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Hollywood careers that just ended abruptly

B.A._Baracus

A random thread.
But I just happened to switch on an episode of Baywatch there randomly on TV and it guest starred Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie from Saved by the Bell)
The episode in question was in 1992 which was the same year Saved by the Bell ended. This of course is all leading up to her infamous Showgirls movie in 1995.

Only aged 23 when the movie came out her career pretty much ended as the movie was a flop. She would star in movies like Any Given Sunday (1999) but the damage was done.
In a 2015 interview the director of Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven, apologized for her career ending so soon. Not that it was his intention or anything like that. But having made a movie that failed he felt responsible for what he says 'Hollywood blackballing her'.

It's mental looking back. She was young, beautiful, tall, could act and had a rocking body. If you were a betting man, then the (seemingly) smart bet would have been on her.

Anyone else come to mind?

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titan18

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Lautner played a part in his own downfall, asking for huge and unrealistic fees...
Heigl was somewhat the same by all accounts

If they weren't good looking, theyd never have had careers in the first place. Neither of them can act

The Inbetween is mine

titan18 wrote: »

A lot of names I'm seeing were basically only ever hired in the first place cos they were young and good looking, and as soon as those looks fade and they get older they disappear as they were never good actors or actresses.

Names like Katherine Heigl, Mischa Barton and Taylor Lautner are some that I've seen in the thread but loads more.

Lautner played a part in his own downfall, asking for huge and unrealistic fees...
Heigl was somewhat the same by all accounts

titan18

A lot of names I'm seeing were basically only ever hired in the first place cos they were young and good looking, and as soon as those looks fade and they get older they disappear as they were never good actors or actresses.

Names like Katherine Heigl, Mischa Barton and Taylor Lautner are some that I've seen in the thread but loads more.

tipptom

the_pen_turner wrote: »

cuba gudding jr . havnt seen him in a while

Last saw him in a NY courtroom awaiting sentence

Smee_Again

pixelburp wrote: »

What this thread is showing is that some of us don't really watch that many films lol between this and Colin Farrell I'm like, huh?

Even if Uncut Gems passed folk by, Sandler has a contract with netflix to basically have his holidays ... sorry, films coincidentally film at hotel resorts, paid for. It's like a, what, 6 film deal or something?

Something like that, I’ve never watched his Netflix releases but Uncut Gems is a Safdie brothers movies and very much not what you’d expect from Sandler which is why is might have passed both fans and non fans by.

CastorTroy

Sure Steve Guttenburg starred in the classics Lavalantula and 2 Lava 2 Lantula.

pixelburp

Smee_Again wrote: »

Uncut Gems from 2019 is brilliant and well worth a watch. Not your usual Sandler movie at all.

What this thread is showing is that some of us don't really watch that many films lol

between this and Colin Farrell I'm like, huh?

Even if Uncut Gems passed folk by, Sandler has a contract with netflix to basically have his holidays ... sorry, films coincidentally film at hotel resorts, paid for. It's like a, what, 6 film deal or something?

Smee_Again

saabsaab wrote: »

Adam Sandler. Nothing from him for a while now.

Uncut Gems from 2019 is brilliant and well worth a watch. Not your usual Sandler movie at all.

santana75

Agent Coulson wrote: »

There is a reason for that.

Lots of allegations

Really? Do tell

Agent Coulson

jonski wrote: »

Matthew Fox - Last role in 2015 and nothing on the horizon on IMDB .

There is a reason for that.

Lots of allegations

jonski

Matthew Fox - Last role in 2015 and nothing on the horizon on IMDB .

the_pen_turner

cuba gudding jr . havnt seen him in a while

the_pen_turner

yer man that played andy difrain in shawshank redemption

pixelburp

Here's a controversial one to throw into the mix, given we're circling the drain with the world of shovelware digital, "straight to DVD" productions ... ...

Bruce Willis.

One of the Big Three action stars of the 90s, and aside from that has a generally respectable CV of other work from iconic thrillers like 6th Sense to the occasional indie appearance such as Moonrise Kingdom.

But nowadays you're most likely to find him looking utterly bored and half checked-out (both onscreen and heck, even on the posters) in utter dross that fills out the very back of Amazon Prime categories. At least Nicholas CAge never gives less than 100% (crazy). And the few times he does appear on the publicity circuit, he has often cut a very surly, anti-social figure. Supposedly he can be a little hard to deal with these days, so while not "ended" I wonder if he race is run a little - specifically in the upper echelons of Hollywood.

[Deleted User]

CastorTroy wrote: »

Saw a fairly recent film one day with the description saying Jennifer Grey was in it. So watched a bit waiting to see what she looks like. About 15 mins into it I looked up imdb to see which character she was playing. Turned out to be the main character that I had been watching. Didn't recognise her

Yeah, her appearance was night and day after the nose job, unrecognisable.

While we're talking about her, it was her who was in that fatal car accident with Matthew Broderick in Enniskillen back in the 80s. Their relationship was a secret up until that accident.

