{"id":13072,"date":"2012-03-05T03:14:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T03:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=13072"},"modified":"2012-02-16T03:15:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T03:15:36","slug":"ten-hollywood-has-beens-who-deserve-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/ten-hollywood-has-beens-who-deserve-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Hollywood Has-Beens Who Deserve a Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the age-old saying goes, what goes up must come down; the ten individuals listed below certainly know this. These ten actors are Hollywood ex-starlets whose once-glimmering careers have taken quite a tumble over the last few years or so, be this from bad role choices, box-office blunders or personal problems. They\u2019re also actors whom I firmly believe should be awarded with the Mickey Rourke\/Robert Downey, Jr. treatment, i.e. a shining comeback.<\/p>\n

So, scroll down, take a look and see if you think any of these washed-up has-beens deserve to be placed back in the spotlight as I personally think they should be. I should probably note that they\u2019re assembled in alphabetical order of surname, and not in order of washed-up-iness.<\/p>\n

Rachael Leigh Cook<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The case of Rachael Leigh Cook is an odd one. I believe Cook to be a decent actress as well as a very good-looking woman; most would assume that with these two features \u2013 her acting talents and her good looks \u2013 she\u2019d enjoy a fair and lengthy movie career, and yet for one reason or another she hasn\u2019t. Cook\u2019s first proper slice of fame was in 1998, when, at the age of 19, she destroyed a kitchen with a frying pan in a public service announcement centred on the dangers of drugs. The following year, she had her biggest role in the shape of \u201cShe\u2019s All That,\u201d a cheesy teen rom-com that raked in over $100 million at the box office and has developed something of a cult following. In the film, Cook played a bespectacled nerd who is turned into a prom queen when a jock played by Freddie Prince, Jr. is, unbeknownst to Cook\u2019s character, dared by friends to take her to the prom.<\/p>\n

Since then, Cook has starred in a number of films, including a supporting role in the 2000 remake of \u201cGet Carter\u201d and a starring role in the 2001 box-office flop \u201cJosie and the Pussycats,\u201d but nothing in her filmography post-\u201cShe\u2019s All That\u201d is particularly noteworthy; it appears she\u2019s made some dodgy role choices over the years. I trust, however, that she will one day find fame once again; she is, after all, just 32, still utterly gorgeous and her talents have presumably not faded away along with her disappointing career.<\/p>\n

Geena Davis
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Geena Davis had quite the luxurious film career up until the turn of the 21st<\/sup> Century. Making her feature film debut in Sydney Pollack\u2019s 1982 cross-dressing comedy \u201cTootsie,\u201d Davis went on to star in David Cronenberg\u2019s 1986 cult horror film \u201cThe Fly\u201d and Tim Burton\u2019s darkly comic 1988 supernatural comedy \u201cBeetlejuice.\u201d That same year, she received an Academy Award for her supporting performance in Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s drama film \u201cThe Accidental Tourist.\u201d She would also go on to receive an Oscar nomination in 1991 for her leading role in Ridley Scott\u2019s unlikely chick-flick \u201cThelma and Louise,\u201d perhaps her most famous role to date. At this point in her career, Davis was very deservedly considered to be one of the best and most reliable actresses working in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

And then \u201cCutthroat Island\u201d happened; this was the 1995 swashbuckling action-adventure flick starring Davis as a sword-brandishing, rope-swinging pirate. The film, which was directed by Davis\u2019 then-husband Renny Harlin, received mixed reviews and, having lost $80 million, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest box office flop of all time. The film is widely regarded as having heavily damaged Davis\u2019 credibility as a movie star, and in turn massively hurt her acting career for years to come. In 2006, however, she received a Golden Globe win for her performance as a female President of the United States in the ABC television drama \u201cCommander in Chief,\u201d proving that she most certainly has still got it. Hopefully someday this fantastic actress\u2019 movie career will get back to the way it was in the late \u201880s and early \u201890s; I would, however, advise her not to use \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d to gain this \u2013 we don\u2019t want history repeating itself.<\/p>\n

Danny Glover
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An actor who brings much complexity and reason to the characters he plays, the currently washed-up Danny Glover first rose to public attention in the middle of the 1980s. The year 1985 saw him impressing in three supporting roles, one in Peter Weir\u2019s \u201cWitness,\u201d one in Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s \u201cSilverado\u201d and another in Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cThe Color Purple.\u201d Two years later, Glover starred alongside rising star Mel Gibson as an LAPD detective in Richard Donner\u2019s classic action film \u201cLethal Weapon.\u201d The film, a major success, spawned three sequels, all of which saw Glover and Gibson returning in the leading roles. In 1990, Glover took his first solo leading role in \u201cPredator 2,\u201d a moderately successful sequel to the 1987 science-fiction actioner that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger; the film itself may not have been particularly great, but Glover\u2019s oddly committed performance is very admirable.<\/p>\n

