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Post by hugobolso on Dec 4, 2020 18:41:56 GMT
Garrett Hedlund He's got the looks & a cool deep voice . After getting the roles in TRON: Legacy & On the Road I really thought his career was going to take off but it fell flat. He has had a string of bad luck imo (who would have thought a Joe Wright film & an Ang Lee film would be so blah?!?!) Still a big fan of him though and I'll continue to root for him. Is too soon, he still could be the next best thing.- Right now is Julia Robert's nephew, and aunt Julia campaign hard.-
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Post by hugobolso on Dec 4, 2020 18:44:12 GMT
Chris O’Donnell in the 90s (well I guess he was a thing for a minute). Chris O'Donnnell has a huge hit in TV.- So I guess that he doesn't count. He was just the sensitive pretty boy for a while in the early/mid 90s, none trully considerated him the next best thing, just for Joel S. the the next best f...ble thing.-
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Dec 4, 2020 20:07:21 GMT
Chris O’Donnell in the 90s (well I guess he was a thing for a minute). Chris O'Donnnell has a huge hit in TV.- So I guess that he doesn't count. He was just the sensitive pretty boy for a while in the early/mid 90s, none trully considerated him the next best thing, just for Joel S. the the next best f...ble thing.- It seems like he was poised to be the next big thing coming out of School Ties.
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 4, 2020 20:14:40 GMT
Chris O'Donnnell has a huge hit in TV.- So I guess that he doesn't count. He was just the sensitive pretty boy for a while in the early/mid 90s, none trully considerated him the next best thing, just for Joel S. the the next best f...ble thing.- It seems like he was poised to be the next big thing coming out of School Ties. You think? That cast was full of potential next big things ( several of whom actually became next big things). Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser ( he is someone I thought might be bigger than he became) .Feels like O'Donnell was competing with too many young guys in his casting bracket in that movie alone to be anything more than a "maybe", as opposed to thinking this is the birth of a superstar. I feel O'Donnell had a decent run befitting his abilities. He wasn't exactly some blazing talent or uber-charasmatic or the most handsome guy you'd ever seen. He was a slightly bland, lilkable preppie guy and he milked that for as long as he could, to significant success. If anything, I feel he overperformed in his career as a movie star. He was a pretty big star for a couple of years, and I'm not exactly sure what he offered.
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Post by getclutch on Dec 4, 2020 20:52:00 GMT
Ryan Phillipe? I always admired his early work in the 90’s & later on in the 00’s. I really thought he was going places after Stop-Loss. Instead it was his co-stars, Tatum & JGL that went far. He came close to getting roles in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Dark Knight & Captain America: The First Avenger. It is what it is.
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 4, 2020 21:08:46 GMT
Ryan Phillipe? I always admired his early work in the 90’s & later on in the 00’s. I really thought he was going places after Stop-Loss. Instead it was his co-stars, Tatum & JGL that went far. He came close to getting roles in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Dark Knight & Captain America: The First Avenger. It is what it is. Philippe never got that big push, compared to say Josh Hartnett from around the same time, who was apparently turning down everything from Batman to Superman. Like you say, Philippe was going for big roles and not getting them. Which suggests the industry never really saw him as the next big thing. Just another popular pretty boy from that era with a limited shelf life (like Freddie Prinze Jr, Jesse Bradford etc) and he couldn't fully overcome that stigma, though he trird harder than most.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Dec 4, 2020 21:35:39 GMT
Another one I can think of is Thora Birch..what the hell happened to her? She was in American Beauty (Best Picture Oscar winner) and then Ghost World and then....I don't know.
Jeanne Tripplehorn..blast from the 90s past. Got to star alongside Tom Cruise (The Firm), Michael Douglas (Basic Instinct), and Kevin Costner (Waterworld) and then started moving to TV after the 90s ended. Surprised she never got the bump needed to become a star.
