10 Actors Who Just Gave Their Worst Performance EVER

6. Alison Brie - Freelance

Napoleon Joaquin Phoenix
Relativity Media

Alison Brie is a tough actress to dislike and, generally speaking, she gives 100% to even her frothier, less-challenging roles in more mainstream fare.

But she's never made something less deserving of her talents than Freelance, my God.

The same can't quite be said of her bemuscled co-star John Cena, who's certainly given worse performances than this, but for Brie this is definitely scraping the very bottom of the barrel.

Brie plays journalist Claire Wellington, who gets caught up in a craaaazzzzy adventure while interviewing a dictator, and the script proves so aggressively miserable that even Brie's natural charm and pep scarcely shine through.

Brie's chemistry with Cena feels forced, and there's just nothing at all for her to latch onto character-wise - Claire is the same boring stereotype from start to finish.

Aside from a single memorable scene featuring Brie in a state of considerable undress, this is a completely anonymous performance, and the actress can't even pretend she's interested in what's going on.

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