6. Jared Leto - Chapter 27 (2007)
Maybe it's a musicianal thing, or maybe that's a word I just made up. As was the case with 50 Cent, though, Jared Leto tried to unleash his inner method actor by taking on what should have been a monumental role, and yet it turned out that nobody was interested in watching the singer from
30 Seconds of Mars wandering about looking fat and mental in a movie about the murder of John Lennon. I can't say I blame them, but it's certainly a shame for Leto, who probably thought that this was going to be his big break as a serious actor or something.
Chapter 27, which has Leto as the embodiment of
Beatle-killer Mark Chapman, was released to little fanfare and almost no critical acclaim, despite Leto's dedicated performance, which required him to "fat up" and wear goofy glasses. Well, he did a lot more than that, to be fair - he went on a liquid diet as soon as he was cast, and contracted gout because of the change in his weight. It also took him over a year to return to his normal body size. Though he did receive some acclaim for his performance, only sixty-eight people saw the movie, apparently, going by the box office receipts -
Chapter 27 has grossed a mere $187,000 to date.