10 Big-Name Actors Who Were Wasted In Major Blockbusters

When Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park hit the scene in 1993, it changed the movie industry drastically. And while the dinosaurs may have been the stars of the show, but the main cast also did a solid job throughout the story.

Ian Malcom became the most popular character in the original film with many an audience, mostly down to Jeff Goldblum's smooth and stylish performance. His commentary on chaos theory and reactions to the worsening situation made him stand out more among the cast, so they brought him back to play a leading role in The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 1997.

Over two decades later, with the series revived by 2015's Jurassic World, a sequel was quickly put into production. Fallen Kingdom arrived in 2018 and it proved to be a rather soulless and generic blockbuster, yet it still made a billion at the box office. Perhaps the biggest letdown came with the return of Jeff Goldblum, who was placed into the trailers and marketing to offer some background discussion to the main action.

When it came to the final product however, many a viewer was very disappointed to see the character play no role in the action, instead sitting at a table for five minutes, saying a few lines then walking out the