10 Actors Who Need To Make A Great Movie Before It's Too Late

5. Mike Myers

Austin PowersLast Great Movie: Shrek (2001) - I'm not counting Inglourious Basterds (2009) Mike Myers is only 50, so he really shouldn't be in the dire situation that he's in right now. It's not like it's impossible to be funny when you go past middle-age - for a lot of comedians, that's when the really good jokes start to kick in. You know, when you're fed up with your kids and your wife, and you can use them as subject matter like Judd Apatow does. Hell, he actually uses them in his movies. My point is, though... why can't Mike Myers find a suitable outlet for his talents that isn't The Love Guru or similarly bad comedy abominations? Myers is a certified comedy veteran. As in, the man's been acting funny since he was 10 years old. Is it possible that he's just dried up? I guess that would make sense, but I refuse to believe that Mike Myers wants to be described on a website list chronicling failing actors as "dried up." I mean, this guy was Austin Powers in Austin Powers! He was Wayne in Wayne's World! He was Shrek in, uh, Shrek (man, Mike Myers likes being in movies named after his characters, huh?). Apparently, though, everyone in Hollywood hates this guy, because he's difficult to work with. So it's already too late, I guess. Which is sad, but it's better than Love Guru 2.
 
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