some stars seem to be really set up for
success yet found themselves outside the
spotlight who did hollywood try to get
on our big screen was it a model with
famous eyebrows or a werewolf with great
abs keep watching to find out
australian actor sam worthington secured
his place in film history when he led
the cast of avatar james cameron's
groundbreaking record-breaking sci-fi
epic that became the highest grossing
film of all time that was a great year
for worthington while he was on the
come-up esquire dared to ask the
question that was on everyone's lips is
sam worthington the greatest actor of
our time they noted five movies five
leading roles all coming out within
months of one another it seemed like the
perfect set of circumstances for
worthington to rock it to the top of the
a list turns out not so much when tnt
magazine asked him how it felt to be in
so many high-profile films in such a
short amount of time he replied i hope
i'm in more to be honest unfortunately
despite leading roles in massive budget
films like clash of the titans and
terminator salvation worthington's
career never really took off film fans
on reddit routinely discuss why
worthington didn't make it big
suggesting that he's a decent character
actor that can't carry a film others
have wondered if his choice of projects
hampered his career worthington has
continued to work regularly since his
breakout year but none of his subsequent
roles have garnered him the press that
avatar did he will be returning in the
upcoming avatar sequels however it
remains to be seen if they will give him
the boost he's been waiting for
hollywood super couple will smith and
jada pinkett smith started their kids in
showbiz early they engineered daughter
willow smith's whip my hair music debut
and roped son jaden into starring in
films with will jaden smith's movie
career began alongside his father in the
pursuit of happiness then he stepped out
from his dad's shadow to star in the day
the earth stood still and the karate kid
holding his own opposite kiana reeves
and jackie chan respectively
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pinkett smith told oprah.com that she
had to make sure jaden's father wasn't
working him too hard she said i tell
will i understand there are certain
things you're trying to instill in him
but at the end of the day he's 11. you
know what i mean so you know we had to
find a nice balance will and jaden
reunited in m night shyamalan's
ill-considered after earth which was a
box office flop that received a critical
drubbing as well old enough to make some
career choices on his own the younger
smith largely stepped back from acting
he told usa today the kinds of roles i
was being offered weren't exactly what i
was looking for the 2020 film life in a
year was his first and only lead role in
a movie since 2013. while his
filmography may not be as bustling as
his parents jaden is a bonafide
celebrity in his own right a fashion
icon and a musician
lucy hale hit it big with her role in
pretty little liars but the rest of her
resume is littered with shows that
didn't take off and films that failed to
impress hale's first taste of fame was
american juniors a kid-focused spin-off
of american idol yet even though she won
the season and was part of the group
formed in the finale they disbanded when
their music didn't produce hits years
later jimmy kimmel sprung an old clip on
her
crimped hair what a mess
since pretty little liars ended in 2017
hale has led a number of shows that
didn't stick around she top-lined
riverdale spin-off katie keane which was
canceled after one season and she was
also the lead on life sentence which
only made it 13 episodes she led the
cast of fantasy island in 2020 but the
film garnered a measly eight percent
fresh rating on rotten tomatoes truth or
dare was another hail-led horror which
fared slightly better at 15 hale
believes the amc plus crime drama
ragdoll will be as deadline put it a new
step in her career she noted at a 2021
tca's event that she felt boxed in by
the teen drama associations of pretty
little liars and katie keane explaining
i made the conscious decision that after
katie keane got cancelled i knew that
the next job i did really had to
creatively excite me
in the late aughts british star alex
pettifer was poised to be the next big
thing he was the lead in stormbreaker
positioning him for a breakout moment
but a string of disappointments followed
roles in supernatural romance beastly
and alien invasion y.a film i am number
four failed to get pedifer to household
name status despite predictions from
access hollywood although he did have a
major role in magic mike he wasn't
invited back for the sequel so what went
wrong when his career failed to reach
the heights he'd been predicted to reach
the entertainment press reported on
widespread rumors of difficult behavior
the hollywood reporter published an
expose filled with reports that the
actor was allegedly quote a nightmare to
work with pettifer later admitted to a
feud with magic mike costar channing
tatum he explained on brett easton ellis
podcast that he'd rented an apartment
from tatum's friend and then refused to
pay rent pettifer added channing had
already told everyone he didn't like me
and what channing says goes because he's
a movie star in a 2019 interview with
the guardian pedophor discussed his
youthful mistakes he explained if i had
the experience that i had today back
then i probably would have done things
differently but the reason that i'm the
man i am today is because of the
experiences i endured working as a young
boy
when hayden christensen was cast in the
star wars prequels as a younger version
of the villain who would become darth
vader he probably thought he'd hit the
big time unfortunately the prequels did
not go over well with critics or
audiences additionally christensen's
stilted line delivery in some of the
film's more emotional sand-based scenes
continues to be the source of much
internet joking two decades later
i don't like sand
after his star wars performances
received such poor reviews christensen
tried a few different tracks to extend
his fame he starred in the critically
