Hollywood careers that just ended abruptly

Space Dog

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Renne Zellwegger, doesn't seem to have done much since the well publicised plastic surgery excess from a few years ago.

Well, she's won her second Oscar last year, I'd say she's doing well enough.

the purple tin

Rachel Ticotin has been keping busy on TV but no films in about a decade or so.

MrStuffins

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Renne Zellwegger, doesn't seem to have done much since the well publicised plastic surgery excess from a few years ago.

Literally won the Best Actress Oscar less than a year ago

Louis Friend

Rene Zellweger?!

The reigning Best Actress...like, literally the reigning Best Actress!

Seriously?!

Morathi

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Renne Zellwegger, doesn't seem to have done much since the well publicised plastic surgery excess from a few years ago.

Space Dog wrote: »

Well, she's won her second Oscar last year, I'd say she's doing well enough.

MrStuffins wrote: »

Literally won the Best Actress Oscar less than a year ago

Louis Friend wrote: »

Rene Zellweger?!

The reigning Best Actress...like, literally the reigning Best Actress!

Seriously?!

Can't be sure Hangdogroad, but I think she may have won an oscar last year.

Just a guess though, a hunch, a feeling. Hopefully some people will post here and let us know.

Until then, we're in the dark my friend.

TBF, the old RZ looked very different to the one that won the Oscar.

p to the e

santana75 wrote: »

Thats a desperate situation for all involved. I actually feel some measure of sympathy for Chevy, I know he's the master of his own faith and all but I think he was just mentally not healthy, possibly for his entire adult life. I saw a panel interview with him and other cast members from Christmas vacation where someone complimented his acting in one particular scene and his response was very peculiar. So much so that everyone else was looking at him like he had lost his mind. I know he was fond of the snow candy and maybe it was all just coke induced madness, but I'm still rooting for him, hope at some stage he makes something of a comeback.

It's funny you mention Chevy looking like he lost his mind in Christmas Vacation when that film also stars Randy Quaid who's career has just nose dived.

The Inbetween is mine

p to the e wrote: »

It's funny you mention Chevy looking like he lost his mind in Christmas Vacation when that film also stars Randy Quaid who's career has just nose dived.

Randy has serious drug and mental health issues

p to the e

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Randy has serious drug and mental health issues

MisterAnarchy

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Randy has serious drug and mental health issues

Its quite a bizarre tale.
He fled to Canada in 2010 and didnt return to the US until 2015 where he was arrested on crossing the border subject to bail of 500k.
A judge later dismissed the charges against him and his wife .

The Quaids' legal troubles in the U.S. began in 2010, when they were charged with trespassing and causing more than $5,000 in damage to the guesthouse of a California home they once owned.
They were allegedly squatting in it when they were arrested. Two days before they were charged, they traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia.
When Quaid sought to stay in Canada, he claimed he was being hunted by "Hollywood star-whackers" who had killed his friends David Carradine and Heath Ledger .:eek:

IAMAMORON

Emilio Estevez

ZX7R

p to the e wrote: »

It's funny you mention Chevy looking like he lost his mind in Christmas Vacation when that film also stars Randy Quaid who's career has just nose dived.

Speaking of randy haven't seen Dennis in a while.

dubstepper

p to the e wrote: »

I wonder could I get this gif on my grave stone?

wally79

ZX7R wrote: »

Speaking of randy haven't seen Dennis in a while.

Yeah I haven’t really seen much of him since he was in Wednesday

fryup

p to the e wrote: »

It's funny you mention Chevy looking like he lost his mind in Christmas Vacation when that film also stars Randy Quaid who's career has just nose dived.

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Randy has serious drug and mental health issues

well he was abducted by aliens

xper

Ellen Page seems to have just vanished without trace.

Ash.J.Williams

xper wrote: »

Ellen Page seems to have just vanished without trace.

Is she a man now or something?

pixelburp

xper wrote: »

Ellen Page seems to have just vanished without trace.

Obviously you haven't been watching the Umbrella Academy on Netflix also recently started in an Irish zombie movie, whose name escapes me.

xper

:rolleyes:

clintondaly

pixelburp wrote: »

Obviously you haven't been watching the Umbrella Academy on Netflix also recently started in an Irish zombie movie, whose name escapes me.

