15 Actors Hollywood Refuses To Cast Anymore

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6. Cameron Diaz Tarnished Herself With Bad Teacher

Could Cameron Diaz be one of the most underused resources in Hollywood? We think so! In the late 1990s actresses didn’t get much hotter than Diaz and she had the acting ability and drive to go with her good looks. It seemed she had everything she needed to be successful and while she gained recognition for comedies like My Best Friend’s Wedding, Charlie’s Angels and There’s Something About Mary, she was also able to show off her range in films like Being John Malkovich and Vanilla Sky. In fact, everything seemed to be going well until she made Bad Teacher in 2011 which severely tarnished her reputation and her next films Sex Tape, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, and Annie did very little to repair that.

5. Taylor Lautner’s Ego Got In The Way

Everyone thought that Taylor Lautner, who most of us only remember as Jacob from Twilight, was going to be the next big thing. And we were all wrong. So where did it go wrong for him? Well for starters the film, Abduction, which was meant to help him break away from his persona as Jacob bombed at the box office. Secondly, it seems as though the success of Twilight over-inflated his ego to the point where he was demanding astronomical amounts to appear in films. According to the rumor mill, he demanded $7 million to star in Stretch Armstrong and a whopping $10 million to star in David and Goliath – and was turned down for both roles. Maybe he wasn’t as talented as we thought?

4. Ryan Phillippe Just Fizzled Out

What in the world happened to Ryan Phillippe? In the 90’s he was an up and coming star who couldn’t seem to miss when it came to roles. Hits like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, and 54 made him a household name and his boyish good looks won him millions of fans. It looked like Ryan was set to take the world by storm, but then surprising he just seemed to fizzle out. Although he proved himself with dramatic roles in films like Breach and Flags of our Fathers, a few of his films bombed in quick succession and when he split from Reese Witherspoon his professional career took a dive it’s never quite recovered from. But who knows, maybe in the future Ryan will enjoy a comeback.

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