And no, I'm not talking about that "blacklist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist)", I'm talking about people who had a hard time (http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/blacklisting-actors.224060/) getting decent or proper acting roles after their initial success and fame due to either or a combination of their extracurricular activities or simply having a reputation of being difficult to work with.

Suzanne Somers is the first example that I can think of. After she was painted by the general public and media as a greedy diva towards the end of her run on Three's Company, she hardly had any acting roles for at least five years (before landing She's the Sheriff).

I don't know how true it is BUT I've read over the years that Shannen Doherty was a complete terror to work with and it may have prevented her from getting more acting work.

My guess of the bat is Brett Butler. She went from headlining her own series on ABC, which was successful for several years, but her personal problems, addictions and attitude on the set caused her downfall fast.

Her show went off in 1998, had two acting credits until 2000, and then did not have another job for five years and then it was just a guest star role. She has even resorted to doing The Young and the Restless in 2012, a dying genre which to me is full of mostly minor league actors (lots of famous actors started on soaps and moved on, sort of like working at fast food and then finding a real job.)

Valarie Harper headlined her own show on NBC that was a hit and then she got greedy and wanted more money. She got canned, her character killed off, brought in Sandy Duncan. Val should have been happy to headline her own show and not be Rhoda Morgenstern.

Suzanne Somers. Sorry to be crude ladies, but Suzanne did have nice hooters. Like Val above, her stupid greed and ego got her completely canned. Not a big fan of Three's Company (liked the actors, did not like the show), but it was an ensamble show, and she was not the star. The show brought it Jenilee Harrison, who was not an actor but a very cute cheerleader from USC. Harrison gave a very good "PAC 10 effort" as an actress, but she was not a professional and she did just as well as Somers and was better looking!

Double post

I wonder if Kirk Cameron has gotten himself blacklisted from mainstream Hollywood because his rather fundamentalist religious/political views might be considered too extreme (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14397440&postcount=152).

I can't think of any offhand but have seen people blacklisted either because they are terrors or because their political views are different than others. In the first case it is justified, the second they are not justified.

Even though I like her (especially in the movie "Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?"), Tori Spelling pretty much blacklisted herself from anything that isn't reality TV.

What about the first Vivian from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, I haven't seen her in anything after the show.

Stephen Collins got himself blacklisted from future acting roles with his child molestation admission a month ago. It's sad, I loved his acting on 7th Heaven and No Ordinary Family.

I've read that Chevy Chase is a big S.O.B. to work with (and my cousin, who produced "COMMUNITY" can confirm this) and that's why you never see him in anything.

I've read that Chevy Chase is a big S.O.B. to work with (and my cousin, who produced "COMMUNITY" can confirm this) and that's why you never see him in anything.

Lebeau’s Le Show: Episode 009 – He’s Chevy Chase and We’re Not (http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/11/08/lebeaus-le-show-episode-009-hes-chevy-chase-and-were-not/)

What the Hell Happened to Chevy Chase? (http://lebeauleblog.com/2013/04/16/what-the-hell-happened-to-chevy-chase/)

Even though I like her (especially in the movie "Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?"), Tori Spelling pretty much blacklisted herself from anything that isn't reality TV.

I think that in Tori Spelling's case, it's pretty much a no brainer to believe that if her father wasn't one of the most powerful producers (and people in general) in TV, she arguably wouldn't have gotten as far as she was able to get to begin with.

Soaps are great! full of good actors who are a lot better then the stars you see on the big screen. Don't know why you don't like soaps but you don't have to trash them, have you ever seen a soap? I bet you haven't, and Suzanne Somers made Three's Company and the show went down when she left.

Until recently i'd say Katherine Heigl fits this bill. She's been developing a reputation of being exceedingly difficult to work with and for having a snotty attitude.

Yes. Shannen Doherty had a bad reputation, and it did prevent her from getting work at one point. I read a story once that she had booked a role on some UPN sitcom in the early 2000's but after filming the pilot she was fired because audience testing revealed that the audience hated her so much that she would drive viewers away from the series.


I wouldn't go as far as saying she's "blacklisted", but I've heard Cybill Shepherd is notoriously difficult to work with and is something of a diva. I've heard at the very least its cost her votes at the Emmy's as some in the industry so hated her they'd never vote for her.