Following this, there was little of note in his career until supporting roles in Wes Anderson\u2019s quirky 2001 comedy-drama \u201cThe Royal Tenenbaums\u201d and James Wan\u2019s independent 2004 horror flick \u201cSaw.\u201d Many small roles have followed since, with few major acting credits to his name since 2004; the only real attention he has received since then was for playing the President of the United States in Roland Emmerich\u2019s \u201c2012\u201d and also largely negative attention for last year\u2019s \u201cAge of the Dragons,\u201d a cheap Moby Dick re-imagining featuring dragons instead of a whale. Glover has become very politically active over the years while his career has become practically inactive; here\u2019s hoping he shapes up and turns that around before he, ahem, gets too old for that shit.<\/p>\n

Cuba Gooding, Jr.
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The second half of Cuba Gooding, Jr.\u2019s career is an embarrassing case indeed; it\u2019s rather astonishing how far and how hard Gooding, Jr. actually managed to fall. But first let\u2019s take a look at the first half of his career. In 1991, Gooding, Jr. landed a role in John Singleton\u2019s South Central drama \u201cBoyz n the Hood;\u201d unexpectedly, the film was a big financial success and also managed to nab two Oscar nominations, one for Best Director and another for Best Screenplay. Gooding, Jr.\u2019s next big role came in 1996 in the form of Cameron Crowe\u2019s comedy-drama \u201cJerry Maguire,\u201d in which Gooding, Jr. gave a supporting performance as an arrogant football player. Gooding, Jr. received much acclaim and many awards for his tremendous performance, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He followed this success with roles in Vincent Ward\u2019s \u201cWhat Dreams May Come,\u201d George Tillman, Jr.\u2019s \u201cMen of Honor,\u201d Michael Bay\u2019s \u201cPearl Harbor\u201d and Jerry Zucker\u2019s \u201cRat Race.\u201d After this comes the embarrassing part.<\/p>\n

In 2002, Gooding, Jr. starred in awful kiddie comedy \u201cSnow Dogs;\u201d in 2003, he starred in homophobic rom-com \u201cBoat Trip\u201d and mediocre musical \u201cThe Fighting Temptations,\u201d both of which earned him a Razzie nomination; in 2007, he starred in ghastly comedy hit \u201cNorbit\u201d and was Eddie Murphy\u2019s replacement in the unbearable \u201cDaddy Day Camp,\u201d both of which earned him another Razzie nomination; bafflingly, his last nine films all went straight-to-DVD. Currently, he\u2019s starring in Anthony Hemingway\u2019s war drama \u201cRed Tails,\u201d which may not quite be a comeback, but it\u2019s something; with any luck, this handsome, charming and talented actor will somehow clamber his way back into the spotlight in which he once relished; all Hollywood has to do is take notice of him once again and show him the money \u2013 seriously, any amount of money, he\u2019ll take it.<\/p>\n

Steve Guttenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Steve Guttenberg is perhaps the very definition of an \u201880s actor; his career both began and practically ended in the decade of big hair. Guttenberg first found fame at the age of 26 in the uber-successful 1984 slapstick comedy \u201cPolice Academy,\u201d in which he played the leading role of trouble-making police trainee Cadet Mahoney. Guttenberg then went on to star in the first three of the film\u2019s increasingly dreary sequels before cutting the cord in 1987 (the franchise went on without him until the seventh film in 1994). In 1985 he starred in Ron Howard\u2019s financially rewarding science-fiction comedy \u201cCocoon,\u201d as well as its significantly less rewarding sequel, \u201cCocoon: The Return,\u201d in 1987.<\/p>\n

Fame also came from another sci-fi comedy, 1986\u2019s \u201cShort Circuit,\u201d and 1987 comedy hit \u201cThree Men and a Baby,\u201d which also had a sequel, \u201cThree Men and a Little Lady,\u201d in which Guttenberg reprised his leading role.\u00a0 Since then, Guttenberg\u2019s biggest hits have been \u201cThe Big Green,\u201d a long-forgotten Disney comedy about an English soccer team consisting of a bunch of misfit kids, and \u201cZeus and Roxanne,\u201d a film about a dog that falls in love with a dolphin. Unfortunately, Guttenberg\u2019s career has now all but faded into obscurity, although his name remains very familiar to the public \u2013 perhaps familiar enough for him to ease his way back into the Hollywood limelight and show us all his comedy chops again?<\/p>\n