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 4, 2020 21:45:37 GMT
Another one I can think of is Thora Birch..what the hell happened to her? She was in American Beauty (Best Picture Oscar winner) and then Ghost World and then....I don't know. Jeanne Tripplehorn..blast from the 90s past. Got to star alongside Tom Cruise (The Firm), Michael Douglas (Basic Instinct), and Kevin Costner (Waterworld) and then started moving to TV after the 90s ended. Surprised she never got the bump needed to become a star. Thora Birch had the stage father from hell. He was a former porn star who was apparently incredibly difficult to deal with, and he cost her work and burned several bridges. She got fired from a play because he harrassed another actor. He ruined her career. Shame as she had a lot of potential. I thought after Ghostworld, she'd end up a bigger star than Scarlett Johansson.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/thora-birch-miley-cyrus-britney-spears-lindsay-lohan/story?id=12402278As for Tripplehorn, I'm stumped as to why she never got more opportunities. She was beautiful, had on-camera presence and could act. She could have been a more likable Sean Young or Linda Fiorentino. But maybe she was considered "difficult" behind the scenes like them. Who knows.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Dec 4, 2020 22:15:38 GMT
Another one I can think of is Thora Birch..what the hell happened to her? She was in American Beauty (Best Picture Oscar winner) and then Ghost World and then....I don't know. Jeanne Tripplehorn..blast from the 90s past. Got to star alongside Tom Cruise (The Firm), Michael Douglas (Basic Instinct), and Kevin Costner (Waterworld) and then started moving to TV after the 90s ended. Surprised she never got the bump needed to become a star. Thora Birch had the stage father from hell. He was a former porn star who was apparently incredibly difficult to deal with, and he cost her work and burned several bridges. She got fired from a play because he harrassed another actor. He ruined her career. Shame as she had a lot of potential. I thought after Ghostworld, she'd end up a bigger star than Scarlett Johansson.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/thora-birch-miley-cyrus-britney-spears-lindsay-lohan/story?id=12402278As for Tripplehorn, I'm stumped as to why she never got more opportunities. She was beautiful, had on-camera presence and could act. She could have been a more likable Sean Young or Linda Fiorentino. But maybe she was considered "difficult" behind the scenes like them. Who knows. Oh Damn..that sucks for Birch..smh..sometimes people don't know how to fall back. Shame
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Dec 5, 2020 4:00:16 GMT
It seems like he was poised to be the next big thing coming out of School Ties. You think? That cast was full of potential next big things ( several of whom actually became next big things). Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser ( he is someone I thought might be bigger than he became) .Feels like O'Donnell was competing with too many young guys in his casting bracket in that movie alone to be anything more than a "maybe", as opposed to thinking this is the birth of a superstar. I feel O'Donnell had a decent run befitting his abilities. He wasn't exactly some blazing talent or uber-charasmatic or the most handsome guy you'd ever seen. He was a slightly bland, lilkable preppie guy and he milked that for as long as he could, to significant success. If anything, I feel he overperformed in his career as a movie star. He was a pretty big star for a couple of years, and I'm not exactly sure what he offered. Well he got Scent of a Woman on the heels of that which was pretty huge and something I’m sure that entire group was vying for. Damon didn’t get another good role for 4 more years, Fraser worked consistently but never felt like Hollywood was pushing him to be the next big thing, and Affleck never really became that guy until after Good Will Hunting.
