10 Actors Who Were In Two Terrible Movies In 2023
3. Chris Pine - Poolman & Wish
Spare a thought for Chris Pine, who's on this list twice as an actor and once as a director.
The modern-day Captain Kirk got behind the camera for a film called Poolman, in which he also starred as a swimming pool cleaner who accidentally uncovers a massive criminal operation.
This was Pine's first time directing, but that didn't prove to be a mitigating circumstance when it was shown to the public. Poolman was ripped to pieces by critics and, at the time of writing, has not been picked up for distribution after debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The failure of Poolman should have been comfortably alleviated by Wish, a celebratory Disney effort in which Pine played the main villain. Wish was supposed to be a big, affectionate party for Disney's 100th anniversary, but it failed to grab anyone's attention in a meaningful way.
It was deemed boring and unoriginal, too reliant on nostalgia with nothing new to keep audiences invested.