The Cured I believe

pixelburp

xper wrote: »

:rolleyes:

*Shrug* you said "without a trace", as opposed to one of Netflix's most successful / highly rated TV shows Though I may be misreading your one liner :P

I think on balance directors seem to disappear more definitively than actors. Maybe the latter can swallow their pride easier than directors, happily slum it for a while on lowgrade projects. Unlike directors such as Richard Kelly who really have disappeared without a trace since "The Box". It's not even like they go back to TV or whatnot.

MrStuffins

xper wrote: »

Ellen Page seems to have just vanished without trace.

Netflix is only like €15 a month or something. I'd recommend it

RandomViewer

ZX7R wrote: »

Speaking of randy haven't seen Dennis in a while.

Was in a 60s set thing, Vegas or Las Vegas, cant be arsed looking it up it wasn't up to much

RandomViewer

RandomViewer wrote: »

Was in a 60s set thing, Vegas or Las Vegas, cant be arsed looking it up it wasn't up to much

It started well, first episode or two looked like a gritty mafia crime show, then completely lost the plot and tanked.

Dennis is a serious amateur golfer who played off scratch at one time. He plays a lot of pro-ams, most recently this past weekend in the AT&T at Pebble Beach. He is regularly quoted as being the best celebrity golfer, apparently he plays every day.

bnt

I'm currently watching Call Her Savage (1932), one of the last films Clara Bow made in her short career. She had gotten married the previous year, and the next year she retired from movies at the ripe old age of 28. Bow had struggled with the introduction of sound in movies, though not as badly as e.g. Louise Brooks, and gotten tired of the Hollywood scene among other things.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^^

don't usually find women from that era attractive, but she's nice

pixelburp

If we're really going back in time, surely the first dramatic disappearance from the big leagues was Fatty Arbuckle. A silent star on par with Buster Keaton (IIRC they were close friends in real life), and basically had his name dragged through mud with a media campaign insinuating he had a hand in the death of a guest at a party he attended. He was eventually proven completely innocent - with Keaton one of the few to publicly defend him - but by then he had become box office poison and a pariah. I think he had a resurgence in the 30s, but died a few years later before restoring his fame / name. Of the silent era stars Arbuckle remains kinda forgotten...

RandomViewer

Not really a Hollywood career but Ornella Muti from the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon

Oranage2

Kevin Costner, one of the biggest stars in the 1990s then small parts in the 2020s.

Alan Brody, Oscar winner to movies with Lindsay Lohan with her boobs out.

MisterAnarchy

Amy Smart, havent seen her in anything in years.

neutral bystander

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Renne Zellwegger, doesn't seem to have done much since the well publicised plastic surgery excess from a few years ago.

Louis Friend wrote: »

Rene Zellweger?!

The reigning Best Actress...like, literally the reigning Best Actress!

Seriously?!

It's because he couldn't recognize her anymore.

neutral bystander

bnt wrote: »

The story I heard about Phoebe Cates was that she started a family with husband Kevin Kline, and they agreed to alternate acting and family duties, but every time she could have worked, she decided that family life was better.

That's who I was thinking of when I read the thread title and also read something similar to what you said.

When I was small I thought she was gorgeous.

Rodney Bathgate

Oranage2 wrote: »

Kevin Costner, one of the biggest stars in the 1990s then small parts in the 2020s.

Alan Brody, Oscar winner to movies with Lindsay Lohan with her boobs out.

He is the lead actor in the TV series Yellowstone the last few years. (Costner)

I recently saw Adrian Brody in a film where he is a robber trapped in a building being chased by a dog. Pretty crap.

Capt'n Midnight

RandomViewer wrote: »

Not really a Hollywood career but Ornella Muti from the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon

Not really a Hollywood career

gmisk

pixelburp wrote: »

*Shrug* you said "without a trace", as opposed to one of Netflix's most successful / highly rated TV shows Though I may be misreading your one liner :P

I think on balance directors seem to disappear more definitively than actors. Maybe the latter can swallow their pride easier than directors, happily slum it for a while on lowgrade projects. Unlike directors such as Richard Kelly who really have disappeared without a trace since "The Box". It's not even like they go back to TV or whatnot.

