Who is your favourite Actor?
I love Nicole Kidman.
I can count on her to release something new and spectacular every year.
She’s a Hollywood icon, and a fan favourite amongst viewers and critics alike.
However, there are some stars out there who just seemed to have disappeared.
Maybe you grew up watching them, and you can’t seem to find a descent film with them in anymore.
Well, there’s a reason for that.
So today on Beyond the Screen, we’re going to be counting down the Top 10 Movie Roles
That Ended An Actor's Career.
Lets jump in.
10 Terrence Howard - Iron Man Remember when Howard was in Iron Man?
Nope?
Yeah, that’s because he was very quickly replaced and spelt out the demise of his career.
Following on from the ensemble Crash, Howard jumped over to the MCY, during which he was
the highest paid actor on the film.
However, when it came to a sequel Howard’s cheque was severely cut.
Why?
Because no one cares about Captain Rhodes.
Not now, not ever.
So, of course, Howard wasn’t too pleased with this dramatic change, leaving the role
and being replaced by Don Cheadle.
Since then, Howard’s done seemingly nothing, aside from a few minor roles here and there
-- with even Howard himself blaming Iron Man for his fall from grace.
9 Chris O’Donnell - Batman and Robin No surprise here.
When do you last remember seeing Chris O’Donnell in anything?
Go on, I’ll wait.
Serious, I don’t remember.
It may be hard to believe, but O’Donnell actually had a Golden Globe nomination before
taking on the role of Dick Grayson in Batman Forever, with many predicting the actor to
hit the big leagues following his Box Office success.
Enter Batman And Robin, aka, a public disgrace, The film was as campy as Adam West, without
the lovability of it.
As we know, Joel Schumacher’s career flopped following the film, and seemingly so did O’Donnell’s.
Most of the cast seemingly suffered aside from George Clooney.
With O’Donnell’s CV seemingly empty following the film, aside from a handful of cameos on
long running TV shows.
8 Sean Connery - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
You might be surprised to see Sean Connery on this list, an actor known for being one
of the greatest James Bonds of all time -- however, he made quite a few mistakes in his long career,
particularly The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The man behind the original comic was Alan Moore, the same guy that redefined superheroes
with the alternate reality Watchmen.
However, when hollywood picked up League of, it sank, and it sank hard.
It can be argued that prior to signing on for the movie Connery was beginning to slide
into retirement, with only a handful of movement coming out.
However, this one appeared to be the final straw -- with the actor announcing his retirement
in 2005.
It seems like an odd coincidence that one of his final films barely scraped a profit,
and not only drew the end of his career, but also the directors, Stephen Norrington’s.
7 Kevin Costner - Waterworld Oh boy, it’s going to be hard to do this
number with a straight face.
Kevin Costner was a scene stealing, award nominated actor prior to Waterworld.
I mean, he was Robin Hood for god sake -- and Dances with Wolves?
Absolutely classic, and one of the greatest films of all time.
So, what happened?
Waterworld.
That’s what.
The film is set in a futuristic world where all the ice caps have melted, engulfing the
entire world in water.
And, as you would expect, it flopped, and it flopped hard.
Following the film Costner seemingly disappeared from the Hollywood limelight which began the
end of his long career.
He starred in a handful of films following, receiving a handful of razzie nominations
along the way.
Poor Kevin.
6 Hayden Christensen - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
The first of many Star Wars appearances on our list, Christensen played Anakin Skywalker,
the future Darth Vader.
Now, the Revenge of the Sith was wildly disappointing, with the general consensus being that Anakin’s
transition to the dark side was winey and irritating to watch.
While many of Christensen's co-stars survived following the film, Christensen began to disappear
from the limelight, only making small appearances here and there.
Now, Christensen can take all the blame for this, and it comes down more to George Lucas
and his direction.
5 Mike Myers - The Love Guru Oh Mike Myers -- it’s hard to believe that
film could end his career, when the large majority of his films are controversial comedies.
However, it happened.
As we know, Mike Myers is best known for playing Shrek, as well as fan favourite Austin Powers,
which sadly he’s been unable to follow on from.
Now, though may argue that Cat in the Hat drew the end of the his career, many chalked
it up to The Love Guru, which saw Myers return to more adult comedy roles.
However, many were quick to state that the film was an easy laugh, with audience and
critics despising it.
Not only that, Myers was both the writer AND producer for the film, making the faults all
fall on him.
Luckily he had already filmed his role as the English General for Inglourious Basterds,
however, The Love Guru seemed to spell the end of his career.
With Hollywood steering away from the actor following the critical fail of a film.
4 Jake Lloyd - Star Wars: The Phantom Menace You remember Jake Lloyd as the young Anakin
Skywalker in Phantom Menace, with only one other noteworthy appearance alongside Arnold
Schwarzenegger in the Christmas favourite, Jingle All The Way.
As you would expect, the sheer hype of Star Wars instantly catapulted Lloyd to fame, perhaps
even faster than Daniel Radcliffe.
With the release of Star Wars the facade began to crumble though, as The Phantom Menace was
deemed one of the most disappointing films of all time.
Following the release, it became apparent that the role was the beginning of the end
for Lloyd.
Following the extreme backlash and bullying he faced at school he quit acting altogether.
However, he’s still around, just as an editor these days.
He still attends conventions, and is happy to discuss Star Wars to excited fan, but it’s
sad to know that something so grand and highly anticipated deemed the end for this hopeful
actor.
3 Halle Berry - Catwoman I’m not a lover of Halle Berry, never have
been never will be.
I didn’t like her in X-Men, I didn’t like her in James Bond, and I absolutely hated
her as Catwoman.
In the early 2000’s Berry headed up Catwoman, and it fell flat and fell hard.
Only three years after her Oscar win for Monster’s Ball, Berry was collecting the award for Worst
Actress with the film getting three more at the Razzies.
Outside of that, she went on to do more X-Men movies, but her work began to dry up.
With her status as has-been being more cemented than ever.
2 Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls Ah yes, Showgirls, arguably the most famous
flop on our list, and the film that very publically deemed the end of many stars careers.
Including Elizabeth Berkley, aka, Jessie Spano from Saved By the Bell.
Following the successful teen show, Berkley looked to legitimize her career by stripping
off for the 1995 bomb, Showgirls.
It contained excessive nudity and over-sexualized content.
Berkley even took home the razzie award for worst actress upon its release, with it severely
stunting her growing career.
However, as it stands today, the film is deemed somewhat of a cult classic, and highly adored
by many fans.
Sadly, Berkley is not.
1 Mark Hamill - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi I know this will trigger a lot of you, but
hear me out.
Prior to Star Wars Hamill had next to no experience in acting before George Lucas scooped him
up, and essentially catapulting him into the big leagues.
Now, as we know, Return of the Jedi closed off the Star Wars trilogy, marking the end
of Luke Skywalker’s journey from young boy to powerful hero.
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what happened, but Return of the Jedi was Hamill’s last
major on screen appearance.
With many speculating that he played Luke for just too long, and it was hard to separate
the actor from the character, unlike Harrison Ford.
Now, Hamill did have a lot of success in voice acting, voicing characters such as the Joker.
It just seemed alarming that he fell off the grid so fast.
Well, there we have it!
Did you guys agree with our list?
Were there any out of work stars that we missed?
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