adored lying journalist biopic shattered
glass and for a minute it seemed like
things might turn around unfortunately
christensen followed it up with the
critically reviled action flick jumper
and then he stopped playing ball and
went home to canada he told the toronto
star that he intentionally took a step
back from hollywood to try farming
instead he insisted i don't really think
about my career because the idea of a
career is not something i can put a lot
of thought into i do the work that
appeals to me and i pass on films that
would probably benefit my career
christensen has continued to work
sporadically including as the son of a
pizza maker opposite emma roberts in
little italy next he will be returning
to the role that made him famous playing
anakin once more in the disney plus
series about obi-wan kenobi brit
robertson has been poised for a
breakthrough for more than a decade the
actor led the secret circle a cw show
with an ardent fan base and she was
considered such an up-and-comer that she
appeared in the opening sequence of
scream 4 a spot famously reserved in the
franchise for big names like drew
barrymore and jada pinkett smith however
she told buzzfeed that she feels like
she wasted that role saying i just wish
i would have taken advantage of it more
she added that she still hasn't seen the
movie because she's afraid to watch
herself in it her starring role in
disney's tomorrowland was supposed to
mark her arrival on the a-list though
she didn't like the pressure of being
written about that way she told the los
angeles times i consider myself an actor
to think of myself in terms of business
or strategy or the next big star some of
the best advice i was ever given was
don't believe your own hype alas her
performance in tomorrowland was poorly
reviewed a citizen times headline for
example read tomorrowland much more
charming than brit robertson since the
film failed to make her a superstar
robertson has led single-season shows
like girl boss swing town and for the
people
rita ora is a superstar in her native
land having racked up massive success
across the pond according to the
official charts aura holds the record
for the most top 10 songs by a british
female that being said her success
hasn't translated to american super
stardom when tyra banks stepped back
from america's next top model ora
stepped up to host the show instead
after just one cycle aura got the chop
and banks made her return ora tried
acting too in the 50 shades of grey
trilogy where she played mia however
despite a small role in detective
pikachu acting has so far also failed to
put her on the a-list
when he was a child star spencer breslin
was everywhere all in the space of three
years he starred in the kid as a young
bruce willis the live-action version of
the cat in the hat meet the parents and
the santa claus too this made the little
guy one to watch but although he has
continued to work spencer is nowhere
near the household name he once was his
last high profile role came in m night
shyamalan's the happening otherwise most
of his films have been of the direct to
video sort it may be that spencer
stardom has been fully eclipsed at this
point by that of his little sister
abigail breslin an oscar nominee who
starred in films such as little miss
sunshine signs and zombieland the
breslin siblings appeared in raising
helen together back in the day and in
unison they told jay leno that their
mother warned them act like brother and
sister don't behave like brother and
sister
model cara delevingne rose to fame in
the early 2010s thanks to her instantly
iconic eyebrows in 2014 nylon called her
the only quote truly modern supermodel
delevine put her modeling career on hold
to make a play for hollywood super
stardom landing roles in anna karenina
opposite kiera knightley and in paper
towns in adaptation of a y a novel
though her part in anna karenina was
small and paper towns was a decent hit
her follow-up space opera valerian in
the city of a thousand planets bombed
hard her role as a villainous witch in
suicide squad went over even worse
scraping together only a 26 fresh rating
on rotten tomatoes delevine for her part
called the critical reaction to her
performance horrific to reuters looking
back on her early roles delevine told l
uk fashion really me when it came
to acting she went on to explain that
she was too used to playing to the
camera in a later interview with the
guardian she shared that she didn't mind
people questioning whether she deserved
a film career she insisted i'm very
professional i work extremely hard and
also i like the fact that people were
questioning my talent because to be
honest i like having to prove myself to
people you know i don't want an easy
ride
taylor lautner first hit the big screen
as a child star in robert rodriguez's
the adventures of sharkboy and lava girl
however he hit the big time with his
role in the five films that made up the
twilight saga lautner played jacob black
the werewolf who falls in love with a
fast aging vampire child after the final
film in the saga lautner did all of the
things you're supposed to do in order to
turn buzz into a long lasting career
first he had a high profile romance with
none other than taylor swift next he had
a role in the rom-com valentine's day
third he took a star turn in an action
movie called abduction all of the above
failed to convert loutner into a bona
fide a-lister abduction was particularly
poorly received coming in at only 5
on rotten tomatoes turns out that's a
no-go his disappearance from film
screens may have fans asking where the
hell have you been luca
lautner wasn't seen on screen since a
2018 role in the british comedy cuckoo
till his appearance in netflix's film
home team opposite kevin james even
though he's no longer acting regularly
that doesn't seem to have hurt his bank
account or his love life according to
american luxury lautner purchased a 3.8
million dollar home in agora in 2020.
the following year he got engaged to yet
another taylor the future mrs lautner
taye dome wrote on instagram i cannot
wait to spend forever with you
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