10 Actors Who Broke Typecasting In The Worst Way Possible

10. Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls

Her Typecasting:

Elizabeth Berkley was you quintessential girl-next-door. No seriously, she lived next door to the main character Zach in her breakout role in the NBC show Saved By The Bell. Berkley's character was smart, bushy-tailed and kind, she was the All-American Girl that everyone in the country knew and loved.

How She Broke It:

When Berkley finished up her stint on Saved By The Bell, she looked desperately for roles that would shed her of her "good girl" image. And boy did she find one. Berkley took the leading role in the 1995 movie Showgirls, in which she played a promiscuous and street-smart stripper.

What Went Wrong:

If you haven't heard about the catastrophic failure that was the movie Showgirls then you're probably under the age of 20. Showgirls was a critical and financial flop about a young girl whose street smarts lead her into the world of stripping. No one had a good thing to say about the movie, and it seemed that Berkey had ruined her career forever. Nobody in the industry took her seriously after that and she was forced to take lifetime movie roles and bit parts in cheesy tv shows.