if you ever meet someone from this list
don’t mention these films welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten actors
who hated their most famous roles
looking for more watch mojo videos with
a British twist well pack your bags and
take a trip to watch mojo UK for even
more bloody brilliant content for this
list we’ll be looking at actors who for
one reason or another wound up to
testing the role that made them famous
we’ll also be including actors who hated
a character only to reverse their
opinion years later no I argued for 30
years for this to happen right and
finally I wore him down
number 10 Christopher Lee for a man
whose life was as buried and filled with
incredible achievements as an actor
musician and author banking Christopher
Lee in just one role seems impossible
the man acted in over 200 films with
notable performances in multiple
franchises including Lord of the Rings
Star Wars and James Bond however too
many he will always be Count Dracula a
role he dominated on 10 different
occasions Lee was never fond of the
hammer Dracula films however once
stating quote emotional blackmail that’s
the only reason I did them in reference
to the fact that producer Jimmy Carreras
would use fear tactics to bully him into
accepting the role number 9 Alec
Guinness bloody awful excruciating fairy
tale rubbish these are just some of the
ways the late great Alec Guinness
described the first Star Wars film his
detest of the film is the stuff of
legend speaking candidly about his
experiences on numerous occasions
Guinness was nominated for both an
Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his
performance as obi-wan Kenobi
however he maintains it was his idea to
kill off obi-wan and in the years
following the film’s release refused to
read fan mail related to the film once
telling a young fan he’d only give him
an autograph if he promised to never
watch Star Wars again yes oh it’s a
pretty strange letter number 8 Kate
Winslet it seems impossible for an actor
to be nominated for an Academy Award and
yet in retrospect look back on the
performance in question and cringe
alas such is the case for Kate Winslet
who now regards to performance as Rose
DeWitt Bukater in Titanic as one of her
worst while she never outright admits to
which let’s be honest is easily her most
famous she has remarked that her accent
in the film is awful and that she has
trouble listening to it and even my
American accent I look at it and I’m
like oh I can’t even listen to myself
it’s all fall she goes on to state that
there are multiple scenes that she
wishes she could redo number 7
Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer
film career began in the late 50s a
storied actor who’s won numerous awards
one of his most memorable roles is that
of Captain George von Trapp from 1965
Academy Award winning musical The Sound
of Music and yet for the better part of
50 years plumbin despised his part in
the film maintaining that his character
was a bore to play and that the role was
quote awful and sentimental and gooey
until recently he had even refused to
attend cast reunion however in 2015
Plummer relented admitting that it’s a
marvelous family movie and that he quote
respects it we suppose it’s never too
late to change we need a family move
even in these rough times number 6
Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl was
already a household name thanks to
Grey’s Anatomy but she found new name
recognition on the big screen with
knocked up unfortunately that name would
be dragged through the mud just months
after the film was released in response
to an interview she gave to Vanity Fair
in which he called the film a little
sexist due to its tendency to portray
the women as shrews as humorless and
uptight hyegyo experienced fish’s
personal attacks from both fans and the
media we should all have the right the
the basic human right to say hey no I’m
sorry I’m not I’m not comfortable with
that I don’t like that like this is not
okay for me and without making me I
can’t say the word but I know what the
word is yeah right what many failed to
notice is that in the same interview she
claims her time on set was enjoyable but
that she ultimately wasn’t a fan of the
finished product fair enough number 5
Shia LaBeouf while the Transformers
franchise has had its ups and downs
it’s clear that the second installment
isn’t one that lead actor Shia LaBeouf
looks back on fondly in fact he’s openly
stated that he despises the film once
quipping there are a lot of people that
like the second one but I hated it
I just didn’t enjoy it it doesn’t get
much blunter than that LaBeouf cited the
2007-2008 Writers Guild of America
strike as one of the reasons for why the
film was a personal disappoint
claiming everything was sort of made on
the fly sounds stressful I love Michael
I love the cast I love Sam I like doing
it you know but I don’t have anything
new to contribute and I don’t think
there’s anywhere to take Sam really
number four Marlon Brando one of the
most celebrated actors of the 20th
century Marlon Brando was one of
Hollywood’s earliest male sex symbols
much of this was due to his portrayal of
the working-class hothead and domestic
