3. Will Smith
Last Great Movie: I Am Legend (2007), I guess? Is it a bit too soon to suggest that Will Smith is losing his star quality? Perhaps. Still, I doubt anyone could argue that the world's coolest actor looks to be on something of a downward streak - a streak that certainly hasn't been helped by the recent release of M. Night Shyamalan's forty-seventh abomination in a row,
After Earth. The fact that Smith consciously evoked to use
After Earth as a vehicle for his son's acting career, too... well, doesn't that say it all? And I don't think it was a move that played fair with his fans, either. You might cite the third
Men In Black movie as a recent success in this Hollywood favourite's filmography, but I'd argue that Smith was simply coasting on nostalgia, which is kind of what stopped it from being a flop. I'm a big Smith fan, and I think he's good in everything that he does, but
Men In Black III seemed a little coast-y to me. The film itself was okay, but did it have the star working his magic like in the glory days? I don't think so. I hope for his own sake that the former Fresh Prince picks his next project carefully: it could be make or break.