10 Famous Actors Forced Into Roles They Never Wanted

[@asifkhan4822]

Well if you didn't have The disaster that was X Men Origins Wolverine we never would've have got Ryan Reynolds redemption with Deadpool character years later.

[@infamati6662]

Also when Ryan saw what they were going to do with DP in Origins he refused to take part in those scenes with the Barakapool, under the makeup was an actor called Scott Adkins.

[@markusnilsen1406]

I like the fact that Hawkeye always got like no attention, and shit, throughout the whole phase 1 through 4. But now that I look back on it, Renner really did an amazing job making the character grounded, relatable and to be honest amazing. To be fair, many of the members of the Avengers doesn't actually have any superpower, so he's not actually a bad addition to the team :)

[@showme2540]

I really enjoyed Hawkeye he was under appreciated. I loved his character arc in endgame and his Hawkeye series.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@showme2540Hawkeye is a Green Arrow rip-off.

[@showme2540]

@@dhenderson1810 lol marvel and DC ripped each other off to the point where saying one is a knock off from the other is pointless.

[@Jaycheery]

Interview with a vampire has always been one of my favorite Brad Pitt movies so to hear him say he hated is like damn

[@ZombieWilfred]

Not gonna lie, I know it's a pretty bad movie, but I have a soft spot for "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot." It came out when I was like 6 years old, so I didn't know any better, and I still think of Estelle Getty as the quintessential movie sweet/funny/crazy little old lady, may she RIP.

[@DonCristoBaal]

Same here, i like Stop or my mom will shoot!

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

Reynolds said he only did X-Men origins because they told him that if he didn't play Deadpool someone else would so he said screw it because he loved the character so much mad props Mr Reynolds

[@beppo2k233]

In "Movie 43" you also could say "everyone"

[@MitchellFace]

I like the little nod of Hawkeye being the real heart of the Avengers because in my eyes he always was. Not till Age of Ultron but he was!

[@MichlVal]

Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot was pretty funny, and at least he got to work with Estelle Getty.

[@rustyshackleford2792]

I ironically loved it as a kid. Not knowing how bad it was.

[@MsEngelby]

I don't actually really remember the movie apart from the title, but I do know I enjoyed it as a kid. First time hearing it was a bad movie. Kinda feel like I need to watch it again now lol

[@garyb9167]

The Watcher was an awesome, very rewatchable movie. Stop or my Mon will Shoot may have been a bad movie, but I still have fond memories of laughing my ass off

[@NoName-hl8wb]

Due to the simple fact that at end of Deadpool 2 Ryan goes back and not only shows his not happy with his first Wade Wilson but his Green Lantern too

[@kevinlindstrom6752]

Loved Interview, among others.

[@TheKnightsShield]

Brad Pitt probably thought that Interview With The Vampire was going to suck as a movie.

[@al201103]

What you did there....I see it.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

You forgot George Clooney in Batman and Robin. He didn't wanna play Batman but Joel Schumacher said he was the only good looking actor avalible so he had to play the caped crusader only to quote "I KILLED BATMAN"

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I found that movie so bad that it's good.

[@IrishScribbler]

Sadly you’re mistaken. I remember watching an hour long interview British film critic Barry Norman did with Clooney in 1997 where George was asked which upcoming projects he was looking forward to making. He was making Batman and Robin at the time and said how much fun Schwarzenegger was to work with. He also mentioned Out Of Sight, so I don’t believe he didn’t want to make Batman and Robin. It’s just a shame he did as the film was crap.

[@robbinruffino1201]

In old Hollywood, if you didn’t want to do a film because you thought it was bad, the Bosses would ‘punish’ you by making you do another film in a different studio that was worse and your ‘star quality’ would drop and the Boss would put you into a low-grade movie for cheap! Doris Day had to do a few films she didn’t want to do because her husband/manager had signed her to do them without her consent and he couldn’t undo them because he died

[@mcleigh66]

Wow, you guys so rarely delve into "classic" film that I am glad I was sitting down when Gable came up. I indeed remember reading about Gable fighting against crying in the scene when Rhett's beloved daughter was killed in a horseback riding accident. Fortunately the director won that one. Dude. Your daughter died. You actually liked her. It's okay to cry.