abusers Stanley Kowalski in both the on
stage and film versions of a streetcar
named desire ironically it was the
characters sexy outlaw personality that
formed the basis of grando’s hatred
towards him in real life Brando hated
the fact that women found him sexy going
so far as to quit I detest the character
Jay’s tell us how you really feel number
three George Reeves nowadays most actors
would be psyched to land the lead role
in a television series but back in the
1950s television was considered films
less respectable little brother
so when George Reeves landed the titular
role in The Adventures of Superman he
wasn’t exactly thrilled he considered it
quote beneath his dignity a fair
assessment seeing as how he was
originally only paid $200 per episode
[Music]
nevertheless the show was a massive
success with Reid suddenly a household
name in America and Beyond unfortunately
he became typecast in roles that didn’t
require him to wear tights dried up
number two Sean Connery in a moment of
unabashed honesty legendary actor and
Academy Award winner Sean Connery
revealed that he has quote always hated
that damn James Bond and that a possible
Heath quote liked to kill him clearly
this is a man who doesn’t mince words
while the role catapulted him to the top
of the Hollywood a-list he was always
reluctant to reprise it when producers
came a-knockin
yet despite his reservations Connery
wound up playing the womanizing British
secret agent seven times I am much
obliged
of course he often gave sizeable parts
of his barn paychecks to charity number
one Robert Pattinson how do we begin to
describe Pattinson hatred of his most
iconic character shall we discuss his
description of what Twilight fangirls
sound like which he describes as quote
the sound you hear at the gates of hell
how about the numerous press junkets
you know the places where he’s supposed
to be promoting the film not trashing it
I really can’t think of another book
where it’s literally so melodramatic
some of the highlights include when he
likens Edward Cullen to an axe murderer
when he recalls reading the book and
thinking it shouldn’t have been
published and when he literally can’t
name a single co-star that made his time
onset rewarding in the pantheon of
actors who hate their most iconic roles
Pattinson takes the cake they came they
flew up and said like you could cuz I
thought I was pretty safe right there
and they flew up and they’re like yeah
you got a you have to do the opposite of
what you’re doing now you’re gonna get
fired today do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
don’t mention these films welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten actors
who hated their most famous roles
looking for more watch mojo videos with
a British twist well pack your bags and
take a trip to watch mojo UK for even
more bloody brilliant content for this
list we’ll be looking at actors who for
one reason or another wound up to
testing the role that made them famous
we’ll also be including actors who hated
a character only to reverse their
opinion years later no I argued for 30
years for this to happen right and
finally I wore him down
number 10 Christopher Lee for a man
whose life was as buried and filled with
incredible achievements as an actor
musician and author banking Christopher
Lee in just one role seems impossible
the man acted in over 200 films with
notable performances in multiple
franchises including Lord of the Rings
Star Wars and James Bond however too
many he will always be Count Dracula a
role he dominated on 10 different
occasions Lee was never fond of the
hammer Dracula films however once
stating quote emotional blackmail that’s
the only reason I did them in reference
to the fact that producer Jimmy Carreras
would use fear tactics to bully him into
accepting the role number 9 Alec
Guinness bloody awful excruciating fairy
tale rubbish these are just some of the
ways the late great Alec Guinness
described the first Star Wars film his
detest of the film is the stuff of
legend speaking candidly about his
experiences on numerous occasions
Guinness was nominated for both an
Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his
performance as obi-wan Kenobi
however he maintains it was his idea to
kill off obi-wan and in the years
following the film’s release refused to
read fan mail related to the film once
telling a young fan he’d only give him
an autograph if he promised to never
watch Star Wars again yes oh it’s a
pretty strange letter number 8 Kate
Winslet it seems impossible for an actor
to be nominated for an Academy Award and
yet in retrospect look back on the
performance in question and cringe
alas such is the case for Kate Winslet
who now regards to performance as Rose
DeWitt Bukater in Titanic as one of her
worst while she never outright admits to
which let’s be honest is easily her most
famous she has remarked that her accent
in the film is awful and that she has
trouble listening to it and even my
American accent I look at it and I’m
like oh I can’t even listen to myself
it’s all fall she goes on to state that
there are multiple scenes that she
wishes she could redo number 7
Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer
