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10.
Starting off our list at
number 10 is Jared Leto.
He was flourishing in his acting career and stunned fans when he decided to take a 6 year
absence from their movie screens.
I think people were more shocked at the reasoning for his absence more than anything; turns
out he took a break from acting so he could focus on his music career as the front man
for the popular band: 30 seconds to mars.
We can’t forget that the man’s made up of many talents, but being away from acting
for 6 years definitely takes a toll on your career.
People weren’t even sure if he’d ever return to acting or if music was going to
be his only thing from then on out.
But he came back full force in 2013 with a Golden Globe award for his performance in
Dallas Buyers Club.
He won the award for best supporting actor and even got a handful of other critics’
awards and a SAG nomination.
From there, his acting career has been at its peak after impressing many with his role
of The Joker in Suicide Squad.
During an interview with Variety back in 2014 he spoke about the break he took and says
he feels it made him a better actor.
He said: I think I needed to go away in order to have something to say again.
I said to myself.
Let’s go make this film and see if there’s anything left in there for me.
Is it going to be another experience that falls short?
It’s kind of like a relationship.
Let me see if I can love again.
Turns out, he can!
9.
At number 9 is Neil Patrick Harris.
His acting career started out with a bang when he was nominated for a Golden Globe at
the young age of 15.
The nomination was for his role as David Hart in the movie Clara’s Heart, where he starred
alongside Whoopi Goldberg.
Then, only one year later, he landed a lead role in the TV series Doogie Howser M.D, where
he became a Hollywood heartthrob and also earned ANOTHER Golden Globe nomination.
Needless to say, he was kicking some serious butt in Hollywood.
The show ended after a 4 year run in 1993 and that’s when his career began to crumble
and he was starring in movies that were, let’s say, forgettable.
For example: Starship Troopers and The Next Best Thing.
If I’m being honest- I’ve seen neither of them.
He continued to pursue acting but left the big screen to do some Broadway shows at one
point.
It wasn’t until 2005 when he came back full swing and landed his biggest role on the TV
show How I Met Your Mother.
He took on the role of Barney Stinson from 2005 all the way until 2014.
And since then we’ve also seen him star in other things like American Horror Story,
Gone Girl, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Way to go Neil!
8.
Sliding into the number 8 spot is John Travolta.
Most of us first remember seeing him, even if it was years down the road, in the 1978
hit movie Grease.
The movie is such a cult classic that you would’ve expected it to be what launched
his career into total success.
But the decade after that was just kind of mediocre for him.
He revived his career a little bit when he starred in Look Who’s Talking alongside
Kirstie Alley, but he was never cast for something that propelled him into the next level.
It wasn’t until 1994 when he got the role of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, that his
career was taken seriously and more big movies came to follow.
The rise didn’t last as long as he hoped though; in 2000 he starred in Battlefield
Earth which earned him 2 razzies and turned into the biggest dud of his career.
The failure was a big hit on his career.
But guess what?
He didn’t give up.
7 years later we saw him in movies like Wild Hogs and Hairspray.
He’s always pushed on in his career so we gotta give him some serious credit for that.
In 2016 he co-produced a TV series called American Crime Story, where he played Robert
Shapiro and earned himself an Emmy award.
His latest work comes out this year, in 2019; a movie called The Poison Rose where he co-stars
with the one and only Morgan Freeman.
I think the moral of this story is to literally never give up and just stay consistent; it
clearly all paid off for him.
7.
Taking the number 7 spot on our list is Ben Affleck.
Overall the actor has had a very successful career, starring in movies like Argo, Gone
Girl, and Batman vs. Superman.
But there were multiple times in his career that people were afraid he would lose everything
he worked for to his alcohol addiction.
The actor has been very open about his struggle which all began back in 2001 when he left
the movie scene and entered into an alcohol rehab center.
Fortunately, rehab helped him get clean and he was able to turn his life around including
his career.
Years down the road in 2017 he relapsed and entered into another treatment facility.
Speaking about it with CNN he said: battling any addiction is a lifelong and difficult
struggle.
Because of that, one is never really in or out of treatment.
It is a full time commitment.
After leaving his treatment in 2017 only a year later in August 2018 he completed a 40-day-stay
at another treatment center.
He continues to battle his addiction but also manages to flourish in his acting career,
and for that, he’s technically always resurrecting his career through his on-going battle.
Which definitely deserves a round of applause.
6.
In at number 6 is Michael Keaton.
The actor has been in the industry for 3 decades and has gone through breakdowns and also break-troughs.
If there’s one thing that Hollywood loves more than movie stars, it is a good comeback
story.
The actor reached the next level of fame when he took on the role in the iconic 1988 Beetlejuice
movie.
He was quite the star in the 80’s and 90’s when he even played the legendary hero: Batman.
In 1992 he reprised his role for Batman Returns which wasn’t initially a big hit; it didn’t
do the same for the business as it did with the first film.
Following the hero movies, Keaton started playing supporting roles rather than taking
the lead.
Articles said that it seemed like he was less concerned with being an A-list movie star.
Over the years his career just seemed to take a drastic twist and many people were counting
him out.
In 2014 he resurrected his career with his role in Birdman.
His performance catapulted him into the spotlight and he received the best reviews of his entire
career.
He won multiple critics prizes, a SAG nomination, a Golden Globe, and a Critics Choice.
Talk about a comeback.
