We’ve all seen it before. Some big name, and usually talented actor who for some reason that totally baffles us, appears in a stupid stinker of a movie which leaves us wondering “why on earth would they agree to be in THAT movie???”. Happens all the time, too often actually.
Well, the folks over at Entertainment Weekly just put up their list of what they call “When stars see dollar signs — The 25 most shameless paycheck-grabbing roles in history”. It actually a pretty fun read. I don’t agree with everything on the list, but for the most part it’s right on the money (get it? HAHA… oh shut up). So here is their list with my own little commentary:
25. Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again – Oh ouch. One of his worst
24. Jason Alexander in Dunston Checks In – To be fair, everything he’s done post Sienfeld has been a sad money grab
23. Bill Murray in Garfield – I still don’t understand what on earth he was thinking
22. Marlon Brando in Superman – What?!?!?! I loved that he was in this
21. Matt Dillon in Herbie: Fully Loaded – I thought we all agreed to just pretend this movie doesn’t exist
20. Cuba Gooding Jr. in Chill Factor – SHOW ME THE MONEY. Man, after the Oscar I thought this guy was going to take off
19. Elizabeth Taylor in The Flintstones – HAHA… yeah
18. Ben Affleck in Paycheck – I’m in the minority here. I actually thought Paycheck was ok
17. Buster Keaton in Beach Blanket Bingo – Never saw it
16. Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich in Eragon – It pains me so much to agree
15. Christopher Walken in Kangaroo Jack – Yeah, what’s up with Walken? He’s a genius, but had been appearing in more and more shit that’s totally beneith him
14. Richard Pryor in Superman III – Don’t even get me started
13. Faye Dunaway in Supergirl – How about ANYONE in Supergirl
12. William Hurt in Lost in Space – To be honest, the guys career was sort of stagnant at that time… he needed the work
11. Laurence Olivier in Clash of the Titans – Blasphemy!!!! This movie still rocks!
10. Demi Moore in Striptease – Boobies, even nice ones, do not a good movie make
9. Michael Caine in Jaws: The Revenge – This one is a great trivia question
8. Judi Dench in The Chronicles of Riddick – What a garbage film
7. Orson Welles in Transformers: The Movie – Again i say BLASPHEMY!!!!
6. Peter O’Toole in Club Paradise – Even the best have bad days
5. Dennis Hopper in Super Mario Bros. – No comment
4. Tony Curtis in The Bad News Bears Go to Japan – Never saw it
3. Sir Ben Kingsley in BloodRayne – Best actor making the worst decisions in Movies today
2. Richard Burton in Exorcist II: The Heretic – yikes
1. Robert De Niro in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle – Let’s be honest, in the last 10 years De Niro has made almost ALL rotten movies, but yeah, this was his worst performance in anything.
There are a couple I would like to add to that list personally:
Harrison Ford – Anything he’s done since Air Force One
Anthony Hopkins – Instinct
Guy Pierce – Time Machine
Al Pachino – Simone
Ewan McGregor – Eye of he Beholder
Robert Redford – The Last Castle
Morgan Freeman – Edison
Cate Blanchett – The Missing
Who would YOU add to that list?
