8 People You Won't Believe Won Razzie Awards
5. Laurence Olivier
In a career that spanned 6 decades, Laurence Olivier received 10 Oscar nominations, 2 honorary Oscars (including a Lifetime Achievement award in 1979) and was named Best Actor in 1948 for his performance in Hamlet. He won 3 Golden Globes, 5 Primetime Emmys, 3 Baftas and, in 1960, received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
How could he win not one, but two Razzie awards, you ask?
By the mid-1970s, the actors health began to fail and he put artistic considerations aside so that he could earn enough to leave a sizeable inheritance for his family. Money is the only explanation for why anyone would choose to participate in The Jazz Singer and Inchon, as youll know if youve ever sat through them.
Oliviers turn as General Douglas Macarthur in Inchon is merely a disappointment, but its his turn as Neil Diamonds rabbi father (!?) in The Jazz Singer that takes the proverbial biscuit. Taking overacting to a new level, Sir Larry barks his lines in an over-the-top Yiddish accent, reacting to his screen sons dreams of fame with the line, Eets not tuff enuff beink a Choo?
Best of all, however, is the sequence where Olivier bails Diamond out of jail after hes been arrested for inciting a riot by wait for it performing the song You, Baby, Baby for a black audience.while wearing blackface.