I never require to see Armie Hammer in a movie again , TBH .
1.Nate Parker racked up several film roles in the 2000s and 2010s before directing and starring inThe Birth of a Nation, whichseemedpoised to become a mega-hit and Oscars bait. After its premiere at Sundance in 2016, Fox Searchlight paid $17.5 million — a record-high — for distribution rights to the film. And then, in 2017, before the film’s wide release, old rape allegations against Parker resurfaced.
When Parker was in college, a female studenthadaccused him and his friend Jean McGianni Celestin (who was also credited inThe Birth of a Nation) of rape while she was intoxicated and unconscious. Parker was ultimately found not guilty, and Celestin was found guilty, though this was overturned on appeal. The woman also claimed Parker and Celestin had harassed and intimidated her after her accusations; she later died by suicide. As Parker’s fame grew, reporters began to ask about the details of his past in interviews, and many felt Parker’s responses insufficient. He often referred to the accusations as a “painful moment” in his life.
2.Doug Hutchisonbeganhis career in the ’80s, starring in movies such asA Time to Kill, Con Air,andThe Green Mile. By 2010, it seemed like he had transitioned more into TV, but his career was still going strong, with recurring roles inLostand24…and then he married 16-year-oldCourtney Stodden. Hutchinson was 51 at the time, and the marriagegeneratedsignificant controversy.
While Hutchinsoninitially claimedthat the marriage had actually given him more career opportunities, in reality, he’s only appeared in three one-episode TV roles and a Christian film since his marriage 13 years ago (though he has made severalreality showappearances). In recent years, Hutchinson has faced even further backlash due to Stodden calling him a “predator” andclaiminghe groomed them.
3.Randy Quaidworked steadily from the 1970s into the 2000s, but several legal issues in the 2000s and 2010s brought his career to a quick halt. In 2010, after skipping a court appearance regarding felony vandalism charges, Quaidmovedto Canada with his wife andsought asylumand later permanent residency. His wife gained citizenship, but Quaid did not and was later set to be deported. Re-entering the US before he could be sent there, Quaid and his wife were arrested in Vermont. They’ve since been released, but the only project starring Quaid that’s been released since then is the low-budget filmAll You Can Eat.
4.Jeffrey Jones also worked steadily from the ’70s to the early 2000s — he was probably best known for starring in the filmsFerris Bueller’s Day OffandBeetlejuice— but that all came to a halt in 2002, when he washitwith child sex abuse images charges and with using a minor for sex acts, having allegedly hired a 14-year-old to take nude photos. Jones denied the charges and ultimatelypledno contest. He was sentenced to five years of probation and was forced to join the sex offenders registry. Jones was later arrested andcharged with a felonyafter not registering as a sex offender when he moved to Florida.
While Jones did manage to continue working in TV (notably, in the HBO seriesDeadwood), his work in children’s media was entirely ended, and he’s only had a single theatrically released film since then. His small 2019 appearance inDeadwood: The Movie(his most recent role — a TV film) wascalled"jarring" by Vox in light of the convictions.
5.As a former child star, Shia LaBeouf seemed set to become a major star in the 2010s. Not only had he starred in major blockbuster franchises likeTransformersandIndiana Jones, but he’d broken into the indie scene withHoney Boy, which wasloosely basedon his own childhood. While he was a polarizing figure withmany run-inswith the law, he was still enjoying critical success.
However, things took a turn for LaBeouf in 2020 when ex-girlfriend FKA twigsaccused himof sexual assault, battery, and infliction of emotional distress. She sued him in a lawsuit that also claimed he had knowingly given her an STD. Other past girlfriends echoed FKA twigs’s claims with stories of similar behavior. LaBeouf originally claimed that “many of these allegations are not true," though in 2022, heacknowledged,“I hurt that woman. And in the process of doing that, I hurt many other people, and many other people before that woman.”
Just before the allegations came to light, LaBeouf wasdroppedfrom Olivia Wilde’sDon’t Worry Darling, with Wilde claiming after the allegations that he had a “combative energy” and did not create a safe and trusting work environment. “A lot came to light after this happened that really troubled me, in terms of his behavior,” she added. LaBeouflater claimedhe had left the production on his own. He was replaced with Harry Styles.
The only project LaBeouf has acted in since 2020 was the minuscule budget Italian-German filmPadre Pio.While LaBeoufis slated to appearin Francis Ford Coppola’s ensemble filmMegalopolis, public perception of the once beloved child star has drastically changed. His case with twigs issetto go to trial at the end of this year.
6.James Franco was similarlyno stranger to controversyby the time allegations of him having sex with his students came to light in 2018 (he had previously admitted to sending texts to a 17-year-old asking her to come to his hotel room), but the scandal marked the start of a sharp decline in his career. He was removed from a Vanity Fair cover, but he did remain in the showThe Deuce(though viewers wereleft confusedand disappointed by this decision).
