6. Cuba Gooding Jr.
When you hear the words "Cuba Gooding Jr." nowadays, is your reaction something along the lines of: "Oh, yeah... I forgot that he existed"? That's how I feel whenever I hear this young man's name (he'll always be a young man to me,), given that he seems to have been relegated to the pits of obscurity in the wake of his
Jerry Maguire-based Oscar win, with roles in movies you've never even heard of, like
Shadowboxer and, uh,
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. For some bizarre reason, nobody seems to be able to find a place for ol' Cuba Gooding. Rumour has it that, having won his Oscar, Cuba set about purposely avoiding more "Oscar-like roles," because he didn't want to be "that guy" in the wake of winning the big one. Turns out he wanted to be that
other guy - the one who wins an Academy Award and consciously flushes his career down the toilet by opting to star in movies like
Chill Factor and...
Boat Trip?
Boat Trip - are you kidding me? So pretentious this guy ain't, but stupid... that's entirely possible. Guess all he really cared about was being "shown the money" (sorry, couldn't resist).