Linda Hamilton
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Action heroine Linda Hamilton started her acting career on television, landing a major role in nighttime CBS soap opera \u201cSecrets of Midland Heights,\u201d which ran for only eight episodes. Deciding to turn her attention to cinema, she starred in her first film, \u201cTAG: The Assassination Game,\u201d \u00a0in 1982, which was followed in 1984 with a leading role in Fritz Kiersch\u2019s cult horror film \u201cChildren of the Corn,\u201d an adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s short story of the same name. It was also in \u201984 that Hamilton starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Biehn in James Cameron\u2019s \u201cThe Terminator.\u201d In the film, Hamilton plays Sarah Connor, a woman who is being mercilessly pursued and hunted by a killer robot from the future. \u201cThe Terminator\u201d was an unexpectedly enormous critical and commercial success, and also earned Hamilton some of the public attention and fame she very much deserved.<\/p>\n

Six years later came the first of the film\u2019s three sequels, the more action-oriented \u201cTerminator 2: Judgement Day.\u201d Hamilton reprised her role, which was now more physically demanding and emotionally draining; more than living up to the demands of the role, Hamilton received the Saturn Award for Best Actress in 1992 for her hard-as-nails performance. The film itself was an even bigger success than its predecessor, being lauded by critics and ultimately earning over $500 million worldwide. Following \u201cT2,\u201d Hamilton starred in a box-office flop, \u201cSilent Fall,\u201d in 1994 and a box-office hit, \u201cDante\u2019s Peak,\u201d in 1997. It was after \u201cDante\u2019s Peak\u201d that Hamilton\u2019s name sadly drifted away from the public\u2019s memory, most of her subsequent work consisting of TV movies, low-profile films and bit parts in TV shows. But I\u2019d say there\u2019s still quite a bit of potential left for Hamilton. I mean, on top of owning potentially phenomenal acting talents, Hamilton is one of the most convincing action-chicks ever to handle a gun and kick some ass on-screen, much more naturally convincing than Milla Jovovich or Angelina Jolie have ever been; I\u2019m telling you, if she can still do all that 20 years later, I\u2018d say there\u2019s a good chance she\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n

Michael Keaton
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Starting out as an unsuccessful stand-up comedian, Michael Keaton eventually set his eyes on film acting, scoring his first big break in the 1982 comedy \u201cNight Shift,\u201d Ron Howard\u2019s second film as a director. After much acclaim for his fast-talking performance, Keaton was cast in the title role of Tim Burton\u2019s 1988 comedy-horror \u201cBeetlejuice,\u201d in which he played an obnoxious \u201cbio-exorcist\u201d who is approached by a recently deceased couple who want him to get rid of the living, breathing humans now inhabiting their old home. Keaton immediately shot to fame with the role, and was soon cast as the caped crusader in \u201cBatman,\u201d also directed by Tim Burton, the following year. Keaton later reprised the role, for which he received critical praise and fanboy acceptance, in 1992\u2019s \u201cBatman Returns\u201d and went on to star in Harold Ramis\u2019 sci-fi comedy \u201cMultiplicity\u201d in 1996 and Quentin Tarantino\u2019s crime drama \u201cJackie Brown\u201d in 1997.<\/p>\n

In the last decade, Keaton\u2019s career drastically slowed down, with financial success found only in the critically panned 2005 horror film \u201cWhite Noise,\u201d the critically-divisive family comedy \u201cHerbie: Fully Loaded\u201d and the better received Pixar animation \u201cCars,\u201d in which Keaton provided the voice of a villainous automobile. In 2010, Keaton provided the voice of a Ken doll in Pixar\u2019s \u201cToy Story 3\u201d and had a hilarious supporting role in Adam McKay\u2019s action-comedy \u201cThe Other Guys.\u201d At 60 years young, Keaton does still have a bit of a career going, but it\u2019ll take something big to launch him back to the fame he once enjoyed \u2013 most will agree that he certainly has the talent to achieve this.<\/p>\n

Sam Neill
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After gaining some attention in New Zealand and Australia with 1977 political thriller \u201cSleeping Dogs\u201d and 1979 romantic drama \u201cMy Brilliant Career,\u201d New Zealand actor Sam Neill became something of an international star with leading roles in 1981 horror sequel \u201cThe Omen III: The Final Conflict,\u201d 1981 TV drama \u201cIvanhoe\u201d and 1983 TV mini-series \u201cReilly, Ace of Spies.\u201d Subsequent leading and supporting roles throughout the \u201880s and \u201890s further secured this position, with high-profile films such as \u201cDead Calm,\u201d \u201cThe Hunt for Red October,\u201d \u201cMemoirs of an Invisible Man,\u201d \u201cSirens,\u201d \u201cEvent Horizon,\u201d \u201cThe Piano\u201d and \u201cBicentennial Man\u201d among his filmography; he impressed very much in each of them.<\/p>\n