S.M.B.

santana75 wrote: »

I think Phoebe cates was very smart in how she played her career. She prioritised raising her kids and family life over nurturing stardom. When her kids were old enough she opened a boutique in New York called Blue tree. It's very successful and she seems to have escaped the whole fame game without a scratch. I mean the fact that her and kevin Kline are still married after over 30 years is a testament to good decisions being made by both her and Kline.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jnr have taken a very similar approach. To be honest it's considered the norm in most other professions so not sure why in the Film industry its often seen as some enforced exile.

Agent Coulson

saabsaab wrote: »

Adam Sandler. Nothing from him for a while now.

Except for the 2 movies a year he releases on Netflix for the last few years making himself 100's of millions.

Full_Circle_81

The John Cusak, Nic Cage, Bruce Willis, John Travolta thing is something else entirely. They are all still working away, but seemingly quite happy to make endless straight-to-video type releases, with a big movie sprinkled in there every now and then.

Just at the mention of Meg Ryan, there is that terribly sad stereotype of actresses having a lot of work done and then being almost unrecognizable.

I saw Melanie Griffith in The Path (tv show) not that long ago and got a shock when she popped up. Looked so odd. And Kathleen Turner also appeared in the show and looked a bit of a mess, but I think she's had various troubles and side effects of pain meds/steroids.

And Demi Moore appeared in the recent Brave New World tv show and I honestly had no idea it was her till the credits rolled and her name popped up.

I know that's all a bit off topic, but it's a such a sad thing to see, that these talented actresses felt compelled to contort their looks in order to keep getting hired.
Just to say that all the women I mentioned were great in what I saw them in recently, it was just unsettling seeing what plastic surgery had done to them.

Hootanany

You missed the boys from Brasil

santana75

I think Phoebe cates was very smart in how she played her career. She prioritised raising her kids and family life over nurturing stardom. When her kids were old enough she opened a boutique in New York called Blue tree. It's very successful and she seems to have escaped the whole fame game without a scratch. I mean the fact that her and kevin Kline are still married after over 30 years is a testament to good decisions being made by both her and Kline.

berocca2016

Itssoeasy wrote: »

And then you see some actors who had big success years ago and they look the same and haven’t aged a day.

Another name who could have been on this list was Mayim bialik who if she hadn’t been in the Big Bang theory would have been known for one show.

To be fair Mayim Bialik kept herself busy doing college, then a PHD then post doc research till the big bang theory rolled along with a whopper pay packet!

Strumms

Samsonsmasher wrote: »

Michael Fassbender starred in a string of box office failures such as Prometheus and Assassin's Creed. His performances were critically acclaimed but he never became a true star. He's was reduced to starring in Kung Fury 2.

The pandemic has destroyed the entertainment industry and it could be all over for Hollywood.

Well the money won’t be there to pay the big stars what they are accustomed to.

A percentage who love what they do will keep doing it... I’d say a lot of 50 year old plus heads might just say ‘nahhh, not too pushed doing much’... might give more opportunities to up and coming talent... not necessarily young talent but actors who haven’t quite had the opportunity.

saabsaab

Adam Sandler. Nothing from him for a while now.

bnt

John Cusack has not only been working regularly, a couple of years ago he was here in Ireland shooting a Western with Emile Hirsch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIDpnUWcFTo

He's been quoted as saying he's not keen on being a celebrity, and enjoys other interests such as snowboarding and kickboxing. He would do movies like 2012 to make money, but is a bit cynical about the business:

John Cusack wrote:

Sometimes I'm think I'm in control, but more and more I realize that it's just a complete farce. It used to be that if you did a big, big movie then you could leverage it and make some smaller, cooler ones. And I got away with that for a few years. But now they just want you to put on tights. If you don't put on the tights they just want to get rid of you. And I'm not putting on the tights. So you know...

Strumms

Ardent wrote: »

John Cusack.

He was huge - and I mean HUGE - from the late 80s through to the early 00s. Outstanding actor and starred in some of the biggest movies of that time (including many of my all-time favourites).

And then he just disappeared off the face of the earth. Except he's not gone - every thing he has done in recent times has been straight-to-DVD.

Hard to know where or why it all went wrong for him.

He had a good screen presence, a good actor.... I liked him, came across well when being interviewed..

Done not too much aside from straight to DVD stuff last 15 or so years. A strange one.

QikBax

Guttenberg memorably plays/lampoons himself in an episode of Party Down.

[Deleted User]

Hollywood itself ended abruptly in 2020

Samsonsmasher

Michael Fassbender starred in a string of box office failures such as Prometheus and Assassin's Creed. His performances were critically acclaimed but he never became a true star. He's was reduced to starring in Kung Fury 2.

The pandemic has destroyed the entertainment industry and it could be all over for Hollywood.

Agent Coulson

Ardent wrote: »

Moving to TV these days is not only acceptable but is desirable for many Holywood stars.

Indeed it is.

Ardent

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Does moving to TV & Straight to DVD/Streaming mean your career is ended?

Moving to TV these days is not only acceptable but is desirable for many Holywood stars.