10 Exact Moments Actors Thought They Were Finished

Fresh off of his latest Golden Globes win and a first Oscar nomination for his part in The Banshees of Inishirin, it's hard to believe there was ever a time when it looked as though Colin Farrell's career was in any serious trouble.

But nearly two-decades before his most recent outstanding year on the big-screen, one which also saw him utterly transform into The Penguin in The Batman, the Irish actor admitted to genuinely questioning if he was actually any good at this acting thing.

After appearing in what would ultimately go on to become one of the biggest flops of the decade in Alexander, a 23-year-old Farrell was quickly informed that the reviews being sent the 2004 historical epic were "not good."

Farrell ultimately decided to escape the public eye for a while by taking a trip to a ski resort in Lake Tahoe, but couldn't escape the feeling of being a "crap actor" and questioned whether he'd just been "found out" after his initial success in the business.

This high-profile disaster couldn't fully derail the star's rise in the end, however. And after reconnecting with the version of himself who first walked into an acting class at the age of 17, Farrell was eventually able to produce the sort of work that has since established him as one of the finest performers of his generation.