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 5, 2020 7:30:26 GMT
You think? That cast was full of potential next big things ( several of whom actually became next big things). Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser ( he is someone I thought might be bigger than he became) .Feels like O'Donnell was competing with too many young guys in his casting bracket in that movie alone to be anything more than a "maybe", as opposed to thinking this is the birth of a superstar. I feel O'Donnell had a decent run befitting his abilities. He wasn't exactly some blazing talent or uber-charasmatic or the most handsome guy you'd ever seen. He was a slightly bland, lilkable preppie guy and he milked that for as long as he could, to significant success. If anything, I feel he overperformed in his career as a movie star. He was a pretty big star for a couple of years, and I'm not exactly sure what he offered. Well he got Scent of a Woman on the heels of that which was pretty huge and something I’m sure that entire group was vying for. Damon didn’t get another good role for 4 more years, Fraser worked consistently but never felt like Hollywood was pushing him to be the next big thing, and Affleck never really became that guy until after Good Will Hunting. Yeah, but that is just the luck of the draw. I don't think anyone looked at O'Donnell in School Ties and specifically thought, "he's the clear superstar of this bunch, so we absolutely must cast him in Scent Of A Woman". O'Donnell probably just auditioned and got it because he was simply right for the part ( being the blandest preppie of them all, which was the role. Also not too tall to look awkward with Pacino onscreen, like Fraser and Affleck might. And I agree, I'm sure most of his co-stars auditioned for the role as well, but I only see Damon as having a realistic shot of booking that part over O'Donnell, and Damon was maybe a touch too charasmatic for the role). In fact, I don't think his performance in School Ties had anything to do with O'Donnell booking Scent Of A Woman, because they were both released in 1992. Seems to me that they were all just young actors auditioning a lot, and O'Donnell was just lucky enough to catch the earliest break by booking School Ties and Scent Of A Woman fairly close together. Being in both films in the same year certainly would have given him a bigger career boost than the others, but I don't think it was School Ties alone that signalled him as the standout new star.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Dec 5, 2020 14:50:07 GMT
Well he got Scent of a Woman on the heels of that which was pretty huge and something I’m sure that entire group was vying for. Damon didn’t get another good role for 4 more years, Fraser worked consistently but never felt like Hollywood was pushing him to be the next big thing, and Affleck never really became that guy until after Good Will Hunting. Yeah, but that is just the luck of the draw. I don't think anyone looked at O'Donnell in School Ties and specifically thought, "he's the clear superstar of this bunch, so we absolutely must cast him in Scent Of A Woman". O'Donnell probably just auditioned and got it because he was simply right for the part ( being the blandest preppie of them all, which was the role. Also not too tall to look awkward with Pacino onscreen, like Fraser and Affleck might. And I agree, I'm sure most of his co-stars auditioned for the role as well, but I only see Damon as having a realistic shot of booking that part over O'Donnell, and Damon was maybe a touch too charasmatic for the role). In fact, I don't think his performance in School Ties had anything to do with O'Donnell booking Scent Of A Woman, because they were both released in 1992. Seems to me that they were all just young actors auditioning a lot, and O'Donnell was just lucky enough to catch the earliest break by booking School Ties and Scent Of A Woman fairly close together. Being in both films in the same year certainly would have given him a bigger career boost than the others, but I don't think it was School Ties alone that signalled him as the standout new star. Oh, I don’t think his performance in School Ties led to anything, I just think he was the one out of that crop that Hollywood tried to make a push to become the next big star.
