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Worst gig an actor took

It's been a while since I saw it (thankfully), but I remember being really embarrassed for Robert De Niro while watching the wretched "Rocky and Bullwinkle" movie from about a decade ago. Probably not the worst ever, but it stuck in my mind.
 
Christopher said:
Random_Spock said:
Agreed about George Clooney in Batman and Robin. The film was ok, but he didn't seem quite right as Batman for some reason.
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The problem wasn't Clooney, the problem was the film's version of Batman. Given a good script, Clooney could've probably been one of the best screen Batmen. He's proven in other roles that he can play brooding, serious figures as well as projecting the suaveness and glamour necessary for Bruce Wayne, billionaire playboy. But Joel Schumacher could never decide whether his Bat-films were over-the-top camp or serious drama, so they ended up being awkward hodgepodges of both, making it hard for any actor to really get a handle on who Batman was supposed to be.
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Agreed. I'm rather a big fan of his work in "Syriana". Clooney could have owned the Batman role, but the material given wasn't up to snuff.
 
chardman said:
Sir John Gielgud, Sir Peter O'Toole, Dame Helen Mirren, that title-less chap Malcolm McDowell, and, well, everyone else who was suckered into being in Bob Guccione's 1979 production of "Caligula".
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Some bad reviews cite the hardcore porn sequences that were in in one cut of the movie as a major problem. I say the problem is everything else.
 
John Rhys-Davies has a ton of horrible movies under his belt; and he also has memorable roles in some of the highest grossing movies of all time. I remember him being asked about this once in an interview; JRD responded that he was a "working actor" and thus took jobs that were available instead of cherry picking. Not sure that's the best strategy, but I guess you do stand better odds of a successful turn if you're taking everything that comes your way.
 
TemporalFlux said:
John Rhys-Davies has a ton of horrible movies under his belt; and he also has memorable roles in some of the highest grossing movies of all time. I remember him being asked about this once in an interview; JRD responded that he was a "working actor" and thus took jobs that were available instead of cherry picking. Not sure that's the best strategy, but I guess you do stand better odds of a successful turn if you're taking everything that comes your way.
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which is pretty much the attitude that Michael Caine takes.

He admit yeah Jaws 4 was a terrible movie but it did pay for an extension to his house.
 
Steve Martin as Clousseau in the Pink Panther remakes. I like Steve Martin quite a bit, but it was quite sad to see him play the iconic role. It was as if he was trying too hard to fill Peter Seller's shoes and it came off feeling like a mockery instead. I think his career has been in a steady decline. He seems to choose a lot of stinkers lately and ironically, he's a better musician than actor these days.
 
Marc said:
TemporalFlux said:
John Rhys-Davies has a ton of horrible movies under his belt; and he also has memorable roles in some of the highest grossing movies of all time. I remember him being asked about this once in an interview; JRD responded that he was a "working actor" and thus took jobs that were available instead of cherry picking. Not sure that's the best strategy, but I guess you do stand better odds of a successful turn if you're taking everything that comes your way.
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which is pretty much the attitude that Michael Caine takes.

He admit yeah Jaws 4 was a terrible movie but it did pay for an extension to his house.
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In his 1999 Golden Globe acceptance speech for the film Little Voice Michael Caine declared that he had made “a lot of crap” and “a lot of money” so that he could now afford to sit back and choose the good roles.
 
Greg Cox said:
John Wayne in The Conqueror. Not only was he miscast as Genghis Khan (!), but shooting near an atomic testing site may have contributed to his death by cancer years later.
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Couldn't agree more. John Wayne was very good at two kinds of movies - war movies and westerns. Fortunately, he stuck to those most of the time. A couple of his non-war/westerns came out okay...but The Conqueror wasn't one of them. It's downright painful to watch.

Humphrey Bogart was horribly miscast a couple of times - IMO, the worst being "The Return of Dr. X". Some people say he was miscast in "Sabrina" - that he was too old. But I found him quite believable as 'uncomfortably in love'...likely because Bogart must have BEEN uncomfortable playing opposite Audrey Hepburn, who was a lot younger than him...
 
Owain Taggart said:
Steve Martin as Clousseau in the Pink Panther remakes. I like Steve Martin quite a bit, but it was quite sad to see him play the iconic role. It was as if he was trying too hard to fill Peter Seller's shoes and it came off feeling like a mockery instead. I think his career has been in a steady decline. He seems to choose a lot of stinkers lately and ironically, he's a better musician than actor these days.
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His Bilko was woeful too.
 
Dennis Hopper in Super Mario Brothers.

He once said in an interview that his son asked him why he took that part. Dennis explained: well, you needed new sneakers so daddy needed a job. His son was quiet for a moment, then replied: I didn't need new sneakers that bad.
 
^ DING DING DING! We have a winner.

I think this about sums up that performance....

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM4KWXMeScE&feature=related[/yt]
 
Bruce Willis in the "Color Of Night'. Although the film is so bad its good, it didn't really help Willis' career in any way, shape or form and he was lucky to comeback after such a dreadful film. The highlight of the movie, for me is Reuben Blades', especially his tendancy to refer to the mental health support group as "Fucking Daffodils!!"
 
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