| 1 | Some films are so bad or otherwise notorious that they take down the careers of multiple people involved. |
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| 3 | '''A Administrivia/{{No Recent Examples|please}} rule applies to this trope'''. Unless the star directly announces their retirement, examples shouldn't be added until '''five years''' after the relevant role. |
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| 8 | * ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag'' killed the careers of three actors. |
| 9 | ** Creator/JoePesci was pretty successful early in TheNineties after winning an MediaNotes/AcademyAward for ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'': following it with the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' sequels, the first two ''Film/HomeAlone'' films, ''Film/MyCousinVinny'', and ''Film/{{Casino}}''. Pesci's star power was then extinguished in 1997 when ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' bombed, followed by the equally disastrous ''Film/GoneFishin'' the same year. After ''Film/LethalWeapon4'' the next year, he retired from acting barring a few occasional gigs (notably, his Oscar-nominated role in ''Film/TheIrishman'', though coaxing him into coming out of retirement was reportedly a struggle, and he didn't even bother attending the ceremony). |
| 10 | ** Creator/AndyComeau was an up-and-coming actor before this film flopped. He worked sporadically on the screen in the following years afterwards, notably in season 4 of ''Series/{{House}}'' on a guest run. However, this was the only film where he played a lead role. |
| 11 | ** Creator/KristySwanson saw the damage to her career after ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}'' (see below) exacerbated further with this film's failure. Both flops combined facilitated her decline into smaller parts on screen, though she did land a small but pivotal role in the Creator/AdamSandler comedy ''Film/BigDaddy''. |
| 12 | * ''Film/AfterEarth'' did major damage to the careers and reputations of the father-son team at the center of it, Creator/WillSmith and Creator/JadenSmith. As did a number of high-profile failures Will was part of, although he has proven time and time again that he can rebound and generate either box office success or acclaim again, sort of averting (or at least zig-zagging) the trope. |
| 13 | ** Following the success of the ''[[Film/TheKarateKid2010 Karate Kid]]'' remake, Jaden was hyped as a child star in the making and a successor to his father, Will Smith. As a result, Will [[StageMom convinced]] director Creator/MNightShyamalan to have Jaden play the starring role in ''After Earth'', while he took the supporting role of the main character's father. This came a month after Shyamalan was trying to recover from the massive critical flop of ''Film/TheLastAirbender''; he was impressed by the script for ''After Earth'' and saw it as an opportunity to try to repair his failing career. However, the film was savaged by critics, with many specifically pointing to Jaden's performance as one of the bigger problems and alleging {{nepotism}} on the part of Will getting him the part. While the film was [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff a hit overseas]] (where Jaden's performance was dubbed over), it bombed in the US and turned Jaden into a laughingstock. A [[http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/jaden-and-willow-smith-exclusive-joint-interview/?_r=0 bizarre interview]] that he and his sister Willow did for ''V'' magazine in 2014 only made matters worse. Jaden had a recurring role in the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/TheGetDown'', which was cancelled after two seasons. |
| 14 | ** The film was the beginning of a rough patch for Will Smith, who was still a bankable A-lister until that point. ''After Earth'' was his first real flop in years, and worse, his performance was critically panned like Jaden's was. His next few films received mixed to negative reviews, but they were still fairly successful. He played Deadshot in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse film ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''. It made a nice profit despite being roundly rejected by critics while Smith's performance was one of the film's few lauded aspects. After suffering a slight stumble with the BoxOfficeBomb ''Film/CollateralBeauty'' and the critically panned Creator/{{Netflix}} exclusive ''Film/{{Bright}}'', Smith was cast as the Genie in Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Film/Aladdin2019''. While the casting choice initially raised some controversy, he proved he was able to live up to Creator/RobinWilliams' legendary performance with his unique take on the character. It made over $1 billion at the box office, surpassing ''Independence Day'' to become Smith's highest-grossing film. While his next release after ''Aladdin'', ''Film/GeminiMan'', tanked both critically and commercially, he quickly regained footing in early 2020 with ''Film/BadBoysForLife'', which became the highest-grossing entry in the franchise and the biggest January release of all time. Smith would seemingly restore his critical respectability with his role as Richard Williams in the 2021 biopic ''Film/KingRichard'', for which he won an Oscar. However, his shocking behavior during the awards ceremony, where he slugged Creator/ChrisRock onstage after the comedian made an insulting joke directed at Creator/JadaPinkettSmith, overshadowed the victory and led to his resignation from the Academy. Some of Smith's projects have been postponed following the incident, while he has been banned from attending the Oscars for ten years. His next film ''Emancipation'' was released in December 2022 to a mixed reception. |
| 15 | * The terrible reception ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' got with critics and moviegoers signified the end for both Creator/ChristianSlater and Creator/TaraReid as marquee names in films, reducing them to TV and DirectToVideo territory. While Slater found success on the small screen with ''Series/MrRobot'', Reid became fodder for paparazzi and reality TV mockery before appearing in the CultClassic ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'' franchise. Though not acclaimed for their quality, the films were popular for their {{Camp}} B-Movie nature and became a big hit on Creator/{{Syfy}}. |
| 16 | * While ''Film/AmericanPie'' made the teen actors involved with it into stars, most of them suffered from derailed careers as a result of box-office flops during the early-mid '00s, in what's sometimes been [[http://www.eonline.com/news/20608/cursed-castmembers-from-american-pie-our-top-9 called]] the "''American Pie'' curse". Creator/JasonBiggs and Creator/ChrisKlein were the hardest-hit (though Biggs did have a minor CareerResurrection in the early '10s with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''), though Creator/TaraReid, Creator/ThomasIanNicholas, Creator/MenaSuvari, Creator/ShannonElizabeth, Creator/AlysonHannigan, Creator/EddieKayeThomas, and Creator/SeannWilliamScott also suffered from it; more detail on their post-''Pie'' career woes can be found both within this page and under StarDerailingRole/FilmActors and StarDerailingRole/FilmActresses. |
| 17 | ** The ''Pie'' curse [[CreatorKiller extends to directors as well]]. Outside of the Weitz brothers, every director of the series has seen negative effects on their career. The second film's director didn't direct another film for eight years, the third film's director made one more film before disappearing, and the DirectToVideo installments had directors with already dead careers. |
| 18 | * ''Another You'' (1991) wrecked the film careers of its two stars, Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeneWilder. |
| 19 | ** Wilder was one of the most, if not ''the'' most, beloved comedic actors of all time from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, gaining prominence in ''Film/TheProducers'', ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', and ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''. However, his momentum soon lost steam when he appeared in the critical and commercial flop ''Haunted Honeymoon''. Wilder attempted to make a comeback with longtime comedy partner Creator/RichardPryor in the film ''Film/SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil'', but despite being a moderate success at the box office, it wasn't well-received. Finally, ''Another You'' was ravaged by critics and flopped at the box office. Wilder's only notable roles after this were two well received Cash Carter Mystery television films (which were derailed due to a GenreShift on the network that aired them, A&E), and guest starring on two episodes of ''Series/WillAndGrace''; shortly after this appearance, he retired. |
| 20 | ** In the late 1980s, Pryor found himself starring in ''Moving'' and the semi-autobiographical ''Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling'' (which he also directed), neither of which performed well commercially, the box-office disappointment ''Film/HarlemNights'' and the aforementioned ''Film/SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil''. ''Another You'' turned out to be Pryor's last leading role in a film; he later found success in supporting roles and music. |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheApple'' was the film debut of Creator/CatherineMaryStewart and was meant to seal her stardom, but its failure kept her from grabbing the popularity the filmmakers had anticipated. Although she later managed to get her career back on track with roles in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' and ''Film/WeekendAtBernies'', she never truly satisfied all the hype the film's promotional campaign built her up with. However, she still is well-regarded as a character actress in film and television. Creator/VladekSheybal, who played the film's villain, wasn't exactly a marquee name, but did accrue praise as a character actor throughout TheSixties and TheSeventies (with a notable role being in the Franchise/JamesBond movie ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''). Besides a minor role in ''Film/RedDawn1984'', he never appeared in a hit film after ''The Apple'' failed before his death in 1992. |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheAvengers1998'' – based on [[Series/TheAvengers1960s the TV show]], not [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the comics]] – took Creator/RalphFiennes down temporarily after initially becoming famous in TheNineties with ''Film/SchindlersList'' and ''Film/TheEnglishPatient''. Though he kept steadily working for the next few years, he didn't truly reclaim the eminent profile he had until starring in many films in 2005 like ''Film/TheConstantGardener'' and ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Creator/UmaThurman also saw her career decline after the infamous ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' (see below) accelerate with this dud before she was brought back from the brink with ''Film/KillBill''. Creator/SeanConnery was amid a slight resurgence beginning with his MediaNotes/AcademyAward-winning performance in ''Film/TheUntouchables'' before this flop. The mixed response for his next film ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'' didn't make matters better, although it was more popular than ''The Avengers'' thanks to the chemistry between him and leading lady Creator/CatherineZetaJones. He managed to redeem himself critically when ''Film/FindingForrester'' got positive reviews in 2000 but retired after ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' (see below). In the last years of his life, Connery wrote a memoir titled ''Being a Scot'' and accepted some voice-over roles including a RoleReprise as Film/JamesBond for the video game version of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''. |
| 23 | * ''Film/BabyGeniuses'' killed the careers of Creator/ChristopherLloyd, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/PeterMacNicol, and Creator/DomDeluise. After ''Baby Geniuses'', Lloyd has mostly done DirectToVideo and indie movies with limited release and TV work since then. Turner was already on a downslide after ''V.I. Warshawski'', and ''Geniuses'' did her career no favors. [=MacNicol=], while not an A-Lister, was getting a decent amount of supporting roles in big movies, but has done mostly TV and voice work since (most notably voicing the Mad Hatter in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''). [=DeLuise=], meanwhile, later went on to do supporting roles in films and television before dying of kidney failure in 2009. Creator/KimCattrall (thanks to ''Series/SexAndTheCity'') and Ruby Dee appear to be the only actors whose careers have survived the movie. |
| 24 | ** The sequel, ''Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2'', was the turning point in Creator/JonVoight's career (he played the lead villain). Before ''Superbabies'', Voight was an Oscar-winning actor who was in successful movies such as ''Film/ComingHome'', ''Film/MidnightCowboy'', and ''Film/{{Deliverance}}''. After ''Superbabies'' and ''Film/{{Bratz}}'' bombed at the box office, he's mostly stuck to independent movies, TV shows, and Direct-to-DVD ''Baby Geniuses'' sequels, as well as being associated with the career of his daughter Creator/AngelinaJolie. His highest-profile works since then are as Mickey Donovan, Ray's politically incorrect gangster dad in ''Series/RayDonovan'' (for which he won a Golden Globe), and as Senator Henry Shaw for the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' spinoff ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem''. |
| 25 | * ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is blamed for the decline of several of its lead actors. Only Creator/GeorgeClooney came out comparatively unscathed. |
| 26 | ** Creator/GeorgeClooney himself considers the film the low point of his career to this day and treats it as a cautionary tale on not taking a role only for the money. Luckily he would rebound with several major box office hits including ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' and ''Film/OceansEleven'' that established his stardom in film. |
| 27 | ** Creator/ChrisODonnell's (Robin) case is a subversion, in that he said he had steady work offers, including work on major TV series (such as co-starring in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' alongside Music/LLCoolJ), since ''Batman & Robin'', but took some time off around the early '00s to raise his children. He also had the lead role in 2000's ''Film/VerticalLimit'', which, despite garnering mixed reception from critics, grossed over $200 million worldwide in what was otherwise a terrible year for Creator/ColumbiaPictures. |