In 1993, he starred alongside some man-eating dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg\u2019s ground-breaking, enormously successful special-effects blockbuster \u201cJurassic Park,\u201d as well as its less successful second sequel, \u201cJurassic Park III,\u201d in 2001. Since then, Neill\u2019s roles have been significantly lower in profile, aside from a villainous role in 2009 vampire horror \u201cDaybreakers\u201d and a voice-over role in 2010 animated family film \u201cLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga\u2019Hoole.\u201d Neill, a very versatile and likable actor, shouldn\u2019t have to work too hard to get back on the A-list in which he once sat rather comfortably; he just has to speak in that soothing New Zealand accent of his, and Hollywood will come begging.<\/p>\n

Meg Ryan
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Described in the \u201890s by TIME critic Richard Corliss as \u201cthe current soul of romantic comedy,\u201d Meg Ryan has practically vanished from Hollywood without a trace ever since, although she has left behind her quite a legacy. Ryan\u2019s film career first got going in 1989 with Rob Reiner\u2019s masterful romantic comedy \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d which also starred Billy Crystal. Famous partly for a scene in which Ryan loudly orgasms in the middle of a busy deli, it immediately shot Ryan onto the A-list, much more so than her previous roles in \u201cInnerspace\u201d and \u201cAmityville 3-D.\u201d<\/p>\n

All of a sudden, Ryan was the face of romantic cinema, taking starring roles in John Patrick Shanley\u2019s \u201cJoe versus the Volcano,\u201d Luis Mandoki\u2019s \u201cWhen a Man Loves a Woman,\u201d Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s \u201cFrench Kiss,\u201d Griffin Dunne\u2019s \u201cAddicted to Love,\u201d Nora Ephron\u2019s \u201cSleepless in Seattle\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019ve Got Mail.\u201d However, it seems her romantic stylings got a little old as the noughties approached, her biggest film since 2001\u2019s \u201cKate and Leopold\u201d being the critically panned 2008 comedy remake \u201cThe Women.\u201d Ryan\u2019s recently been clumsily toying with the indie circuit, but one hopes she\u2019ll find her way back to Hollywood\u2019s golden gates once again to do what she does best: being a man-hungry city slicker in love with Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n

Sharon Stone
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Before her career had even got going, steely-eyed actress Sharon Stone had already received a Razzie nomination for Worst Actress for her performance in \u201cAllan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold,\u201d a 1987 \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d parody. Unfazed, Stone continued taking supporting roles until receiving a career boost in Paul Verhoeven\u2019s 1990 sci-fi hit \u201cTotal Recall,\u201d in which she played the mysterious wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s heroic character. Two years later, Verhoeven cast her as Catherine Tramell, the ultimate femme fatale, in erotic thriller \u201cBasic Instinct\u201d alongside Michael Douglas. The film was a massive hit and shot Stone to fame, partly for her acting talents, partly for flashing her lady-bits to the camera in the film\u2019s most infamous scene.<\/p>\n

Following two Razzie wins in 1994 (Worst Actress for both \u201cThe Specialist\u201d and \u201cIntersection,\u201d and Worst Screen Couple for the former), a Razzie nomination (Worst Actress for 1993\u2019s \u201cSliver\u201d) and a box-office bomb (1995 western \u201cThe Quick and the Dead\u201d), Stone found success again in Martin Scorsese\u2019s 1995 gangster drama \u201cCasino,\u201d for which her wonderful performance as a mobster\u2019s troubled wife earned her a Golden Globe win and an Academy Award nomination. Unfortunately, it was then that her career completely died on its ass; she\u2019s appeared in many films since, few of which are of any note, aside from 2006\u2019s \u201cBasic Instinct 2,\u201d which was a critical flop and a surprising box-office disaster; it also earned Stone yet another Razzie win for Worst Actress (her \u201clopsided breasts\u201d also scored her a nomination for Worst Screen Couple). No matter what the Razzies say, however, I personally believe Miss Stone to be a very fine actress who deserves a second shot; either that, or she\u2019s managed to hypnotise me with all her frequent on-screen nakedness and whatnot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the age-old saying goes, what goes up must come down; the ten individuals listed below certainly know this. These ten actors are Hollywood ex-starlets whose once-glimmering careers have taken quite a tumble over the last few years or so, be this from bad role choices, box-office blunders or personal problems. 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