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Post by hugobolso on Dec 6, 2020 1:25:54 GMT
Another one I can think of is Thora Birch..what the hell happened to her? She was in American Beauty (Best Picture Oscar winner) and then Ghost World and then....I don't know. Jeanne Tripplehorn..blast from the 90s past. Got to star alongside Tom Cruise (The Firm), Michael Douglas (Basic Instinct), and Kevin Costner (Waterworld) and then started moving to TV after the 90s ended. Surprised she never got the bump needed to become a star. Thora Birch had the stage father from hell. He was a former porn star who was apparently incredibly difficult to deal with, and he cost her work and burned several bridges. She got fired from a play because he harrassed another actor. He ruined her career. Shame as she had a lot of potential. I thought after Ghostworld, she'd end up a bigger star than Scarlett Johansson.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/thora-birch-miley-cyrus-britney-spears-lindsay-lohan/story?id=12402278As for Tripplehorn, I'm stumped as to why she never got more opportunities. She was beautiful, had on-camera presence and could act. She could have been a more likable Sean Young or Linda Fiorentino. But maybe she was considered "difficult" behind the scenes like them. Who knows. TRIPPLEHORN had everything, except that she was a little boring outside the camera.- But I guess, that like Janine Turner or Krysty Swanson she was banned from Hollywood for having Republican Roots. There were still Republican actresses in the 90s, but with the new milleniun the few are onTV.- I'm not saying that she is or was Republican, or she is or was conservative, just her family was Republican.- tulsaworld.com/entertainment/jeanne-tripplehorn-talks-about-tulsa-womens-rights-and-mrs-america/article_d3e79158-2989-570d-acbc-c8a77814444f.htmlHollywood could tolerate a Mossad Israeli Actress like Gal Gadot, because she is foreign as a star, or Gina Carano as a sidekcik and mostly they do action movies. But even Jennifer Lawrence had almost to banish her family for having a Hollywood Career.-
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Dec 6, 2020 16:03:30 GMT
There are so many examples of this, Hollywood has only so much room for actors to really break into the bigtime. Some performers become huge stars, while other fail, and maybe find their niche elsewhere like in supporting roles, on TV, or even as the lead of B movies.
First that really came to mind for me was Stephen Dorff. This dude was being touted as a potential big thing at least twice. First as a teen actor, then after Blade came out. It never really happened for him, though (he's not an especially charistmastic performer), and while he's shown up in supporting roles here and now, and was even in the third season of True Detective, a lot of the movies he's done within the last decade have been of the Straight to DVD variety. I think even Sophia Coppola cast him in Somewhere partially based off his washed-up status.
Another who came to mind is LeeLee Sobieski. She was really pushed by magazines, and even got on the cover of Vanity Fair's future 1999 stars issues, alongside largely a boat load of actors who never broke out properly either. She was an extremely limited actress however, and also had a strange European sensibility to her, despite being American (her father was a Frenchmen of Polish and Swish background). She quickly went from having a memorable scene in Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise, to getting kicked by Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man, and then retired six years later from the film business entirely. Nowadays she works as an artist, and seems completely fine with her career, but the potential stardom that was clearly thrusted on her early on her career ultimately completely alluded her.
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Post by pupdurcs on Dec 6, 2020 16:23:21 GMT
There are so many examples of this, Hollywood has only so much room for actors to really break into the bigtime. Some performers become huge stars, while other fail, and maybe find their niche elsewhere like in supporting roles, on TV, or even as the lead of B movies. First that really came to mind for me was Stephen Dorff. This dude was being touted as a potential big thing at least twice. First as a teen actor, then after Blade came out. It never really happened for him, though (he's not an especially charistmastic performer), and while he's shown up in supporting roles here and now, and was even in the third season of True Detective, a lot of the movies he's done within the last decade have been of the Straight to DVD variety. I think even Sophia Coppola cast him in Somewhere partially based off his washed-up status. Stephen Dorff was an interesting one. He was a decent actor with star potential, but I think there were just too many guys similar enough to him around when he was being touted to make him redundant. He kinda looked like Ethan Hawke and kinda acted like Christian Slater. He wasn't different enough to stand out.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Dec 6, 2020 16:52:25 GMT
There are so many examples of this, Hollywood has only so much room for actors to really break into the bigtime. Some performers become huge stars, while other fail, and maybe find their niche elsewhere like in supporting roles, on TV, or even as the lead of B movies. First that really came to mind for me was Stephen Dorff. This dude was being touted as a potential big thing at least twice. First as a teen actor, then after Blade came out. It never really happened for him, though (he's not an especially charistmastic performer), and while he's shown up in supporting roles here and now, and was even in the third season of True Detective, a lot of the movies he's done within the last decade have been of the Straight to DVD variety. I think even Sophia Coppola cast him in Somewhere partially based off his washed-up status. Stephen Dorff was an interesting one. He was a decent actor with star potential, but I think there were just too many guys similar enough to him around when he was being touted to make him redundant. He kinda looked like Ethan Hawke and kinda acted like Christian Slater. He wasn't different enough to stand out. Yeah, Dorff's problem is that he never really established a "persona". If anything he always just came off as the same "too cool for school" Gen X youther that somebody like Ethan Hawke was already running circles around as. I like Dorff as an actor, and has he a long history in the business, his father was a composer / music producer who worked with Clint Eastwood, but his film career never really took off. I guess he was unfortunate that he started his major acting career when he did.
