10 Terrible Actors Who Got Lucky Breaks

3. Matthew Broderick

It pains me to say it, but Matthew Broderick really is not a very good actor. Though he€™s widely-beloved for the excellent Ferris Bueller€™s Day Off, Broderick is another instance of an actor who just seems to be playing themselves. While this works wonders for a likeable, off-the-tracks character like Bueller, it€™s not exactly something he could continue to play as he got older, and in failing to diversify, demonstrating his lack of range, the job offers dried up. Though Broderick enjoyed a brief run of successful post-Bueller roles in the 80s, he soon enough ended up playing Inspector Gadget in the widely-panned reboot movie, and basically saw his career swirl down the toilet. Why? Because he is, in fact, a bad actor. Nowadays he just comes across as stilted and awkward; the only remotely entertaining thing I€™ve seen him in the last decade was an episode of Louie, but that was more down to Louie CK€™s brilliant script more than anything. It pains me to admit it, but it€™s true.
 
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