33 Brilliant Actors Who Risked Their Careers on These Surprisingly Dull Roles—You Won’t Believe Which Ones!
“Though, “I have liked a lot of his comedy movies like Dodgeball and Wedding Crashers,” the netizen admits. “Like [with] Adam Sandler, I prefer his more serious roles where he’s able to add more gravitas and immersion,” the Redditor tells Bored Panda.
I’d say many of the A-list actors in *Cats*. Judy Dench, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba just to name a few.
Christian Slater was on his way to greatness. And then he decided that Jack Nicholson was the greatest actor ever, and from that point on, all he did was Jack Nicholson impersonations.
“Seeing him in a darker role than what I’ve seen him in was honestly a thrill and he was utterly great in Heretic. I also loved seeing Brendan Fraser back in The Whale,” the Redditor adds. “Though I’ve been a Fraser fan for a while, The Whale became my favourite movie of all time because of his emotional performance,” the netizen praises the actor.
Matt Smith can act, it’s just that every-time he tries to become a bigger name by being in a blockbuster movie he’s gotten stuck with roles where he can’t really do his thing or is barely present to do anything, and it’s mostly in movies with no hype behind them or they end up being forgettable.
A lot of international actors get typecast in typically villainous or stereotypical roles. I think of Mads Mikkelsen or Antonio Banderas or Hiroyuki Sanada or Marion Cotillard. When you see the work they do and the kinds of roles they get in their native languages, you realize just how much Hollywood wastes them.
My number one actor for this kind of thing is always Hong Chau. Chameolonic, tremendously talented and she’s always in like 5 minutes of a movie. Drives me crazy.
The fact that Alyson Hannigan never did drama after Buffy is truly wild. I think it was her choice, as she much preferred working on sitcoms, but she was a devastatingly incredible serious actor. NO ONE can cry like Alyson Hannigan can cry.
I think John Boyega got s***wed in the sequel movies as Finn.
John C. Reilly in basically every project he’s ever done with Will Ferrell. He’s basically a case study in being too good but not taking yourself seriously about it.
Alexander Siddig as Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne in Game of Thrones
Utterly wasted in one stupid plot line and then disrespectfully [ended] by another character butchered by horrible writing in another stupid plot line.
I always feel bad watching Teri Garr playing such a nothing role in Dumb and Dumber. You’re talking about one of the biggest and most talented stars of the 80s, and she plays the old stepmom who has like two throwaway lines.
I feel bad that Sean Williams Scott played Stiffler ***so f*****g well*** that he was only ever allowed to play that role with another name.
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren is the most obvious one I can think of.
Absolutely brilliant actor, f*****g horrible directing and screenwriting.
James McAvoy has been largely wasted in his career, I think. I was impressed by his performance in SciFi’s *Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune* miniseries, and he’s gone a good job playing Professor Xavier, but that role didn’t utilize him fully.
Sarah Michelle Gellar in everything that’s not Buffy. Someone give her a good role in a continuing show! (I know she’s in the Dexter prequel right now, but haven’t heard anything positive about the show).
Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man.
So many bad creative decisions in those movies, but Andrew Garfield is an amazing actor.
He was my favorite of the three Spider-Men in No Way Home.
Richard Burton, albeit his wasted talent was down more to his chronic alcoholism.
Bela Lugosi was a very talented actor who got typecasted in horror roles and abused by the studios
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