actors/actresses who could have been great but squandered their potential
07-24-07, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Legolas
Mira Sorvino. Oscar-winner who recently did a made-for-TV movie with Stephen Dorff and the DVD cover tries to rip off The Bourne Identity cover as well as try to make Dorff look like Jack Bauer.
Charlie Sheen. Squandered his Platoon/Wall Street cred.
Charlie Sheen. Squandered his Platoon/Wall Street cred.
Now Mira Sorvino, I propose, was lucky as hell to meet Woody Allen when she did and has settled in right where she belongs.
Marlon Brando was an interesting nomination, and certainly I would agree. His eccentricities cost him, and us, dearly. By the same token, they may have been what made him the actor that he was - so maybe it's a double edged sword.
I would have liked to see more from Daniel Day Lewis, to name a current actor that I think is great. It's not that he has squandered his potential, but by limiting his output so greatly, I get the feeling we missed out. Who knows...maybe more familiarity would have bred....Ben Stiller?
07-24-07, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by aynrandgirl
I nominate Michael Pare.
07-25-07, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Silverscreenvid
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
He's now been reduced to making sequels to bad Eddie Murphy movies after playing the humorless heavy in another bad Eddie Murphy movie.
He's now been reduced to making sequels to bad Eddie Murphy movies after playing the humorless heavy in another bad Eddie Murphy movie.
07-25-07, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by DthRdrX
Wesley Snipes is definitely another good suggestion. I have to wonder if he was blacklisted?
I'm gonna go ahead and put LiLo on this list. The most entertaining thing she could do now is to pull a River Phoenix while wearing no panties.
07-26-07, 08:05 AM
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Corey Feldman and Corey Haim were on top of the world and things were looking bright for them after movies like Stand By Me, Lucas, & Lost Boys. Then it went down hill fast. I'd say they are the poster boys for squandered potential. Especially Feldman after his performance in Stand By Me.
Corey Feldman and Corey Haim were on top of the world and things were looking bright for them after movies like Stand By Me, Lucas, & Lost Boys. Then it went down hill fast. I'd say they are the poster boys for squandered potential. Especially Feldman after his performance in Stand By Me.
