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Washed Up Actors
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I don't know about a lot of these. Washed up to me means an actor has to be dragged out of bed or a cell hungover as hell to the set. For better or worse a lot of the actors mentioned have carved out a niche that pays the bills and then some. Yeah it's absolutely dreck, but it's also a decent paycheck.
Tom Sizemore? Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Yeah those are washed up. JRM was arrested again recently IIRC.
Even some of these aren't completely without hope.
Tom Sizemore? Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Yeah those are washed up. JRM was arrested again recently IIRC.
Even some of these aren't completely without hope.
Man, what happened to this poor dude? He was so good in The Tudors but it was just all downhill from there.
He's in a different tier than "washed up", he's in the "God's Not Dead" tier of acting hierarchy.
IIRC alcoholism sadly. Rumor is he has a habit of picking fights in bars against people twice his size. Before he was declared an insurance liability he was spending more time in makeup (to hide the bruises) than acting.
Wait, folks are posting Worthington or Heigl as washed up?
Worthington is working with one of the biggest directors out there currently. Heigl was just in Suits, and is in post production of another episodic drama for 2021. I'm not the biggest fan of either of them, but to compare either of those actors to someone like Tara Reid or Pauly Shore is wrong.
Worthington is working with one of the biggest directors out there currently. Heigl was just in Suits, and is in post production of another episodic drama for 2021. I'm not the biggest fan of either of them, but to compare either of those actors to someone like Tara Reid or Pauly Shore is wrong.
Weird, he does look a bit like him for a couple of frames, in that very specific lighting:
Very true but it was still a good film. He and Marissa Tomei were fantastic in it.
Worthington basically had to be in the Avatar sequel, but what has he been in besides that?
At least he got some of that MCU money before Hollywood realized it...
The trend for them is to become political pundits and grifters.
See: James Woods, Scott Baio, Kevin Sorbo, Robert Davi
See: James Woods, Scott Baio, Kevin Sorbo, Robert Davi
He currently has 7 projects in post-production:
They're not even bullshit roles. Dreamland is from Nicholas Jarecki, who most recently wrote and directed Arbitrage.
He was Superman and Spider-Man in theatrical movies just two years ago, doesn't get bigger.
But how can Jon Voight, America's sweetheart, be considered washed up though?
When people say an actor is washed-up they generally mean actors who were once superstars but have faded into irrelevancy, usually due to poor career moves, getting blacklisted, and/or living recklessly, as you mentioned. Basically if go from A-list to Sharknado, you are washed up.
Weird, he does look a bit like him for a couple of frames, in that very specific lighting:
Looks more like Domenick Lombardozzi to me.
I don't know if he fits but I stumbled upon (and enjoyed) Best of the Best mere minutes ago and wondered aloud where Eric Roberts went off to. I know he's not incapable of roles (he was in 2/3 "recent" Batman movies) but I can't imagine he's headlined anything noteworthy in forever.
A lot of people are mentioning Kelsey Grammar but what is David Hyde Pierce or Jane Leeves upto nowadays? Kelsey was recently performing in the west end before the pandemic hit.
I don't think a lot of people are necessarily 'washed up', just doing work outside of the mainstream.
I don't think a lot of people are necessarily 'washed up', just doing work outside of the mainstream.
Eric Roberts will do literally anything if you meet his rate, and has been that way forever. He averages 25+ credits a year.
Wow, he had 84 IMDB credits in 2020.
I'm guessing that a lot of those were like his top-billed performance in Bigfoot Vs D.B. Cooper, where he delivered a couple of lines of narration and that was it.
Hasn't he stopped giving a fuck like 15 years ago? Feels like all his movies since have been trash.
Nah Nic Cage is way off base, the guy is arguably in the most interesting phase of his career right now.
After doing some research the rest of the internet had some interesting choices, but I was cracking up at this pic of Stephen Baldwin!
I think that's pretty much exactly it. These low budget films can often scrap together 2-3 million for Bruce to come in for a couple of days. It's an easy pay day for him as he's never getting the big salaries again, and why would he bother when he can probably earn $10m a year for a couple of weeks work at most. Plus it makes the movie a lot more marketable in a lot of countries to have his face plastered across the poster/cover.
Wait, what? Don't tell me that Robert Davi is one of these far-right shills? Not Jake Fratelli/Special Agent Johnson/Franz Sanchez?!?
EDIT: Also I think rather than being washed up Nic Cage is trying to pay off massive tax debts so takes on a lot of low tier stuff.
I just want Steven Seagal to go grey gracefully. His jet-black hair and beard look so fucking bad.
Nah. Hes flourishing. But this niche b-movie genre stuff is nowhere near as good as his 90s/00s action and drama work.
I'm curious if any of the names in this thread are of actors who "disappeared" only because they've been successful on broadway or the west end.
I heard something along those lines about Jason Alexander - if you only paid attention to his movie and TV career post-Seinfeld you'd think he turned out nothing but he's actually been doing theatre most of the time. This is just my understanding, tho, please correct me if I'm wrong.
I heard something along those lines about Jason Alexander - if you only paid attention to his movie and TV career post-Seinfeld you'd think he turned out nothing but he's actually been doing theatre most of the time. This is just my understanding, tho, please correct me if I'm wrong.
