"The Actors Who Never Blew Up Post" Sat Jan-15-11 12:15 PM by scorpion
taumbout actors/actresses who had all the tools to become A-list in Hollywod and must have
a)made some dumb/unfortunate career decisions b)been such a complete asshole behind the scenes that its choked their career c)decided that the limelight want their thing d)pissed off someone important in Hollywood e)had a habit that wrecked whatever chance they had
28. "he's not considered an A list actor" In response to Reply # 12
princess bride or not =( ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
61. "The OP isn't about A list actors. It's about actors who had" In response to Reply # 28
everything it takes to be A list and never made it.
>princess bride or not >=( >~~~~ >When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so >that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. >~~~~ >You cannot hate people for their own good.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're
he was the focal point of Vanity Fair's Hot List...I think they stopped doing Hot List because of him because there was always somebody on the list whose career died right after being on the list...but it usually wasnt the person on TOP of the list...
after that, he was finished....he never got another crack at movies, so me went to TV, and EVERY show he was on got canceled almost immediately
8. "RE: Tom Everett Scott" In response to Reply # 5
Yeah I thought this guy was going to be the next Tom Hanks, do some funny comedies, maybe a couple of serious indie films to show that he had range and then land the role of that would make him famous, but that didn't happen and now he's co-starting in Race to Witch Mountain .
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9. "They did a 'Life After' episode on him." In response to Reply # 7
I think he said that after The Last Dragon, how many more black martial arts movies were there for him to star in? And casting directors didn't exactly rate him as a serious actor for other roles.
Plus, I think he admitted to being a little bit of a prick for a while.
did an excellent job i think he is going the good character actor route ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
15. "Cole Hauser / Brad Renfro" In response to Reply # 0 Sun Jan-16-11 05:57 AM by Mynoriti
Hauser - I remember the first time I saw Higher Learning thinking he was gonna be huge. not necessarily as a lead but one of the bigger, more well known character actors out there. he's still a "that guy"
Renfro - We lost him early but I always thought he'd be a force. One of my friends worked on a short with him and said he was about as unstable as they come. Like on some split personality shit.
altho I think it's not his fault that black filmmakers don't really make the kind of movies he'd do well in, and white filmmakers don't consider him for shit that usually goes to rappers dude can act his ass off tho, he's actually a smart guy that practices his craft seriously
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19. "He's not really into acting...." In response to Reply # 18
after Finding Forrester blew up, he said he wasnt sure if he'd make any more movies...he said he only auditioned for FF to get money to pay his phone bill...
33. "but he's been in a movie almost every year since then" In response to Reply # 19
and was in one last year but he's a charity spokesman now so I'm sure that takes a lot of his time, he's pretty involved in it for personal reasons
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37. "6 movies and 1 TV show since 2000" In response to Reply # 33
he not really grindin on the acting tip...
# Finding Forrester (2000), Jamal Wallace # The Orphan King (2005), Tye # Coach Carter (2005), Kenyon Stone # Take the Lead (2006), Rock # Stop-Loss (2008), Isaac "Eyeball" Butler # The Express (2008), Ernie Davis
58. "He popped up in The Dark Knight Rises too :)" In response to Reply # 37
"really ...my money is in my matress at home." I see you big Rob...lol _____________________________________________________ "You can win with certainty with the spirit of "one cut". "Musashi Miyamoto
Is Tom Cruise's old ass going to be jumping off of cliffs killing ten dudes with one gun? They need to use a younger actor as lead for the series at this point.
Is it coming out this year? Where's the promo for it?
On The Lookout 4: some new music. WTF is going on this year?
