25 Actors You Totally Forgot Starred In Classic Horror Franchises
9. Eva Mendes
The Franchise: Children of the Corn
The Role: Kir in the series' fifth entry, 1998's Fields of Terror.
Why You Forgot: The role in the second DTV entry of the Children of the Corn series served as Mendes' first film appearance. Like its predecessor, The Gathering, it offers nothing to anyone but diehard followers of the series, with its DTV nature permeating every aspect of the film and making it a relatively excruciating experience if watching alone.
While it only took Mendes a few years to begin appearing in films like Training Day and 2 Fast 2 Furious, all one has to do is watch the above trailer to easily see why no one is likely to remember that she - or even the late David Carradine - was in it, let alone remember anything about the movie itself.