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Post by hugobolso on Dec 6, 2020 17:02:18 GMT
Another who came to mind is LeeLee Sobieski. She was really pushed by magazines, and even got on the cover of Vanity Fair's future 1999 stars issues, alongside largely a boat load of actors who never broke out properly either. She was an extremely limited actress however, and also had a strange European sensibility to her, despite being American (her father was a Frenchmen of Polish and Swish background). She quickly went from having a memorable scene in Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise, to getting kicked by Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man, and then retired six years later from the film business entirely. Nowadays she works as an artist, and seems completely fine with her career, but the potential stardom that was clearly thrusted on her early on her career ultimately completely alluded her. She got married and ended her career that was already in decline after staring in the Name of the King.- Was like Jennifer Lawrence before JLaw.- She also was a little conservative for Weinstein Standars,there is a romour she married virgin at 26.-
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Post by morton on Dec 6, 2020 17:09:46 GMT
There are so many examples of this, Hollywood has only so much room for actors to really break into the bigtime. Some performers become huge stars, while other fail, and maybe find their niche elsewhere like in supporting roles, on TV, or even as the lead of B movies. First that really came to mind for me was Stephen Dorff. This dude was being touted as a potential big thing at least twice. First as a teen actor, then after Blade came out. It never really happened for him, though (he's not an especially charistmastic performer), and while he's shown up in supporting roles here and now, and was even in the third season of True Detective, a lot of the movies he's done within the last decade have been of the Straight to DVD variety. I think even Sophia Coppola cast him in Somewhere partially based off his washed-up status. Another who came to mind is LeeLee Sobieski. She was really pushed by magazines, and even got on the cover of Vanity Fair's future 1999 stars issues, alongside largely a boat load of actors who never broke out properly either. She was an extremely limited actress however, and also had a strange European sensibility to her, despite being American (her father was a Frenchmen of Polish and Swish background). She quickly went from having a memorable scene in Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise, to getting kicked by Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man, and then retired six years later from the film business entirely. Nowadays she works as an artist, and seems completely fine with her career, but the potential stardom that was clearly thrusted on her early on her career ultimately completely alluded her. lol, even before I got to the Sobieski part, I was already thinking of Vanity Fair from the 90s, and how bad some of their choices for the Hollywood Issue turned out to be. I mean every year they’re likely to have a bust or two, but looking back I think the late 90s to 2000 were the worst for them. Covers from 2014 - 1995
2000 - Penélope Cruz, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Marley Shelton, Chris Klein, Selma Blair, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Sarah Wynter Okay Bentley had personal problems and has finally started to build up his career again starting with The Hunger Games earlier this decade, but aside from Cruz and Walker, those other actors’ careers barely made a blip. Blair I know has had medical problems and did a few big things, but she was generally always second banana or worse to a bigger star. Suvari got married and might still be working somewhat, but she basically fell off soon after American Beauty. Brewster only really had the Fast and the Furious after her soap opera days. Klein was going to be the next Keanu, lol. Shelton had like a cheerleading movie that I think Suavari was in, don’t remember her doing anything else. Have no clue about Wynter at all. 1999 - Adrien Brody, Thandie Newton, Monica Potter, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Stiles, Leelee Sobieski, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Polley, Norman Reedus, Anna Friel, Omar Epps, Kate Hudson, Vinessa Shaw, and Barry Pepper This year was much better, but still a lot of these actors never lived up to their initial big pushes. I won’t comment on Polley because she did start out when she was very young, and had a lot to deal with that I can see why she turned away from all of it. As for the others though, only Witherspoon is the superstar here, and Newton has had a steady career in big and prestige projects. Brody winning the Oscar might have been the worst thing that could happen to him; although maybe he’s so niche looking that he would have struggled without winning. (I’ve read that he’s sort of a douche at times, so I wonder