film career began in the late 50s a
storied actor who’s won numerous awards
one of his most memorable roles is that
of Captain George von Trapp from 1965
Academy Award winning musical The Sound
of Music and yet for the better part of
50 years plumbin despised his part in
the film maintaining that his character
was a bore to play and that the role was
quote awful and sentimental and gooey
until recently he had even refused to
attend cast reunion however in 2015
Plummer relented admitting that it’s a
marvelous family movie and that he quote
respects it we suppose it’s never too
late to change we need a family move
even in these rough times number 6
Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl was
already a household name thanks to
Grey’s Anatomy but she found new name
recognition on the big screen with
knocked up unfortunately that name would
be dragged through the mud just months
after the film was released in response
to an interview she gave to Vanity Fair
in which he called the film a little
sexist due to its tendency to portray
the women as shrews as humorless and
uptight hyegyo experienced fish’s
personal attacks from both fans and the
media we should all have the right the
the basic human right to say hey no I’m
sorry I’m not I’m not comfortable with
that I don’t like that like this is not
okay for me and without making me I
can’t say the word but I know what the
word is yeah right what many failed to
notice is that in the same interview she
claims her time on set was enjoyable but
that she ultimately wasn’t a fan of the
finished product fair enough number 5
Shia LaBeouf while the Transformers
franchise has had its ups and downs
it’s clear that the second installment
isn’t one that lead actor Shia LaBeouf
looks back on fondly in fact he’s openly
stated that he despises the film once
quipping there are a lot of people that
like the second one but I hated it
I just didn’t enjoy it it doesn’t get
much blunter than that LaBeouf cited the
2007-2008 Writers Guild of America
strike as one of the reasons for why the
film was a personal disappoint
claiming everything was sort of made on
the fly sounds stressful I love Michael
I love the cast I love Sam I like doing
it you know but I don’t have anything
new to contribute and I don’t think
there’s anywhere to take Sam really
number four Marlon Brando one of the
most celebrated actors of the 20th
century Marlon Brando was one of
Hollywood’s earliest male sex symbols
much of this was due to his portrayal of
the working-class hothead and domestic
abusers Stanley Kowalski in both the on
stage and film versions of a streetcar
named desire ironically it was the
characters sexy outlaw personality that
formed the basis of grando’s hatred
towards him in real life Brando hated
the fact that women found him sexy going
so far as to quit I detest the character
Jay’s tell us how you really feel number
three George Reeves nowadays most actors
would be psyched to land the lead role
in a television series but back in the
1950s television was considered films
less respectable little brother
so when George Reeves landed the titular
role in The Adventures of Superman he
wasn’t exactly thrilled he considered it
quote beneath his dignity a fair
assessment seeing as how he was
originally only paid $200 per episode
[Music]
nevertheless the show was a massive
success with Reid suddenly a household
name in America and Beyond unfortunately
he became typecast in roles that didn’t
require him to wear tights dried up
number two Sean Connery in a moment of
unabashed honesty legendary actor and
Academy Award winner Sean Connery
revealed that he has quote always hated
that damn James Bond and that a possible
Heath quote liked to kill him clearly
this is a man who doesn’t mince words
while the role catapulted him to the top
of the Hollywood a-list he was always
reluctant to reprise it when producers
came a-knockin
yet despite his reservations Connery
wound up playing the womanizing British
secret agent seven times I am much
obliged
of course he often gave sizeable parts
of his barn paychecks to charity number
one Robert Pattinson how do we begin to
describe Pattinson hatred of his most
iconic character shall we discuss his
description of what Twilight fangirls
sound like which he describes as quote
the sound you hear at the gates of hell
how about the numerous press junkets
you know the places where he’s supposed
to be promoting the film not trashing it
I really can’t think of another book
where it’s literally so melodramatic
some of the highlights include when he
likens Edward Cullen to an axe murderer
when he recalls reading the book and
thinking it shouldn’t have been
published and when he literally can’t
name a single co-star that made his time
onset rewarding in the pantheon of
actors who hate their most iconic roles
Pattinson takes the cake they came they
flew up and said like you could cuz I
thought I was pretty safe right there
and they flew up and they’re like yeah
you got a you have to do the opposite of
what you’re doing now you’re gonna get
fired today do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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