tubes shortly after doing a scene in Rat Race that was cut from the final release. Rowan Atkinson is doing just fine. He works when HE wants to. And spends the rest of the time with his cars.
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 8, 2011 17:15:32 GMT -5
Every actor in Rat Race. A friend and i were discussing the possibility that Rat Race was a mass murder on careers and we looked at what Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr, Amy Smart, Breckin Meyer, Mr Bean, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, John Cleese, and even SMASH MOUTH did after Rat Race....the results were not pretty as far as the actors careers in films went. I know some have gone on to some TV work. Hell, even Diamond Dallas Page's wrestling career went down the tubes shortly after doing a scene in Rat Race that was cut from the final release. Rowan Atkinson is doing just fine. He works when HE wants to. And spends the rest of the time with his cars. He actually wanted to do Johnny English 2? Yikes.
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Post by CrazySting on Oct 8, 2011 17:17:33 GMT -5
Stephen Doriff apparently turned down the role of Jack in Titanic because he "didn't want to be remembered as the 'guy on the boat.'"
Um...because having a career in B movies is much better?
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Post by CrazySting on Oct 8, 2011 17:20:09 GMT -5
Also, apparently a ton of guys turned down the role of Neo in the Matrix: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Ewan McGregor...and some others. Sean Connery turned down the role of Morpheus too.
From what Will Smith and Connery have said, the main problem seems to be that no-one could quite understand the script (ironic, considering the first movie makes way more sense than the sequels). Also, Smith wanted Neo to tell jokes.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Oct 8, 2011 17:24:33 GMT -5
Stephen Doriff apparently turned down the role of Jack in Titanic because he "didn't want to be remembered as the 'guy on the boat.'" Um...because having a career in B movies is much better? But you never know how a movie will turn out, for all we know Titanic may still have been massive but his career could have still gone the way of Edward Furlong's after T2
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Oct 8, 2011 17:31:04 GMT -5
DiCaprio also turned down the role of The Yellow Bastard in Sin City, and was talked out of playing Patrick Bateman in American Psycho due to his fangirl following at the time.
I'm sure he doesn't regret those decisions, but dammit he would have kicked ass in those roles.
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 8, 2011 17:34:48 GMT -5
I still can't believe that Ed Norton passed on being James Ryan in "Saving Private Ryan." I mean come on...He had to know that was going to be a smash hit.
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Post by Cela on Oct 8, 2011 17:39:20 GMT -5
DiCaprio also turned down the role of The Yellow Bastard in Sin City, and was talked out of playing Patrick Bateman in American Psycho due to his fangirl following at the time. I'm sure he doesn't regret those decisions, but dammit he would have kicked ass in those roles. I wish he would turn down more roles, but that's just me. Meanwhile, on the Rat Race Point, the movie was a hit, wasn't it?
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Post by Krimzon on Oct 8, 2011 17:41:20 GMT -5
Meanwhile, on the Rat Race Point, the movie was a hit, wasn't it? Of course it was a hit. It was billed as the then-current generation's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." It kinda was, except worse.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Oct 8, 2011 19:06:59 GMT -5
A few years ago I would of said Sandra Bullock for turning down Million Dollar Baby.
But she eventually got her Oscar for a film I have not seen, but from the previews it looks like pure Oscar bait.
So anyway. Good for her.
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Also Adam Sandler could of played Eli Roth's part in 'Inglourious Basterds' and I know Sandler is still showing up. But that could of been really beneficial to his acting career.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Oct 8, 2011 19:12:40 GMT -5
Sherry Stringfield leaving "NYPD Blue" and "ER".....then "ER" again. And Christine Elise left ER to do 'LA Firefighters' that lasted about two episodes.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Oct 8, 2011 19:59:43 GMT -5
The Movie decided to (Needlessly) complicate the plot, and add the unnecessary (And wholly anachronistic given the other character's origins) character in Tom Sawyer. Well the Sawyer character was added because 20th Century Fox thought that the film needed an American character or otherwise US audiences wouldn't of been interested. But Connery did go on the record and say he had wanted to retire for several years before TLOEG, but being on the set of the film made him realize that in his view Hollywood was being run by idiots and wanted no part of it.
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Post by mysterydriver on Oct 8, 2011 20:01:49 GMT -5
Cuba Gooding Jr elected to star in Boat Trip. Safe to say that his career imploded after that. Seriously, looking at his Wikipedia page is staggering. Since Boat Trip, he's been nominated for a Razzie 3 times and has starred in ELEVEN Direct-to-DVD movies. Apparently, Cuba likes being a "Big Fish in a Small Pond" with the Direct-to-DVD market. His biggest competition is Steven Seagal, Val Kilmer, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. That's not as bad as others he could deal with big-screen wise. I don't mind so much since I review Direct-to-DVD movies for fun. I've seen a lot of Cuba's recent work.
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Post by fw91 on Oct 8, 2011 20:11:14 GMT -5
Lindsay Lohan- Saying yes to Drugs
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 8, 2011 20:42:06 GMT -5
John Travolta in "Battlefield Earth"
Caused the second slump of his career
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2011 20:43:28 GMT -5
I wonder if bela lugosi regretted being in those ed wood movies.
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Oct 8, 2011 20:50:21 GMT -5
Sherry Stringfield leaving "NYPD Blue" and "ER".....then "ER" again. Speaking of "NYPD Blue": Kyle: Ike! Do your impersonation of David Caruso's career! Though CSI: Miami relaunched his career, in a big way.
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