In 2019, several of his former studentssuedhim for “widespread inappropriate and sexually charged behavior toward female students by sexualizing their power as a teacher and an employer by dangling the opportunity for roles in their projects.” Franco’s lawyer called these claims “false and inflammatory” and “legally baseless”; the case was eventually settled. Franco did eventually admit to having sex with his students, but claimed sex addiction left him “blind to power dynamics” and that he hadn’t created his acting school, Studio 4, as a “master plan” to sleep with students.
He hasn’t had a project come outsince 2019. While he has beencastin two upcoming projects, it still seems unlikely his career will ever recover to the levels it was at — longtime collaborator and friend Seth Rogen haseven saidhe would not work with Franco again.
7.Jason Mitchell rose to prominence over the 2010s in films likeStraight Outta Compton,Keanu, andKong: Skull Island.He was set to star in the Netflix movieDesperadosbut wasfiredafter allegations of misconduct (including, according to the Hollywood Reporter, making “highly inappropriate remarks” to two female costars while “lingering close to their quarters”). He was then fired from the third season of Lena Waithe’s seriesThe Chi(also due to claims of misconduct on set) and dropped by his agency.
Mitchell’s career stagnated, and then, in 2020, he wasarrestedafter being found with firearms and drugs. However, in 2021, he appeared in one small film, andhe executive producedEverything Is Bothin 2023 as well as appearing in a BET original film. Time will tell if he’s able to make a full comeback.
However, just six years after this second incident, he returned in 2016 withHacksaw Ridge, which he directed. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two. Gibson himself was evennominatedfor Best Director.
9.Emile Hirsch seemed like he was going to be the next big thing after starring inInto the Wild. Afterwards, his career was a bit more shaky — he had several starring roles, but not all were successes. Still, there seemed no reason he would not continue to become an even bigger star until heassaulteda female Paramount executive at Sundance in 2015. The executive told police Hirsch “choked me up, threw me across the table, and I felt the front of my throat hit the back of my throat,” calling the attack “insanely painful and absolutely terrifying.”
Hirschpledguilty to assault charges and was sentenced to 15 days in jail. He later revealed he didn’t remember what had happened and had been binge drinking. In the years following, Hirsch participated almost entirely in voiceover projects and small indie films, as well as a Chinese film. However, things took a turn when he appeared in a small role in Tarantino’sOnce Upon A Time in Hollywood,whichprovokedcontroversy, including from Jameela Jamil.
While the role seemed to indicate a comeback for Hirsch, this never came to fruition. He’s worked steadily since, but besides his voice work, his films have almost entirely been small indies premiering at film festivals or in select theaters and VOD, and many have poor ratings, including one with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.
10.While this example has nothing to do with bad behavior, it still stands out as one where a budding star’s career was ruined overnight. Elizabeth Berkley became a teenage heartthrob as “girl next door” Jessie inSaved by the Bell, but her first big movie role after the series basically singlehandedly sank her career. The film wasShowgirls, which garnered aRotten Tomatoes Scoreof 23 percent. Not only did the NC-17 film tank, but Berkley’s performance waspanned, causing Berkley’s career toflounderjust as soon as it had begun. Berkley continued to work in film for the next decade or so, but her career never quite recovered.
11.Another sad career dive happened to Jennifer Grey. After filmingDirty Dancingand not getting any more movie role offers, Greydecidedto get a nose job, hoping to widen her casting options.Dirty Dancingended up catapulting her into fame, and her initial nose job seemed a success. However, halfway into shootingWind,she decided to go under the knife again when she saw white cartilage poking through at her nose tip. Her nose looked vastly different after this second surgery, and as Grey herselfsaid,“Overnight I lost my identity and my career.”
At a movie premiere soon after her cast was removed, shesaidMichael Douglas didn’t recognize her. “That was the first time I had gone out in public,” she said. “And it became the thing, the idea of being completely invisible, from one day to the next. In the world’s eyes, I was no longer me.” She would not appear in another wide-scale theatrical release until a small role in 2000’sBounceand does not appear to have had one since, which is shocking considering the career one may have expected post-Dirty Dancing.
12.After working steadily since the ’70s, Sean Young was cast as Vicki Vale inBatman(1989)buthad to drop out due to an on-set injury. Disappointed at missing out on the film, Young tried to nab a role in the sequel — specifically, Catwoman — but was not invited to audition. So she leaked an audition tape toEntertainment Tonightandwent toTim Burton’s office to make her case — only for Burton to refuse to see her and to be asked to leave.