| 28 | ** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's (Mr. Freeze) drawing power was already in decline by this point, thanks to the disappointing returns of ''Film/LastActionHero'' and ''Film/{{Eraser}}''. However, ''Batman & Robin'' pretty much finished him off as a bankable star, and his career went FromBadToWorse afterwards thanks to critically-reviled bombs like ''Film/TheSixthDay'' and ''Film/CollateralDamage'', culminating in his 'last hurrah' with ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' and his retirement from acting in order to run for Governor of UsefulNotes/{{California}}. He returned to acting when he left office, and while the first two ''[[Film/TheExpendables Expendables]]'' films were successful, ''Film/TheLastStand'' and ''Film/Sabotage2014'', his first lead roles in a decade, both came and went without a trace. ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', his return to the franchise that made him a star, finished off his abortive comeback; it met a scathing reception in the US and bombed domestically while [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff making a ton of money overseas]] (it was the first ''Terminator'' not to break $100 million domestically, but the second highest-grossing globally, led by big numbers in China), enough to provoke a reboot with Schwarzenegger returning alongside Creator/LindaHamilton and Creator/JamesCameron being brought back. Unfortunately, the resulting film, ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', ended up being an even bigger financial flop than ''Genisys'' (resulting in a loss of up to $130 million for Creator/ParamountPictures) despite receiving decent reviews. |
| 29 | ** Creator/AliciaSilverstone (Batgirl) had this and ''Excess Baggage'', which came out the same year as ''Batman & Robin'' and was part of a major production deal that Silverstone had with Creator/ColumbiaPictures. She tried bouncing back with ''Film/BlastFromThePast'', but it still bombed at the box office despite receiving better reviews than both ''Batman & Robin'' or ''Excess Baggage''. After that movie, Silverstone never headlined a major Hollywood film again and is now considered a OneHitWonder for ''Film/{{Clueless}}''. Still, she has kept finding work in Hollywood: she most notably played the main protagonist's mother in the revival of ''Series/TheBabySittersClub2020''. |
| 30 | ** Creator/UmaThurman (Poison Ivy) saw her star fall for years, with an assist from ''Film/TheAvengers1998''[[note]]based on the [[Series/TheAvengers1960s '60s British spy show]], not [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the comic book]][[/note]], until Creator/QuentinTarantino pulled one of his trademark {{Career Resurrection}}s with ''Film/KillBill''. Her second wind faded quickly, however, after ''Motherhood'' in 2009, one of the biggest {{Box Office Bomb}}s in history ($726,534 box office proceeds against a $10 million budget) and easily the biggest flop of Thurman's career. It was particularly notable for its British release, where it's the second-biggest flop of all time. It was shown in only one UK cinema and took £88 on its opening weekend. On its opening night it took £9. That's '''one ticket'''. Thurman's career has since been limited to television and independent films with only a handful of major roles. It also didn't help that (as revealed years later) she suffered permanent damage to her neck and knees in a car stunt for ''Kill Bill'', which prevented her from taking any similar action roles. |
| 31 | * ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' was notoriously received so terribly in 2000, it severely damaged the careers of many actors who starred in it. |
| 32 | ** Creator/JohnTravolta had actually derailed his career once back in TheEighties when the ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' sequel ''Staying Alive'' was torn to shreds by critics, with his screen prospects being unsteady for several years before clinching a CareerResurrection by starring in ''Film/PulpFiction''. Travolta had good luck for the rest of TheNineties with numerous successes including ''Film/GetShorty'' and ''Film/FaceOff''. Unfortunately, ''Battlefield Earth'', based off [[Literature/BattlefieldEarth the novel of the same name]] by Scientology founder Creator/LRonHubbard, soon killed all the goodwill Travolta had accumulated. It was a long-gestating passion project for Travolta, being a devout Scientologist who highly regarded Hubbard. Initially planned as the first of a two-part adaptation of the novel, its negative reception instead killed Travolta's hopes for a sequel. Since ''Battlefield Earth'', the majority of his films have been DirectToVideo. |
| 33 | ** Creator/BarryPepper, although not a major star like Travolta was, had built up a decent resume with minor roles in hit films such as ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'', and ''Film/TheGreenMile''. ''Battlefield Earth'' was intended to be the movie that would truly certify him as a star to watch, only for its failure to push him back to the periphery. He regained favor on film with roles in critical darlings like ''Film/TwentyFifthHour'', ''Film/TheThreeBurialsOfMelquiadesEstrada'', ''Film/FlagsOfOurFathers'', and ''Film/TrueGrit'' (which was also a financial success), but they were often barely profitable. However, he did have a stroke of luck on television after he won an MediaNotes/EmmyAward for ''Series/TheKennedys''. |
| 34 | ** Creator/KellyPreston, Travolta's wife, had a solid career throughout the '80s and '90s before starring in this film alongside her husband. Her next major role after ''Battlefield Earth'' failed badly was as the children's mother in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' starring Creator/MikeMyers, which was also poorly received. None of her films released during the rest of her lifetime garnered any major praise before dying of breast cancer in 2020, although ''Film/SkyHigh'' has since become a CultClassic. |
| 35 | ** Creator/ForestWhitaker suffered from this disaster the least, having built up esteem with such roles as Music/CharlieParker in ''Bird'' and the title character in ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai''. After ''Battlefield Earth'', he was relegated to the sidelines for the next six years before achieving a CareerResurrection in 2006 with his critically praised performance as UsefulNotes/IdiAmin in ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland''. |
| 36 | * ''Film/TheBeauticianAndTheBeast'' brought down both Creator/FranDrescher and Creator/TimothyDalton, who played the title duo. Drescher, already famous on television for ''Series/TheNanny'', tried branching out into the movies with this film, only for its abysmal critical and financial reception to put an end to those hopes. After that movie tanked, she returned to her more reliable venture on TV. Her next theatrical role was ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' in 2012 as the voice of a supporting character. Dalton, meanwhile, was trying to forge a decent career after his tenure as Franchise/JamesBond, [[Film/TheRocketeer with mixed results]]. After this film bombed, he didn't star in a hit for ten years until ''Film/HotFuzz''. |
| 37 | * ''[[Film/BigMommasHouse Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son]]'' killed the careers of Creator/MartinLawrence and Brandon T. Jackson. |
| 38 | ** Beforehand, Lawrence was a huge movie star, appearing in movies that rarely got good reviews but did well at the box office. After ''Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son'' failed, he stopped acting for three years before appearing in the quickly cancelled series ''Partners''. However, like Creator/WillSmith (see above), he had a decent hit with ''Film/BadBoysForLife'', but only time will tell if that's signaling a CareerResurrection. |
| 39 | ** Brandon T. Jackson looked like a star on the rise with a memorable role as Alpa Chino in ''Film/TropicThunder''. Following forgettable roles in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheLightningThief'' and ''Lottery Ticket'', the death knell for his career came when he played second fiddle to Martin Lawrence's drag shtick. He hasn't done anything noteworthy since that film tanked. |
| 40 | * ''Film/BioDome'' destroyed the film careers of both of its stars, Creator/PaulyShore and Creator/StephenBaldwin. Shore, the son of The Comedy Store co-founders Mitzi and Sammy Shore, was a former Creator/{{MTV}} VJ who had parlayed his fandom from there to become a minor comedy star in the early-mid '90s, while Baldwin was an up-and-coming actor with roles in films such as ''Last Exit To Brooklyn'', ''Threesome'', ''8 Seconds'', and ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' who was looking to become a successful sibling act to his brother Creator/{{Alec|Baldwin}}. Then they both starred in this comedy, which opened in 1996 to a critical mauling and a like-minded audience response. Shore's film and television career rapidly declined and to this day, he maintains a steady stand-up comedy career. As for Baldwin, he's been forced to make a living doing DirectToVideo films, and (having since become a born-again Christian) he feels that the failure of ''Bio-Dome'' and the resultant career damage was [[TheScourgeOfGod God punishing him for his sinful ways]] (though that hasn't stopped him from talking about a sequel). |
| 41 | * ''Film/BodyOfEvidence'' did severe damage to both its leads' careers, although they luckily were able to reclaim or retain their stature in one form or another. |
| 42 | ** Creator/WillemDafoe had a respectable filmography before this film, with particular praise for his [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]-nominated performance in Creator/OliverStone's ''Film/{{Platoon}}'' and portraying UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} in Creator/MartinScorsese's controversial yet critically acclaimed ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist''. After co-starring with Music/{{Madonna}} in this horrible 1993 [[SarcasmMode erotic thriller]], Dafoe practically vanished for the next couple of years. He popped up sporadically in lesser supporting roles before experiencing a CareerResurrection with another Oscar-nominated performance in ''Film/ShadowOfTheVampire'', then as the Green Goblin in Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/SpiderMan1''. |
| 43 | ** Music/{{Madonna}} had a few of these throughout her acting career, at least once per decade. ''Body of Evidence'' snuffed her '90s film career after she recovered some credibility on film with the successes of ''Film/DickTracy'' and ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn''. She made another small comeback after ''Film/{{Evita}}'' became a hit, only for her film career to die for good when ''Film/SweptAway'' (see below) bombed big time. At least she still had her music. |
| 44 | * Although Creator/ChloeSevigny hasn't been [[{{Pun}} hard up]] in obtaining TV and movie roles ever since ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' (in which she performed unsimulated fellatio), she has now successfully [[DoubleEntendre blown off]] any mainstream cinematic success in the process. Vincent Gallo's career also went limp following its failure, which was worsened by his hostility towards critics (most notoriously getting caught into a vicious war of words with Creator/RogerEbert). |
| 45 | * Apart from killing the cinematic and musical careers of [[Music/VillagePeople its alleged stars]], ''Film/CantStopTheMusic'' also ruined the movie careers of most of the stars, particularly Valerie Perrine and Caitlin Jenner, both of whom earned nominations at the first MediaNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s. |
| 46 | * ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'' not only brought Creator/TimAllen's film career to the brink of ruin in 2004 before ''Zoom'' and ''The Shaggy Dog'' (see below) finished the job two years later, but also led Creator/JamieLeeCurtis to take a four-year acting hiatus. When she returned to the screen, it was in films that were critically panned and/or financially bombed such as ''Film/BeverlyHillsChihuahua'' and ''Film/YouAgain''. Curtis worked primarily in independent films and television shows for several years after ''You Again'', before achieving a proper CareerResurrection upon reprising her iconic role of Laurie Strode in the sequel/reboot of ''Film/Halloween2018''. Five years later, she won an Academy Award for her role in ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce''. |
| 47 | * ''Film/{{Clifford}}'' killed the careers of both Creator/CharlesGrodin and Creator/MartinShort. |
| 48 | ** Grodin, a popular comedic actor from TheSeventies to TheNineties, was in hits like ''Film/TheHeartbreakKid1972'', ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978'', and ''Film/MidnightRun''. After ''Clifford'', he didn't act in another movie for twelve years and became a political commentator/talk show host on CNBC instead. Grodin resumed acting in the mid-2000s popping up in numerous supporting roles, before retiring in 2017 and dying in 2021. |
| 49 | ** Short, meanwhile, first became famous as an icon of sketch comedy through his work on ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' (joining near the fourth season's end and remaining on it until it finished its run in 1984) and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (jumping on board right after ''SCTV'' was done and bringing over a few roles from there to his new show). He left ''SNL'' after one season (despite his presence being praised as a highlight during one of the show's more divisive times) to pursue a career in film, and had some success starring alongside his close friend Creator/SteveMartin in ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' and ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991''. Unfortunately, ''Clifford'' became the first of several big flops for Short: ''Film/MarsAttacks'', ''Film/Jungle2Jungle'', and ''Film/ASimpleWish'' followed soon afterwards. Although he'd later find success in the theater (most notably with his [[MediaNotes/TonyAwardWinners Tony]]-winning role in ''Theatre/TheProducers''), Short's screen career remained active only through voice-over roles on film (with an occasional live-action role like ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'' here and there) and returning to host (or make surprise appearances) on ''SNL''. Like frequent collaborator Steve Martin, Short experienced a resurgence starring alongside Creator/SelenaGomez in ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding''. |
| 50 | * ''Film/CopOut'' more or less killed the careers of Creator/SeannWilliamScott and Creator/TracyMorgan. Creator/BruceWillis was able to stave off any damage this flop caused with supporting roles in ''Film/MoonriseKingdom'' and ''Film/{{Looper}}'', only to have his career to be killed off soon after (see StarDerailingRole/FilmActors for more details on his fall). |