[@gahan101]

Yeah,but he had that "manly" image he had to maintain at the time.

[@rosemaryjones5550]

The real joke is Reynolds got the role due to his performance in blade trinity

[@iainjames03]

I wouldn't argue Val Kilmer's claim of not wanting to do Top Gun - but I'm a little reluctant to believe he was "tortured". Kilmer strikes me as someone who genuinely thinks he never got the breaks he thought he deserved. And while that may be true to an extent, I can't help think it was ironically his own inflated self-importance that hindered him.

[@jesusamaya8943]

🤔 you may have a point...

[@sgtsnokeem1139]

Man made a doco on himself. His ego was to blame. I like his movies but it's true.

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Look into the BTS of the Island of Dr. Moreau. Had some issues due to his ego and the even greater ego of Marlon Brando to contend with!

[@tclass99]

It’s a shame that they never continued on with the rest of the series after “Interview with the Vampire”. It’s one of the best vampire movies ever made and was a great adaptation of Anne Rice’s book. Pitt and Cruise and a young Kirsten Dunst did an amazing job.

[@Mortvent]

They did one more, but it flopped. It just didn't have the same feel and vibe. Queen of the damned also deviated a good bit from the books which hurt too

[@Fibonacci64]

Well, “Dogville” turned out pretty well ... I don’t think he regrets it. And what a cast!

[@gahan101]

I think he regrets the making of it on set. It was very difficult.

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

The ONLY reason that I'm happy that Ryan Reynolds did X-Men movie is because it led to the great Deadpool.

[@rustyshackleford2792]

Movie 43 is actually a funny sketch movie. Magically concinving all the a list actors to partake is genius

[@danas916x]

Thank god Ryan Reynolds did that movie...too bad Gambit wasnt given another shot at a good movie too.

[@danieljob3184]

No, no! You have to end the sequence with Iconic DP shooting Ironic DP through the head at the end of DP2! That's how you demo that! 🤯☠️🤣🤣🤣

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

I'd also add Bill Murray for Garfield. As it has been noted elsewhere, he thought he was signing up for a Coens brothers movie, but it was really a director with a similar name. By the time he realised, he couldn't get out of it.

[@otaking3582]

What, no mention of Whoopi Goldberg in Theodore Rex?

[@SpiderMonkey20s]

Costar Skarsgård is really fun to say

[@jenx5870]

I almost feel sorry for them. If only I weren't forced to work in constant, severe pain for average pay to scrape up enough money to pay bills. Then, I might be able to muster up enough energy to have some empathy for these overpaid pretenders. I save lives for a living. They only act like they do, yet they make more in a year than I will see in a lifetime. I suppose if they don't like their jobs, they could get a degree and work a real job. Then they would really have something to whine about.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

The reason they make that much money is because you pay to see them. I would say if you're salty about that you should realize that you're actually mad at yourself

[@LanceGoodman]

It doesn't matter how much you're paid. If you are contractually obliged to do a job that you don't want to do then that's a crap situation to be in. Espciallly when that job is going to take a few months to do and will take you away from your family to do so. Yes, top actors get very very well compensated but that's still a shitty situation to be in.

[@jenx5870]

@@hezekiahramirez6965 I don't watch movies, and haven't in decades. When I did, they were free on tv, which I got rid of about 10 years ago. It's not me paying their overinflated salaries. It would be the studios. No one is going to see the trash they make now. Yet, they still make millions in anticipation of drawing in a big box office crowd. If the movie barely breaks even, and the star is paid $20 million, and they have multiple high paid actors, the numbers don't add up for the "you're paying their bills" spiel. Somebody is, and it isn't just Joe Q. Public. It certainly isn't me. I'm too busy paying bills, and there hasn't been a movie worth watching in years.

