Actors produce both good and poor films.. It’s simply part of the game and the law of averages. But occasionally, an actor’s appearance in a film is so offensive that it damages or destroys their career. You could be taking home an Oscar one day and winning a Razzie the next.

Join us as we dissect 23 films that severely damaged an actor’s career and explain why. To put it mildly, the list’s up-and-coming stars whose ascent to fame was cut short and the established A-listers who eventually lost their appeal are crazy.

1. Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Budget: $115 mil
Box Office: $1.047 bil
Profit / Loss: $912 mil

Ahmed Best grew up as a huge Star Sars fan and  became a actor and martial artist performing with the dance troupe Stomp. That performance led to his first major role as the Gungan Jar Jar Binks. It was supposed to be his big break and George Lucas assured him that kids would love him. He was wrong.

The Phantom Menace, while a box office success, faced negative reviews and fan reactions, leading to the creation of hate sites like JarJarSucks.com and JarJarBinksMustDie.com. The press reported on the online hatred, leading to leaked phone numbers and death threats. “It was the lowest I’ve been in my life,” he told The Guardian. The abuse was so bad Best almost committed suicide.

But things changed. Over the years there’s been acceptance of Best as just a working actor and the Internet began to cheer him on. Since the movie he reprised his role for video games and television shows. But the actors redempton came in the role of Jedi Master Kelleran Beq. The Mandalorian series even makes him the savior of Baby Yoda. The role of Jar Jar almost literally killed him, but today he’s at peace. He did become a household name as an actor, but not the waty he was hoping. 

2. Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Budget: $250 mil
Box Office: $868 mil
Profit / Loss: $618 mil

Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who has curly hair and a quick-talking voice, is best-known for playing Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 movie The Social Network, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. The 26-year-old New York actor went from being a little-known performer to a hot rising celebrity.

In 2016 Eisenberg was cast to play the the villain in the Batman and Superman tent-pole film. “The red capes are coming,” quips Mr. Eisenberg, who portrays Luthor as a long-haired, sweet-cheeked smarty pants. Before the movie was released he described it as the “best, most advantageous role” he’d ever been given. Then the movie bombed and all fingers pointed to Lex Luthor’s performance and schemes as the biggest flaw. One review called his performance “next-level terrible. ” Another described his performance as the “verve of a pesky mosquito” and “lame.”

Since then, Eisenberg’s career has stalled out. Instead of being the next breakout star he became the industry cliche for nerdy. He found more success in writing and producing plays and independant movies. Even he says that the role ruined his career. “I’ve never said this before and it’s kind of embarrassing to admit, but I genuinely think it actually hurt my career in a real way, because I was poorly received in something so public,” he told Deadline.

The role as Lex Luthor should have made his career soar but instead his movie career had a crash-landing.

3. Topher Grace as Eddie Brock / Venom in Spider-Man 3 (2006)

Budget: $350 mil
Box Office: $895 mil
Profit / Loss: $545 mil

Christopher John Grace, born in New York City, began performing in musicals and directing at a boarding school. At 20, he started his show business career with That ’70s Show, Fox‘s second-longest-running sitcom. The show received numerous awards and nominations, including 16 Primetime Emmys. Topher Grace played the role until the seventh season, earning approximately $14 million.

In 2007, Grace starred in Spider-Man 3, a successful film that grossed $894.9 million globally. The movie broke global records for single-day gross and opening weekend gross. However, critics and audiences criticized the film for its excessive plot threads, lack of character development, and slow pace.

After Spider-Man, his film career stagnated. Grace didn’t star in another big-budget film until he played Edwin in Predators. He’s not bitter about his career imploding and even refused to reprise his role for That ’90s Show season two.

4. Brandon Routh as Clark Kent / Superman in Superman Returns (2006)

Budget: $223 mil
Box Office: $391.1 mil
Profit / Loss: $168.1 mil

In 1999, Routh left university and pursued a full-time acting career in Manhattan and Los Angeles. He first appeared in a Christina Aguilera music video. Later, Routh also appeared in Gilmore Girls and One Life to Live.

