14 Actors Who Desperately Need A Hit Movie

5. Brendan Fraser

The Mummy Brendan Fraser
Universal

From the late 90s through to the late 2000s, Brendan Fraser racked up a number of impressive box office hits, including George of the Jungle, the enormously successful Mummy trilogy, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

In 2008, however, Fraser hit a brick wall, with his post-Mummy movies simply failing to catch light with audiences, and before long, he ended up being replaced for the Journey sequel by The Rock. How is anyone supposed to compete with that?

Though Fraser did recently enjoy an acclaimed run on hit TV show The Affair, and he is currently working on other TV fare, his cinematic prospects are virtually nil at this point, all the more depressing as Tom Cruise just milked his Mummy franchise for another quick buck.

At least Fraser's status as a meme in recent years does increase the likelihood that Hollywood might give him another chance some time soon, and considering the brutal alimony payments he reportedly has to make to his ex-wife, it's just as well.

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