History Main / StarDerailingRole

* EddieMurphy actually has quite the reputation for starring in stinkers, arguably the most notorious being Pluto Nash. His supporting role in Dream Girls actually started to repair his reputation, and he was actually considered the front runner for winning an Academy Award for his performance. And then {{Norbit}} was released.

* Eddie Murphy actually has quite the reputation for starring in stinkers, arguably the most notorious being Pluto Nash. His supporting role in Dream Girls actually started to repair his reputation, and he was actually considered the front runner for winning an Academy Award for his performance....but then came {{Norbit}}.

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* Partial example: HalleBerry in ''{{Catwoman}}''. She still had the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' sequels lined up, and her graciously accepting the Razzie award for Worst Actress in person softened the blow. She's doing fewer films, as she is now lending her face to a glut of cosmetics commercial endorsements.

* Cuba Gooding, Jr. in ''Boat Trip''... and ''Snow Dogs''... and ''Daddy Day Camp''... Really, a lot of Cuba's post-''JerryMaguire'' output has been like this.

* JenniferLopez and BenAffleck in ''{{Gigli}}''. Eventually, their careers would recover, but director Martin Brest wasn't as lucky (he later retired from filmmaking due to the film constantly suffering from {{executive meddling}}).

* Pretty much ''everyone'' involved in the ''[[Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' movie with the sole exception of SteveMartin, who was so popular at the time even this stinker couldn't diminish his star. Same couldn't be said for George Burns or {{Aerosmith}} -- who both suffered a brief career downturn before returning to popularity in the mid-80's -- or Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees whose careers took a big dip. (The Bee Gees managing to keep their success in Europe at least, but not America)

* Emeril Lagasse in ''Emeril''. After this sitcom tanked, he went from being "[[HeyItsThatGuy Hey! It's That Guy]]" to being another face in the TV chef crowd.

** It was an appallingly [[NWordPrivileges bad idea]] he had for dealing with a heckler that ultimately buried his career, though.

* HalleBerry in ''{{Catwoman}}''.
** She still had the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' sequels lined up, and her graciously accepting the Razzie award for Worst Actress in person softened the blow. She's doing fewer films as she is now lending her face to a glut of cosmetics commercial endorsements.

** She still had the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' sequels lined up, and her graciously accepting the Razzie award for Worst Actress in person softened the blow. She's doing fewer films as she is now lending her face to a glut cosmetics commercial endorsements.

->''"And this is why you don't see Dennis Hopper anymore. In fact, if you watch it in slow motion, you can actually pinpoint the moment where his career implodes in on himself.'''"''
--->-- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''' on Dennis Hopper's performance in the SuperMarioBros movie.

[[caption-width:250:[[KevinCostner He]] probably wishes he had never taken [[Main/ThePostman this role]].]]

* Cuba Gooding, Jr. in ''Boat Trip''... and ''Snow Dogs''... and ''Daddy Day Camp''... Really, a lot his post ''JerryMaguire'' output has been like this this.

* JenniferLopez and BenAffleck in ''{{Gigli}}''. Also a CreatorKiller for writer-director Martin Brest. Eventually, their careers recovered, but his didn't.
** Actually, Martin Brest retired from filmmaking due to the film constantly suffering from executive meddling.

* JohnTravolta in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''.
** And before that, ''Staying Alive'' killed it for quite a while before he got cast in ''PulpFiction''.

* [[TwinPeaks Sherilyn Fenn]] in ''Boxing Helena''. Also a very near miss for Kim Basinger, who decided to break her contract to avoid starring in the film and was sued into bankruptcy, but sustained no career damage, and won an Academy Award only a few years later.

* WhoopiGoldberg's career as an A-list star faded into [[HollywoodSquares center square]] and moderator on ''The View'' gradually, but it can be argued that the catalyst was ''TheodoreRex''. Before it we have ''TheColorPurple'', ''{{Ghost}}'', ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and ''SisterAct''. And after it? Not a whole lot.

[[caption-width:250:[[KevinCostner He]] probably wishes he had never taken [[Film/ThePostman this role]].]]

* Chris O'Donnell and Alicia Silverstone in ''BatmanAndRobin''.
** O'Donnell has recovered with NCIS: LA.

** Actually, Martin Brest retired from filmmaking due to the film's constant executive meddling.

* Pretty much ''everyone'' involved in the ''[[Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' movie with the sole exception of SteveMartin, who was so popular at the time even this stinker couldn't diminish his star. Same couldn't be said for George Burns or {{Aerosmith}} -- who both suffered a brief career downturn before returning to popularity in the mid-80's -- or Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees -- both of whose movie and music careers were destroyed.

[[caption-width:250:[[KevinCostner He]] probably wishes he had never taken [[Film/ThePostman this role]]]]

* Elizabeth Berkley in ''{{Showgirls}}''.
** The film pretty much [[CreatorKiller derailed the careers]] of director Paul Verhoeven and writer Joe Eszterhas as well.

* Cuba Gooding, Jr. in ''Boat Trip''... and ''Snow Dogs''... and ''Daddy Day Camp''... Really, his post Jerry Macguire output has been largely this.

** And before that ''Staying Alive'' killed it for quite a while before he got cast in ''PulpFiction''.
* Tom Green in ''FreddyGotFingered''.

* The winner (Kelly Clarkson) and runner-up (Justin Guarini) of the first season of ''AmericanIdol'' were forced to act in the tie-in movie ''From Justin To Kelly'', which was a legendary critical and popular bomb. Clarkson's talent and appeal helped her withstand that disaster as she went on to sell 10 million albums and become one of the biggest music stars of the 2000s, but Guarini's potential career was totally derailed, and he became the most notorious laughingstock in the show's Top 10 until Sanjaya Malakar.

* Cuba Gooding, Jr. in ''Boat Trip''.

** The film pretty much derailed the careers of director Paul Verhoeven and writer Joe Eszterhas as well.

* LindsayLohan in ''IKnowWhoKilledMe''. She had other flops beforehand, to be sure, but this was the one that sunk her career. Well, that and her out-of-control personal life.

* The godawful ''[[SoBadItsHorrible Fair Game]]'' brought William Baldwin's career to a screeching halt and pretty much killed the film career of Cindy Crawford before it could even get started.

* LindsayLohan in ''IKnowWhoKilledMe''. She had other flops beforehand, to be sure, but this was the one that rendered her career irredeemable. Well, that and her out-of-control personal life.

* LindsayLohan in ''IKnowWhoKilledMe''. She had other flops beforehand, to be sure, but this was the one that sunk her career(at least for now, that biopic film Inferno might be a comeback for her, if it ever gets made). Well, that and her out-of-control personal life.

* The godawful ''Fair Game'' brought William Baldwin's career to a screeching halt and pretty much killed the film career of Cindy Crawford before it even got started.

* LindsayLohan in ''IKnowWhoKilledMe''. She had other flops beforehand, to be sure, but this was the one that rendered her career irredeemable. Well, that and her out-of-control personal life.