In 2006, Bryan Singer tried to reboot the “Man of Steel” with Superman Returns. The 24-year-old actor was picked from thousands of auditionees to play the classic superhero. Despite generating over $391.1 million, Warner Bros. was dissatisfied with its global box office performance and scrapped a sequel. After the movie, Routh never established a Hollywood career.

Aside from minor roles like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, he has mostly appeared on television, with Superman more of a burden than an asset. In 2020, he admitted that he suffered depression after what should have been his breakout role.

5. Hayden Christensen as David Rice in Jumper (2008)

Budget: $85 mil
Box Office: $225 mil
Profit / Loss: $140 mil

Hayden Christensen, a Canadian actor and model, gained fame for his roles in Higher Ground and Life as a House. But his big break came in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

In 1992, Steven Gould wrote the science fiction book Jumper, narrating the story of David Rice, an adolescent teleporter who uses his powers to escape his violent home. The movie co-stars fellow Star Wars actor Samuel L. Jackson as a villainous hunter.

The Jumper book was my childhood favorite, but the movie’s family arc, villains, and characters were uninspired. Despite a decent box office, it did not lead to a blockbuster franchise or adaptation of other Gould’s books. Christiansen’s feature film career disappeared, but he returned to his popular character Anakin Skywalker and appeared in Disney+ television shows like Ahsoka.

6. Edward Norton as Bruce Banner / Hulk in Marvel Studios’ The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Budget: $150 mil
Box Office: $264.8 mil
Profit / Loss: $114.8 mil

Edward Harrison Norton is an actor who gained recognition for his roles in Fight Club (1999) and American History X (1998). In 2008, he starred in The Incredible Hulk. It’s the second movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Edward Norton, known for his behind-the-scenes drama in films like The Italian Job, faced controversy due to his differing creative visions with the studio. Norton was enraged by Kevin Feige’s action-oriented cut and refused to promote the movie. The belief that Norton was hard to work with led Marvel to recast Bruce Banner for the MCU film The Avengers.

Since 2008, he’s avoided Hollywood roles in favor of smaller films like the Academy Award-winning films The Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman. Hulk was the last time he played a leading man in a big-budget movie, which smashed his Hollywood career.

7. Jaden Smith as Kitai Raige in After Earth (2013)

Budget: $130 mil
Box Office: $243.8 mil
Profit / Loss: $113.8 mil

Jaden Smith, son of rapper Will Smith, is an actor and rapper. He has won numerous awards, including MTV Movie, NAACP Image, and Empire Awards. He has also acted in The Karate Kid reboot.

The 2013 American post-apocalyptic action movie After Earth was co-written and co-produced by M. Night Shyamalan. The movie was adapted into a science fiction story set 1,000 years in the future, when mankind had fled Earth for another planet due to a catastrophic environmental disaster. The original story idea, which focused on a father-son trip in the woods, was inspired mainly by Will Smith.

The movie was a commercial and critical disaster. After the film’s failure, Will Smith said that “Jaden took the hit” and that “fans and the press were absolutely vicious.” After the movie’s release, Jaden took a long hiatus from acting to concentrate on his music, and he hasn’t been in a big-budget film since.

8. Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Budget: $78 mil
Box Office: $179 mil
Profit / Loss: $101 mil

Sean Connery, a Scottish actor known for his roles in James Bond and The Untouchables, is known as “The Greatest Living Scot” and “Scotland’s Greatest Living National Treasure.”

In 2003, he starred in the steampunk/dieselpunk superhero movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, based on the Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill comic book series. In the film, several well-known modern fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters work together on a covert assignment in an alternate Victorian Age reality.

The actor and director Stephen Norrington argued over Connery’s view of the movie. It became a commercial and critical bomb. Despite attempts to save the movie, he gave up acting due to the pressure of making it.

9. Alex Pettyfer as John in I Am Number Four (2011)

Budget: $59 mil
Box Office: $149.9 mil
Profit / Loss: $90.9 mil

Alexander Richard Pettyfer is an English actor and model born April 10, 1990. He starred in school plays and television series before getting the part of Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his performance.

