10 Hollywood Stars That Let Instant Success Go To Their Heads

9. Wesley Snipes

Early Success: Snipes appeared in the Martin Scorsese music video for Michael Jackson's Bad and was soon snapped up for Spike Lee's Major League, quickly becoming an action movie staple. Before long he was appearing alongside Sylvester Stallone in Demolition Man and creating a body of work short on classics but always big at the box office. This culminated with the Blade franchise which appeared in 1998 with an equally successful sequel hitting screens in 2002. What Happened Next? On the set of Blade Trinity in 2005, Snipes took to staying in his trailer, smoking weed and refusing to come out unless absolutely necessary. In the end, the director simply told his co-stars to act out their lines and have Snipes fill the scenes in later. Once he did come round, all he had to offer was a few 'Mmms' looking straight into camera - these takes were reused throughout the film, while action sequences were completed with a double or with CGI. There were other production troubles; hen not in his trailer Snipes would flounce around set, refusing to speak to his fellow actors, but things got worse. At one point he accused his director of racism and leaped on him in an attempt to strangle him to death. All this was just the tip of the iceberg. Soon Snipes was in prison, adding good old tax evasion to his penchant for being a total ass hole.