| 51 | ** Scott has only done independent films and sequels to ''Film/AmericanPie'' and ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' before eventually returning to television in 2018, replacing Clayne Crawford in the TV adaptation of ''Series/LethalWeapon''. However, it was cancelled only one season into Scott's tenure on the show. |
| 52 | ** Morgan has only had the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' movies or ''Series/ThirtyRock'' since. His controversial comments about how he would [[BuryYourGays kill his son if he found out he was gay]] probably didn't help his career either. Morgan's car accident made the public see him in a more favorable light, but it's unlikely that the goodwill he's received following it will translate into a CareerResurrection film-wise any time soon. He has since appeared in a starring role on ''The Last OG'' to critical acclaim. |
| 53 | * The failure of ''Film/TheCrew2000'' eroded the careers of its geriatric leads. |
| 54 | ** Creator/BurtReynolds was once of the biggest movie stars in the world, becoming famous as an icon of masculinity and a hunky sex symbol in TheSeventies. While he sporadically starred in an occasional dud like ''Film/StrokerAce'' (which killed the career of his co-star Creator/LoniAnderson) or ''Film/CopAndAHalf'', they never kept him down for long as his career prospered in the next decades. Reynolds was coming off of a career high after his MediaNotes/AcademyAward-nominated supporting performance in ''Film/BoogieNights'' when he appeared in ''The Crew'', but it subsequently became the last film where he played a leading role. His theatrical releases afterwards (''Film/{{Driven}}'', ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzard'', ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing: A Dungeon Siege Tale'', etc.) were mostly reviled, with the bulk of his input until his death in 2018 being DirectToVideo trash. |
| 55 | ** Creator/SeymourCassel started out acting for independent filmmaker Creator/JohnCassavetes, becoming a frequent collaborator in his films (notably getting an Oscar nomination for his role in ''Film/{{Faces}}''). He gradually carved a niche as a supporting actor, but his efforts at headlining a film like this one flopped. Cassel didn't headline another movie before his death in 2019, but did become an early collaborator of director Creator/WesAnderson: appearing in his films ''Film/{{Rushmore}}'', ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums'', and ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''. |
| 56 | ** Creator/RichardDreyfuss appeared in many classics (''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', etc.) ever since his acting career also started in the '70s, later winning an Oscar for ''Film/TheGoodbyeGirl'' and getting another nomination for ''Film/MrHollandsOpus''. Dreyfuss didn't star in another blockbuster for six years after ''The Crew'', and the failure of that blockbuster – ''Film/{{Poseidon}}'' – sunk his credibility even further. |
| 57 | ** Creator/DanHedaya got off rather easily, as he remained a successful character actor before and after the fact. |
| 58 | * ''Film/CutthroatIsland'' not only was a studio-destroying disaster, it negatively affected the careers of its two stars, Creator/GeenaDavis and Creator/MatthewModine. |
| 59 | ** Davis achieved her breakthrough in the '80s, winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in ''Film/TheAccidentalTourist'', then followed it up with her iconic turn (and Oscar-nominated role) in ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''. Her star began to fade a few years later with ''Angie'' and ''Speechless''. ''Cutthroat Island'' was supposed to be a vehicle by her then-husband Creator/RennyHarlin to reinvent Davis as an action star, but it ended up being the final straw for her A-List career after the film ended up being one of the biggest box office disasters in history. It didn't help matters that Davis immediately regretted accepting the part when it became apparent that it was doomed to fail and tried to back out, only to remain on the project due to contractual obligations. After this film, Davis and Harlin collaborated again on ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight'', which fared better commercially but still lost money, and on top of that, the two divorced a few years later. Davis then retreated to television, with the occasional supporting role in a feature film like ''Theatre/MarjoriePrime'' or ''Ava''. |
| 60 | ** Modine hoped that this would be his breakthrough role as the male lead, originally written for Creator/MichaelDouglas. He retreated into television since ''Cutthroat Island'' tanked; like Davis, film parts were limited to supporting roles. However, he received major attention for the first time in ages for his role on ''Series/StrangerThings''. |
| 61 | * ''Film/DeadHeat'' derailed the careers of Creator/JoePiscopo and Creator/TreatWilliams. Piscopo was a former cast member of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' who held his own during that show's AudienceAlienatingEra in the early '80s, getting offered roles in films such as ''Film/JohnnyDangerously'' and ''Film/WiseGuys'' that weren't successful. ''Dead Heat'' was the final nail in the coffin for Piscopo's possible leading man career, subsequently reducing him to supporting roles in cheap kids' movies like ''Film/{{Sidekicks}}'' in TheNineties. He has since gravitated to becoming a right-wing pundit on New York talk radio who has dipped his toes into politics himself. Williams got an initial start with ''Film/{{Hair}}'' and ''[[Film/NineteenFortyOne1979 1941]]'' in 1979 before he built himself up in TheEighties. His hype soon evaporated after ''Dead Heat'' bombed, with attempts to regain it like ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}'' (see below) not doing so great. |
| 62 | * ''Film/DeckTheHalls'' blemished most of its adult cast's careers in 2006 after becoming a massive flop during the Christmas holiday season. |
| 63 | ** Creator/MatthewBroderick was a major {{teen idol}} back in TheEighties with ''Film/WarGames'' and ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', before being taken more seriously as an actor after starring in the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] epic ''Film/{{Glory}}''. He had a thriving career for the next few decades, which was strong enough to survive many bad films like ''Film/Godzilla1998'' and ''Film/InspectorGadget1999''. However, ''Deck the Halls'' was the last film where he played the leading role. Broderick's screen career has mostly receded into supporting parts afterwards, and he since has focused on stage work to better success. |
| 64 | ** Creator/DannyDeVito was in several duds in the 2000s after an impressive run of success in the past decades, but this film was the worst-received of them all. Fortunately, that same year he began starring as Frank Reynolds on the comedy series ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. While his film career remains wobbly, he remains a big star on TV. |
| 65 | ** Creator/KristinChenoweth was already a big icon of the theatre (having won a Tony Award) when she moved to find success on the screen, which began decently on ''Series/TheWestWing''. However, the combined failures of ''Deck the Halls'', ''{{Film/The Pink Panther|2006}}'', and ''Film/{{RV}}'', which got her a joint Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actress, didn't do her potential on film any favors. Although that ship has sailed, she remains a Broadway star and maintains a good television career (with ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (which won her an MediaNotes/EmmyAward), ''Series/{{Glee}}'', ''Film/{{Descendants}}'', ''Series/{{Schmigadoon}}'', etc.). |
| 66 | ** Creator/KristinDavis struggled to find her footing after ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' wrapped up in 2004, beginning with a small part in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''. ''Deck the Halls'' and ''The Shaggy Dog'' (see below) bombing in the same year mostly killed her career. Her most prolific acting work since has been reprising her role as Charlotte in the ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' films, then later in the SequelSeries ''Series/AndJustLikeThat'' |
| 67 | * ''Film/DirtyLove'' [[{{Pun}} dirtied]] the careers of most of its cast after the film became a notorious BoxOfficeBomb (budgeted at $9 million, grossed only '''$36,099''' – [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, that's right]] – during its theatrical run) and universally skewered by viewers, eventually winning four [[MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie Awards]] including Worst Picture of 2005. |
| 68 | ** Creator/CarmenElectra was already recognized as MsFanservice in comedies like ''Film/ScaryMovie'' and ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'' before this flop. Afterwards, she was in Seltzer and Friedberg's movies in various roles. All four of their movies that she starred in apparently snuffed her hype for she's mostly done direct-to-DVD movies and reality TV work since. |
| 69 | ** Kam Heskin also lost the minimal amount of recognition she had after her starring role on the soap opera ''Series/SunsetBeach''. After appearing in DirectToVideo sequels to ''Film/ThePrinceAndMe'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/JuliaStiles), she hasn't had a role in anything since 2010. |
| 70 | ** Any chances of Creator/JennyMcCarthy becoming a movie star was dead in the water after this monumental flop. Her media appearances since have comprised of [[MadeForTVMovie Made-For-TV Movies]], RealityTV, and appearances on programs like ''Series/TheView'' (as a co-host) or ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' (as a judge). She recently became infamous for her controversial view on vaccines, becoming a notable anti-vax face. |
| 71 | ** Creator/EddieKayeThomas had his career put deeper into the ground with this flop after it was previously battered by ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' (see below). His career afterwards has been kept on life support via ''Film/AmericanPie'' sequels, along with a supporting role in the ''[[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle Harold and Kumar]]'' films. He only rebounded with the Creator/{{CBS}} series ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'' ([[DamnedByFaintPraise though that isn't saying much]], [[SoBadItsGood considering that show's reception]]). |
| 72 | ** Creator/VictorWebster co-starred on ''Sunset Beach'' alongside Heskin, before further moving into TV with roles on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' and ''Series/MutantX''. After this massive bomb, his career has remained stuck in a [[SugarWiki/AHallmarkPresentation Hallmark]] MadeForTVMovie limbo. |
| 73 | * ''Film/DOADeadOrAlive'' left most of its leading ladies' careers dead in the water. |
| 74 | ** Supermodel Devon Aoki previously appeared as Miho in ''Film/SinCity'', with her screen career sinking in 2006 when this film and ''Zoom'' (see below) tanked. She only appeared in three films afterwards before retiring in 2009 to focus on motherhood, with her appearances limited to documentary and music video appearances. |
| 75 | ** Creator/SarahCarter stuck to TV after ''DOA'', notably with roles in ''Series/{{Shark}}'', ''Series/FallingSkies'', and ''Series/TheFlash2014''. |
| 76 | ** Natassia Malthe's biggest role before this film was in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography after ''DOA'' comprising DirectToVideo or television films. |
| 77 | ** Creator/JaimePressly suffered from this flop the least, having already had a starring television role as Joy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and finding more success there as Jill on ''Series/{{Mom}}''. Her film career has withered as well, however. |
| 78 | ** Holly Valance had already established herself in her native Australia in the soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' before attempting to establish herself internationally with her role in ''DOA''. Valance's screen career was intermittent afterwards as well; she hasn't starred in any screen projects since 2015. |
| 79 | * Creator/SeanYoung, Creator/TimDaly, and Creator/LysetteAnthony, in 1995, saw their careers flounder after ''Film/DrJekyllAndMsHyde''. Young already endured many flops by the beginning of the decade, but this film bombing was the final straw. Along with a string of accusations of stalking actor Creator/JamesWoods and her spectacular failure to nab the part of ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', she soon attained a reputation as being difficult to work with in Hollywood. Young later dealt with alcoholism and appeared on reality TV shows afterwards. Daly was already known on TV for ''Series/{{Wings}}'' when he starred in this movie. While this film flopping didn't do his big screen hopes any favors, he maintained a good small screen career after ''Wings'' with roles in ''Series/PrivatePractice'' and ''Series/MadamSecretary''. Anthony was trying to reclaim her screen career after ''Krull'' (see below) with abysmal results, like the terribly received sequel ''Look Who's Talking Now''. This flop, combined with the equally maligned ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'' released the same year, put an end to those efforts. Anthony mainly stars nowadays in British {{soap opera}}s like ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}''. |
| 80 | * The careers of Creator/MelissaJoanHart and Creator/AdrianGrenier as movie stars started and died when ''Film/DriveMeCrazy'' got a generally negative reception. Their largest film roles since then have been in ''Film/GodsNotDead2'' for Hart (which wasn't well received beyond its target Christian demographic), and ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'' for Grenier (whose performance as the main character's boyfriend was one of the more maligned). Luckily, their TV work remained strong with [[Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll three]] [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch hit]] [[Series/MelissaAndJoey shows]] for Hart while Grenier had ''Series/{{Entourage}}''. Grenier later tried reviving his film career by appearing in the ''Film/{{Entourage}}'' movie, but it went nowhere after that flopped. |
| 81 | * ''Film/DropDeadFred'' killed the careers of Creator/PhoebeCates and Creator/RikMayall. |
| 82 | ** Cates, an '80s sex symbol, only did two more films before retiring from acting to focus on raising her kids. She briefly came out of retirement in 2001 to take a supporting role in ''The Anniversary Party'' as a personal favor to its director, her ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh'' co-star Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh. |
