10 Actors Who Need To Go Away For A While

7. Kate McKinnon

Ghostbusters Kate McKinnon
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Kate McKinnon is absolutely hysterical on Saturday Night Live, but her cinematic output had sadly been decidedly less consistent (and much more annoying).

She is, in fairness, a relative newcomer to movies, making her mark with her scene-stealing appearance in Ghostbusters, but ever since she's basically just rehashed the same self-consciously quirky, over-affected shtick.

She was especially irritating in last year's animated romp Ferdinand - where she played a motormouth goat - and this past summer's The Spy Who Dumped Me. Considering that both under-performed at the box office, it seems that general audiences aren't much fussed by her.

McKinnon obviously has talent, but it'd be nice to see her funnel it into different strains of comedy (and maybe even drama), rather than the same warmed-over weirdo act every damn time. If not, she risks leaving herself over-exposed.

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