10+ Actors Who Stupidly Left A Movie Where They Professed To Be Good For It, Only To Never Famous Again
We’re self-aware enough to know they certainly portray the iconic roles well though actors and actresses who landed these roles did a great job.
These actors stupidly left a movie or TV series thinking they were too good for it because they don’t want to be popular again. They perhaps see a lot of downsides and feel they aren’t worth getting them.
Below are 10+ actors who dared to go away from a movie and TV series to never be popular one more time. Read these articles to see more interesting ones: 9 Times Actors Got it Wrong and Turned Down Roles, and 11 Characters That Were Turned Down By Huge Stars But Ended Up Becoming Iconic.
#1 Stuart Townsend - The Lords of the Rings
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Late to the party but Stuart Townsend was the original casting for Aragorn in the LOTR movies, but during preproduction and rehearsals he refused to practice things like swordplay, horse riding, action choreography etc, always responding "You'll get it on the day". Peter Jackson decided he couldn't work with him, Viggo is brought in literally on the first day of shooting and the rest is history. (kodman7)
#2 Tom Hanks - Bosom Buddies
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#3 Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
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#4 Michael Shanks - Stargate SG-1
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#5 Topher Grace - Spider-Man 3
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He said, basically, that he got so lucky with That 70s Show, and the show made him so much money not just in acting salary but also syndication royalties, that he had the freedom to basically just do what he wanted as far as acting goes. Which seems like an incredibly healthy mindset. Dude is clearly set for life, doesn’t ever need to work again, so he can be picky and choose projects that he likes or feels passionate about, without having to hustle and grind and do projects he hates just for the money. (chainmailbill)
#6 Lacey Chabert - Family Guy
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#7 Brian Dunkleman - American Idol
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#8 Katie Holmes – Batman
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#9 Crystal Reed - Teen Wolf
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Katie Holmes dropping out of Batman to do a bomb called Mad Money. With Nicole Kidman! The ex wives of Tom Cruise.
EDIT: Nicole Kidman was not in Mad Money. My mistake
Katie Holmes turned down a lead in Orange is The New Black.
Katie Holmes turned down the role of Buffy in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.
(SongRevolutionary992)#10 Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Home Improvement
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#11 Mischa Barton - The OC
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