6. Michael Caine - Jaws: The Revenge
Before he became a greying talisman for Christopher Nolan, Michael Caine earned himself a reputation as an actor who would perform in any old rubbish as long as it paid. This, of course, was driven by his political decision to leave Britain in 1979 because, he felt, the Labour Party had ruined the country by asking higher earners to pay a touch more tax - 83%. That actually does seem quite steep. Anyway, he returned 8 years later when Margaret Thatcher restored the natural order for the 1%. During the intervening 8 years he made 23 (count 'em!) movies. That's 2.875 movies per year. He called this his "tax exile money." One of his last "tax exile money" roles was a guest spot in the fourth Jaws movie, Jaws: The Revenge (1987). Michael Caine was frank, open and honest about his twin motivations for playing the character of Hoagie Newcombe: money and a location shoot in the Bahamas. I revel in being a contrarian, but even I can't find anything of worth in this movie. This is a film so horrible that the shark roars like a lion. A lion. No-one cared a jot that Melvin Van Peebles' Jamaican accent was truly abysmal, and his character Jake resurfaces alive after being dragged underwater by the shark once it realised he wasn't a part of the family it was terrorising. Caine wrote later: I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific! It's all about the art after all. Unfortunately for him, his commitment to this dreadful movie prevented him from picking up his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Hannah And Her Sisters. Karma?