What actor are you surpised isn't a bigger star?
05-21-16, 08:59 PM
#851
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
It didn't really do much. Stewart has been in several critically acclaimed roles. Seems like once she got a handle of her career now and is in pretty damn good stuff. Is she headlining some massive franchise or whatever? No. But she's going for the artistic/quality route for her career mostly now.
05-23-16, 07:09 AM
#852
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
She made millions of dollars with Twilight so its possible she doesn't need to get stuck in a meaningless but well payed role playing a superhero's girlfriend or female scientist in disaster flick and instead can concentrate on roles that interest her. Just last year she became the first American actress to win a Cesar award for Clouds of Sils Maria and probably would have easily been nommed(and a win contender) for an Oscar if you replaced her co-star Binoche with a vet male actor. #OscarSoPencentric
05-23-16, 10:03 AM
#853
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
^ Her and Robert Pattison made so much money that that's all they do now. Independent to low scale projects based on merit. Pattison always seemed like a likable guy. Even he said that he was only doing Twilight to make as much money as possible to do work that was actually good. He knew Twilight was garbage but it paid extremely well.
He was great in Cosmopolis and The Rover. He seemed to have been rejuvenated by working with David Cronenberg - if you watch the 2 hour documentary on the making of Cosmopolis he's like a kid at a candy store.
He was great in Cosmopolis and The Rover. He seemed to have been rejuvenated by working with David Cronenberg - if you watch the 2 hour documentary on the making of Cosmopolis he's like a kid at a candy store.
05-23-16, 11:43 AM
#854
RIP
05-24-16, 03:26 PM
#855
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
It didn't really do much. Stewart has been in several critically acclaimed roles. Seems like once she got a handle of her career now and is in pretty damn good stuff. Is she headlining some massive franchise or whatever? No. But she's going for the artistic/quality route for her career mostly now.
08-21-16, 09:27 AM
#861
DVD Talk Legend
01-18-17, 10:46 AM
#863
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
Skeet Ulrich was supposed to be the second coming of Johnny Depp after he did Scream, but then fizzled out. I remember that film he did called "Touch" that was written/directed (based on an Elmore Leonard novel) by Paul Schrader - being really good, and that was released in 1997. He did a couple of more higher profile gigs and that was it. He's been busy doing television work for like 15 years now.
01-18-17, 06:02 PM
#865
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
Ouch! Did Freddie Prinze Jr date rape your sister or something?
05-06-17, 06:51 AM
#867
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
Carly Schroeder. Still fairly young, though.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe.
Last edited by Yeti4623; 05-06-17 at 07:19 AM.
05-06-17, 08:15 AM
#868
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
What's interesting is her first big role was Freaks and Geeks and she was the lead character. Everything else she has done after that has been as a supporting role. She's had a nice career, but never made that leading lady status after F&G.
05-10-17, 10:51 AM
#871
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
It's hard to go from female lead in a teen show to feature film lead, I think, partly because there are fewer lead roles for women and partly because a lot of it has to do with how you look and indirectly your age. You could also argue that while she was a focal point of that show it was truly an ensemble cast.
11-18-18, 11:56 AM
#873
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
Watching High Fidelity this morning, and Natasha Gregson Wagner popped up near the end.
Her IMDB shows that she kept working but never made it big. Given her pedigree, it seems like she should have done more, but she was not as beautiful as her mother.
11-18-18, 12:21 PM
#874
DVD Talk Godfather & 2020 TOTY Winner
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
Patrick Fugit was so great as the lead in Almost Famous. It had to burn him up to see Kate Hudson rocket to superstardom after that movie while his career never took off. He continues to work to this day. Mostly in tiny indie projects but also occasionally in major stuff. He was a cop in Gone Girl and more recently had a fairly big part in First Man. But he never became the star I expected.
11-19-18, 04:46 AM
#875
Re: Who were the up-and-coming actors that never became huge stars?
Patrick Fugit was so great as the lead in Almost Famous. It had to burn him up to see Kate Hudson rocket to superstardom after that movie while his career never took off. He continues to work to this day. Mostly in tiny indie projects but also occasionally in major stuff. He was a cop in Gone Girl and more recently had a fairly big part in First Man. But he never became the star I expected.