| 83 | ** Mayall, who was a star in the United Kingdom and had a cult following in the United States stemming from his work on ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', intended for this film to be his breakout Hollywood role. After this and ''Film/CarryOnColumbus'', however, he went straight back to television. ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso'' was also a flop, and Rik and Creator/AdrianEdmondson never appeared in any other films[[note]]Mayall's cameo as Peeves in the first ''Harry Potter'' film was cut but Edmondson appeared in a small role in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.[[/note]] (they continued to find steady work in television, although separately rather than together after {{Series/Bottom}} finished). |
| 84 | * The failure of ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'' wrecked most of its younger stars' careers. |
| 85 | ** Creator/ThoraBirch became famous during TheNineties as a child actress with ''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/HocusPocus'', and ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''. ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' seemingly marked her transition into a successful adult actress, only for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' to snuff that chance at once. On top of this, [[StageMom her father]], Jack, also contributed to her career's decline as he cost her roles with his on-set meddling, yet she refused to dismiss him. After the ''D&D'' film flopped, she starred in ''Film/GhostWorld'' and ''Film/TheHole''. The former was praised by critics and became a CultClassic, but audiences stayed away. The latter saw theatrical release in the UK but went straight to DVD in the US and garnered mixed reviews. Neither earned more than $10 million globally. She has since found a new manager (they are now married) but her acting career has stagnated, while her most significant work since was a recurring role on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. |
| 86 | ** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended were near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019. Not helping matters was the legal battle she got embroiled in with her ex-husband regarding custody of their son, a scandal which further developed after her ex was arrested on alleged charges of child abuse. As of July 2021, [=McLellan=] is currently wanted for kidnapping and has virtually vanished from the public eye. |
| 87 | ** Creator/JustinWhalin was best known at the time for [[TimeShiftedActor replacing]] original actor Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay in ''Film/ChildsPlay3'' and his supporting role as Jimmy Olsen in ''Series/LoisAndClark''. After ''D&D'' tanked, he starred in films that never saw a general release or otherwise went DirectToVideo before he retired in 2009. Since then, he has become a social studies/drama teacher at a Los Angeles prep school. |
| 88 | ** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' with his brother Shawn. Most of his releases afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) were also skewered too. |
| 89 | * The 2014 remake of ''Literature/EndlessLove'' killed the careers of Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde. They were promising young talents who, admittedly, were in movies with so-so box office and critical performances. But ''Endless Love'' was the last straw, as neither starred in a mainstream film afterwards. Pettyfer has stuck to independent films and Wilde mostly stuck to TV, although she did have a bit part in ''Film/WonderWoman1984''. |
| 90 | * The outright failure of ''Film/FairGame1995'' brought Creator/WilliamBaldwin down during TheNineties (after his reputation was dented two years before by ''Film/{{Sliver}}''), with none of his roles since matching the success he had earlier in his career. ''Fair Game'' was also intended to establish Creator/CindyCrawford as a movie star after she became famous for modeling, only to kill that potential career before it could even start. |
| 91 | * The colossal disaster of ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' wrecked the careers of most of its young up-and-coming stars, with only Creator/MichaelBJordan avoiding lasting damage after he rebounded spectacularly with ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'' a few months later (and then three years later with his role in ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''). |
| 92 | ** Creator/MilesTeller saw the hype he gained with the [[Film/{{Divergent}} first]] [[Film/TheDivergentSeriesInsurgent two]] profitable ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' films combined with the lauded ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' and ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' evaporate overnight when this film tanked. His follow-up films either underperformed (''Film/TheDivergentSeriesAllegiant'', ''Film/WarDogs'', ''Get a Job'') or outright tanked (''Bleed for This'', ''Film/OnlyTheBrave'', ''Thank You For Your Service'')[[note]]although on the bright side, all three of these films ''were'' [[AcclaimedFlop acclaimed]][[/note]]. [[https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/interviews/a36894/miles-teller-interview-0915/ A cover interview]] he did for ''Esquire'' magazine further hurt his prospects, since it portrayed him in an unflattering light. [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Harsh-Reason-Whiplash-Director-Fired-Miles-Teller-From-His-Next-Movie-75767.html?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_640576 The abysmal performance of this film]] is what allegedly got Teller dropped from ''Film/LaLaLand'', which would have reunited him with ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' director Creator/DamienChazelle (however, that might be untrue as production for ''La La Land'' started filming at the same time as this film's release, while Teller himself claimed he withdrew from the film due to his commitments in ''Allegiant'' and ''Bleed for This''). After ''Thank You For Your Service'' was released in late 2017, Teller didn't appear in a film for five years; in fact, he didn't appear in any screen project ''at all'' besides the 2019 crime drama miniseries ''Too Old to Die Young'' created by Creator/NicolasWindingRefn. While his first project of 2022 (''The Offer'') received a mixed reception, he co-starred opposite Creator/TomCruise in ''Film/TopGunMaverick''. Although the sequel was a massive hit, it was still mainly considered Cruise's show. |
| 93 | ** Creator/TobyKebbell had intermittently popped up in projects in his native Britain when he gained greater exposure with the widely acclaimed ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode ''[[Recap/BlackMirrorTheEntireHistoryOfYou The Entire History of You]]'', along with his performance as the main antagonist in ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. He claimed offers dried up after this film's release, while all four films he starred in the next year underperformed to varying degrees. ''Film/WarCraft2016'' was a BoxOfficeBomb [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff that did well enough overseas to make up for a poor stateside performance]], while ''Film/AMonsterCalls'' was an AcclaimedFlop. ''Film/BenHur2016'' and ''Gold'', however, were box office bombs without even positive reviews or good overseas returns to compensate for their failure. At the very least, he had success with supporting roles in the SleeperHit ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' and reprising his role in ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes''. His biggest leading role since was in the Creator/MNightShyamalan-produced streaming series ''Series/{{Servant}}''. |
| 94 | ** Creator/KateMara had a rough start to her career when she starred in ''[[Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes Zoom]]'' (see below), but remained steady with supporting roles in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'', ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'', and particularly her MediaNotes/EmmyAward-nominated performance in ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS''. While this film failed, she recovered slightly with ''Film/TheMartian'' and a return appearance to ''Cards''. Her critical esteem healed further with praised work in ''Megan Leavey'', ''Series/{{Pose}}'', and ''Series/ATeacher2020'', but ''Fantastic Four'' was the last big-budget blockbuster she headlined. |
| 95 | ** Creator/JamieBell appeared throughout the years [[Film/KingKong2005 in]] [[Film/FlagsOfOurFathers many]] [[Film/JaneEyre2011 well-received]] [[Film/{{Snowpiercer}} films]], with his biggest success coming from playing the title role in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011''. His next role after ''Fantastic Four'' bombed was two years later starring opposite Creator/AnnetteBening in ''Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool'', which became an AcclaimedFlop. He also starred in the AMC period drama ''Series/{{Turn}}'' for all four seasons, and appeared as Bernie Taupin in the Music/EltonJohn biopic ''Film/Rocketman2019''. |
| 96 | * ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'' (which was widely hated by viewers, made $14 million on a $14 million budget, and won five [[MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie Awards]] including Worst Picture of 2001) pretty much killed the career of Creator/TomGreen, [[CreatorKiller who wrote, directed, and starred in it]]. Creator/EddieKayeThomas would also find his prospects reduced by this film's failure, along with that of ''Film/DirtyLove'' (see above). Creator/JulieHagerty, who played the main character's mother, saw her career whittle down to bit parts on film and TV after she got nominated for a Razzie too. Her most prolific work since then was as the mother of Creator/ScarlettJohansson's character in ''Film/MarriageStory''. |
| 97 | * The winner (Music/KellyClarkson) and runner-up (Justin Guarini) of the first season of ''Series/AmericanIdol'' were forced to act in the tie-in movie ''Film/FromJustinToKelly'', which was an infamous critical and popular bomb. Kelly's talent and appeal helped her survive that disaster, as she went on to sell 25 million albums globally and become one of the biggest music stars of the 2000s (though, without question, it's a major OldShame for her), but Guarini's potential career was totally derailed, and he became the most notorious laughingstock in the show's Top 10 until Sanjaya Malakar. The only ''actor'' whose career escaped from the shadow of this dud was Creator/AnikaNoniRose, who won a Tony Award shortly after this film was released. Rose has since starred in ''Film/{{Dreamgirls}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', and ''Series/{{Maid}}''. |
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| 101 | * While ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' brought Creator/RyanReynolds and Creator/BlakeLively together leading to RomanceOnTheSet (and eventually, marriage and kids), it really did a number on both of them career-wise. |
| 102 | ** Reynolds, who started his career with the TV series ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', transitioned into film by portraying the titular ''Film/VanWilder'', which became a popular box office hit despite negative reviews from critics. Though the bulk of his following films (''Film/BladeTrinity'', ''Film/TheAmityvilleHorror2005'', ''Film/JustFriends'', ''Film/SmokinAces'', ''Film/TheProposal'', etc.) also got a mixed critical reception, their stellar performance at the box office and popularity with audiences made Reynolds a superstar. It also made his more critically appreciated work like ''Film/{{Buried}}'' further stand out, while his turn as Wade Wilson in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' before that film's final act was praised as a possibly good rendition killed by bad writing. However, studios' faith in Reynolds faltered when ''Green Lantern'' failed big time. After ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}}'' bombed upon release on the same weekend in 2013, many folks spent some years convinced Reynolds shouldn't headline any major films. Luckily, performing a more comic-accurate Wade Wilson/ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} for a couple of CGI tests won fan acclaim and heavy attention. This eventually resulted in him starring in an actual ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' film, which broke many box office records upon release in February 2016. Among the records ''Deadpool'' blew away included the largest opening weekends in [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]]'s history as well as for an R-rated film. |
| 103 | ** Lively's debut role was in ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' (which she eventually reprised for its sequel) before she truly became a household name with ''Series/GossipGirl''. Though ''Film/TheTown'' seemed to mark her shift from another TeenIdol to a serious actress, the failure of ''Green Lantern'' temporarily short-circuited her potential and put her career at deep risk. When Lively's films [[Film/{{Hick}} follow]][[Film/{{Savages}} ing]] ''Green Lantern'' underperformed too, she took a hiatus in 2012 to focus on making a lifestyle brand called Preserve. She resumed acting after Preserve folded within a year and soon enjoyed a comeback: with ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline'', ''Film/TheShallows'', and ''Film/ASimpleFavor''. Then in early 2020, she headlined ''The Rhythm Section'', which got a tepid reception and became a ''massive'' BoxOfficeBomb that only raked up $6 million on a budget of around $50 million. It ended up pulling out of nearly 3,000 theaters by its third weekend, although UsefulNotes/COVID19 definitely played a part as well. |
| 104 | * ''Film/GulliversTravels2010'' not only battered Jack Black's career further after the failure of ''Year One'' in 2009 (see below), it also negatively impacted Creator/EmilyBlunt. Blunt was obligated to do this film as part of her contract for being in ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'', a stipulation which unfortunately forced her to decline many prolific roles (most notably Black Widow in ''Film/IronMan2''[[note]]and all the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films that followed[[/note]]). She then began fading from the spotlight into supporting roles before undergoing a CareerResurrection with 2014's ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' and ''Film/IntoTheWoods''. |
