“Behind the Curtain: Why These Beloved Actors Regret Their Most Iconic Roles”
Carrie Fisher Hates The Fame She Gained From Star Wars
The late actress had a turbulent career that all began when she landed the role of Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise. While she eventually came to terms with the role, in 2008 on The Today Show, she said that she “would have never done it” if she had known how famous it would make her.
Granted, in 2008 Fisher was still struggling with substance abuse. When the series was rebooted in 2015, she happily reprised the role.
Harrison Ford Hated His Star Wars Role For A Different Reason
Unlike Carrie Fisher, Ford was perfectly content with the fame that came from playing space outlaw Han Solo. What he didn’t like was the demand of the character. Ford actually wanted his character to be killed off at the end of Return of the Jedi but George Lucas didn’t grant his wish.
Ford reprised the role in the 2015 franchise reboot solely on the condition that his character would finally die.
Alec Guinness Thought His Star Wars Character Was “Fairy-Tale Rubbish”
Alec Guinness was already a British film legend in 1977 when he begrudgingly agreed to take the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first Star Wars film. He only took the role after his pay was doubled which should have been a red flag for George Lucas.
Then, from letters at the time, you can see him writing about how Obi-Wan and the entire film franchise was “fairy-tale rubbish.” Star Wars does not have a good reputation with its actors.
Daniel Radcliffe Kind Of Regrets Harry Potter
Don’t freak out right away, he doesn’t regret the Harry Potter films OR the lead role entirely. Daniel Radcliffe mostly just hates looking back and watching his acting. Radcliffe gives himself a pass on the first few movies because he was young, but he absolutely hates Harry in The Half-Blood Prince.
Radcliffe told Playboy in 2015 that his acting “is very one-note” and that he felt he just got “complacent” with the character.
Katherine Heigl Liked Knocked Up But Hated Her Character
Heigl never hid her feelings for the Judd Apatow comedy film that made her a name on the silver screen. Even when promoting the film in 2007, she called it “a little sexist.” Later on, she expended the comment and said the film painted her as “shrew, humorless and uptight.”
Many people were quick to agree with her, but Heigl quickly made it clear it’s not the movie she hates but it was her character.
Marlon Brando Hated Being Beautiful
Brando is known for different roles by different generations, but his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire shot him into fame. Despite being the role that made him, Brando once told Time magazine he “detests the character” because for a long time it branded him as a “sexy outlaw” archetype.
It took a few decades but Brando eventually shook the label when he landed the lead role in The Godfather.
Harrison Ford Hated Blade Runner More Than Star Wars
The only character Ford hated more than Han Solo was Rick Deckard in Blade Runner. He complained that he was a “detective who did not have any detecting to do” and that the material was difficult to read. He also despised having to read for voice-overs.
Ford seems to have a weird habit of reprising roles that he hates. Hopefully, his experience in the 2017 sequel, Blade Runner 2049, was better.
Molly Ringwald Now Looks Back In Anger At The Breakfast Club
It took more than 30 years, but Molly Ringwald has finally decided she doesn’t actually like her character of Claire or the film The Breakfast Club. In 2017, during the rise of #MeToo, Ringwald reexamined the movie and said some scenes make her feel “deeply uncomfortable.”
Ringwald even went so far as to say she regretted not speaking out against certain inappropriate scenes at the time because they portray women in a bad way.
Jessica Alba Said Fantastic Four Made Her Want To Quit Acting
The first Fantastic Four film was panned by critics, but for some reason, they still made a sequel. The sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer was even worse and scarred her for life. She said that during filming she considered stopping acting because she hated it.
Apparently, the final straw came when the director told her she looked “too real” when crying and that she should just focus on looking pretty, and they’d “CGI the tears in.” Yikes.
