10 Actors Who Profited From Films That Ruined Careers

8. Drew Barrymore - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

It might seem as if these days Drew Barrymore does nothing else but phone in performances to terribly unfunny but highly profitable Adam Sandler vehicles, but few child actors can claim to have had such a lengthy and sustained career in the film industry. Barrymore's introduction to movie-going audiences could hardly have been more high profile - she appeared in Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial at the tender age of 6. While you might think that such a blockbuster smash would launch the careers of everyone involved, surprisingly none of the other main cast have become household names. Unlike fellow child actor Macaulay Culkin, a post-child actor problem with drugs and alcohol didn't destroy her prospects of a healthy acting career in adulthood - it's just a shame that her output has been one mediocre rom-com after another for so long.