10 Movies That Changed Your Mind About Actors You Loved

8. John Travolta - Battlefield Earth

It's hard what to make of John Travolta regardless of the existence of Battlefield Earth, given that his career has dived and soared so many times over the course of recent years - but it was this strange and frankly godawful adaptation of a L. Ron Hubbard novel that seemed to mark the turning point for most fans. Whereas Travolta earned a nice little career resurgence in the aftermath of Pulp Fiction, it was this space-based monstrosity that made the actor's regular fans into his biggest detractors, asking questions like: "What the f*ck are you doin', Travolta?" As a long-time Scientologist, John Travolta had long-attempted to get Battlefield Earth made, even though there was absolutely nobody alive (apart from Tom Cruise, perhaps) who wanted to see it. The movie flopped, of course, just as any movie that requires its Hollywood star to dress up like a blue-skinned douchebag should. So although Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Face/Off and The Thin Red Line brought Travolta back into the limelight, Battlefield Earth marked him out as that "certified weirdo behind one of the worst films ever made." It's hard to know what to think.