What unites people like Tamzin Merchant, Stuart Townsend and, for example, Terrence Howard? That's right, they were all part of the movie and TV franchises which later became incredibly popular, but for various reasons, left the projects at an early stage.
It's not that their careers ended there, but we certainly know the people who replaced them in the roles of Daenerys Targaryen, Aragorn or colonel Jim Rhodes much better now. And a recent viral thread in the AskReddit community is dedicated to just such actors and actresses and their stories.
#21
Nina Dobrev left the Vampire Diaries and Megan Boone left the Blacklist and I haven’t seen either of them in much since
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21points
#22
Isn't that what happened to the actor who played Mark Brandanawicz (spelling is probably way wrong) from Parks and Rec?
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18points
#24
Crystal Reed from Teen Wolf. She was so certain she was done she had them kill off her character only for her career to flop outside of Teen Wolf and ~10 years later would come back and have them revive her character for the movie.
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15points
#25
Doesn't qualify as being too good for it but that actress who got booted off of the Mandalorian and is now doing really crappy Conservative funded flicks is a pretty good example.
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15points
#28
Pretty sure that’s why Elizabeth Berkeley and Tiffany Thiesen left Saved by the Bell.
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13points
#29
jonathan taylor thomas leaving home improvement
when he returned to the show not only was his movie career dead in the water but the tv show had left his character behind
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5points
