10 Actors Who Haven't Given A Good Movie Performance In Over A Decade
6. Michael Douglas
Discounting his staggering turn as Liberace in Steven Soderberghs TV movie (originally intended for cinemas), Behind The Candelabra (2012), Michael Douglas has picked his roles sparingly (he suffered a bout of cancer which obviously and understandably slowed him down), appearing in one or two harmless films a year, usually as somebodys Dad (pretty much what he did in this year's Ant-Man). These are never likely to be Good, capital G, but, such is Douglas natural charisma, hes always watchable. That could be said of many great actors, however, so he makes this list regardless and with the footnote that he hasnt been Michael-Douglas-Good at the cinema since Steven Soderberghs Traffic way back in 2000, and David Finchers The Game before that in 97. Yes, he reprised his Oscar winning role as Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stones sequel to Wall Street, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), but the effect wasnt the same, and both Stone and Douglas shouldve left Gekko in his brilliant final appearance in the rain-sodden park of the original.
