What’s up? It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and from Twilight to The Kissing
Booth to High School Musical, the movies we all loved weren’t necessarily as loved by
every member of the cast.
As an actor, you have to be able to take on a variety of personalities, motivations, and
looks to play different roles.
But certain celebs will ALWAYS be known for playing their first iconic role and while
some actors embrace their first major character, others don't love just being known for their
breakout role.
Whether they hated their character, the script, or even just the attention that came along
with it, these stars have spoken out against the movies that made them famous.
And one star that’s been making headlines recently for this reason is Jacob Elordi.
While most of us can’t get enough of the Kissing Booth movies, Jacob Elordi, who plays
Noah in the series, recently revealed that he hasn’t even seen the Kissing Booth 2.
In an interview with Variety, a question about The Kissing Booth 2's ending came up and Jacob
wasn't shy about saying that he doesn’t really know how it ended.
He said quote, “I haven’t seen it. You’ve seen more than I have. I don’t know if I’m
allowed to say that, but I haven’t.”
Jacob also asked the interviewer whether or not they liked Kissing Booth 2.
The reporter said "Yeah, it was cute,” but apparently he didn't believe them because
he went on and said, "be honest."
The reporter said they liked it even better than the first one and Jacob responded saying
QUOTE, “That’s so kind of you.”
And some fans took that as some subtle shade thrown at his own film.
In the same interview Jacob dissed Kissing
Booth again by saying that he enjoys playing bad guys like his character in Euphoria better
than characters like Noah.
His co-star and ex-girlfriend Joey King then called him out saying quote “Jacob watched
it. He’s capping.”
But Jacob isn’t the only celeb who’s shaded the movies that made them famous.
Zac Efron has famously spoken out about how he still doesn’t like just being known as
Troy Bolton from High School Musical.
And I know, that’s heartbreaking because we certainly love Troy, but Zac has made it
very clear that he doesn’t.
He spoke to Men’s Fitness about his teenage self saying quote, “I step back and look
at myself and I still want to kick that guy’s ass sometimes. He’s done some kind of cool
things with some cool people — he did that one thing that was funny — but, I mean,
he’s still just that f*cking kid from High School Musical.”
Zac went on and said that the fame he got from the movies was "not a real thing" and
that when he looks in the mirror he still sees "that f*cking kid from High School Musical"
looking back at himself.
This year Zac was also the only HSM cast member to bail on the Disney sing along.
Zac ended up blaming not joining in with the rest of the cast on a scheduling conflict
and he sent in a quick 30 second clip of himself instead.
Jury’s still out on whether there was actually a scheduling conflict or if Zac just still
really dislikes looking back on his time in the franchise.
Either way, it’s clear Jacob Elordi isn’t alone as someone who doesn’t love their
original trilogy.
Another actor who isn’t crazy about their first major role is Robert Pattinson.
I know, these are all just one dagger to the heart after the next.
And I hate to be the bearer of this bad news, but yep, Robert wasn’t crazy about his role
as Edward Cullen in the Twilight series when looking back on it.
There have been countless compilations put together of Robert slamming the series, the
books, the author, and everything in between.
“Did your Twilight experience turn out to be what you expected? When I read it, it seemed
like it was a book that wasn’t supposed to be published. It was so long. Yeah it is
yeah. And we were shooting forever. If Edward was not a fictional character and you just
met him in reality you know he’d be one of those guys who’s an axe murderer.”
In one interview Robert was asked what he took from the set when he left and he actually
responded by saying quote, "my dignity."
And when another interviewer asked him if the ending of the Twilight series was bittersweet,
Robert laughed and said, "For them! The fans."
So yeah, he definitely hasn’t held back when it comes to hating on the role that most
people know him as.
Plenty of other stars have hated some of their biggest roles too.
While it wasn’t the role that made her famous, Halle Berry hated one of her biggest roles
from early on in her career -- Catwoman.
In 2005 she won a Razzie award for the movie and she brought her Best Actress Oscar from
a few years earlier out on stage with her.
After saying no, she didn’t have to give her Oscar back, she slammed Catwoman and didn’t
hold back.
“First of all want to thank Warner Bros. Thank you for putting me in this piece-of-sh*t,
god-awful movie.”
And while Halle just seemed to hate the role, other female actresses look back on some of
their first parts and hate the way they were portraying women.
Megan Fox has been outspoken about her disdain of her role as Mikaela Banes in Transformers.
Most of her characterization involved her bending over cars while wearing revealing
outfits and running in slow-motion.
Her co-star Shia LaBeouf even admitted to the LA Times that he knew Megan felt "uncomfortable"
being associated with Michael Bay's portrayal of women.
And Megan slammed Michael Bay in a Wonderland Magazine interview, saying quote “he’s
a nightmare to work for” and “he wants to be like Hitler on his sets.”
Megan didn’t return to the franchise after the 2nd Transformers movie and her rep told
People Magazine that quote, “It was her decision not to return. She wishes the franchise
the best.”
But Megan wasn’t the only actress who’s had an issue with the way she’s been portrayed
in a film.
Katherine Heigl has been outspoken about disliking her role in a movie that many fans loved,
Knocked Up.
When speaking to Vanity Fair about her role Katherine said quote, “It was a little sexist.
It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight. I had a hard time with it, on
some days. I’m playing such a b*tch; why is she being such a killjoy? Why is this how
you’re portraying women? Ninety-eight percent of the time it was an amazing experience,
but it was hard for me to love the movie.”
For one reason or another, not all actors love the movie roles that we love them for.
Some of them have been very outspoken about why, while others have just avoided watching
their movies altogether.
And if you just can’t get enough of this tea and want to know which stars have dissed
their own TV shows, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below if it totally breaks your heart to hear these
actors shading their some of their biggest roles, or if you get where they’re coming
from.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!