10 Actors Who Knew The Movie Was Doomed On Day 1
1. Matthew Broderick - Deck The Halls
Christmas comedy Deck the Halls was released in late 2006 to near-universal critical disdain while failing to lure in even the most undemanding of audiences hopped up on eggnog and turkey: it was unable to recoup its oddly hefty $51 million budget.
According to a 2013 episode of How Did This Get Made? - which featured one of the film's cast members, Gillian Vigman - the three leads weren't thrilled about being on set.
Kristin Chenoweth was still reeling from breaking up with Aaron Sorkin and spent much of the shoot in tears, Danny DeVito flew in to do the bare minimum required of him, and then there's Matthew Broderick.
Broderick, who reportedly spent months training with a real speed-skater for the film's speed-skating sequence, was spotted on set shaking his head and saying to himself, "I've hit rock bottom."
Evidently Broderick knew he was starring in a Christmas turkey, but unlike Chenoweth and DeVito, he managed to avoid scoring a Razzie nomination. Silver linings, right?