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re: Actors whose careers didn't take off after their first starring role

Posted on 6/9/17 at 8:47 am to
Posted by Bigtime92
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 8:47 am to
Marlee Matlin
Posted by dbeck
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:10 am to
There have been quite a few kids who had really memorable (maybe not starring) roles in movies/shows but acting didn't pan out or they decided Hollywood wasn't for them.

Chunk from The Goonies
Danny from The Shining
Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Newt from Aliens
The kid from E.T.
Any of the kids from The Neverending Story
Any of the kids in The Sandlot
The boy from Hook

Fred Savage - Didn't do much acting after The Wonder Years. Really only one memorable role in Austin Powers. He's done far more work directing and producing.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:15 am to
Phoebe Cates

Posted by IceTiger
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:23 am to
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Sinbad in "Shazzam"


Fify
Posted by Swoopin
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:25 am to
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Harrison Ford


Takeoff isn't his issue. It's whether or how he lands
Posted by jvilletiger25
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:30 am to
Screech

I expected big things from him after Saved by the Bell. Now he just stabs people.
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:37 am to
Jonathan Brandis
Posted by ThuperThumpin
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:03 pm to
The kid from the Phantom Menace

Jake Lloyd

This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 12:03 pm
Posted by VaeVictus
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:09 pm to
Edward Furlong
Posted by Wally Sparks
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:11 pm to
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The Schofield Kid.

Posted by SaturdayTraditions
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:17 pm to
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Heath Ledger after The Dark Knight


yea whatever happened to that guy?
Posted by SaturdayTraditions
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:21 pm to
Jake Gyllenhaal after Brokeback Mountain...

Posted by AjaxFury
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 12:46 pm to


China Chow after The Big Hit in '98 w/ Marky Mark, thought we'd be seeing her fine arse for years
Posted by PowerTool
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:02 pm to
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Edward Furlong



I remember watching interviews for Pecker and thinking either he was getting some terrible career advice or he was just an eccentric guy who actually enjoyed hanging out with creepy arse John Waters.
Posted by VaeVictus
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:12 pm to
He definitely came across as eccentric in the few interviews I've seen him give.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:17 pm to
Linda Blair - The Exorcist

Posted by SamuelClemens
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:18 pm to
The Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe. After the HP series he has disappeared. He will always be Harry Potter to everyone.
Posted by redstick13
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:23 pm to
Jennifer Grey. Nose job killed her career.
Posted by idlewatcher
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:23 pm to
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Katherine Heigl kind of fell of the face of the earth after "Knocked Up".


Yea b/c she's a bitch and no one of value wants to work with her That started right after she left Grey's
Posted by redstick13
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 1:27 pm to
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Phoebe Cates


Phoebe made the decision to step away from acting. She had plenty of opportunities.
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