10 Misguided Career Moves Made By Talented Actors

6. Mel Gibson's Rants

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppGwEA6wWt4 Oh, Mel. The man is such a talented actor and director, yet seems physically incapable of not screwing things up. In July of 2006, Gibson was arrested for driving under the influence, and to make matters worse, drunkenly shouted that Jewish people were responsible for all the wars in the world, and called the female police officer "Sugar t**s". Gibson eventually went through all the necessary mea culpas and it seemed like, with the release of his 2010 film Edge of Darkness, Mel Gibson was finally back. Only 5 months later, however, phone recordings surfaced of him berating his girlfriend (and the mother of one of his children), Oksana Grigorieva, using countless racist and sexist remarks, and basically coming across as a complete psychopath. William Morris dropped him from their agency the next day, his next film The Beaver had a super-limited release (despite good reviews), and his planned Viking film with Leonardo DiCaprio was put on ice after DiCaprio dropped out. Today, he's starring in straight-to-VOD flicks like Get the Gringo, and has taken a role in Machete Kills, but it seems like his best days are well behind him now.