7 Sport Stars Who Tried To Break Hollywood

Ah, Shaq. The Shaq Attack. Shaq Fu. The lovable basketball beast, known by his full name of Shaquille O'Neal. Here's a dude that's larger than life (almost literally) and has such a powerful presence and personality, that his appearance in any film or TV series, is a surefire winner.

It's a shame then, that despite his pretty decent turn in 1993 basketball flick, Blue Chips (which is definitely worth a revisit, by the way), someone decided to dress up Shaq as a genie and stick him in Kazaam. A terrible kids film, that is probably best remembered today for not being Shazam, which wasn't another genie based kids film, that didn't star comedian Sinbad, because it never actually existed.

Shaq's acting career never really recovered from the kicking that he got from Kazaam, but he's a big enough guy to take it on the chin and he's continued to make appearances in the years since, mostly as himself, in a variety of TV shows and adverts. The man also has is own energy drink, called Soda Shaq. And who needs an acting career when you've got that kind of craziness going on?