The 2011 American science fiction action movie I Am Number Four stars Timothy Olyphant and Alex Pettyfer. The script is based on the 2010 book of the same name. The film follows a teenage alien on Earth fleeing aliens hunting him down. This had the potential to become a new franchise like Hunger Games, but it bombed spectacularly.

In Hollywood, Pettyfer gained a reputation for being difficult and demanding. He lost respect in Hollywood after the film’s failure. He’s been limited to small parts and independent movies after Number Four. Instead of becoming a number one star, he became number two in Hollywood.

10. Kevin Costner as The Mariner in Waterworld (1995)

Budget: $175 mil
Box Office: $264.2 mil
Profit / Loss: $89.2 mil

Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds. The movie takes place in the far future where climate change causes the sea to cover all the land. It stars Kevin Costner as a nomad who travels the planet in a trimaran. He was on top of the world after a string of hits like Dances with Wolves.

After the high-profile failure of Waterworld, his star status dropped. While he continued to appear in various roles, from comedies to dramas, his name no longer carried the same weight it once did. Costner switched to genre period films like the 2003 western Open Range. He returned to the sci-fi genre playing Superman’s adopted father in 2003’s Man of Steel. However, he was more successful on television.

Costner won numerous awards for his roles in the Yellowstone television series, but his film career has sunk to the bottom of the Hollywood ocean.

11. Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl / Barbara Wilson in Batman Forever (1997)

Budget: $160 mil
Box Office: $238 mil
Profit / Loss: $78 mil

Alicia Silverstone began her acting career in 1992 on The Wonder Years. The Crush is her first movie role, and she won two 1994 MTV Movie Awards for it. She appeared in several projects, including Aerosmith’s “Cryin'” music video, Clueless, Hideaway, and The Babysitter.

Batman & Robin is an American superhero movie released in 1997, based on DC Comics characters Batman and Robin. Directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Akiva Goldsman, the film follows the titular characters fighting against Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman)

Batman & Robin was a poorly received film, with director Joel Schumacher apologizing and lead actor George Clooney saying he was terrible.  Silverstone was the biggest loser, with many saying it “ruined” her career. Rumors that the costume department struggled with her weight gain labeled her as the “fat girl“. Despite this, Silverstone has returned to the spotlight with low-budget roles like The Lodge and Senior Year, The Baby-Sitters Club,

12. Vin Diesel as Toorop in Babylon A.D. (2008)

Budget: $70 mil
Box Office: $72.1 mil
Profit / Loss: $2.1 mil

Based on Maurice Georges Dantec’s 1999 science fiction novel Babylon Babies, Babylon A.D. is an action science fiction movie released in 2008. Vin Diesel plays the mercenary turned veteran Toorop. Toorop accepts the dangerous task of escorting a Russian woman to the United States. He has no idea that she is the host of an organism that a cult wants to harvest to create a genetically engineered Messiah.

After Babylon A.D., Vin Diesel’s career stalled. While he has a voice role in the MCU and a recurring role in Fast and the Furious, he has no other successes outside those two franchises. Every attempt to start a new franchise, like The Last Witch Hunter and The Chronicles of Riddick, has crashed and burned. Now that the Guardians of the Galaxy are gone and the Fast and the Furious movies are ending, Diesel’s career may be dead and buried.

13. Lea Thompson as Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1987)

Budget: $37 mil
Box Office: $38 mil
Profit / Loss: $1 mil

Who knew starring in a movie about a talking duck would ruin your career? Lea’s prominent performances in films such as Some Kind of Wonderful and Back to the Future cemented her position as a leading lady. She was on her way to stardom.

Then she chose to star in a science-fiction film where her character looks like she had sex with an anthropomorphic extra-terrestrial duck. Howard the Duck remains one of the most infamous disasters of 1980s filmmaking.  “In the course of a year, I was in the biggest hit [Back to the Future] and the biggest bomb,” she later said. “So that probably destroyed my film career. Even though I did some good films after that, it was really difficult.”