You would have seen him in the most recent Disney live-action movie: Dumbo, which came
out just a few months ago.
Fans are looking forward to seeing what he does next.
5.
Half way through the list at number 5 is Drew Barrymore.
She started out as a beloved child actress and her success followed her into adulthood.
However, there was one part along the way that sent her acting career into a downward
spiral.
She was one of the top child stars in the biz when starring in E.T and Firestarter,
but once she hit her teens things started to get dark for the actress as she admits
to being a substance abuser.
Things were so bad for the girl that she ended up checking herself into rehab at the young
age of 14.
Even the actress herself thought she lost all chances at continuing an acting career,
but it wasn’t until she was 17 that it turned around when she took on the role in the thriller
movie Poison ivy.
It was the first time people were seeing her as a young adult.
From there she began to grow as a person but also as an actress, booking roles that would
show the audience she isn’t that little girl from E.T anymore.
For years, we adored watching her in movies like Charlie’s Angels, Fever Pitch, 50 First
Dates, and more.
Now we can watch her on the hit Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet where she stars in it but
also produces it.
She has spent years building a production resume and also enjoys working behind the
scenes.
4.
Here we are at number 4 with Joaquin Phoenix.
His career first started back in 1982 and is still going strong today but he has had
some moments in his career where it appeared he wouldn’t be able to come back from them.
His resume was stacked throughout the 90s and 2000s, but in 2008 he started making headlines
after announcing that he was quitting his acting career to become a rapper.
People were wondering if it was just another celebrity meltdown or if he really meant what
he was saying.
His interview on the David Letterman show is now a famous clip on Youtube which is labeled
as disaster.
The actor avoided eye contact wearing sunglasses and only gave one word answers when responding
to the questions.
Letterman went on to say that it was the longest 10 minutes of his life and concluded the article
by saying: Joaquin, I’m sorry you couldn’t be here tonight.
*insert clip if you want* The actor said he quit acting to work on his music career, saying
he started working on his new album already.
People were claiming it was all an act while others were fully convinced.
It wasn’t until 2012 when he made his return in the movie The Master.
The movie was a huge success and people were stunned by his performance.
When asked about his few years of acting like a complete basket case, he said: part of why
I was frustrated with acting was because I took it too seriously.
Once I became a total buffoon, it was so liberating.
Well I think I can speak for many people when I say it’s good to have the real Joaquin
back.
CLIP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENJr98KXs5g
3.
Alright guys, at number 3 we have Matthew McConaughey.
He’s always been a successful actor but for a huge part of his career, we only saw
him in romantic comedies like The Wedding Planner, Failure to Launch, Fools Gold, and
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
His role was kind of always the same, the attractive love interest to the female lead.
For a long time he wasn’t considered to be an A-list actor.
It wasn’t because he didn’t have the talent but he was so stuck in the rom-com category
that casting directors wouldn’t cast him for a role with more substance.
And let’s be honest, rom-coms on your resume will only take you so far.
His career made a dramatic change in 2012 when he starred in Magic Mike, alongside Channing
Tatum.
You gotta admit your jaw dropped to the floor seeing him take on a role like that- like
where the hell did he come from?!
But it was in 2013 when everyone began to see just how versatile and talented the actor
really is when he took on his role in Dallas Buyers Club.
He starred as the AIDS-stricken rodeo rider, Ron Woodroof.
He immediately made the Time’s most influential list, and continued onto other big movies
like The Wolf of Wall Street and Interstellar.
He’s been on a roll ever since.
2.
At number 2 is Mickey Rourke.
His acting career started with compelling performances in movies like Barfly and Angel
Heart in 1987, but in 1991 he retired from movies and returned to boxing.
People believe the real reason he retired though was because he was awarded Razzies
for movie flops like Desperate Hours and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.
He went on to have a career in boxing but once those shenanigans were over, he came
back and shined in his role as Marv in Sin City.
But as far as Hollywood is concerned, it was really his award-winning performance in the
Wrestler that brought him back to life as an actor.
Huge success from his movies Iron man 2 and The Expendables came to follow and he hasn’t
had any other career breakdowns since.
The 66 year old actor is still kicking it like he’s 30, but that’s also because
his plastic surgery transformation has added to that.
1.
Taking the number 1 spot on our list is Robert Downey Jr, and rightfully so because no one
has turned their career around like this guy has.
His turnaround success story is one that has inspired many people in and out of Hollywood.
His talent was never in question but his drug addiction got to him and almost cost him his
entire career.
He speaks openly about his addiction and his past saying that the roots of his drug abuse
ran deep.
His father, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr, let him use marijuana at age 6.
His father has come forward and said he deeply regrets it, but it has helped fans realize
the root of his problem.
The actor was once locked up behind bars for possession of heroin, cocaine and an unloaded
revolver.
He spent time in jail during the years 1997-1998 and was then placed on probation.
It wasn’t his last time being arrested though; he had multiple run-ins with the law following
his jail time.
He made a comeback when he booked a role on Ally McBeal in 2000.
He continued to book roles which lead him to 2008 when he booked the iconic role of
our favourite hero: Iron Man.
The rest is pretty much history.
Forbes released the 2019 list of highest paid actors in Hollywood and he is tied in 2nd
place for making 20 million dollars for his movies.
If his story doesn’t inspire you then I don’t know what will.
Okay guys, there is our list for today.
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Goodluck to all my movie lovers out there, I’m your host Joce & I’ll see ya next
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