if the Oscar win brought that out in him and perhaps that’s hurt his career.) I think all but Sobieski and maybe Hudson, since I guess she’s doing her spokesperson thing now still work pretty steadily especially those that got into television like Potter, Stiles, and Reedus, but it did take them quite awhile to finally land those gigs. 1998 - Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Natalie Portman, Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol, Christina Ricci, Edward Furlong, and Rufus Sewell I know Mol has been mentioned here already, but you could also add Forlani and Furlong to the list. I know Forlani was in some kind of commercials not too long ago, so I guess she’s still active, but I remember when she had Meet Joe Black and Mystery Men. Furlong had personal problems, but outside of Terminator 2 which I thought he was fine in, talent/charisma wise I don’t think he would have made it. I think he only got a second push after T2 because I think he was in some big prestige movie but that ended up going nowhere. 1997 - Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Renée Zellweger, Minnie Driver, Alison Elliott, Jada Pinkett, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, and Fairuza Balk I would say Elliott was the only one that just disappeared before her career really took off. I never heard anything about her, so I don’t know if it was by choice or something else. It’s a shame because I do think she showed a lot of talent. 1996 - Tim Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, David Arquette, Will Smith, and Skeet Ulrich I was only going to cover 2000-1998 because I think those were the years that VF made the worst calls, but this year had Dorff on the cover, so I included ‘97 and ‘96. This list is pretty good because obviously DiCaprio is still the biggest draw and McConaughey, even with his career downswings, Del Toro and Smith are still going strong, but Dorff and Schaech really stick out to me. I think they’re both still working, but they never lived up to their initial hype. Ulrich is basically in that group too, but I think he was smart enough to “retire” on his own and then come back. And like many of the actors from 1999, he was smart enough to start doing television steadily.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Dec 6, 2020 17:25:59 GMT
There are so many examples of this, Hollywood has only so much room for actors to really break into the bigtime. Some performers become huge stars, while other fail, and maybe find their niche elsewhere like in supporting roles, on TV, or even as the lead of B movies. First that really came to mind for me was Stephen Dorff. This dude was being touted as a potential big thing at least twice. First as a teen actor, then after Blade came out. It never really happened for him, though (he's not an especially charistmastic performer), and while he's shown up in supporting roles here and now, and was even in the third season of True Detective, a lot of the movies he's done within the last decade have been of the Straight to DVD variety. I think even Sophia Coppola cast him in Somewhere partially based off his washed-up status. Another who came to mind is LeeLee Sobieski. She was really pushed by magazines, and even got on the cover of Vanity Fair's future 1999 stars issues, alongside largely a boat load of actors who never broke out properly either. She was an extremely limited actress however, and also had a strange European sensibility to her, despite being American (her father was a Frenchmen of Polish and Swish background). She quickly went from having a memorable scene in Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Cruise, to getting kicked by Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man, and then retired six years later from the film business entirely. Nowadays she works as an artist, and seems completely fine with her career, but the potential stardom that was clearly thrusted on her early on her career ultimately completely alluded her. lol, even before I got to the Sobieski part, I was already thinking of Vanity Fair from the 90s, and how bad some of their choices for the Hollywood Issue turned out to be. I mean every year they’re likely to have a bust or two, but looking back I think the late 90s to 2000 were the worst for them. Covers from 2014 - 1995