[@chadcognac5626]

It is absolutely the easiest thing to do, to imagine an MCU without Hawkeye. You’re talking about him like he’s Loki or Iron Man. I read Pitt hated it cause they hung upside down to drain the blood from their faces.

[@RuairiOTuathail]

Don't you hate it when they offer you multimillion dollar projects!?! Pff I guess I'll just have to power through it!

[@xwhatisthepointx]

I actually love movie 43. Lol its fun, why does everyone hate it?

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I love the Watcher, but when I watch it now I can tell he's kinda calling it in.

[@sheldonadams2847]

Also, Bill Murray famously took the Garfield movie because he thought it was done by the Cohen brothers

[@camaronshoultz6137]

I actually saw The Watcher in theaters because Keanu was the star.

[@kjpierson1152]

Arnold with the big brain for the win!

[@batgurrl]

Cry me a river. These stories are as old as Clark Gable himself. Some them chose projects that are mediocre to make millions or for more fame. It’s hard to find any empathy for them.

[@alleahsasseville]

When pay day came I'm sure they were happy with the choice.

[@gypsyjengypsydogs9320]

Like anyone else can Ever be Deadpool

[@atdeacon]

I guess I am the only person in America that thought "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot" was funny and not as terrible it is accused of being. Sure it's silly, but I know an italian mom just like that.

[@jvondd]

Two actors unhappy with their roles in the X-Men franchise... can't say I'm surprised.

[@IIllIIllIIllIIll]

They said, 'quat' ... 'end quat'

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

Kind of surprising that Hawkeye made a series despite not wanting the role. Didn't Brad Pitt almost quit acting because of this movie? 6:20 This movie looks hilarious. I heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger tricked him into taking this movie. What a piece of sh*t this is. Hahaha. Mystique did not look very good in the Dark Phoenix. It looked like her makeup was incomplete. I didn't know who Deadpool was at the time so this reveal didn't piss me off.

[@TonyHammitt]

Stop or My Mom will Shoot has its moments, it's not good, but it's funny where they were trying to be funny.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

@@TonyHammitt I would totally watch trash like this.

[@zanethomas6865]

Roy Scheider didn't want to appear in Jaws 2 but had reached an agreement with Universal Pictures to get out of a contract for backing out of The Deer Hunter at the last minute. He even got into a physical fight with director Jeannot Szwarc. I read part of the reason Gable didn't want the role is they actually wanted to include how Rhett Butler was a member of a certain organization that sprung up in the south after The Civil War.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

Roy Schneider? The former governor of the US Virgin Islands? I didn't know he acted, much less in Jaws 2. It must have been confusing with him on set with Roy Scheider, the star of the movie. I imagine it was also confusing having some other director called Jeannot Scwarz. I guess they hired Jeannot Scwarc after the Scwarz/Schneider fight

[@zanethomas6865]

@hezekiahramirez6965 Well, excuse me, Mr. Perfect. I guess you've never made a mistake. But I've corrected the mistake and you have nothing better to do than mock people online. I bet you're also the type who'll freak when someone forgets your name.

[@TFASplbtttt]

Anyone else getting so old they already know all this crud?

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

WHY IS STALLONE'S BEST EARLY FILM, "PARADISE ALLEY"??? NEVER TALKED ABOUT AT ALL????😥😥

[@jamespope7669]

Nighthawks was another one.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thankuflly reynolds redeemed deadpool🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@marcjameswhelan]

Love your spam

[@jamesoneavatar8644]

I'm glad Ryan took the crappy Deadpool part because it allowed him to make one of the best superhero films ever

[@rokky6931]

These people feel so privileged it scary! Work in a restaurant or something!

[@spudthepug]

I’d argue that Ryan Reynolds was the best part of X-men Origins.

[@Jenifer_R_]

Keanu Reeves was a great sport about his situation. Ryan Reynolds got his revenge in the end by seeing his vision come true. The rest on this list were just entitled asshats!

[@gingaddict]

So... X Men Origins Wolverine plummeted so Deadpool could soar? It quite fascinating when you think about it.

