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Top 10 Actors That Can’t Get Good Roles Anymore


when it comes to Hollywood the fall can
come just as quickly as the rise pardon
me do you have any Grey Poupon
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
actors Hollywood won’t cast any more
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focusing on the stars who don’t seem to
shine as brightly or fly as high as they
used to and for whatever reason don’t
seem to be cast as often as they once
were you do number one extra special
very good looking guy number 10 Cameron
Diaz is that a hair gel from the mid 90s
to the early 2000s it seemed as though
Cameron Diaz was in every successful
movie from hits like the mask to there’s
something about married to Shrek Diaz
was on the verge of becoming an all-time
great and then she made several poor
choices appearing in r-rated flops like
bad teacher and sex tape
which may have heard her marketability I
think it’s kind of hot I think that is a
great idea your shears as of 2017
she hasn’t appeared in a movie since
2014 with the only film on the horizon a
shrek sequel not due until 2020 he has
is still extremely popular among fans
but her time as a Hollywood starlet may
be over oh no this is all my fault I’m
so sorry
number 9 Taylor Lautner i’m keiko
call it the twilight effect Weltner
seemed poised for big things following
his appearance as Jacob Black in the
Twilight Saga the teen idol and sex
symbol was even given a leading role in
2011 abduction can’t believe you’re
making me fight hungover unfortunately
it was 10:00 with critics singling out
loud’ nur’s poor acting since then he’s
mostly been relegated to bit parts and
Adam Sandler comedies like grown-ups too
and the ridiculous six I don’t know well
while they’re still young and could have
more opportunities in the future with
some roles on the small screen in the
mid 2010 his career is in danger of
being over before it even really starts
all right well I’ll catch you later
number eight Mike Myers I am his
Holiness the Guru Pitka we bet that if
Mike Myers had one wish he’d unmake the
Love Guru his film career started strong
with Wayne’s World and the Austin Powers
films
oh he then proved he was a more than
capable voice actor when he was cast as
Shrek ogres are like onions
end of story bye bye but then came the
Love Guru with a 14% freshness rating on
Rotten Tomatoes the film earned Myers 3
Ravi’s and an abundance of criticism
several critics thought as a potentially
career killing film and nearly a decade
later that seems true Mariska Hargitay
your holiness Oh
Rajneesh Mariska Hargitay
although Myers made a well-regarded
cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious
Basterds he’s yet to have a starring
role since the Love Guru who said that
oh how did you get there number 7 Sean
William Scott Korsak toreador here the
problem with being typecast as the
immature high school are obsessed with
sex and parties is that it’s difficult
to portray that character once you fully
enter adulthood and stare down
middle-age that may be the issue for
Sean William Scott best known for
portraying Stifler in the American Pie
series Scott was cast in several similar
roles in the early 2000s in movies like
dude where’s my car and old school she’s
a beauty ain’t she as the years rolled
on however these roles have dried up
nearly 20 years after the role that made
him famous
Scott seems limited to the occasional
indie film as well as voiceover work in
the Ice Age series come here we’re very
very stupid number 6 Hilary Swank yes I
just need to learn to stay home Swank
may have won Oscars for her performances
and boys don’t cry and Million Dollar
Baby
but her film choices haven’t always been
up to the Academy standards in the mid
2000s she appeared in movies like Black
Dahlia and PS I love you which both
received negative reviews especially for
Swank’s acting she attempted to regain
the Oscar buzz in 2009 with a
Emelia a biographical film about Amelia
Earhart but it was critically penned
with Swank’s acting again underwhelming
the critics who wants the life
imprisoned and safety there’s no doubt
that Planck is a talented actress so
let’s hope we see a resurgence from her
down the road I’m too old for this and I
got nothing number 5 Eddie Murphy that’s
not even necessary alright man a
bankable powerhouse in the 1980s with
films like 48 hours trading places and
Beverly Hills Cop Eddie Murphy was once
a synonym for comedic gold taking on the
Nutty Professor where he portrayed
several different characters as well as
voiceover sidekick roles in Mulan and
Shrek Murphy proved he had great comedic
range oh gonna be fun we can stay up
late swapping manly stars in the morning
I’m making one but with the 2000 came
things like meet Dave and Norbit in the
latter Murphy attempted to recapture the
magic by once again portraying multiple
characters but the result was not a
success for his trouble he won three of
the six Razzies he was nominated for and
walked away with a career in tatters
love of God number for Katherine Heigl
in his possession Josie in the mid-2000s
it seemed like nothing could stop
Katherine Heigl she was the star of an
extremely popular television series and
had a big screen hit with 2007’s knocked
up I’m pregnant with the motion with a
baby however a string of bland romantic
comedies followed and with it came a
growing reputation that she was
difficult to deal with on set know the
definition of Nimrod because a person
who suffers from anxiety obsessive
thoughts compulsive acts and physical
ailments without any objective evidence
cut-up she then criticized her star
making role and knocked-up for being
sexist and made a less than amicable
split from Grey’s Anatomy
while Heigl is still finding roles in
generic romantic comedies her film
career is certainly not as bright or
enjoyable to watch as it once was I
think that’s funny yeah I do
number three Tobey Maguire I’m not like
you you’re a murderer best remembered
for portraying Peter Parker in the
original spider-man film franchise
McGuire has had several other successful
roles including in Pleasantville
Seabiscuit and brothers I’m grounded
Tommy he’s never quite shaken the Peter
Parker persona however and as a result
his filmography hasn’t really expanded
much in fact between 2009 and 2017
he only appeared in six films from
critics point to spider-man 3 as the
turning point for this actor as the film
wasn’t very well received and ultimately
ended Sam Raimi’s web slinging franchise
did it also permanently derail McGuire’s
once glowing career we shall see I’m
trying to convince you number 2 Hayden
Christensen I don’t like Sam
fairly or unfairly Hayden Christensen
will likely never be able to fully crawl
out from the sand hating shadow of the
Star Wars prequels the film’s helped him
gain international fame for his role as
Anakin Skywalker
but did so for almost all the wrong
reasons as many pointed to his line
delivery as one of the trilogy’s
greatest weaknesses although Christensen
has done his part to recover films like
awake jumper and 90 minutes in heaven
have been a mix of critical and
financial mrs. post Vader Christensen’s
output has been sparse at best with
three films between 2010 and 2017 and
not a hit among them oh very good idea
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions look
how many want some advice here it is
direct from me to you keep your paws off
my underwear okay I’m not going anywhere
with high school bug shots what Alex
I feel right
catwoman number one Brendan Fraser I own
together with my life never men running
from the mid-1990s on Brendan Fraser was
one of the top leading men in Hollywood
to starve the mummy movie franchise and
appearing in critically successful films
like gods and monsters and the quiet
american Fraser seemed set to keep that
momentum going even after a few quiet
years things still look to be going
Fraser’s way the actor was set to lead
another action franchise taking a
starring role in Journey to the Center
of the Earth only to be replaced in the
sequel by Dwayne the rock Johnson
Fraser’s work sense has ranged from
unremarkable to largely unwashed with
little sign of a course correction that
could happen to his career do you agree
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