After the incident gained news coverage, Young went onTheJoan Rivers Showto tell her side of the story. Except she showed up in a Catwoman costume — which many saw as another desperate attempt to nab the role (thoughthe truthwas a bit more complicated). Not only did Young not get the role, but the adverse reaction to her stuntadversely impactedher career, as some saw it as a littletoodesperate. The same year, she received two Razzie awards forA Kiss Before Dying.
Unlike most entries on this list, Young continued towork steadilybut did not possess the star power she’d once had. At one point, shewaspassed upfor Dancing With The Stars, and shepublicly campaignedfor acting work in an appearance on theLate Show with David Letterman.
13.Ansel Elgort was already an established movie star, butBaby Drivercatapulted him to the Hollywood A-List, making him one to watch to see what came next. When he was cast in Steven Speilberg’sWest Side Story, it felt like Elgort’s moment — until he wasaccusedin 2020 of a sexual assault of a 17-year-old that had allegedly occurred in 2014, when Elgort was 20.
More women soon came forward to share their stories of troubling behavior from Elgort, including a woman that went on two dates with him at 16 and a woman who said he sent her a dick picture when she was in eighth grade. Elgort responded with claims that “I have never and would never assault anyone” and said his relationship with the first accuser was consensual. He largely retreated from the public eye after this, and notably did very little press forWest Side Story, the highly anticipated Steven Spielberg remake in which he had starred. Even the original trailer barely featured him, despite his casting as one of the two starring roles.
Since then, Elgort has only appeared inTokyo Vice— one reviewernoted,“His presence makes a good show hard to bear.” He appears to haveno otherupcoming projects.
14.Similarly, Armie Hammer had a pretty successful career that truly skyrocketed withCall Me By Your Name. He had a whole number of new projects lined up, and then he wasfiredfrom just about every one of them (includingBillion Dollar Spy,Shotgun Wedding, and the TV seriesThe Offer) after sexual assault allegations and alleged messages in which he called himself a cannibal became public. He was also dropped by his agency and publicist.
He retreated from Hollywood and wasn’t spotted for a long time until he wasdiscoveredto be seemingly working as a timeshare salesperson in the Cayman Islands. He has no projects lined up. He didfinally publicly speakon the allegations last year, denying criminal wrongdoing but admitting to an “imbalance of power” with the woman he had relationships with, as well as to having been emotionally abusive. “I’m here to own my mistakes, take accountability for the fact that I was an asshole, that I was selfish, that I used people to make me feel better, and when I was done, moved on,” he said.
15.Finally, we’ll end on four instances where the results have yet to be seen. Ezra Miller gathered critical acclaim from multiple roles in the 2000s and 2010s, and a starring role in The Flash seemed poised to catapult him to global superstardom. But then Millerwas accused, among other things, of grooming, assault, burglary, and abuse. They have also been arrested multiple times.The Flashwas still released, but it failed to reach expectations.Fantastic Beastsseems to haveno plansto continue, and Miller does not appear to have any projects in production.
16.Will Smith suffered a major fall from grace after slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022. He was barred from attending Academy events for a decade, and many of his upcoming projects weredelayedor halted. Public perception of Smith drasticallydropped, and his next film,Emancipation, came and went without much fanfare.
However, Smith does seem on the way to making a comeback.Bad Boys: Ride or Dieis abox office hit, and he also just released his first single in years, which he recently performed at the BET Awards…though it doesn’tseem that everyone is happywith his comeback attempts.
17.Tenoch Huerta seemed about to make it big after appearing as Namor inBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever, but afterabuse allegationslast summer, his career is up in the air. The alleged victim tweeted that Huerta was a “sexual predator” who had subjected her to emotional abuse and abuse of power." Huerta denied the allegations butquicklydropped out of his upcoming Netflix film. He has not appeared in a project since, though he did appear in a non-lead role in a Netflix series filmed before the allegations.
18.And lastly, Jonathan Majors' career seems to be in limbo after he initially appeared to be Marvel’s (and Hollywood’s) new darling. Majors had his breakout role inLovecraft Country, and Marvel generated buzz by casting the up-and-comer as the post-Thanos villain of the MCU. Majors appeared inLokiand the newestAnt-Man,but his time with Marvel seemed to be only getting started. Despite plans for many future films, Majors wasfiredby Marvel after he was arrested and later convicted of reckless assault and harassment in his ensuing domestic violence trial.
Majors, who continues to deny the allegations, was also dropped by his manager and publicist (anddropped from multiple projects and brand deals). Heappearedin his first post-conviction interview earlier this year, maintaining his innocence, so we will see if his career is permanently damaged. Just last week, he wascastin his first post-conviction movie role, so he might yet make a comeback.