Richard Kelly is an odd one, I would say he had a contract of some sort after Donnie darko, I am guessing Southland tales did serious damage to his reputation....it is a mess in fairness

Capt'n Midnight

Oranage2 wrote: »

Kevin Costner, one of the biggest stars in the 1990s then small parts in the 2020s.

Lots of box office bombs

All of these films compared badly at the box office against others costing far less.

Waterworld
The Postman
Wyatt Earp

And a whole string of films that don't shine

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/07/28/waterworld-starring-kevin-costner-was-the-biggest-box-office-bomb-that-wasnt/

inforfun

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Cancer was the least of diamonds problems:)

That post did not age well

https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/01/dustin-diamond-saved-by-the-bell-star-dead-44-stage-4-cancer-screech/

RandomViewer

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Lots of box office bombs

All of these films compared badly at the box office against others costing far less.

Waterworld
The Postman
Wyatt Earp

And a whole string of films that don't shine

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/07/28/waterworld-starring-kevin-costner-was-the-biggest-box-office-bomb-that-wasnt/

Kurt Russell's Tombstone came out a few months before Wyatt Earp, had a much smaller budget and a shorter runtime,Waterworld isn't a bad film but had bad publicity, The Postman on the other hand is by the numbers post-apocalyptic garbage with ten times the budget of this type of film

Samsonsmasher

Rattlehead_ie wrote: »

She compared people being hated for their political view in the Us is like the persecutions of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
Note: I am paraphrasing here

She's being targetted for her conservativism.

Her co workers have posted similar stuff and no consequences

Samsonsmasher

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Lots of box office bombs

All of these films compared badly at the box office against others costing far less.

Waterworld
The Postman
Wyatt Earp

And a whole string of films that don't shine

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/07/28/waterworld-starring-kevin-costner-was-the-biggest-box-office-bomb-that-wasnt/

Costner considered making a movie about Michael Collins and visited West Cork. He passed on the project and made Wyatt Earp instead.

the purple tin

ZX7R wrote: »

Speaking of randy haven't seen Dennis in a while.

He is married to a woman 40 years younger than he is. He probably doesn't have the energy to get out of bed in the morning :rolleyes:

ZX7R

the purple tin wrote: »

He is married to a woman 40 years younger than he is. He probably doesn't have the energy to get out of bed in the morning :rolleyes:

Can't blame him for that

fryup

Bruce Boxleitner - not so much movies but more TV

Bring em back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs King

never heard from him since

eviltimeban

fryup wrote: »

Bruce Boxleitner - not so much movies but more TV

Bring em back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs King

never heard from him since

He was in Tron Legacy a few years back.

banie01

fryup wrote: »

Bruce Boxleitner - not so much movies but more TV

Bring em back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs King

never heard from him since

Was he not a major character in Babylon 5 aswell?

Ash.J.Williams

fryup wrote: »

Bruce Boxleitner - not so much movies but more TV

Bring em back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs King

never heard from him since

ha i loved that show!

odyssey06

fryup wrote: »

Bruce Boxleitner - not so much movies but more TV

Bring em back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs King

never heard from him since

In Hollywood movies I think he was only ever in Tron series?

But he has long list of TV credits.

Epic scifi series Babylon 5 is probably his biggest role outside Scarecrow and Tron.

And still very busy working in various Hallmark movies and TV shows such as Gourmet Detective, and their Christmas output:)

eviltimeban

Tom Hulce. Best actor nominated for Amadeus, was in a fair few movies in the late 80s, then dropped out of Hollywood all together.

He did some voice acting, and went on to focus on theatre producing.

Bandana boy

Summer Glau
Seemed to be in everything Sci-Fi related for a while and then nothing

Kate Bosworth
Was getting cast in everything for a while and seems to have aged out

fryup

But he has long list of TV credits.

Epic scifi series Babylon 5 is probably his biggest role outside Scarecrow and Tron.

And still very busy working in various Hallmark movies and TV shows such as Gourmet Detective, and their Christmas output

i stand corrected then

sorry Bruce, if you're reading