Why she insists on making god awful b-movies.
She's a good actress when she actually applies herself, she's gorgeous and it's such ashame.
Surely she could still do TV gigs? So many actors are finding their careers revitalised after descent stints on shows.
I think she should do guest appearances here and there, recurring roles and possibly a regular role.
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shareBesides paying the bills maybe it's ego? She seems to be taking every movie where she gets to be top billed but like you said she should try TV again or supporting roles in decent movies to resurrect her career.
shareShe has always been talented. Her acting in Lawn Dogs is some of the most natural and astounding acting I've seen from a child. She's a much better actress than her current filmography might suggest, but I think at this point she's just trying to pay bills what with all of her money drama. If she can get herself together I could really see her making a comeback in top-notch film/TV if she really tried.
shareI agree! She was absolutely incredible in Lawn Dogs. She is so talented and beautiful. I really hope she gets a comeback role, and maybe get nominated for an Emmy or Oscar. She deserves a second chance.
shareThat's crazy! She needs to be in good popular movies.
There's something wrong with Esther.
Why she insists on making god awful b-movies.
I don't think it's up to her sadly. Maybe she's earned some bad reputation in powerful circles and that's why she can't get work in better films. And she's not alone, it happens to many actresses. It's a tough business, there is a lot of competition and if you upset the wrong people it can kill your career.
The OC was her breakout role, she was still very young, 20 when she left the show, but unfortunately nothing she made after made enough impact to secure better roles. She was also involved in a drug scandal or something like that and started to be associated with Hollywood's most infamous girls which gave her a lot of bad press.
She's still quite young, but it's going to be very hard for her to undo what happened around that time. Her looks have changed a lot since her peak as well.
Why she insists on making god awful b-movies.
It's not like she really has a choice. If she were able to get good roles in high profile movies or TV shows, she'd be getting them. It's not like she can just call up Spielberg and Scorsese and be like "Ok guys! I'm ready for better work! What do you have for me?"
She's probably taking these bad B-movies because that is literally all she can get. Yes, she probably realizes the movies are poor as far as quality goes, but a girl's gotta pay her bills.
And she doesn't have the proper connections in film and TV to really get back in the game.
Her biggest movies were Notting Hill and The Sixth Sense, both of which came out nearly 20 years ago. She was only a child in both of those movies, and she didn't even have a big role in either of them.
Her biggest claim to fame is The O.C., for which she became the It Girl for a quick minute, and then Hollywood moved on. The O.C. has been canceled for a long time now, and while it does have a cult following, it is hardly remembered as a great, classic, major Award-winning show. It was a popular teen show that was on for a few years before it burned out.
She played a teenager, but she never really graduated into high profile adult roles in films. Everybody just remembers her as Marissa Cooper, so people just remember her as playing some spoiled teenager on a show for teenagers. It's not like she can make a jump and just start playing a cop or something on TV.
Her last major TV endeavor (besides Dancing With the Stars), The Beautiful Life, was a huge ratings flop and was quickly canceled after only 2 episodes. Funny thing, that show was going for the same target audience as The O.C., and the character she played (troubled supermodel) wasn't even that big of a stretch for Mischa...yet the show still failed big time.
And on top of that, her chaotic personal life has eclipsed her work as an actress. People now know her as a washed up, former TV star who went down the "Party Girl" path in Hollywood.
She had a chance to rebound earlier this year with Dancing With the Stars. I don't think she would have suddenly started to land big roles or anything, but it was her chance to win people over again...to remind them she was still around and to perhaps charm them and change their opinions on her after all the garbage that has been said about her throughout the years. Instead, she alienated her dance partner, her fellow contestants, fans, and people who didn't even know who she was, and she was quickly eliminated in week 3.
Hollywood is extremely competitive, and beautiful, talented actresses are a dime a dozen. LA is literally filled with thousands and thousands of pretty, talented actresses trying to make it big.
Mischa had her moment, and she got lucky with being on a hit show, and was more successful than most aspiring actors end up being...but unfortunately she couldn't keep the momentum going and she just kind of faded into obscurity. Sad, but it happens all the time in Hollywood. Fame is fickle!