She kept playing supporting parts and even starred in and directed TV shows like Caroline in the City. She’s had a respectable career, but her high-profile movie career never hatched

14. Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario in Double Dragon (1994)

Budget: $7.8 mil
Box Office: $4.2 mil
Profit / Loss: $-3.6 mi

In 1984, Alyssa Milano starred in Old Enough, earning First Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Her breakout role was Commando, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. After her breakout role on Who’s the Boss was canceled in 1992, Milano was eager to showcase her abilities and move on to other roles. Milano enjoyed her eight-year role on the show, but found it frustrating. She landed the role of Amy Fisher in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story.

In 1995, Konami’s 1988 arcade game was adapted into a movie about anarchy, organized crime, and the power of the Double Dragon amulet. Businessman Koga Shuko (Robert Patrick) sets out to control the world but fights professional martial artists Jimmy Lee (Mark Dacascos), Billy Lee (Scott Wolf), and the Power Corps.

Alyssa Milano’s career never recovered from the video game movie Double Dragon. She had several high-profile television roles, like Charmed and Melrose Place, but she never helmed big-budget pictures again. Her Hollywood career was KOed.

15. Pamela Anderson as Barb Wire in Barb Wire (1996)

Budget: $9 mil
Box Office: $3.8 mil
Profit / Loss: $-5.2 mil

Pamela Anderson gained fame as Playboy Playmate of the Month in 1990, holding the record for most Playboy covers. Her roles in the ABC sitcom Home Improvement and Baywatch solidified her reputation as a sex icon.

Based on Dark Horse Comics, the 1996 American superhero movie Barb Wire. During the Second American Civil War, Barbara “Barb Wire” Kopetski (Pamela Anderson Lee), owner of the “Hammerhead” nightclub, is targeted by Chief of Police Willis for fugitive Dr. Corrina “Cora D” Devonshire (Victoria Rowell). The pair tries to escape to Canada with her ex-lover Axel Hood (Temuera Morrison).

If Barb Wire had been a hit, Anderson could have become a true A-list actress instead of just a tabloid darling. After the comic book movie bombed, her career fell too. Her only film roles afterward were cameos and bit parts.

16. Shaquille O’Neal as John Henry Irons in Steel (1997)

Budget: $16 mil
Box Office: $1.6 mil
Profit / Loss:  -$14 mil

Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal, is a former NBA player and sports analyst. He won four NBA championships and starred in the 1996 film Blue Chips and the fantasy film Kazaam. The basketball star was desperate to prove he could carry a movie as a leading man. While Kazaam was popular with kids, O’Neal wanted to prove he deserved a movie career.

His next major role was in the superhero film Steel (1997), which is loosely based on the DC Comics character of the same name. In the film, Shaquille O’Neal plays John Henry Irons and his alter ego, Steel. Judd Nelson portrays Nathaniel Burke, who becomes an illegal weapons dealer,. Irons and his friend Sparks create a set of armor that turns him into the superhero Steel.

When Steel came out, it was a box office disaster and received harsh criticism for its “cheesiness” and subpar performances. With an estimated budget of $16 million, the film only made $1.7 million domestically. The writer-director Kenneth Johnson said Shaquille O’Neal is a nice guy but “not an actor.”

After this, his only film roles are cameos or minor characters. His Hollywood career was dunked on.

17. Halle Berry as Patience Phillips / Catwoman in Catwoman (2004)

Budget: $100 mil
Box Office: $82.1 mil
Profit / Loss: $-17.9 mil

In the 2000s, Berry became a high-paid Hollywood actress and the first African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. She played high-profile roles in X-Men, Swordfish, and Die Another Day.

She next starred in the 2004 superhero movie Catwoman, directed by Pitof and based on DC Comics. The plot follows graphic designer Patience Phillips, who discovers a deadly product conspiracy and is given superhuman cat abilities by an Egyptian Mau cat, transforming into the crime-fighting superheroine.

Despite a $100 million production budget, Catwoman failed to profit, earning only $82.4 million worldwide. The movie received no awards except several “Golden Raspberry Awards,” with Berry accepting the award and bringing her Oscar.

