9 Famous Actors In Real Danger Of Becoming Irrelevant
3. Nicolas Cage
It wouldn't be too harsh to say that the only reason Nicolas Cage remains a talking point in the movie industry is the sheer morbid curiosity that surrounds his descent into straight-to-video obscurity.
An actor that once occupied the upper echelons of the Hollywood A-list as one of its most interesting actors and biggest box office draws now finds his career in a tailspin from which it may never recover. At one point able to command $20m paychecks and have his pick of the biggest studio projects available, Cage now finds himself signing on to everything that comes his way.
By the end of 2018 the fallen superstar will have appeared in no less than twenty-four movies in five years, most of which don't even get released in theaters. This is definitely a case of quantity over quality, because the vast majority of his recent efforts have been terrible.
Still capable of rediscovering his old form in the right project, the 54 year-old now faces a pivotal point in his career. The human meme-generator still shows the occasional flash of his old brilliance, but not often enough and needs the right project to remind people of how great an actor he can be before its too late.
Can't we just get Quentin Tarantino to write something for him? Imagine that.