Thanks for the info! This is really sad.

Yes, I did watch Soaps when I was in college (Days of Our Lives) and again, a lot of the actors who do Soaps are people who are getting their start in the business or people who have been on them for a very long time, who are set in the role and not really looking to expand their career and make enough money and have (or had) enough of a fan base that it doesnt matter that much.

I do not dislike soaps and am a bit sad that the genre is dying off and hopefully will make a comeback. But it is minor league to prime time programming.

Shelley Long.

Yes, I did watch Soaps when I was in college (Days of Our Lives) and again, a lot of the actors who do Soaps are people who are getting their start in the business or people who have been on them for a very long time, who are set in the role and not really looking to expand their career and make enough money and have (or had) enough of a fan base that it doesnt matter that much.

I do not dislike soaps and am a bit sad that the genre is dying off and hopefully will make a comeback. But it is minor league to prime time programming.
I've always thought of soaps as a reality show in a fake world. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a fan of "Days of our Lives" and watch it everyday.

Lauren Tewes (aka Julie McCoy) claimed in a 2006 interview that the reason she did so little work after the "Love Boat" was that casting directors blackballed her. She said she'd run into old casting directors and they'd say stuff like "I couldn't hire you. The word was out."

*Dana Plato pretty much got herself blackbailed from mainstream Hollywood after she got fired from Diff'rent Strokes do to her pregnancy. Her substance abuse issues most certantly, didn't help matters. But her pregnancy (Dana I think was still a teenager at the time and unmarried) and subsequent firing, for all intents and purposes, killed her image as a child actor. What didn't help was that Dana's character on DS was a predominate "good girl".

*Lisa Bonet hardly got any more major, high profile roles after she was fired from The Cosby Show. Now obviously, with the latest negative news surrounding Bill Cosby, it does add a whole new, more interesting perspective towards why Lisa and Bill had a failing out.

*Dana Plato pretty much got herself blackbailed from mainstream Hollywood after she got fired from Diff'rent Strokes do to her pregnancy. Her substance abuse issues most certantly, didn't help matters. But her pregnancy (Dana I think was still a teenager at the time and unmarried) and subsequent firing, for all intents and purposes, killed her image as a child actor. What didn't help was that Dana's character on DS was a predominate "good girl".

*Lisa Bonet hardly got any more major, high profile roles after she was fired from The Cosby Show. Now obviously, with the latest negative news surrounding Bill Cosby, it does add a whole new, more interesting perspective towards why Lisa and Bill had a failing out.
Actually, I doubt Lisa not appearing in many things after TCS had to do with Bill Cosby. It had more to do with the fact that she preferred to raise her daughter Zoe, which was the whole reason she was fired in the first place was she because she neglected her work on TCS by not showing up for rehearsals and tapings.

In reply to TMC. I don't think with Kirk Cameron it's that he's been "blacklisted", I think it's more that he's turned his back on Hollywood. He'd much rather work in Christian themed projects. I assume many people in Hollywood what with Kirk Cameron being so outspoken about his beliefs that they don't share, don't want to work with him anyways. The dislike is mutual.

Ed.

In reply to TMC. I don't think with Kirk Cameron it's that he's been "blacklisted", I think it's more that he's turned his back on Hollywood. He'd much rather work in Christian themed projects. I assume many people in Hollywood what with Kirk Cameron being so outspoken about his beliefs that they don't share, don't want to work with him anyways. The dislike is mutual.

Ed.

That's more than likely the case, but it would be ignorant to not think that Kirk's domineering, alienating behavior on the set of Growing Pains (just Google it) once he became a Born Again Christian most definitely didn't help regardless. It simply wouldn't have been worth the trouble to hire Kirk Cameron at that phase in his life/career because he would've always been second guessing and demanding virtually, full creative control.

Who's gotten "blacklisted" in modern day Entertainment Industry??? (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php?t=320811)

Celebrities you think were blacklisted (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php?t=596002)

I suppose you're right there.

Ed.

Michael Chilklis claims that he was blacklisted (http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/Michael-Chiklis-Hollywood-Survivor_7286) from Hollywood for a while over his portrayal of John Belushi in the movie Wired. He also claims that Burt Reynolds helped him get (http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Michael+Chiklis-37307.html) back on track by offering a role on his show B.L. Stryker.