| 105 | * ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'', in addition to being a FranchiseKiller for the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series, killed the careers of most of the people involved. |
| 106 | ** Creator/ThomasIanNicholas was perhaps the hardest hit. His hype from ''Film/AmericanPie'' vanished overnight, and he was relegated to doing bit parts, indie films, and DirectToVideo films. |
| 107 | ** Creator/SeanPatrickThomas also lost pretty much all the attention he'd earned from ''Film/SaveTheLastDance'', and has barely been seen in anything since. |
| 108 | ** Creator/BiancaKajlich was relegated to [[MadeForTVMovie TV movies]], short-lived TV shows, and bit parts for five years. She wouldn't score a major role again until she was cast on ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'' in 2007, and wouldn't appear in another theatrically-released film until ''Film/ThirtyMinutesOrLess'' in 2011. |
| 109 | ** In fact, it would probably be easier to list those actors whose careers ''didn't'' suffer from this film flopping. Music/BustaRhymes and Creator/TyraBanks weren't actors by trade to begin with (the former was a rapper, the latter a supermodel), so they went back to what they'd been doing before. Creator/JamieLeeCurtis only made a cameo, while Creator/KateeSackhoff scored her StarMakingRole [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 just one year later]]. |
| 110 | * The [[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} two]] [[Film/HalloweenII2009 films]] in Music/RobZombie's ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' reboot series, which were both panned by critics and highly polarizing among fans of the franchise, seem to have done this to the careers of Scout Taylor-Compton and Creator/DanielleHarris, who played Laurie and Annie. Both have been {{typecast|ing}} as UsefulNotes/ScreamQueens since (especially Harris, who had a successful film, TV, and voiceover career beforehand), with most of their filmography composed of horror films. ''Halloween II'' is (as of now) the last film either actress has made that's even close to being mainstream. |
| 111 | * ''Film/HarleyDavidsonAndTheMarlboroMan'' brought down both Creator/MickeyRourke and Creator/DonJohnson, who played the titular duo in this 1991 biker film. |
| 112 | ** Rourke, with several hits like ''Film/{{Diner}}'', ''Film/RumbleFish'', ''Film/NineAndAHalfWeeks'', and ''Film/AngelHeart'', was once one of the biggest rising stars in TheEighties. Unfortunately, he also suffered from substance abuse problems and a temper on set which alienated cast and crew alike. His decline started the previous year from headlining the reviled failures ''Wild Orchid'' and ''Desperate Hours'', which gave him Worst Actor nominations at the MediaNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s. Rourke took an acting hiatus when this film bombed to pursue boxing and held a decent record for three years, before quitting in 1994. He then resumed acting with overall mixed results before Creator/RobertRodriguez cast him in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico'' and ''Film/SinCity''. This almost resulted in a comeback when Rourke got critical praise (including an MediaNotes/AcademyAward nomination) for his lead role in ''Film/TheWrestler'', leading to roles in blockbusters like ''Film/IronMan2'' and ''Film/TheExpendables''. Sadly, the subsequent flops of ''Film/{{Immortals}}'' and ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' killed that comeback opportunity and reduced Rourke to DirectToVideo films afterwards. |
| 113 | ** Johnson was well-known on television via ''Series/MiamiVice'' when he tried becoming a movie star with this film, only for its failure to derail his film and television career for a couple of years. He rebounded on television with ''Series/NashBridges'', while his film career mostly remained active with supporting roles in ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' and ''Film/KnivesOut''. |
| 114 | * Aside from the studio and director Creator/{{Michael Cimino|Director}}, ''Film/HeavensGate'' managed to have a few more casualties. |
| 115 | ** Singer Creator/KrisKristofferson had forged a successful acting career for most of the 1970s with lead roles in ''Film/PatGarrettAndBillyTheKid'', ''Film/AliceDoesntLiveHereAnymore'', the 1976 version of ''Film/{{A Star Is Born|1976}}'', and ''Film/{{Convoy}}''. However, he was cast as the protagonist in ''Film/HeavensGate'', and his career was one of many left in ruins by the film's TroubledProduction and dismal box office take. He returned his attention to his music career, and his film career has since been limited to supporting roles (most notably in the ''Film/{{Blade}}'' trilogy as the title character's mentor, Abraham Whistler, as well as in ''Fast Food Nation'', the antagonist in the theatrical version of ''Film/{{Payback}}'', and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''). |
| 116 | ** After achieving success in her native France and winning a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for ''La Dentelliere'', Creator/IsabelleHuppert took on her first role in an American film with ''Film/HeavensGate''. Unfortunately, that derailed her chance of an international breakthrough, and she never starred in a big American film again. However, she has remained successful in France, holding the record as the most nominated actress for the César Award. Despite never becoming a superstar or a recognized name in the United States, she does have a reputation as an arthouse regular and a critics' favorite there, and she was nominated for an Oscar for the first time for 2016's ''Film/{{Elle}}''. |
| 117 | * ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'' derailed the star power of its leads Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/JohnCReilly, who played the titular duo. Having twice collaborated on the hit comedies ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'' and ''Film/StepBrothers'', ''Holmes & Watson'' was expected to become a similar success in Christmas 2018. It instead became a notorious BoxOfficeBomb (budgeted around and ultimately grossing $42 million globally) with an abysmal reception from moviegoers in general. It would eventually nab six MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward nominations, winning four including Worst Picture of that year. Reilly, who started out as a character actor, continued finding success as one (gaining praise for his role as [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Oliver Hardy]] in the biopic ''Film/StanAndOllie'', also released in 2018, and his role as Jerry Buss in the 2022 Creator/{{HBO}} sports drama ''Series/WinningTime''). Ferrell, meanwhile, found more work as a supporting actor, like in ''Film/Barbie2023''. Films where he plays a leading role range from mediocre, like ''Downhill'' or ''Film/EurovisionSongContestTheStoryOfFireSaga'', to decent enough, like ''Film/Spirited2022''. |
| 118 | * ''Film/{{Houseguest}}'' killed the careers of Creator/{{Sinbad}} and Creator/PhilHartman. |
| 119 | ** In the early '90s, Creator/{{Sinbad}} had done some supporting roles in movies like ''Film/NecessaryRoughness'' and ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'', leading Hollywood to give him lead roles in ''Houseguest'' and ''First Kid''. Both those films flopped, and he didn't lead another movie again. In fact, he only did two more movies period (''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' and ''Film/GoodBurger'') before fading into obscurity. It took him sixteen years (''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'') for him to be in another theatrically-released movie again. |
| 120 | ** ''Houseguest'' was also Creator/PhilHartman's only leading role. Before, he was only doing supporting parts in movies, and after, he went back to being a supporting actor until his untimely death three years later. |
| 121 | * ''Film/{{Impostor}}'' derailed the film careers of Creator/GarySinise and Creator/MadeleineStowe in the early 2000s. |
| 122 | ** Sinise had established himself as a character actor in TheNineties: first by directing and starring in an adaptation of Creator/JohnSteinbeck's novel ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' in 1992, then with supporting roles in MediaNotes/AcademyAward-nominated films like ''Film/ForrestGump'' (which he got a Best Supporting Actor nomination for), ''Film/Apollo13'', and ''Film/TheGreenMile''. However, his career started slipping in 2000 when films such as ''Film/MissionToMars'' and ''Film/ReindeerGames'' tanked. After ''Impostor'' became a critically mauled BoxOfficeBomb, Sinise's film career has consisted of documentary appearances and voice-only roles (with a sporadic live-action supporting role then and now). He luckily found success on television: first with ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', followed by ''Series/CriminalMindsBeyondBorders'', then ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy''. |
| 123 | ** Stowe, a prominent leading lady in the '90s, notably played the female leads in critical and/or popular hit films such as ''Film/UnlawfulEntry'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'', and ''Film/TwelveMonkeys''. After ''Impostor'' failed, she took a hiatus to raise her family before returning with a role on the television series ''Series/{{Revenge}}''. While she found her niche on TV, her film career has remained stagnant. |
| 124 | * The 1980 religious satire ''In God We Tru$t'' destroyed two careers, those of Creator/PeterBoyle and Creator/MartyFeldman. Before that, Boyle headlined classics like ''Film/Joe1970'', ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'', and ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and Feldman was a top comedy star in his home country of England (and also worked with Boyle on ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''). Then this movie, co-written and directed by Feldman, was largely panned by critics and flopped at the box office. Both Feldman and Boyle's careers went downhill thereafter, and both tried to bounce back with ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}'', co-starring with the Creator/MontyPython troupe; unfortunately, [[DiedDuringProduction Feldman suddenly died of a heart attack in a hotel room in Mexico before he could finish his role]], consequently resulting in [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal his character getting killed off in the movie]]]]. The film opened to mixed reception and flopped instantly, failing to help either Feldman or Boyle experience a CareerResurrection (ExecutiveMeddling from Hemdale and [[Creator/OrionPictures Orion]] didn't seem to help either.) |
| 125 | ** Boyle would not finally experience a resurrection until he guest-starred in an episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'', which he won an Emmy Award for, and he finally got cast into the television sitcom ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and one Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Boyle was on the verge of derailment again with ''Film/TheSantaClause 3'', but in a twist of fate, he died of heart disease just a month after its release. |
| 126 | ** The film also damaged the hopes of Creator/AndyKaufman having a successful film career, though his fall wouldn't come until later. See StarDerailingRole/FilmActors for more details. |
| 127 | * The 1980 version of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' dealt a particularly strong blow to its star Music/NeilDiamond, and weakened the career of co-star Creator/LaurenceOlivier (although the latter had the final blow dealt with ''Film/{{Inchon}}'' two years later). For the rest of TheEighties, Diamond also had some difficulty maintaining a successful musical career. |
| 128 | * ''Film/{{Krull}}'' took down both Creator/LysetteAnthony and Ken Marshall's careers. Marshall was supposed to make it to the big time with this 1983 sci-fi swashbuckler fantasy, following his acclaimed role in the miniseries ''Marco Polo''. But when the film utterly bombed, Marshall didn't take another acting job for four years. His filmography upon his return comprised near-exclusively of many guest appearances on numerous TV shows, most notably with a recurring spot on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Meanwhile, Anthony was already known for her work on the British stage when she starred in this film. Her momentum didn't recover either when it bombed. |
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| 132 | * ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' battered the careers of Creator/JacksonRathbone and Noah Ringer (the latter with help from ''Film/CowboysAndAliens''). Besides ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' sequels, Rathbone hasn't been seen in many movies. Creator/NicolaPeltz's career has kept going with supporting roles in ''Series/BatesMotel'' and ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', but in her case [[{{Nepotism}} she has the help of her investor father Nelson]]. Creator/DevPatel has also kept on working in independent projects, but nowhere near what was hoped after his StarMakingRole in ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire''. But in recent years things have changed for the better with his [[WinBackTheCrowd highly acclaimed performance]] in ''Lion'', and his subsequent Oscar nomination for it, with projects like Creator/ArmandoIannucci’s ''Film/ThePersonalHistoryOfDavidCopperfield'', Creator/DavidLowery’s ''Film/TheGreenKnight'', and his self-directed ''Film/MonkeyMan'' following up. |
| 133 | ** Like Peltz, Creator/SeychelleGabriel's career wasn't tarnished by the film since several critics and fans considered her performance as Princess Yue as one of the few positive things about the film. Indeed, this later resulted in her playing Lourdes in the Creator/{{TNT}} TV series ''Series/FallingSkies'' and voicing Asami in the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender source material]]'s SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', which served as a StarMakingRole for her and Bryan and Mike even note that getting to meet Seychelle was one of the few bright spots that came from this train wreck. Creator/CliffCurtis and Shaun Toub's careers also were unaffected by the film, especially the former having a lead role in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' spin-off ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead''. |
