10 Actors Who Virtually Guarantee A Terrible Blockbuster Movie
If you see any of these names in the cast, save your money because it probably won't be worth it.
Nobody sets out to make a bad movie or give a bad performance on purpose, but unless you reside near the very top of the Hollywood A-list and get to pick and choose your roles as you see fit, nobody is immune to starring in something terrible every now and again. After all, actors have got to work just like the rest of us, they just get paid a lot more for doing it.
Obviously, the biggest paydays usually come from the biggest projects with the biggest budgets than can bring in the biggest box office, because history has shown that Dwayne Johnson didn't become the highest-paid actor in the world from tackling low-budget independent dramas.
Some actors are more suited to the blockbuster genre than others, and appear more natural and comfortable in that sort of environment rather than reciting ten pages' worth of dialogue in a dimly-lit room as part of a prestige drama.
Any actor worth their salt gets the chance to star in a big-budget movie at some stage in their careers, but there are more than a few that have failed spectacularly at doing so. There are numerous actors that have been remarkably consistent in their ability to star in a string of terrible blockbusters, and while this isn't a total hit-piece, it would be in the best interests of all involved if they stepped away from the CGI and explosions for a while.
10. Richard Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh might not be instantly recognizable to a lot of people, but in the early 2000s he was a regular fixture in Hollywood. The Australian actor's profile has fallen in recent years, which may or may not be due to the fact that any time he signed on for a high-profile role in a big-budget movie, the results were not great.
His first taste of rubbing shoulders with the A-list came in Mission: Impossible II, where he played the heavy of Dougray Scott's Sean Ambrose. It may have been the highest-grossing movie of the year 2000, but the first sequel is still regarded as the weakest installment in the franchise by far.
After appearing in the acclaimed Moulin Rouge!, Roxburgh was again lured into the world of blockbuster filmmaking and played the villain in the terrible adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, before giving us one of the worst big screen Draculas ever seen in Van Helsing.
Going three-for-three in terms of consecutive duds, he then took a supporting role in the abysmal Stealth, which wound up as one of the biggest box office bombs in history after earning a little over $75m at the box office against a budget of $135m. Hopefully starring in three awful blockbusters in a row was enough to convince him to fire his agent.