Roseanne Barr.

No great mystery there.

Critics Called Bonnie Franklin A "Female Carroll O'Connor," Did That Blackball Her?!? (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=289105)

Roseanne Barr.

No great mystery there.


I don't think Roseanne has been blacklisted. I think she has simply chosen not to work. I know she's had a couple sitcoms in development with NBC in the last couple of years, I think she just hasn't felt the need to work.

Efrem Zimbalist JR got blacklisted after he starred in FBI due Hollywood's disdain for the FBI.

Isaiah Washington pretty much fell off Hollywood's radar after he made anti-gay slurs towards T.R. Knight, his co-worker on Grey's Anatomy.

Isaiah Washington pretty much fell off Hollywood's radar after he made anti-gay slurs towards T.R. Knight, his co-worker on Grey's Anatomy.

Shonda Rhimes, surprisingly, had him back on for Sandra Oh's exit.

The African American actress from Ally Sheely. I forgot her name.

The African American actress from Ally Sheely. I forgot her name.

Don't you mean Ally McBeal (at first I thought you said that Ally Sheedy once had her own self-titled TV series:lol:)? I'm assuming you mean Lisa Nicole Carson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004808/?ref_=nv_sr_1). From my understanding, she has had a lot of serious mental health issues (she's schizophrenic manic-depressive).

Isaiah Washington pretty much fell off Hollywood's radar after he made anti-gay slurs towards T.R. Knight, his co-worker on Grey's Anatomy.

I'm surprised that Katherine Heigl (http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/04/12/what-the-hell-happened-to-katherine-heigl/) has somehow managed to make it back to prime time TV given her background.

Don't you mean Ally McBeal (at first I thought you said that Ally Sheedy once had her own self-titled TV series:lol:)? I'm assuming you mean Lisa Nicole Carson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004808/?ref_=nv_sr_1). From my understanding, she has had a lot of serious mental health issues (she's schizophrenic manic-depressive).


Yes, Lisa Nicole Carson was fired from both E.R. and Ally McBeal amid rumors of drug use, erratic behavior and arrests. She was admitted to a mental health facility for undisclosed reasons. It has always been assumed she had bi-polar.

Don't you mean Ally McBeal (at first I thought you said that Ally Sheedy once had her own self-titled TV series:lol:)? I'm assuming you mean Lisa Nicole Carson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004808/?ref_=nv_sr_1). From my understanding, she has had a lot of serious mental health issues (she's schizophrenic manic-depressive).
My bad. I meant Ally McBeal.

Let me start off by going way back to the 1920's,with
Roscoe Conkling ''Fatty'' Arbuckle ,He was accused of a crime and theaters would not run the movies because of this.''Fatty'' was popular,but is no longer a household name because most of the movies were destroyed.
Dick York may or may not have been blacklisted,but said after Bewitched,he could not even get a job in a high school play.

Let me start off by going way back to the 1920's,with
Roscoe Conkling ''Fatty'' Arbuckle ,He was accused of a crime and theaters would not run the movies because of this.''Fatty'' was popular,but is no longer a household name because most of the movies were destroyed.
Dick York may or may not have been blacklisted,but said after Bewitched,he could not even get a job in a high school play.
Man that was sad.

Naturally everyone on The Blacklist has gotten blacklisted. ;)

Who is Blacklisted in Hollywood and why (bring the tea) (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/832224-Who-is-Blacklisted-in-Hollywood-and-why-(bring-the-tea))

What about the first Vivian from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, I haven't seen her in anything after the show.

She apparently also said that Will Smith (http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html#page:showThread,14965327,2) painted her as an "angry black woman", which is crippling for a black actress in Hollywood. She wasn't able to get more TV gigs for a long time after she was fired.

I'm surprised that Katherine Heigl (http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/04/12/what-the-hell-happened-to-katherine-heigl/) has somehow managed to make it back to prime time TV given her background.
Either she has a really good agent or a few people in Hollywood are left who really like her.

Soap star Victoria Rowell is another. She had a successful run on The Young and the Restless as Drucilla Winters and also was Diagnosis: Murder, another CBS show. A few years after leaving Y&R, she accused the powers-that-be of racism, claimed another co-star, Michelle Stafford, had spit in her face, and apparently didn't get on with the actress who played her stepdaughter, accusing the show of deliberately casting a light-skinned actress who wasn't black. (Ironic considering Rowell's ex-husband, the father of her daughter, is white). Last week it was announced she was suing Young and the Restless. Ever since Diagnosis Murder ended, I haven't seen her anywhere, except making bizarre rants on social media.