2000 - Penélope Cruz, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Marley Shelton, Chris Klein, Selma Blair, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Sarah Wynter Okay Bentley had personal problems and has finally started to build up his career again starting with The Hunger Games earlier this decade, but aside from Cruz and Walker, those other actors’ careers barely made a blip. Blair I know has had medical problems and did a few big things, but she was generally always second banana or worse to a bigger star. Suvari got married and might still be working somewhat, but she basically fell off soon after American Beauty. Brewster only really had the Fast and the Furious after her soap opera days. Klein was going to be the next Keanu, lol. Shelton had like a cheerleading movie that I think Suavari was in, don’t remember her doing anything else. Have no clue about Wynter at all. 1999 - Adrien Brody, Thandie Newton, Monica Potter, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Stiles, Leelee Sobieski, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Polley, Norman Reedus, Anna Friel, Omar Epps, Kate Hudson, Vinessa Shaw, and Barry Pepper This year was much better, but still a lot of these actors never lived up to their initial big pushes. I won’t comment on Polley because she did start out when she was very young, and had a lot to deal with that I can see why she turned away from all of it. As for the others though, only Witherspoon is the superstar here, and Newton has had a steady career in big and prestige projects. Brody winning the Oscar might have been the worst thing that could happen to him; although maybe he’s so niche looking that he would have struggled without winning. (I’ve read that he’s sort of a douche at times, so I wonder if the Oscar win brought that out in him and perhaps that’s hurt his career.) I think all but Sobieski and maybe Hudson, since I guess she’s doing her spokesperson thing now still work pretty steadily especially those that got into television like Potter, Stiles, and Reedus, but it did take them quite awhile to finally land those gigs. 1998 - Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn, Natalie Portman, Djimon Hounsou, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol, Christina Ricci, Edward Furlong, and Rufus Sewell I know Mol has been mentioned here already, but you could also add Forlani and Furlong to the list. I know Forlani was in some kind of commercials not too long ago, so I guess she’s still active, but I remember when she had Meet Joe Black and Mystery Men. Furlong had personal problems, but outside of Terminator 2 which I thought he was fine in, talent/charisma wise I don’t think he would have made it. I think he only got a second push after T2 because I think he was in some big prestige movie but that ended up going nowhere. 1997 - Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Claire Danes, Renée Zellweger, Minnie Driver, Alison Elliott, Jada Pinkett, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, and Fairuza Balk I would say Elliott was the only one that just disappeared before her career really took off. I never heard anything about her, so I don’t know if it was by choice or something else. It’s a shame because I do think she showed a lot of talent. 1996 - Tim Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Stephen Dorff, Johnathon Schaech, David Arquette, Will Smith, and Skeet Ulrich I was only going to cover 2000-1998 because I think those were the years that VF made the worst calls, but this year had Dorff on the cover, so I included ‘97 and ‘96. This list is pretty good because obviously DiCaprio is still the biggest draw and McConaughey, even with his career downswings, Del Toro and Smith are still going strong, but Dorff and Schaech really stick out to me. I think they’re both still working, but they never lived up to their initial hype. Ulrich is basically in that group too, but I think he was smart enough to “retire” on his own and then come back. And like many of the actors from 1999, he was smart enough to start doing television steadily. Lol, yeah, some of those Vanity Fair covers and choices are perplexing in retrospect, but they were going for what the potential big names were at the time. Some of the choices were fairly perplexing, though. I don't even remember who Allison Elliott was, and had to look up her. Apparently she had a lot of hype based off The Spitfire Grill, and Wings of The Dove, but mostly stuck to character parts after (she was in The Assassination of Jesse James), and Tim Roth was already a semi-established name when he appeared on the cover, and nearly 40 to boot. As for Edward Furlong, I think his appearance in the 1998 issue was based off American History X, where it looked he looked like he was going to establish himself as a grown-up respect adult actor, before his drug problems got the better of him. As for 1999 it's mostly a bunch of relative fails. Reese is obviously the biggest name, and Kate Hudson had a lot of clout in the 2000s, but mostly wasted it on bad romcoms and eventually withered her all her good will. People like Reedus, Potter (still why?), Friel, and Epps all got high-paying TV gigs, Brody won an Oscar which he preceeded to waste, Stiles had a lot of hype as a teenager star, but is now only coming back to some kind of relevance, Ribisi and Pepper restablished themselves as creepy supporting actors, and I don't even know why Vinessa Shaw's name was in the issue. Even then she was kinda an under the radar actress, who had a couple of semi-big teenage roles. My favorite choice by far however is Sarah Polley, who definitely was an artsy pick, but was totally being pushed as a name, but unlike the others, she rejected stardom entirely, which I totally respect.
