7 stars that apologized for the roles they played
Some are not proud of their work, while others realize that their characters were problematic.
Many actors in difficulty spend years looking for their moment under the spotlight, never to make it big. But perhaps, some are better off for that-because even a few The biggest Hollywood stars appeared in films They came to register t. Whether it was because they took a problematic part, spent a miserable moment on the set or simply hated the finished product, read the rest for seven actors who felt the need to apologize for their performances.
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1 Timothee Chalamet
In 2018, Timothee Chalamet Ridden at the top of The Reclamed and Academy Awards Buzz for his performance in small groups in romantic drama Call me by name , and had already finished work on his follow -up film, Woody Allen A rainy day in New York , when, following the #TimesUp movement, old allegations of decades of sexual abuse on children leveled to the director by his daughter-in-law Dylan Farrow resurfaced. (Allen maintained his innocence.) The resulting controversy encouraged Chalamet to share on social networks that he did not want to "take advantage" to work with the controversial filmmaker and that he would do it make a donation of your salary From the film to three different non -profit organizations. (One of his co-stars, Rebecca Hall , also donated his expenses.) For his part, Allen, in his Memoirs in 2020 About nothing ( As indicated by Weekly entertainment ), said that the private actor told Allen's sister that he had only done so to improve his chances of winning an Oscar.
2 Paul Newman
Before it goes THE Paul Newman (that is, an international superstar and a sexual symbol), Paul Newman was only another actor who worked when he appeared in 1954 The Silver Chalice , a biblical epic that was its debut on the big screen after years of television appearances. The film opened up to bad criticisms, but none deemed it harder than the actor emerges himself, which later nicknamed it the worst film of this decade, according to biography Paul Newman: a life by Shawn Levy . Newman was so ashamed of the film, in fact, that when he discovered that he would be broadcast on television in 1963, he released A week of full page ads In two newspapers from Los Angeles, apologizing for his performance and urging people not to look at him.
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3 Jim Carrey
A terrible national tragedy led Jim Carrey To regret having appeared in a suite of violent superheroes. The actor and actor played the satirical role of the vigilant captain Uber-patriotic stars and stripes in the 2013 film Kick ASS 2 . However, a month after finishing the shooting, a shooter murdered 26 people, including 20 children, in a Mass shooting at Sandy Hook primary school —A event that the actor regretted appeared in a film that used violence for a comic effect. In a tweet since deleted, Carrey apologized to his colleagues distribution and crew for not having supported the film, but said that he had lived " A change in [his] heart , "Adding", in all good conscience, I cannot support this level of violence ".
4 George Clooney
George Clooney is one of the seven actors to play Batman on the big screen and the only one who apologizes for having done it - perhaps because he was the only unlucky to appear in the most inspired film in The long filmography of Caped Crusader , 1997 Batman and Robin , made with a shameless embrace of the camp by the filmmaker Joel Schumacher . The film disappointed at the box office and stopped the series for almost a decade. In an interview of 2015 on The show Graham Norton , Clooney expressed another A series of excuses for fans To appear in the film, admitting that for years he thought he had "destroyed the franchise". (Fortunately, Christian saved the day he hood in 2005 Batman begins .)
5 BOB HOSKINS
When it was announced, the cast of Chris Pratt Like Mario's voice in animation The film Super Mario Bros. turned out to be controversial with fans, but the family film ended up being A winner winner . THE Galaxy goalkeepers The actor certainly was doing better in the role than BOB HOSKINS , who played the Moustachi plumber in 1993 live in 1993 Super Mario Bros. , the first length of adaptation of a video game and a critical and commercial disaster not attenuated. The late actor proclaimed it Most miserable experience of his long career; would have faced upheavals on the set, he and co-star John Leguizamo came to the drunk plateau every day. In an interview of 2011 with The Guardian , when asked to name 1) the worst work he has ever had, 2) his greatest disappointment, and 3) the only thing about his past that he will change, Hoskins replied " Super Mario Bros. "" to the three.
6 Zoe Saldana
Avatar star Zoe Saldana , who is of Puertorician and Dominican origin, apologized for having assumed the role of legendary black musician Nina Simone In the 2016 biopic Nina , for which she wore both a prosthetic nose and skin makeup to look more like the real singer. This led to serious reactions and a critical tweet of the singer's succession of the actor. However, Simone's daughter Simone Kelly manifested itself later to say that she was not responsible for this social media position and that Saldana should not be held responsible For "The Lies", she says that the film tells of her mother's life. Anyway, the star herself changed her mind on her physical form for the role. Thinking about the film in an Instagram message live in 2020, Saldana said: "I should have done everything in my power To launch a black woman To play an exceptionally perfect black woman. "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
7 Gwyneth Paltrow
Asked about his least favorite film role in 2020, Gwyneth Paltrow Meaning the Crass comedy 2001 Shallow hal , in which she wore prostheses and a "big costume" to play the romantic interest in Jack Black's Hal, who was hypnotized to see her "inner beauty"-that is to say, the Shakespeare in love the actor's real body. While the founder of Goop has never completely managed to say that she was sorry for anyone offended by the film, she gave herself excuses, characterizing Experience as "disaster" in an interview with Netflix (as cited by The Guardian ) "The first day I tried the big costume, I was in the Grand Tribeca and I crossed the hall. It was so sad. It was so disturbing. Said, adding:" For any reason , the clothes they make for overweight women are horrible. I felt humiliated because people were really disdainful. "