Either she has a really good agent or a few people in Hollywood are left who really like her.

Soap star Victoria Rowell is another. She had a successful run on The Young and the Restless as Drucilla Winters and also was Diagnosis: Murder, another CBS show. A few years after leaving Y&R, she accused the powers-that-be of racism, claimed another co-star, Michelle Stafford, had spit in her face, and apparently didn't get on with the actress who played her stepdaughter, accusing the show of deliberately casting a light-skinned actress who wasn't black. (Ironic considering Rowell's ex-husband, the father of her daughter, is white). Last week it was announced she was suing Young and the Restless. Ever since Diagnosis Murder ended, I haven't seen her anywhere, except making bizarre rants on social media.


As for Katherine Higel, her manager is her mother. I've just heard she is difficult to work with.

I did hear about Victoria Rowell suing CBS TV/Sony Television/Bell Soaps and Y&R. It's sad but if she has any proof then its a good thing to make public because it might help change things.

Going old-school, Lee Grant and Jack Gilroy.

Mo'Nique Says Roles in Empire and The Butler ''Just Went Away'': Lee Daniels Told Me I've Been ''Blackballed' (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/837044-Mo-Nique-Says-Roles-in-Empire-and-The-Butler-Just-Went-Away-Lee-Daniels-Told-Me-I-ve-Been-Blackballed?)

Going old-school, Lee Grant and Jack Gilroy.
I meant Jack Gilford. My bad.

Has Alicia Silverstone (http://lebeauleblog.com/2011/06/23/what-the-hell-happened-to-alicia-silverstone/) seriously been blacklisted from Hollywood? I know that Alicia still works as an actress but hasn't been able to do anything of really any large significance or note for a least a decade. I also know that Alicia had a show on NBC for a while, but it was canceled after only one season (so that doesn't exactly count).

People always like to point to Batman & Robin as the main sticking point for why Alicia Silverstone's career (http://cinemaromantico.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-alicia-alicia-wherefore-art-thou.html) went into a major decline. Another suggestion is that Alicia's failed $10 million deal w/ Columbia (which only produced one movie, Excess Baggage) is what turned most people against her. Basically, most insiders felt that Alicia hadn't done enough (and it was still too early in her career) to warrant being handed the chance of starting her own production company.

I've also recently come across "blind items" that suggest that Alicia had a nasty attitude (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000224/board/thread/139313446?d=228429798#228429798) behind the scenes. There's even rumors online that imply that Reece Witherspoon was going around town w/ stories that questioned Alicia's reliability.

Has Alicia Silverstone (http://lebeauleblog.com/2011/06/23/what-the-hell-happened-to-alicia-silverstone/) seriously been blacklisted from Hollywood? I know that Alicia still works as an actress but hasn't been able to do anything of really any large significance or note for a least a decade. I also know that Alicia had a show on NBC for a while, but it was canceled after only one season (so that doesn't exactly count).

People always like to point to Batman & Robin as the main sticking point for why Alicia Silverstone's career (http://cinemaromantico.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-alicia-alicia-wherefore-art-thou.html) went into a major decline. Another suggestion is that Alicia's failed $10 million deal w/ Columbia (which only produced one movie, Excess Baggage) is what turned most people against her. Basically, most insiders felt that Alicia hadn't done enough (and it was still too early in her career) to warrant being handed the chance of starting her own production company.

I've also recently come across "blind items" that suggest that Alicia had a nasty attitude (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000224/board/thread/139313446?d=228429798#228429798) behind the scenes. There's even rumors online that imply that Reece Witherspoon was going around town w/ stories that questioned Alicia's reliability.

It could be all of the above, or none of the above. I personally think that maybe Alicia just wasn't comfortable with fame and decided to take a backseat and be selective about projects she picks... Or maybe once her career started stalling she just never could get it back on track.

Mo'Nique Says Roles in Empire and The Butler ''Just Went Away'': Lee Daniels Told Me I've Been ''Blackballed' (http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/837044-Mo-Nique-Says-Roles-in-Empire-and-The-Butler-Just-Went-Away-Lee-Daniels-Told-Me-I-ve-Been-Blackballed?)

