10 Actors Who Are Nowhere Near As Great As They Used To Be

8. Mike Myers

FEC4638E352D6B1DD9495739BF7A4 There is something about Hollywood that sucks the spark out of those comedians that make it on the big screen. They explode into the stratosphere making us question how we were able to even live our boring lives before they came along. Such was the case with Mike Myers. Honing his comedic skills on Saturday Night Live, he made the jump with the bitching Wayne's World, followed that up with the nice-guy So I Married An Axe Murderer and then everyone's favorite Millennium costume, Austin Powers. So what happened? Shrek came along and Mike discovered he would never need to go into a make up trailer again. Doing voice-over work has been such a great steady gig for him that he really has no need to try and create new lovable characters. His last attempt, the Love Guru, stank so bad it even beat out The Happening for the 2008 Razzie award as Worst Film of the Year. When your comedy is considered worse than a movie about killer plants, you know you've hit rock bottom. Fortunately, it's not like Mike is in financial trouble. He's just hit his creative plateau. For now.
 
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Been there, done that but not too well. Continually financially restrained. Now (and still) lives in Western Canada and talks some hockey and parenting on ogieoglethorpe.blogspot.ca and watching trailers on 2minutemovies.blogspot.ca.