an actor/actress that you think should have had a bigger career
Kevin Kline - I know he won an Oscar 30 years ago but his career fizzled.
shareMichael Biehn
shareSame.
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Linda Haynes
shareHe was big for a little while in the 80s and 90s.
I'd go with Jennifer Jason Leigh. Attractive and hugely talented. She's had consistent parts but never really moved up to being an A lister.
She reminds me of prostitutes I've known.
I get the impression that she has had a lot of rough times to get anywhere in the business.
As with KKline, I think she's had a perfectly fine career. Not everyone gets to be Sigourney Weaver.
shareit hasn't been bad, but the thread is about actors you thought could have been bigger.
shareFair enough. I guess I don't get wat someone is supposed to do to be bigger. Sigourney appeared in a lot of different roles and she wasn't always top billed. She's tall, which helped her be the hero in the Alien movies. Meryl Streep gets a ton of work. I guess she's a chameleon. Is Anne Hathaway an A lister? What about the ubiquitous Jen Aniston? Other than Julia Roberts (washed up?) I don't know who is an A lister and what it takes to be one.
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I would add Cuba Gooding Jr. After Gladiator and a Few Good Men from 1992 and then Jerry Maguire in 1996 he seemed to be destined to be big and then after What Dreams May Come he just fizzled.
shareGreat example
Cuba was really good
Especially after Wes Snipes got out of the way, but Cuba didn't seem to have that threatening side to him. I don't go out of my way to to view CGJ, or Wes for that matter.
shareSnipes was OK in small doses (and was apparently a real difficult pain in the ass on set) but Cuba had a certain charisma that I liked a lot
shareJulia Stiles
Neve Campbell
Brendan Fraser
Wes Bentley
Julia Stiles's career got fucked over by Michael C. Hall.
shareColour me intrigued. What happened?
shareShe was rumoured to have been having an affair with Hall and was blamed for him and his wife splitting up and I think they had a falling out and that's why she left Dexter and wasn't so successful after that (supposedly because Hall badmouthed her). Has been doing mostly single episodes in shows since then.
shareThat's sad, especially given how many actors have affairs, but don't experience the same public outrage and fallout.
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