She also has a reputation of being difficult to work with, if you believe Lee Daniels.

She also has a reputation of being difficult to work with, if you believe Lee Daniels.

About That Time Mo’Nique’s Husband Threatened Me…And Why Hollywood Blackballed Them (http://swaggernewyork.com/2015/02/20/about-that-time-moniques-husband-threatened-me-and-why-hollywood-blackballed-them/)

7 Celebrities Who Have Been Blacklisted (http://www.fame10.com/entertainment/7-celebrities-who-have-been-blacklisted/)

It's sad for all of them. I hope they will all bounce back.

It could be all of the above, or none of the above. I personally think that maybe Alicia just wasn't comfortable with fame and decided to take a backseat and be selective about projects she picks... Or maybe once her career started stalling she just never could get it back on track.

I don’t entirely buy the notion that Alicia had so much trouble with the concept of being famous! I mean, if that was the case, then why did Alicia decided to become an actress in the very first place!? If you’re going to become an actress, then it’s pretty inevitable that people are going to recognize you. Also, if she was so worried about her fame, then why exactly did she sign up to do Batman & Robin or start her own production company (presumably, where she would be front and center in said movies)?

I don’t entirely buy the notion that Alicia had so much trouble with the concept of being famous! I mean, if that was the case, then why did Alicia decided to become an actress in the very first place!? If you’re going to become an actress, then it’s pretty inevitable that people are going to recognize you. Also, if she was so worried about her fame, then why exactly did she sign up to do Batman & Robin or start her own production company (presumably, where she would be front and center in said movies)?


I just assume that as she got older her priorities changed or shifted. She was pretty young when she became famous with Clueless and Batman & Robin. I think she was like 16 or 17, 18 or 19 at the most. Maybe she had some negative experiences that shifted her goals? Sometimes you want something as a teenager that doesn't appeal to you as much when you get a little older?

Or maybe once she got married and had kids, being famous wasn't as important to her as being a mother and simply working on a regular basis?

http://www.ahlanlive.com/most-hated-girl-hollywood-12589.html

Why Kate Bosworth’s become T’town’s public enemy number one!

Staff Writer Tuesday, 25 May 2010

The most hated girl in Hollywood

Five years ago Kate Bosworth (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodHypeMachine) had Hollywood at her feet – she was dating Brit heartthrob Orlando Bloom and her movie career was about to go stellar, thanks to her promising box office debut playing a surfer girl in teen hit Blue Crush. Fast forward to 2010 and the 27-year-old is now regarded as one of the most unpopular actresses in Hollywood amongst her peers, and her career has plateaued, thanks to a series of hook-ups with attached men and reports of her bad attitude.

Ahlan! wonders where it all went wrong…

The cheat scandals

When Orlando dumped Kate in 2006 amid rumours that she had cheated on him with model James Rousseau (who she went on to date for three years), it sparked a succession of bad relationship choices which have seen her ping from one famous man to the next with disastrous consequences.

The actress was said to have made a play for her 21 co-star Jim Sturgess, despite the fact that he had a long-term girlfriend at the time, with a source spilling, “Kate’s been majorly flirting with Jim in-between takes. She’s pretty shameless. She uses any excuse to touch him, stroking his arm and playing with his hair. Jim’s been lapping up the attention, but he’s made it clear he’s attached.”

And she also stands accused of stealing her current man Alexander Skarsgard from his True Blood co-star Evan Rachel Wood, after pursuing him on the set of their upcoming flick Straw Dogs.

“Kate made it very obvious she wanted more from their relationship,” said a set insider. “It looked like she couldn’t care less if he was attached or not.”

Making a play for Chris

But it was a rumoured dalliance with Gwyneth Paltrow’s husband Chris Martin earlier this year that cemented her ‘man-stealer,’ rep after it was claimed she spent two nights with the singer.

“Chris is totally Kate’s type; she loves the Brits like Orlando and James Rousseau,” said a pal. While an onlooker at a U2 gig the pair attended blabbed, “There was Chris totally making out with Kate in front of other people. At first I thought it might be Gwyneth, but when she came up for air, it was clear the woman was Kate!”

