FUN AND GAMES January 15, 2025

“Behind the Curtain: Why These Beloved Actors Regret Their Most Iconic Roles”

Apparently, the genius behind Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange didn’t resonate with the film’s star, Malcolm McDowell. He said that thanks to playing Alex, he wasn’t able to land a good new role for at least ten years.

McDowell fully admits that he resented the film and everyone involved in it for those ten years and that rewatching it today still irritates him. Luckily, he’s been a highly successful actor after the brief drought.

Dakota Johnson Isn’t A Fan Of Fifty Shades Of Grey

She hasn’t fully bashed the films that shot her into stardom, but Dakota Johnson isn’t exactly a fan of Anastasia Steele or the entire Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. She told Glamour magazine in 2017 that she has a troubling love-hate relationship with her character that “comes in waves.”

Johnson also said that the fame from the role put her life on a path that she “didn’t plan to go down.”

The Final Jason Bourne Script Was “Unreadable” For Matt Damon

The role that turned Matt Damon into a certified action star was stretched too thin for his liking. Damon played Jason Bourne in the trilogy but began to hate the character and the franchise after the final film, The Bourne Ultimatum. He said the script was so terrible that he thought it would be “a career-ender.”

Oddly enough, the third film ended up being the most critically acclaimed of the series.

Will Smith’s Biggest Regret Is After Earth

Believe it or not, Will Smith’s biggest film regret isn’t Wild, Wild West — it’s the 2015 sci-fi movie After Earth. Smith said the movie was “the most painful failure” of his career and a valuable lesson for him.

He even said the failure of the character, his acting, and the film taught him to think twice about what he signs on to do. I guess even acting alongside your son can’t make you like a movie role.

Kelly Clarkson Regrets Her First And Only Movie Role

Let’s take a trip back to 2003. Kelly Clarkson just won the first season ever of American Idol, and on the coattails of her fame, she’s decided to star in a terrible romantic musical comedy called From Justin To Kelly. We all knew it was bad and so did Clarkson.

Years later she was jokingly asked if she’d burned all her copies and she responded, “No, I think I would have to own it first.” Clarkson has also instructed her nanny to never show her kids the film.

Edward Norton Was Forced To Make The Italian Job

The 2003 remake of The Italian Job had a devoted fan base to work with and an A-list cast so it was guaranteed to be well-liked, right? Wrong. Edward Norton didn’t actually want to sign on to do the film but he had a contract with Paramount Pictures. If he didn’t take the role, he could have been sued.

You can’t tell from his excellent performance but Norton says he regretted every second he spent on the set.

Bill Murray Told Us All He Hated Voicing Garfield

If you paid attention closely in Zombieland you might have caught Bill Murray’s character of Zombie-Bill-Murray say that he regretted doing Garfield. That wasn’t a line in the script, that was real life.

Murray explained that he signed on for the role because he knew Joel Coen—one half of the iconic Coen Brothers—was writing the script so it must be good. As well all know, it wasn’t good. Murray said the film felt like a waste of his talents.

Sia LaBeouf Said He Let The Indiana Jones Franchise Down

Everyone was pretty excited when the reboot of the Indiana Jones series was announced featuring Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf. It ended up being a huge critical flop and LaBeouf largely says it’s because of his dislike of the character.

LaBeouf believed he let the character down because he didn’t like the script or the role. As a result, the movie was a commercial success that fans hated.

George Clooney Thought He Destroyed The Role Of Batman

No one, not even the main actor, enjoyed the 1997 film, Batman & Robin. More than 15 years after the film’s release, George Clooney joked that he’d “been disinvited from Comic-Con for 20 years” and that he saw Adam West and apologized to him.

Clooney as a superhero should have been a slam dunk but those darn nipples on the bat-suit really ruined everything. At least we got to see Arnold Schwarzenegger as Freeze.

Channing Tatum Got Duped Into G.I. Joe

There was a lot of hype surrounding the release of G.I. Joe in 2009 that suckered all of us, even the film’s star, into thinking it would be good. Years after the franchise ended, Tatum told Howard Stern that he hated the movie and “was pushed into doing it.”

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The Good, The Bad, The Superugly

“Behind the Curtain: Why These Beloved Actors Regret Their Most Iconic Roles”

Dakota Johnson Isn’t A Fan Of Fifty Shades Of Grey

The Final Jason Bourne Script Was “Unreadable” For Matt Damon

Will Smith’s Biggest Regret Is After Earth

Kelly Clarkson Regrets Her First And Only Movie Role

Edward Norton Was Forced To Make The Italian Job

Bill Murray Told Us All He Hated Voicing Garfield

Sia LaBeouf Said He Let The Indiana Jones Franchise Down

George Clooney Thought He Destroyed The Role Of Batman

Channing Tatum Got Duped Into G.I. Joe

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