He's not bad looking has comedic timing and acting chops
is the son of jane fonda for crips sake cousin of bridget fonda nephew of peter fonda grandson of henry fonda
i mean wtf is going on? ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
35. "but but but" In response to Reply # 32 Tue Jan-18-11 11:25 AM by lfresh
>in Hollywood, hit Black movie =/= hit white movie... > >his only star turn was in a Black movie, so that carries zero >weight in Hollywood... > >Hi lfresh.
at a certain point everyone knew though
and i know about barbershop i didn't think anything would happen from there but he also did bandits and perfume which should have been some sort of stepping stone
i feel like he doesn't want it like he's doing different things on purpose like the name change
and hi!
and i just realized a black woman married into the fondas ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
duke always gets small/supporting parts but never has his own films but I think he likes those parts and loves being able to walk down the street without niggas trying to fuck him
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Did T2 and then nothing notable until American History X, and then nothing notable since. If he coulda kept his shit together, he'd have had a chance to be somebody.
I know he's on one of the top shows on TV and he's making bank, but I think that if not for the beef with Oliver Stone and the alcohol/drug abuse/partying shit, he may have been one of the top leading men in Hollywood.
Mark Hamill made the switch to voice-over nigga and is CAKING OFF behind it Carrie Fisher can still get dick, too
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47. "Billy Dee Williams" In response to Reply # 45 Mon Jan-31-11 08:33 AM by Garhart Poppwell
and James Earl Jones but then again, a lot of the cast were puppets and shit you can get any nigga to put his hand up a plastic ass so we'd never know it and like I said, Carrie Fisher can still get the dick
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83. "Carrie Fisher made a whole lotta bad choices" In response to Reply # 42
So she didn't go anywhere. Hammil went into voice acting, Guinness was in his sixties and already a respected actor, as I understand it. And yeah, everybody else was dressed up as a robot or an alien.
48. "he was on hawaii five-0 recently" In response to Reply # 46
i was thinking the same ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
followed it up with some interesting ass indies and tv work (American Gothic, Dead Presidents, Fresh, New York Undercover)
she hit BIG with BLADE (1998)
did a mix of tv and smaller movies...came back with Civil Brand, then basically disappeared.
I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that she basically called out Lee Daniels for passing on her for the lead role in Monster's Ball when it was discovered that she had a MAJOR HAND in working on the character and making sure that she was as realistic as possible...
only to be told she wasn't hollywood pretty (dark skinned) and they instead went with Halle Berry and later STRIPPED that script of all that Wright put into it.
it was in a Salon.com interview that has mysteriously disappeared and can't be found again circa 2002
N'bushe does indie work and is apparently doing some behind the scenes work as a theatre producer for black plays, etc.
I still think she has the chops to at least be a character actress...
68. "In a different era (40s/50s/60s) he'd be unstoppable" In response to Reply # 62
he's a classically trained triple threat (singer/dancer/actor) in an era where he can't put that to use very often.
He's most effective in "Hairspray" and "Enchanted", movies that are very light in tone and aren't that impressive to high-minded cinema folk. I wonder why he was never cast one of the "prestige" musicals (Chicago, etc)
Constantly appearing as the boring "other man" in superhero films didn't do much for anything but his pockets.
71. "i think he doesn't want it" In response to Reply # 62
which i think will work out for him long term
about to be in the D train i don't think it will be a hit but another in a long line of subversive meatier roles ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
65. "I'm a little surprised Romany Malco didn't get bigger" In response to Reply # 0 Sun May-10-15 08:08 PM by mrhood75
Dude was funny and charismatic. Kind of weird that 40 Year Old Virgin was his high water mark. Seems like Craig Robinson slid into his spot, and he's a less likely "star" than Malco.
She's got alot of good roles in noteworthy movies, i.e. Mystic River, the HBO show In Treatment, and The Office. But she's a really good actress and thought she would have more work.
But then again there just aren't many roles for women after age 40.
I'm looking over her IMDb and while she's done more TV work over the last 10 years, she doesn't have any roles that stand out.
If Nia were 10 years younger she would have been able to get on shows like Greys. A show where her warmth would be able to be featured.
She also could have played Kerry's role in her movie with Chris Rock.
She's got a good relationship with her kids so that is obviously more important. But she could leave the kids with Dad every so often so she could go and act.
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