Out of the girl gang

Kate is now persona non grata among Hollywood’s in-crowd – a point that was clearly demonstrated at the recent Costume Institute Gala Ball in New York when she was forced to walk the red carpet alone after her former friends Kate Hudson, Stella McCartney and Liv Tyler declared themselves ‘Team Gwynnie’ and refused to be snapped with her.

And the actress is doing little to get back into favour, developing a diva rep for her nasty attitude. As one Hollywood party goer who met the actress recently spilled, “She was wearing very tight jeans, revealing the fact that her legs were the same size as her pinky.” Adding, “She looked miserable, especially noted from the look of death she was giving to anyone who looked in her direction.”

Alienating co-stars

Kate’s bad attitude hasn’t gone unnoticed by her co-stars and it’s widely acknowledged in Hollywood circles that the star is difficult to work with. Kate reportedly clashed with Win A Date With Tad Hamilton co-star Ginnifer Goodwin – who counts power players Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Aniston amongst her close pals – with an insider revealing, “Ginnifer was funny and sexy and charmed the pants of the entire crew. But Kate was the complete opposite – uptight and guarded.”

As one casting agent noted, “There’s an old saying in Hollywood, ‘Be nice to people on the way up, because you’re sure going to meet them on the way down.’ Kate should really have listened to that advice.”

http://www.film.com/movies/tracking-the-career-arc-of-kate-bosworth

She broke out in Blue Crush, won a date with Tad Hamilton, went Beyond the Sea with Kevin Spacey, and brought down the house in 21, but has been rather quiet since — that is, until this week’s genre-mashing Asian Western The Warrior’s Way hits theaters, featuring her as its marquee Hollywood star. So how exactly did Kate Bosworth wind up knife-throwing her way through the ninja-infested Wild West, and where is her career headed next?

It all started with horses. East Coast-raised Bosworth had grown up riding, a skill that came in handy when Robert Redford was casting his directorial debut, The Horse Whisperer. Her first role, as ScarJo’s ill-fated BFF, only gave Bosworth a few minutes of screen time (blink during the opening sequence and you might miss her and her horse dramatically tumbling down that icy embankment), but it led to another small part in the critically acclaimed Remember the Titans, the same year she landed her first lead role in another notable blip in the millennial zeitgeist.

It was as townie Bella Banks on the WB’s Dawson’s Creek spin-off Young Americans that the then-17-year-old Bosworth got her first taste of widespread mainstream exposure. The downside: The show was cancelled after a single summer season. The upside: Bosworth led a pack of young Hollywood stars that got their starts on the series, including Ian Somerhalder, Katherine Moenning, and Michelle Monaghan. Young Americans also laid the foundation for the image that would follow Bosworth for much of her early career — that of the innocent, fresh-faced girl next door and wholesome love interest.

Of course, Bosworth threw that goody-two-shoes image for a loop with a small part in Roger Avary’s coeds gone wild flick The Rules of Attraction, hooking up on-screen with Dawson Leery himself, James Van Der Beek. Memorable as that was for Bosworth’s young male fans, for her 2002 was all about a different career-defining role — albeit one that required constant near-nakedness and an exhaustive bikini budget.

Blue CrushDon’t get me wrong; 2002′s Blue Crush wasn’t any kind of beach bimbo fare, but rather a kick-ass girl-power sports flick that required the petite blond actress to train for months. Bosworth learned to surf to carry the story of a competitive surfer and, along with tough-chick cast mates Michelle Rodriguez and Sanoe Lake, inspired every young girl of the 2000s to embrace her inner tomboy. (Another unofficial achievement: They almost certainly helped keep Quiksilver, Roxy, and Billabong in business.) Blue Crush earned a modest $50 million worldwide and introduced Bosworth as leading lady material.

Following Blue Crush, Bosworth made an indie detour with the gritty ’70s-set real life crime pic Wonderland, playing the underage girlfriend of porn star John Holmes. The film was a critical and commercial disappointment, but she subsequently capitalized on her Blue Crush bankability by landing bigger and bigger starring roles. It’s too bad they were in the wrong films.

