While Barbenheimer continues to win the box office around the world, and actors and writers in Hollywood continue their strike, it's time to talk about movies and failures. Okay, relative failures, because leading roles in even average movies or TV shows are still good money.
But if we compare reality with the expectations that some rising screen stars had in their youth - both from critics or colleagues and movie-goers, then it turns out that many of them clearly did not live up to these expectations. And a recent viral thread in the r/popculturechat community is dedicated to just such actors and actresses. So lights, camera, action, reading!...
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#21 Lee Pace

Lee Pace. He was everywhere like 10 years. Marvel, the Hobbit, had a tv show, etc.
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12points
#22 Emma Watson

Does Emma Watson count? I don’t know if her “phase out” is intentional on her part though…
I feel like she exhausts the general public and doesn’t wow enough in her roles so people just forget about her? Tolerate her? I feel like Dan and Rupert have the bigger cult following, even though Hermione is an extremely beloved character.
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12points
#23 Millie Bobby Brown

I thought Millie Bobby Brown was going to be bigger by now.
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11points
#24 Brandon Routh

This was over a decade ago but Brandon Routh was suppose to be huge. The next Tom Cruise but haven’t heard much about him since Superman.
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10points
#27 Anna Sophia Robb

I loved Anna Sophia Robb, but I haven't heard much about her since The Carry Diaries.
9points
#29 Alex Pettyfer

Alex Pettyfer! He starred in Beastly and Magic Mike but allegedly had issues with Channing Tatum on set of Magic Mike. His movie I am Number Four flopped and rumours were swirling that he was difficult to work with on set. He was briefly engaged to Riley Keough
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7points
#30 James van Der Beek

James van Der Beek... everyone else from Dawson's creek has had a come back at some point but he really just didn't
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5points