[@peachysbaby3088]

She should've just dropped out entirely, Rebecca Romijn was the better Mystique anyway. the first 3 xmen films are good (not great) but the last 3 (the newer ones) are not (i don't care what anyone says).

[@marlonclark1896]

i agree

[@ericseitzler81]

I've always thought they got that casting wrong bc I think Rebecca should have played jean and famke should have played mystique.

[@srstriker6420]

Yeah because Mystique in the comics is over a thousand years old older than Wolverine so I don’t know why they picked her in the prequels and I never like her in the role

[@jayedwards7768]

No actor is FORCED to take any role. Be realistic, guys.

[@caronstout354]

Now that the old "studio system" of Old Hollywood is dead and gone...

[@jayedwards7768]

@@caronstout354 No one was forced back then either. Please supply evidence to the contrary that people were actually forced to work in Hollywood. Evidence would be police reports, arrests and convictions.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Like How I Was Forced Into Watching American Pie hot take here but Jennifer Coolidge was not a MILF to me entertaining presence not that hot In my opinion

[@FierceFighte11]

Why don't we talk more about Return of the Killer Tomatoes?

[@randolphwh9551]

What's so horrible is marvel will cut ur contract pay like terrace Howard but will force u to stay

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Jennifer Lawrence not wanting to be in Dark Phoenix was painfully obvious; she was sleepwalking through the part. Plus, I suspect her hatred of putting all the make-up on (which is somewhat understandable) ended up with much fairer blue for Raven, and despite the character's trait of pride in her Mutantkind, she is more onscreen as her "disguised" self, as in, absolutely none of the special make-up, thus conflicting with the character's main persona. That said, since Dark Phoenix was such a dumpster fire, I can't entirely blame her for wanting to get out of it as soon as possible.

[@nightwishlover8913]

"Quart, unquart"??????

[@randolphwh9551]

Marvels deal r fed up they'll lower u pay fire you but u can't leave

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I Love Movie 43. Fuck it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@endoetz]

bamboozled by arnold

[@peachysbaby3088]

Oh, please! The only reason you're cussing Mr Pitt is because Tom Cruise did a magnificent job with his role getting praise from all corners, and you did... "ok."

[@KyloStimpy]

and Tom did it despite being 6-8 inches too short for the character!!

[@SpamEggSausage]

Tom, haven't you got anything better to do?

[@fredricclack7137]

Gone w/ the 😴

[@bjones8470]

Did anybody really want Hawkeye?

[@Rubyclaygirl]

Really? Forced? I think you need to call the Popo , actors being forced to do the job they got paid for

[@comebackguy8892]

"forced" 😂

[@afirmrose]

Oh cry me a river. They got paid an obscene amount of money to do these movies. Us normal people have to go and do jobs we do not like for nothing. I don’t care about a bunch of rich cry babies.

[@DrinkTheKoolAid62]

I feel so sorry for these actors only being compensated with millions of $$$$$ for betraying their "art" 😪😪😪😪

[@einahsirro1488]

I love Brad Pitt, but he was miscast as Louis. It should have been Johnny Depp or someone like that. Pasty is not his best look.

[@danieljaramilloroa2564]

Welp

[@alyzu4755]

Am I the only person who hated "Interview With the Vampire"?

[@TonyHammitt]

No. But the book wasn't any good either. Pitt's character was a whiny drip, and I can see why he wouldn't want to play it.

[@KyloStimpy]

i didn't hate it, but i did think it was horribly miscast

[@baxtersmom279]

I don’t like vampire movies or books, in general. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@KyloStimpy]

@@baxtersmom279 personally i like the first 3 books in the series, after that....ehh

[@antonioandolini6466]

That narration was annoying.

[@UnIimited_Power]

Aww tiddums.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE WAS GREAT BOOK AND TERRIBLY CAST FOR FILM!!!! AT THAT TIME, DAVID BOWIE AND DANIEL DAY-LEWIS WOULD'VE BEEN PERFECT!!!!😥😥😥😥