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Post by hugobolso on Jan 6, 2021 20:18:46 GMT
It seems like he was poised to be the next big thing coming out of School Ties. You think? That cast was full of potential next big things ( several of whom actually became next big things). Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser ( he is someone I thought might be bigger than he became) .Feels like O'Donnell was competing with too many young guys in his casting bracket in that movie alone to be anything more than a "maybe", as opposed to thinking this is the birth of a superstar. I feel O'Donnell had a decent run befitting his abilities. He wasn't exactly some blazing talent or uber-charasmatic or the most handsome guy you'd ever seen. He was a slightly bland, lilkable preppie guy and he milked that for as long as he could, to significant success. If anything, I feel he overperformed in his career as a movie star. He was a pretty big star for a couple of years, and I'm not exactly sure what he offered. I read a little of Chris O'donnell story. I Lost him in the radar in 2000. Apparently he was ti naive for a bigger sucess, so he GOT married and had kids. He was Spielberg first choice for Men un Black, but the director wanted Will Smith, so he toldo Chris that was a Bad movie si he turned down Smith was the right choice. But what should happened if O 'Donell was good for the role. This could change Hollywood History . Also he said that he only accepted roles that he fixed on it. Also he had a lack of Confidence specially vafter the room flopped. He looks like he is a good human being.
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 15, 2021 22:00:03 GMT
Haley Joel Osment.
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Post by franklin on Feb 15, 2021 23:32:58 GMT
Josh Hartnett and (to a lesser degree) Orlando Bloom.
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Post by Good God on Feb 16, 2021 7:06:01 GMT
Josh Hartnett and (to a lesser degree) Orlando Bloom. One wonders (including Hartnett himself) how his career would have looked if he had pursued the Batman role for Christopher Nolan. Going by an interview of his, he was in talks with Nolan but decided against playing the part for fear of being pigeonholed. Needless to say, he regrets that decision:
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Post by jakesully on Feb 16, 2021 15:30:42 GMT
Garrett Hedlund He's got the looks & a cool deep voice . After getting the roles in TRON: Legacy & On the Road I really thought his career was going to take off but it fell flat. He has had a string of bad luck imo (who would have thought a Joe Wright film & an Ang Lee film would be so blah?!?!) Still a big fan of him though and I'll continue to root for him. Is too soon, he still could be the next best thing.- Right now is Julia Robert's nephew, and aunt Julia campaign hard.- Hmmm I hope you are right but I don't know. He has had substance abuse problems and has signed on to films that turned out to be busts. Call it bad luck but I couldn't believe how bad PAN & Billy Lynn were. Two big time bombs in back to back years really hurt him imo. His role in the new Lee Daniels' film looks decent at least Still rooting for him though
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Post by jakesully on Feb 16, 2021 15:35:33 GMT
Josh Hartnett and (to a lesser degree) Orlando Bloom. Great call on Hartnett. To this day, I can't believe he never gave Nolan a shot. Such a dumb move but I still like him as an actor (Sin City, The Virgin Suicides & Penny Dreadful)
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