| 134 | * ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' was infamous for not only being the final movie Creator/SeanConnery starred in before retiring, but also being reviled enough to kill the careers of most of its cast, most notably Peta Wilson, who had previously established herself as a star on the ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' TV series before she played Mina Harker in the film; Naseeruddin Shah, who was meant to break out into Hollywood with this film after establishing himself as a significant figure in Bollywood; and Creator/ShaneWest, who was recently coming off of major exposure from ''Film/AWalkToRemember''. It also killed Stephen Norrington's directing career, who hasn't helmed another film since. |
| 135 | ** Connery was offered the chance to reprise his role in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' but turned it down, saying that retirement was too much fun. |
| 136 | * ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' killed the careers of Creator/KellanLutz and Gaia Weiss, who respectively garnered MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward nominations for Worst Actor and Worst Actress. It received a universally negative reception and became a notable BoxOfficeBomb of 2014, probably because it was overshadowed by the much better-received ''Film/Hercules2014'' starring Creator/DwayneJohnson. Lutz, who was majorly hyped up after his role as Emmett Cullen in the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' films, and Weiss, who was attempting to make it in Hollywood after establishing herself as a model in her native France, have done little of note since. |
| 137 | * The 2013 adaptation of ''Film/{{The Lone Ranger|2013}}'' derailed the careers of both its stars. |
| 138 | ** The first was Creator/ArmieHammer, who played the title character. He initially gained notice after playing the Winkelvoss twins in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', only to see his hype vanish overnight after this film, which performed very poorly against Creator/{{Disney}}'s expectations of their next big franchise. His next shot at a big-budget blockbuster, a [[Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015 2015 film adaptation]] of ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'' directed by Creator/GuyRitchie, received decent but unspectacular reviews and pretty much sank without a trace at the box office. While his critical respectability was restored by his acclaimed performance in ''Film/CallMeByYourName'' in 2017, it will probably be a while before he's again seen as leading-man material in a big blockbuster. He’s comfortable in arthouse fare and period dramas like ''Film/SorryToBotherYou'', ''Film/OnTheBasisOfSex'', ''Wounds'', and ''Film/{{Rebecca|2020}}''. |
| 139 | *** However, this second wind as a handsome character actor and indie star has been also cut short as a result of disturbing accusations of rape, emotional abuse, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick bizarre]] [[ConsumingPassion cannibal fantasies]]. His final film will likely be ''Film/DeathOnTheNile2022''. |
| 140 | ** The bigger long-term career casualty was that of Creator/JohnnyDepp, who played Tonto. After spending the '90s and early '00s as an acclaimed yet B-list actor in indie films, low-budget dramas, and quirky comedies, Depp hit the big time with the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films in the mid-late '00s, with him and his character, Captain Jack Sparrow, becoming pop culture icons thanks to his "pirate Music/KeithRichards" performance. During the time that the ''Pirates'' films were successful, nearly every other role that Depp took was a megahit that brought audiences out just to see him, and he became especially known for his multiple collaborations with director Creator/TimBurton (the two had been close friends since they made ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'').\ |
| 141 | However, backlash started to build in the early 2010s, with ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' being heavily criticized (while it was a massive box-office success, it was notably one of the last films where he had a major role that did so) and films like ''Film/TheRumDiary'' and ''Film/DarkShadows'' flopping outright. ''The Lone Ranger'' was the turning point in his public image, with his performance in particular singled out as one of the film's bigger problems and the film becoming a legendary BoxOfficeBomb. Most of his work since has disappointed critically and commercially, such as the critically-savaged bombs ''Film/{{Transcendence}}'' and ''Film/{{Mortdecai}}''. In 2016, he slipped even further, not only starring in yet another major bomb in the form of ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'', but also being hit with accusations of DomesticAbuse by his ex-wife Creator/AmberHeard, causing much of his [[EstrogenBrigade heretofore-ironclad female fanbase]] to desert him. But Depp hasn't thrown in the towel just yet; he has attempted comeback roles since but to no avail. First, he reprised his iconic role as Jack Sparrow in the fifth ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film, ''[[Film/PiratesOftheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales Dead Men Tell No Tales]]'', but it was unfavorably received by critics and failed to reach the fiscal success of its predecessors. He was set to play the title character in the Film/DarkUniverse's re-imagining of ''Literature/TheInvisibleMan'', but it was cancelled by Creator/{{Universal}} after the Dark Universe fell apart following the critical and commercial failure of its one and only installment, ''Film/TheMummy2017'', with the rights being handed over to Creator/BlumhouseProductions, Depp being replaced by Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and being reworked by Leigh Whannell into [[Film/TheInvisibleMan2020 a low-budget thriller]] focusing on the Invisible Man's victim with a domestic abuse angle, which proved much more profitable than ''The Mummy''. He also played the murder victim in ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017'' which got mixed reviews but recouped its budget. He played a detective in ''City Of Lies'' about the unsolved murders of Music/TupacShakur and Music/TheNotoriousBIG, which was pulled from the schedule only a month before it was due to be released in late 2018 due to Depp being sued for allegedly punching a location manager before it was eventually dumped in early 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He had been cast in secret in 2015 for ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' but his role was really just a glorified cameo and although the film was critically and financially successful, the cameo itself wasn't well-received. The second film, ''[[Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald The Crimes of Grindelwald]]'', where he had an expanded role ended up being the lowest grossing of all ''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Wizarding World]]'' films (until the third film ran into bad luck with real-world events like the COVID-19 pandemic)[[note]] It had the misfortune of having its Russian release cancelled at the last minute and opening during a huge COVID-19 wave in China, both of which are huge markets for the series[[/note]] and received mixed reviews (although ironically, this go-around he was considered a highlight of the film). He was later fired during the production of ''[[Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore The Secrets of Dumbledore]]'' in the fall of 2020 after losing a very damaging civil lawsuit about his alleged abuse of Heard in the UK [[note]] The judge found the allegations “substantially true” which means that all things considered, there was a greater than 50% chance that they happened. He found 12 of the 14 instances used by the defense to meet this standard. One instance was inconclusive and one didn’t have a full deposition so it wasn’t ruled on.[[/note]] and was very quickly replaced by Creator/MadsMikkelsen. He was finally able to book a new project in early 2022 in a small French film. Depp had better luck in a case in the US directly against Heard albeit in split decision with both of them having found to have defamed each other. Depp was awarded $10 million and she was awarded $2 million. However, about six months after the end of the trial they ended up settling before both of their appeals really began. Heard ended up paying him $1 million via her insurance without admitting to any wrongdoing or having to sign an NDA. This was after Depp’s own fans had paid to unseal documents that among other things had him saying she’d never abused him to avoid having to sit for a psychological evaluation, Heard’s suppressed medical records of being treated for her injuries, his records that backed up her claim of sexual assault, and other evidence that he’d been fired by Disney for his behavior three years before the op-ed he sued her over. Due to all of this plus the aforementioned sexual assault claims now being public (Heard had previously only told the judge in the UK in closed court), it’s unlikely to have changed anything at least when it comes to studio films. |
| 142 | * ''Film/{{Paparazzi}}'' left a swath of damaged careers in its wake after becoming a poorly reviewed BoxOfficeBomb. |
| 143 | ** Creator/ColeHauser had previously appeared in several films in a supporting capacity, but his attempt at playing the lead failed after this film bombed. His career since has mostly floundered into action B-movie territory, although he recently gained some positive notices playing Rip Wheeler on ''Series/{{Yellowstone}}''. |
| 144 | ** Creator/RobinTunney starred in a slew of flops following her StarMakingRole in ''Film/TheCraft'', but she never had a major film role after this one. She's kept working on television, though: first with roles in ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and then ''Series/TheMentalist''. |
| 145 | ** Creator/DanielBaldwin left ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' to follow his brothers into film, only to star in several ill-received flops like ''Film/MulhollandFalls'' and ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires''. Besides a little part in ''Film/GreyGardens'', the bulk of his input after ''Paparazzi'' either is low-budget schlock or reality TV. |
| 146 | ** While Creator/TomSizemore did suffer some career damage with this film, what really crippled him were his uncontrollable drug addictions and incessant legal issues. He was frequently carted in and out of rehab, plus he also became a subject for more reality TV exposure. Besides a recurring role on the ''Series/TwinPeaks'' revival series in 2017, his career was erratic before he died of a brain aneurysm in 2023. |
| 147 | * ''Film/ThePhantom1996'' did in most of its stars. Creator/BillyZane seemed to have moved past this film's failure with his role as [[SmugSnake Cal Hockley]] in ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', but his career beyond that major hit has been unremarkable, with the exception of his memorable performance as Ansem in the original ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', and even then he was soon replaced in future installments by Creator/RichardEpcar. Creator/KristySwanson was mostly relegated to bit parts and guest roles after this dud, aside from the also maligned ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag'' the following year (see above). Creator/TreatWilliams had been trying to regain esteem after the failure of ''Film/DeadHeat'' (again, see above), but the failures of this film and ''Film/MulhollandFalls'' in the same year put an end to that. Fortunately, he managed to land a comfortable run on TV with ''Series/{{Everwood}}''. The only one to escape unscathed to greener pastures was Creator/CatherineZetaJones. |
| 148 | * ''Film/Priest2011'' tanked so badly critically and financially it brought Creator/PaulBettany down briefly after his career sagged the prior year when ''Film/{{Legion}}'' and ''Film/TheTourist'' became critically ravaged too (although still profitable). He continued collecting paychecks with his voice role as J.A.R.V.I.S. in the ''Film/IronMan'' films, [[https://www.businessinsider.com/how-paul-bettany-cast-as-vision-2015-5 but his live-action career was dead as per a producer's words]] before being cast as ComicBook/TheVision in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. That film's success revitalized his career and got him far more recognition in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse than his role as J.A.R.V.I.S. ever did. Creator/CamGigandet, however, snagged some supporting roles in films such as ''Film/TheUnborn'', ''Film/EasyA'', and ''Film/TheRoommate'' after ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' became a hit. He's rarely starred in a mainstream film following this one bombing and stuck to independent film afterwards. |
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| 152 | * ''Film/RobotJox'' killed Gary Graham's career outside ''Series/AlienNation''. Paul Koslo's career never picked up from this flop either before his retirement in 2004 and his death in 2019. Anne-Marie Johnson's career also died before it could start with this film, leading her to stick towards TV with ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' and ''Series/InLivingColor'' |
| 153 | * The film careers of Creator/ElizabethHurley and Creator/MatthewPerry were both affected by the 2002 flop ''Film/ServingSara''. |
| 154 | ** After co-starring with Creator/MikeMyers in ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'', Hurley started snagging parts in several comedies such as ''Film/MyFavoriteMartian'', ''Film/{{EdTV}}'', and the remake of ''Film/{{Bedazzled|2000}}''. However, none of them came close to matching the success of ''Austin Powers''. In fact, all of those films, aside from ''Bedazzled'', flopped at the box office. After ''Bedazzled'', she starred in a few films with Creator/DenisLeary that were intended for a theatrical release but instead got sent DirectToVideo. ''Serving Sara'', though, served as the final straw, as Hurley wouldn't headline another mainstream film since and focused more on her modeling work and less on her acting career. She did resume acting years later, but mostly on television. |
| 155 | ** Perry's career pretty much flatlined after ''Serving Sara'' and ''Film/TheWholeTenYards'' were both critically trashed and did poorly at the box office. At the same time, ''{{Series/Friends}}'' had ended. He had one more theatrically released film, as the main character grown up in 2009's ''Film/SeventeenAgain2009''. He also had a handful of TV roles including one based on ''Film/{{The Odd Couple|1968}}'', before his sudden passing in 2023. |
| 156 | * Most people who worked on the ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' movie suffered this after it flopped. Creator/FrankieHowerd and Paul Nicholas were affected the worst; Howerd never starred in another film again and his TV career hit the skids before his death in 1992, while Nicholas retreated to soap operas, like ''Series/EastEnders'', after this film and the 1980 version of ''Film/TheJazzSinger'' tanked. Music/PeterFrampton also saw his career take a big dip and was rumored to be horrified that it was being released on DVD. |
