8 Actors Who Should Come Out Of Retirement For One Last Role

8. Amanda Bynes

Bynes hasn't been active in the film industry since 2010, which is right around the time she started a pretty public meltdown on Twitter. But we love a good redemption story, and Bynes could very well follow in the footsteps of kindred dysfunctional spirits such as Britney Spears and, to a lesser extent, Lindsay Loahan, by getting the help she needs and bouncing back into the spotlight. Pre-meltdown Bynes was a sugary sweet kid star who transitioned seamlessly into generic rom-coms, but now that she's got a little bit of that bad girl vibe going for her, why not embrace it with a gritty, violent drama about a junkie sociopath trying to kick the habit? (Think of Reese Witherspoon in Wild or even Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted.) Give the girl a meaty part she can really tap into and suddenly it might not seem so far-fetched to hear Amanda Bynes' name at the Academy Awards.