Berry’s stardom has waned since 2004, with only a few lead roles in ensemble movies. But she did have her television show, Extant, for two seasons. In 2021, she spoke on Jimmy Kimmel Live! about the harsh criticism she received. She remarked, “The disheartening part was, I didn’t direct it, I didn’t produce it, nor did I write it. I was just the actress in it. But for all these years, I have carried the weight of that film. And whatever success it had or didn’t have somehow seemed like it was all my fault. But it really wasn’t my fault. But I’ve been carrying it.”

18. Lori Petty as Rebecca Buck in Tank Girl (1995)

Budget: $25 mil
Box Office: $6 mil
Profit / Loss:  -$19 mil

Lori Petty began her career in 1985 as a terrorist on All My Children. She starred in a string of hits like Cadillac Man and Point Break, but her breakthrough role was in 1992’s A League of Their Own. 

In 1995, American post-apocalyptic film Tank Girl, based on the British comic series, follows antihero Rebecca Buck aka Tank Girl, Jet Girl, and Rippers as they battle Water & Power in Australia, rescuing a child.

The movie’s failure killed her movie career. “It ruined my career,” she later said. “It put me into movie jail. It was a disaster. I couldn’t talk about it for 10 years.” But Petty continued to work on television.

Petty has appeared in TV series, directed and written films, and starred in Orange Is the New Black, which received multiple awards. She’s a television star, but Tank Girl put Lori Petty’s movie career off track.

19. Bill Cosby as Leonard Parker in Leonard Part 6 (1987)

Budget: $24 mil
Box Office: $4.6 mil
Profit / Loss: $-19.4 mil

William Henry Cosby Jr., born in 1937, is an American comedian, actor, and media figure known for his stand-up comedy, television, and movies. He starred as Cliff Huxtable in The Cosby Show, and by 1987, he was also a movie star after appearing in a string of highly successful movies, such as Uptown Saturday Night (1974).

In 1987, American spy spoof film Leonard Part 6 (also known as Leonard Part VI) stars Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, and Joe Don Baker. He comes out of retirement to save the world from evil vegetarian Medusa Johnson.

It’s frequently regarded as one of the worst movies ever created. It won multiple Golden Raspberry Awards, and even Cosby publicly criticized the film. It was a box office disaster, making slightly over $4.6 million on a $24 million budget. This started a string of box office flops, and his career fizzled out like a Coke. Plus, the conviction for aggravated indecent assault (later overturned) didn’t help.

20. Taylor Kitsch as John Carter in John Carter (2012)

Budget: $306.6 mil
Box Office: $284.1 mil
Profit / Loss: $-22.5 mil

Taylor Kitsch, known for his acting talent and outrageous looks, gained fame on “Friday Night Lights” as a charismatic and moody character in a small-town Texas football team. This led to his role as Gambit in the 2009 summer blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Kitsch seemed poised for greater stardom. His next blockbuster took him into space.

John Carter, a 2012 American science fiction action-adventure film, tells the story of Carter’s trip to Mars to resolve civil war between Barsoom’s rival kingdoms. The film stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and others. It explores Carter’s experiences and encounters with new entities.

The movie received mediocre reviews and is one of Disney’s most unsuccessful films. After three box office flops, Hollywood dropped Kitsch. He has since built his resume with television roles in Lone Survivor, True Detective, and Waco. Despite being employed in Hollywood, his dreams of becoming an A-list movie star seem to have been lost forever.

21. Channing Tatum as Caine Wise in Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Budget: $210 mil
Box Office: $184 mil
Profit / Loss: $-26 mil

In the 2010s, Channing Tatum dominated the film industry, starring in 23 movies between 2010 and 2017. His career began in 2006 with She’s the Man and continued with romantic comedies and action films. Then came his next movie, and it all fell apart.

Jupiter Ascending is about a young woman (Mila Kunis) who learns she is destined to be an interplanetary heiress and must battle to defend Earth’s citizens against a destructive and ancient evil. Tatum plays a hybrid dogman who tries to protect her. Critics gave the picture mainly unfavorable reviews; while the visual effects were praised, the plot was criticized for being incomprehensible. During its theatrical run, it grossed $184 million on a budget of $176-210 million. Despite receiving mixed reviews and box office success, the Wachowski’s film was a flop due to delays and a budget of $176 million.

