14 Actors Who Became Absolute Legends With Just One Movie

13. Kate Capshaw - Willie Scott (Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom)

Our first of five entries from the Indiana Jones series concerns one of its least-loved characters. Willie Scott is commonly regarded as a poor relation to both Marion Ravenwood from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Elsa Schneider from Last Crusade (more on her later). While a lot of that lies in the way the part was written, Kate Capshaw's performance wasn't all that inspiring either. Capshaw got her first break on the long-running soap The Edge of Night, before landing small roles in A Little Sex and the TV movie Missing Children: A Mother's Story. She won the role of Willie Scott by dying her hair blonde and repeatedly watching The African Queen. She beat out over 120 actresses for the role, including Sharon Stone. Damsels in distress have always been in plentiful supply in Hollywood, and only those who can bring something distinctive to the table will go on to something more interesting. Capshaw's legendary status is rooted largely in infamy: her character is the most annoying, excruciating and unlikeable aspect of the whole film. While she can scream plentifully and look grossed out on cue, she lacks the range and charisma of her co-stars, and so her lack of subsequent success was probably deserved. What She Did Next: Capshaw starred in Dreamscape the same year as Temple of Doom, but thereafter concentrated on TV movies. She married Steven Spielberg in 1991 and officially retired from acting in 2003.