| 157 | * The failure of the 2006 remake of ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' helped kill the careers of Creator/TimAllen and Creator/KristinDavis alongside other flops (''Christmas with the Kranks'' and ''Zoom'' for Allen, ''Deck the Halls'' for Davis, all of which are mentioned elsewhere on this page in more specific detail). |
| 158 | * ''Film/ShanghaiSurprise'' killed Madonna's '80s film career in 1986 following an impressive debut performance in ''Film/DesperatelySeekingSusan'' the previous year. Although her music career would stay strong, her film career remained dead for four years with failures like ''Film/WhosThatGirl''. ''Film/DickTracy'' and ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' helped her regain some esteem in the early '90s, which was soon erased by the bad reception of the aforementioned ''Film/BodyOfEvidence''. It also derailed the career of her then-husband Creator/SeanPenn, who would steadily recover his stature over many years. His [[CareerResurrection comeback]] truly took hold with his [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]-nominated role in ''Film/DeadManWalking''. |
| 159 | * ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' brought down the film career of Creator/ElizabethBerkley before it could even begin. To note: just after the film debuted to savage critical reviews and middling box office performance, Berkley tried contacting a variety of studios that were aggressively courting her for taking such a risky role since she had the ContractualPurity stigma she got from ''Series/SavedByTheBell'', only to learn that none of them would return her calls, while her agent unceremoniously dropped her as a client. Berkley's had decent success with supporting roles in blockbusters like ''Film/TheFirstWivesClub'' and ''Film/AnyGivenSunday'' since, but her days of ultra-popularity have come and gone. She did regain some footing when she appeared on ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', and later on [[RoleReprise reprised]] her role as Jessie Spano in the ''Series/SavedByTheBell2020'' revival. Creator/KyleMacLachlan also saw his chance at a successful film career put on hold, after he received significant hype by starring in many works directed by Creator/DavidLynch (''Film/{{Dune|1984}}'', ''Film/BlueVelvet'', ''Series/TwinPeaks''). Though his film career has stagnated, television has kept providing steady, acclaimed work via hits like ''Series/SexAndTheCity'', ''Series/DesperateHousewives'', ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', and ''Series/{{Fallout|2024}}''. |
| 160 | * ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' knocked out the careers of several of the people involved with it. |
| 161 | ** In the late '80s and early '90s, Creator/StevenWright was a massive comedy star thanks to the short film ''The Appointments of Dennis Jennings'' earning him an Academy Award, and roles such as ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and ''Film/SoIMarriedAnAxeMurderer'' helped his career grow to ultimate stardom. He hit minor snags with weaker hits such as ''Film/MixedNuts'' and ''Film/CanadianBacon'' until he starred in this ''[[Film/TheMask Mask]]'' sequel. It was torn apart by critics and audiences alike and flopped at theaters, resulted in the complete meltdown of Wright's career; his next film was a voiceover in 2017's ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' (which was also panned), and his only live-action appearance since then was a [[TheCameo cameo]] in the [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]] comedy ''Series/{{Louie}}''. |
| 162 | ** It also hurt the career of lead actor Creator/JamieKennedy, who has been stuck doing Direct-to-DVD and TV movies (with the exception of ''Good Deeds'', which came out seven years later). ''Film/KickinItOldSchool'', which made back a fifth of its budget and holds a 2% at Website/RottenTomatoes, was a more-than-adequate double-tap. |
| 163 | ** All that Traylor Howard has done since? Her much more acclaimed performance as Natalie Teeger in ''Series/{{Monk}}'' and feature in a climate change video. |
| 164 | * The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel trilogy: |
| 165 | ** While not a box office failure, there's an [[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/4170549/Star-Wars-Anakin-Skywalker-star-Jake-Lloyd-I-will-never-act-again.html apocryphal account]] that the mockery Creator/JakeLloyd received for his performance as the young Anakin Skywalker in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' caused him to retire from acting at the age of ten. However, an interview between him and a ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan site revealed that he, contrary to popular belief, doesn't regret being in ''Star Wars'' after all he'd been through. |
| 166 | ** In turn, Creator/HaydenChristensen, who played a grown-up Anakin in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', got a career push from the films but never achieved a higher level of success. Christensen acknowledged the derailment in a 2015 interview but also admitted he was never comfortable with the spotlight and was happier in low-profile roles and projects. That being said, Christensen doesn't regret being in ''Star Wars'' either and later on returned as Anakin in the Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Series/ObiWanKenobi''. He then reprised the role in ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}''. Both projects were widely praised, with Christensen's performance considered vastly improved from the prequels thanks to better direction and writing. |
| 167 | ** Creator/NataliePortman was similarly stung by her role as Padme Amidala in the prequels and saw her offers for roles dry up in the aftermath. Her agent wound up calling in some favors in order to get her a shot at the starring role of ''Film/BlackSwan'', which wound up being a CareerResurrection for her. |
| 168 | ** Creator/AhmedBest received a lot of criticism and hate for playing Jar-Jar Binks, widely deemed TheScrappy of the ''Star Wars'' universe. Being inexorably linked to the character caused his career to dry up and a CreatorBreakdown, leading him to contemplate suicide. Luckily, he since has picked himself up and even played up to the character's bad reputation for comedy. He later returned to the ''Star Wars'' universe as a different character, Jedi Master Kelleran Beq. Initially appearing in the ''Star Wars''-themed {{game show}} ''Jedi Temple Challenge'', positive reactions led to him reprising the role properly in canon on ''Series/TheMandalorian''. |
| 169 | * ''Film/StrokerAce'' not only was a notable flop for Burt Reynolds at the height of his popularity (which he quickly bounced back from, before the aforementioned failure of ''The Crew'' killed it for good), it also snuffed hopes of Creator/LoniAnderson establishing a film career after she attained a lot of fame on television for ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati''. Getting two MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward nominations for Worst Actress and Worst New Star didn't help her too. |
| 170 | * ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' had a few casualties: |
| 171 | ** Saying Mark Pillow (Nuclear Man) didn't get much work after this movie would be an understatement. [[https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/s/what-happened-to-superman-iv%E2%80%99s-nuclear-man--153703667.html This interview]] from 2013 shows that Mark is a pretty good sport about the whole affair, saying that he enjoyed his experience working with Creator/ChristopherReeve and Creator/GeneHackman but acknowledges the film was a trainwreck that pretty much torpedoed his chances of a serious acting career (and no, he also isn't sure why they decided to dub over him with Hackman's voice). He eventually settled down and became a family man. |
| 172 | ** This film's box office failure and several others stalled the career momentum of Creator/JonCryer (Lenny Luthor) after ''Film/PrettyInPink'', which he wouldn't recover from until ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' debuted. In an interesting twist of fate, he'd later play Lex Luthor in ''Series/{{Supergirl}}''. |
| 173 | * The 2002 remake of ''Film/SweptAway'' failed so badly, it killed Madonna's film career for good after her post-''Film/{{Evita}}'' success eroded thanks to ''The Next Best Thing'' failing almost as badly two years before.[[note]]It also served as a CreatorKiller for the director, her then-husband Creator/GuyRitchie (though his career later rebounded).[[/note]] It also killed the international career of its leading man Adriano Giannini (son of the original film's lead {{Creator/Giancarlo|Giannini}}) before it could even get started. His screen career since ''Swept Away'' has been limited exclusively to Italian television and film, along with voice dubbing work. |
| 174 | * The failure of ''Film/ThreeToTango'' severely damaged its three leads' careers in 1999. |
| 175 | ** Creator/NeveCampbell had built up plenty of hype from ''Series/PartyOfFive'' and the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' movies, only to lose most of it when this romantic comedy bombed. Afterwards, she spent the next decade and a half doing ''Scream'' sequels, TV appearances, and assorted indie and DirectToVideo films. Only in 2016, after taking some time off to raise her son, did she return to a starring role, playing [=LeAnn=] Harvey on season four of ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}''. |
| 176 | ** Creator/DylanMcDermott saw his film career sink as well when this film was released DOA. His television career, however, remained steady as a cast member on the [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] legal drama ''Series/ThePractice''. After that show ended in 2004, he worked on various series that didn't last long before starring in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse''. He frequently collaborated with series creator Creator/RyanMurphy after that show became a hit, returning for other installments in the ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' franchise along with his other shows ''Series/ThePolitician'' and ''Series/{{Hollywood}}''. |
| 177 | ** Creator/MatthewPerry's film career was also battered by this flop, but he did luckily have a hit soon afterwards with ''Film/TheWholeNineYards''. However, it well and truly died after ''Film/ServingSara'' (see above) fared even worse with audiences as well as critics. Fortunately, he still had ''Series/{{Friends}}''. |
| 178 | * ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'' bombed so badly in 2004 that it damaged some of its younger stars' careers in the process. Creator/SophiaMyles unfortunately suffered another big dud two years later with ''Film/TristanAndIsolde'', while moving to television proved futile when ''Series/{{Moonlight}}'' received a mixed reception. Since then, none of her movies or shows have been a hit besides the financially successful though critically panned ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''. This was also the sole blockbuster Creator/BradyCorbet headlined. He later made a niche for himself as a character actor in independent film with ''Film/MysteriousSkin'', ''Film/MarthaMarcyMayMarlene'', and ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'', among others, while also branching out into directing with ''Film/VoxLux''. |
| 179 | * The critical and financial underperformance of ''Film/{{Torque}}'' severely damaged the careers of Creator/MartinHenderson and Creator/MonetMazur. |
| 180 | ** Henderson was an up-and-coming actor who relocated from his native New Zealand (where he first got moderate recognition on the soap opera ''Series/ShortlandStreet'') to become a Hollywood star, which seemed to start well when he starred alongside Creator/NaomiWatts in ''Film/TheRing''. After he portrayed the lead role in ''Torque'', he saw his career reduced to bit parts, DirectToVideo films, and TV shows which lasted only one season. Only in 2014, ten years later, did Henderson start making a slight comeback, thanks to his starring role on the critically-acclaimed Australian miniseries ''Series/SecretsAndLies'' (which later got an American remake on ABC starring Creator/RyanPhillippe). Henderson later obtained a multi-season gig on ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' between 2015 to 2017 as Dr. Nathan Riggs, before being cast as the male lead on the Creator/{{Netflix}} romantic drama ''Series/VirginRiver''. On film, he would appear in a supporting role in the 2022 slasher ''[[Film/{{X2022}} X]]''. |
| 181 | ** Mazur, a former model, tried her hand at acting in the late '90s to early 2000s, with overall mixed results. After ''Torque'' bombed, she starred in a couple of films that were even less successful like ''Film/MonsterInLaw'' and ''Film/TheHouseBunny''. She hasn't starred in a theatrically released film since 2009, with her acting career sustained mostly by television shows like ''Series/AllAmerican''. |
| 182 | * The hugely critical and financial underperformance of ''Film/TotalRecall2012'' severely damaged the cast and crew of the remake: |
| 183 | ** director Len Wiseman (the director of the 2003 film Underworld) hurt his career so badly that he didn't direct another film since but since directing TV episodes of both shows Sleepy Hollow and Lucifer until he was announced directing the John Wick spin-off Ballerina. |
| 184 | ** both Kate Beckinsale only made some low-budget movies The Trial of Cate McCall, Stonehearst Asylum and The Disappointments Room due to the failure of this remake until she came back in 2016 with the critically acclaimed Amazon movie Love & Friendship and the ITV/Amazon series The Widow three years later and later confirmed in 2017 during the MeToo and Time's Up movement that she was sexually harassed by her The Aviator executive producer Harvey Weinstein in 2001 while Jessica Biel too only made roles in low-budget movies (such as David O. Russell's Accidental Love, The Truth About Emanuel and Shock and Awe), a animated movie called Spark and a TV series called The Sinner due to the failure of this remake with 2012's Hitchcock being her last major movie role to date. |
| 185 | ** one of its two screenwriters Kurt Wimmer hasn't written another mainstream film since 2015 with another remake Point Break. |
| 186 | * ''Film/ToughGuysDontDance'' damaged the careers of Creator/RyanONeal, Creator/IsabellaRossellini, and Debra Sandlund, whom all earned [[MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie]] nominations for their performances. |