Channing Tatum said working on Jupiter Ascending was a “nightmare”, and his career became one, too. He did make a name for himself with his Gambit cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine. He also starred in the surprise hit Blink Twice in 2024. But Tatum’s movie career still hasn’t ascended

22. Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

Budget: $50 mil
Box Office: $12.8 mil
Profit / Loss: $-37.2 mil

Kristin Laura Kreuk, born in 1982, is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Lana Lang in Smallville. She gained fame after starring in Edgemont and Snow White: The Fairest of Them All. She appeared for seven seasons before leaving the show after starring in Dream Princess and Partition. Kreuk agreed to a recurring role on the show to pursue her growing movie career.

In 2009, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li was released as a non-canonical spin-off of Street Fighter. The movie follows Kristin Kreuk’s character Chun-Li, who seeks justice and her past before her father’s abduction by the local mafia, Bison. Following her mother’s death, she embarks on a mission to save her father.

After Chun-Li, she tried to return to television. She had the lead in the 2012 CW Beauty and the Beast reboot. Since then, she’s had multiple small and independent films. Her movie career was Spinning Bird Kicked, but her television career continued with recurring roles in Reacher and Ghostwriter.

23. Jamie Kennedy as Tim Avery in Son of the Mask (2005)

Budget: $100 mil
Box Office: $59.9 mil
Profit / Loss: $-40.1 mil

What do you get when you make a sequel to a blockbuster hit without the star? You get Son of the Mask, which ruined any goodwill the original movie had and took down the promising career of a young television star.

Jim Carrey declined a $10 million offer to return to The Mask but turned it down. Eleven years later, the sequel stars Jamie Kennedy as Tim Avery, an aspiring animator with the Mask’s abilities, and co-stars Bob Hoskins, Steven Wright, Alan Cumming, and Traylor Howard. Kennedy was a TV star thanks to his hit show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. His star was on the rise.

Son of the Mask was a box office flop, recouping only $15 million of its budget. Jamie Kennedy returned to stand-up and later portrayed a cannibal serial killer on Criminal Minds and a psychology professor on Ghost Whisperer. Jamie Kennedy’s career was smoking, but now it’s in the ashes

24. John Travolta as Terl in Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

Budget: $73 mil
Box Office: $29.7 mil
Profit / Loss: $-43.3 mil

The tale of John Travolta is one of several resurrected lives. After hits like Grease, he followed up with stinkers like Look Who’s Talking Too. But by 2000, it looked like he was in Hollywood to stay until Scientology permanently derailed his career.

The movie, based on L. Ron Hubbard’s book, follows Tyler, a man kidnapped by the ruling aliens and sold into slavery. Travolta’s passion project was a critical and financial disaster and dubbed one of the worst films ever made.

A string of box office bombs drove his career even further down. Today, he’s best known for his work on television, starring in The People v. O.J. Simpson. His movie career is dead and is unlikely to return.

25. Chris Klein as Jonathan Cross in Rollerball (2002)

Budget: $70 mil
Box Office: $25.9 mil
Profit / Loss: $-44.1 mil

Chris Klein jump-started his career in 1999 playing the nice guy jock in American Pie. That same year, he starred in Election before returning to American Pie in the 2001 sequel. He was all set to become the next big teen heartthrob in the late 90s and early 2000s. Then came a sports movie that ended his career.

That movie is Rollerball, a 2002 science fiction sports movie reboot that features Chris Klein as Jonathan Cross, who must defeat the league’s owner and the deadly sport. Set in the present, the film has a stronger action-oriented focus and more subdued social and political connotations than the 1970s version.

“Rollerball was definitely a dud,” Klein told The Daily Beast matter-of-factly. “The studio opportunities started to slow down.” He added that he did some independent movies and plays but agreed that “late nineties Hollywood came to an end.” He’s had success on television with roles like Sweet Magnolias, but Rollerball knocked out Klein’s movie career.

Which star were you surprised lost it all? Which movie do you think was bad enough to kill an actors career? Let us know in the comments below!