| 187 | ** O'Neal, an A-list star in TheSeventies thanks to ''Film/LoveStory'', ''Film/WhatsUpDoc'', ''Film/PaperMoon'', and ''Film/BarryLyndon'', never fully recovered from the backlash his infamous performance in this film ([[MemeticMutation "OH GOD, OH MAN!"]]) got. However, he managed to land a recurring role in the '00s as Temperance Brennan's father on ''Series/{{Bones}}''. |
| 188 | ** Rossellini, daughter of director Creator/RobertoRossellini and actress Creator/IngridBergman, made a big splash in 1986 with ''Film/BlueVelvet'', but her hype was dented the next year after this film, along with ''Siesta'', were ill-received. Her career was in flux for the next few years, before she recovered slightly following her supporting role in the financially successful ''Film/DeathBecomesHer''. |
| 189 | ** Sandlund previously starred in bit parts on television, with this film intended to be her StarMakingRole. After its failure, she has continued working on television in a similar capacity. Currently, she's semi-retired and runs an acting studio with her daughter in Georgia. |
| 190 | * Creator/WarrenBeatty, still riding high off of ''Film/{{Bulworth}}'', starred in the massive flop ''Town and Country'' (total budget: $90 million; total worldwide gross: just over $10 million). It was his last acting role for 15 years until ''Rules Don't Apply'' in 2016, then ''that'' movie also bombed at the box office, failing to crack the Top 10 in its opening week. Beatty could have moved back into the spotlight after Creator/QuentinTarantino offered him the title role in ''Film/KillBill'' but he turned it down. So it looks like Beatty's lack of output in the last decade is by choice. |
| 191 | ** ''Town and Country'' also derailed Creator/GoldieHawn's career as much as it did Beatty's. She only had one major film role after that (''The Banger Sisters'', which she had completed prior to ''Town and Country'' bombing). She then retired from acting for 15 years, and when she returned to the big screen alongside Creator/AmySchumer in ''Film/Snatched2017'', that film flopped. |
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| 195 | * ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' suffered from middling reviews and even worse box office returns in 2017, derailing its two leads' careers. Creator/DaneDeHaan and Creator/CaraDelevingne were both reeling from the lackluster reception their previous high-profile blockbusters, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' for [=DeHaan=] and ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' for Delevingne, received before they headlined this film in a badly botched comeback attempt. When it bombed, their hype sunk with [=DeHaan=] retreating to television afterwards while Delevingne refocused on her modeling career. However, she recently garnered acclaim for her appearance in the second season of ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding''. |
| 196 | * ''Film/WeekendAtBernies II'', unlike the SoBadItsGood first film which performed and was received well enough, did so terribly in 1993 it killed the careers of Creator/AndrewMcCarthy, Creator/JonathanSilverman, and Creator/TerryKiser. |
| 197 | ** [=McCarthy=], a prominent member of the Creator/BratPack, previously starred in several of their most popular films (''Film/Class1983'', ''Film/StElmosFire'', ''Film/PrettyInPink'', etc.). Aside from his supporting role in ''Film/TheJoyLuckClub'' released the same year, he never starred in a major project again and mostly works as a TV director. |
| 198 | ** Silverman didn't exactly star in a success after the first one besides ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'', but his career promptly went down after the sequel became a critically panned BoxOfficeBomb. He hasn't done much in Hollywood since then except for minor television work. |
| 199 | ** Kiser's most prolific role before ''Weekend at Bernie's'' was in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'', which speaks a lot to how successful his career was until that point. He didn't do much after the sequel and later moved to Texas to open an acting school. |
| 200 | * Creator/RayRomano and Creator/GeneHackman never really recovered their careers following ''Film/WelcomeToMooseport''. After its release, Romano never headlined another live-action movie again: he mainly did ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' sequels, TV appearances, indies, and one DirectToVideo movie. When he received no further offers for the next three years following the film, Hackman retired from acting and now makes his money writing historical fiction. |
| 201 | * ''Windows'' killed three careers in 1980: Joseph Cortese, Creator/TaliaShire, and Creator/ElizabethAshley (with the latter two receiving nominations at the first MediaNotes/{{Golden Raspberry Award}}s). The film, which is about a lesbian who hires a man to rape the woman she's attracted to in hopes it will put her off men, was widely condemned even back then for its UnfortunateImplications, with its critical and audience reception accordingly suffering from the backlash of the LGBT community. Shire, who was one of the biggest rising actresses at the time with roles as Connie in ''Film/TheGodfather'' and Adrian in ''Film/{{Rocky}}'', saw her career survive mostly on those films' sequels, with no big roles in anything since her last appearances as those characters in 1990. Ashley saw her career basically drop dead for nearly forty years, until landing a part on the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/RussianDoll'' in 2019. As for Cortese, his career, besides bit parts in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'' and ''Film/GreenBook'', was restricted primarily to guest spots on television after this flop. |
| 202 | * ''Film/YearOne'' killed two careers: Creator/JackBlack and Creator/MichaelCera. |
| 203 | ** Before this, Black was a top comedy actor and Cera was an up-and-comer with a few hits (''Film/{{Juno}}'', ''Film/NickAndNorahsInfinitePlaylist'') to his name. Then critics destroyed the movie, audiences stayed away, and many people complained that Black and Cera were [[TypeCasting playing the same characters in every movie]]. Since then, Black had another enormous flop with the 2010 version of ''Gulliver's Travels'' (although it [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff did much better outside North America]]). Black turned away from populist comedies afterwards and largely kept to low-key comedy-drama roles like ''Film/{{Bernie}}'' (which netted him a Golden Globe nomination) and his band Music/TenaciousD; after the failure of ''The Big Year''. He later made a small comeback with ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' (which was a box office smash), ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'', and ''Film/Goosebumps2015'' [[note]]Which both got decent reviews and recouped their budgets[[/note]]. |
| 204 | ** Cera, meanwhile, starred in ''Film/YouthInRevolt'' and ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' which both – especially ''Scott Pilgrim'' – gained great reviews from critics [[AcclaimedFlop but flopped at the box office]] (though both later [[VindicatedByCable found their audiences on home video]]), and he has fallen out of favor with moviegoers, replaced by actors like Creator/JesseEisenberg. While ''Youth In Revolt'' has been completely forgotten, ''Scott Pilgrim'' has become a CultClassic, and this, along with the fourth season of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', has proven a bit of a comeback for him. His supporting role as Allan in ''Film/Barbie2023'' has also garnered him additional, newfound recognition. |
| 205 | * ''Film/YouMeAndDupree'', despite being a mild success at the summer 2006 box office, received terrible reviews, causing varying levels of damage to its three leads' careers. |
| 206 | ** Creator/MattDillon was a star in TheEighties, but laid low in TheNineties and mainly did supporting parts. He got a shot at a comeback with ''Film/{{Crash}}'', which got him nominated for an [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]. His career, however, promptly fell upon starring in ''You, Me, and Dupree''. Afterwards, he's gone back to doing supporting roles on television and/or indie/arthouse films like ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt''. |
| 207 | ** Creator/KateHudson got her StarMakingRole in the praised Creator/CameronCrowe comedy-drama ''Film/AlmostFamous'', whose promotional team placed her at the forefront of its ad campaign (her face was literally all over the film's main poster) and got her nominated for an Oscar too. Hudson was consequently hyped as the first "It girl" of the new millennium, which was further strengthened by her being Goldie Hawn's daughter and Kurt Russell's stepdaughter. She, however, subsequently headlined a string of [[RomanticComedy romantic comedies]] which were negatively received by reviewers (''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days''), moviegoers (''Le Divorce''), or both (''Film/AlexAndEmma'', ''Film/RaisingHelen''). Ever since ''You, Me, and Dupree'', her films, though occasionally profitable (''Film/FoolsGold'' and ''Film/BrideWars'' were both hits with audiences), have been generally disregarded as rom-com fluff brimming with style but without substance. Many began wondering what happened with all that Oscar-worthy talent she first displayed in ''Almost Famous'', which wasn't helped by her "winning" a Worst Actress MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for her role in ''Film/Music2021'' [[note]]though that role funnily got her a MediaNotes/GoldenGlobe nomination which she lost to Creator/RosamundPike for ''Film/ICareALot''[[/note]]. Hudson's mainly known these days for gracing magazine covers and/with bikini shots, alongside her Fabletics fitness brand. |
| 208 | ** Creator/OwenWilson luckily [[AvertedTrope didn't see his career falter]] from this film's negative reviews, having just come off the successes of ''Film/WeddingCrashers'' and ''WesternAnimation/Cars1''. But in an almost fatal twist of misfortune, Wilson was troubled by a morass of personal issues that culminated with his suicide attempt in August 2007 and subsequently being treated for depression. Wilson eventually returned to work and then maintained a successful streak: with movies as diverse as ''Film/MarleyAndMe'', ''Film/MidnightInParis'', and ''Film/InherentVice'', along with continued work in the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' franchise and as a part of Creator/WesAnderson's ProductionPosse. While his career was mildly dented after ''Zoolander 2'' tanked (see below), Wilson recovered quickly when the 2017 film adaptation of the book ''[[Literature/Wonder2012 Wonder]]'' became a hit. He then entered the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, by working alongside his ''Midnight in Paris'' co-star Creator/TomHiddleston in the 2021 Creator/DisneyPlus series ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}''. |
| 209 | * ''Film/Zoolander2'' did varying levels of damage to its actors' star power in 2016, including Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/OwenWilson (both of whom are mentioned above). |
| 210 | ** Its failure harmed the career of Creator/BenStiller, though moreso as a movie star than his overall career in Hollywood. Although Stiller had success in the late '90s and early '00s, most of his movies in the early '10s, like ''Film/TheWatch2012'' and ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty'', either flopped or underperformed. Looking at the box office receipts for most of his work till then, it isn't hard to infer ''Film/Zoolander2'' was probably his attempt to WinBackTheCrowd. Once it bombed critically and financially, he has hardly acted on film besides independent ones such as ''Brad's Status'' and ''Film/TheMeyerowitzStories''. On television, he guest starred on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and later reprised his role as Tony Wonder on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. However, he has had success as a director and a producer with the critically acclaimed ''Series/EscapeAtDannemora'' and ''Series/Severance2022''. |
| 211 | ** At the start of the decade, Creator/KristenWiig was basking in the exposure after her tenure on ''Saturday Night Live'' along with her well-received work writing and starring in ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''. However, she began appearing in a number of increasingly underperforming movies (including ''Walter Mitty'' opposite Stiller) that steadily whittled down the hype she had. When this film flopped along with ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' and ''Film/Masterminds2016'', Wiig was deemed box office poison. She would win a MediaNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward for Worst Supporting Actress for her performance in ''Zoolander 2''. Most of her films afterwards (''[[Film/Mother2017 mother!]]'', ''Film/{{Downsizing}}'', etc.) also failed to turn a profit, while her next huge role as the ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} in ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' was one of that film's most divisive elements and garnered her yet another Razzie nomination. |
| 212 | ** Creator/PenelopeCruz was in the midst of a slump after winning an Oscar for ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona'', which reached its nadir when this film tanked badly. Luckily, [[CareerResurrection she soon recovered]] with roles on television (as Donatella Versace in ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace'') and on film (reuniting with director Creator/PedroAlmodovar in ''Film/PainAndGlory'' and ''Parallel Mothers''). |
| 213 | * ''[[Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes Zoom]]'' did a number on both Creator/TimAllen and Creator/CourteneyCox. Before it, Allen was coming off the bombing of ''Christmas with the Kranks'' and ''The Shaggy Dog'' (see above) while Cox struggled to find her footing in film after ''Series/{{Friends}}'' ended. Then this film tanked in 2006, while Cox and Allen had two other duds that same year with ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' and ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'', respectively. Allen later starred in ''Film/WildHogs'', which was also poorly received. Cox, on the other hand, had a supporting role in ''Film/BedtimeStories2008'', while ''Film/MothersDay'' passed by without any fanfare. Allen and Cox's biggest successes since then have been in franchises they were already mainstays in, with Allen voicing Buzz Lightyear in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' series while Cox reprised her role as Gale Weathers in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' sequels. |
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