First came Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, the underperforming 2004 romantic comedy featuring Bosworth as a naïve small-town girl obsessed with a movie star. Later that year, she starred as Sandra Dee opposite director-star Kevin Spacey, but the film notoriously bombed. Bosworth followed those films with another indie pic, the 2005 spiritual drama Bee Season, in a small role as a Hari Krishna. None of these failures was really Bosworth’s fault — but was she getting stuck playing wholesome, too-nice characters? Where was that spark of naughtiness she’d shown in The Rules of Attraction, or even the toughness of her iconic Blue Crush heroine?

Neither quality was terribly evident in her next role, which was also her biggest film to date: Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. Playing Lois Lane as a single mom and intrepid reporter, Bosworth couldn’t quite make the shoes fit; plenty of critics tried but couldn’t buy her playing career woman and mother at the tender age of 23, though she showed flashes of gumption. (Still, the meh-ness of Superman Returns was hardly Bosworth’s fault; again, she was simply an ill-fitting piece in a puzzle made messy by the directors and filmmakers at the helm.)

What Bosworth needed was a 180 from those boring, perfectly fine, pretty young innocents — which is exactly what she found in David Auburn’s The Girl in the Park, a drama about a woman (Sigourney Weaver) who makes a desperate connection with the young woman (Bosworth) she thinks is the daughter who disappeared as a toddler. Critics applauded Bosworth’s turn as a morally ambiguous drifter, but the Toronto Film Festival entry wasn’t widely seen. What was seen, and by $157 million worth of ticket buyers worldwide, was 21, the 2008 drama about an Ivy League card-counting ring starring Jim Sturgess. As Sturgess’ sexy and intelligent teammate and love interest, Bosworth played a key supporting role and lent her name recognition to the film’s successful marketing campaign.

All of which brings us to the question of where Bosworth’s been since 21. Having seemingly taken a year off from acting gigs, Bosworth is back this week in the odd duck Asian Western The Warrior’s Way as a knife-throwing circus performer with a secret who crosses paths (and shares a kiss) with Korean superstar Jang Dong-gun, in his English language debut. Filmed in New Zealand in 2008 and formerly unfortunately-titled Laundry Warrior, The Warrior’s Way is unlike any other title in Bosworth’s filmography: a fantasy actioner with tons of samurai sword battles and ninjas leaping out of the ground, with Bosworth as a blade-wielding spitfire in a corset.

Can this bizarre cross-cultural genre experiment shock Bosworth’s career out of its doldrums? Will slashing a few baddies into pieces with her own two hands make her tiresome nice-girl image interesting once again? Needless to say, we don’t have much faith that The Warrior’s Way will emerge the surprise dark-horse in this year’s Oscar race, but if it can inject some much-needed sass and spunk into the career of one Kate Bosworth (who next appears in Rod Lurie’s 2011 Straw Dogs remake), it will have served a fine and valiant purpose indeed.

I just assume that as she got older her priorities changed or shifted. She was pretty young when she became famous with Clueless and Batman & Robin. I think she was like 16 or 17, 18 or 19 at the most. Maybe she had some negative experiences that shifted her goals? Sometimes you want something as a teenager that doesn't appeal to you as much when you get a little older?

Or maybe once she got married and had kids, being famous wasn't as important to her as being a mother and simply working on a regular basis?

I think regardless of what previously suggested, at the end of the day, Alicia Silverstone arguably, wasn't versatile enough of an actress (or had enough of a range) to really successfully transition from youth/adolescent roles to more mature/adult roles. This was compounded by the fact that she simply made too many poor choices at the height of her fame. The failed Columbia Pictures production deal was especially damning because Alicia for all intents and purposes, "reaped what she sowed".

I think regardless of what previously suggested, at the end of the day, Alicia Silverstone arguably, wasn't versatile enough of an actress (or had enough of a range) to really successfully transition from youth/adolescent roles to more mature/adult roles. This was compounded by the fact that she simply made too many poor choices at the height of her fame. The failed Columbia Pictures production deal was especially damning because Alicia for all intents and purposes, "reaped what she sowed".


You very well may be right. She was young and perhaps wasn't very nice or mature at times.

Craig Kilborn (http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/happened-craig-kilborn.html) I wouldn't be surprised, got blackballed after he rather abruptly left his Late, Late Show hosting stint on CBS about 10 years ago (http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/08/where-has-craig-kilborn-been-hiding-for-the-last-decade/). He's supposedly a smug, smart assed, egomaniac who refuses to work with networks requests and refuses to negotiate reasonably. One key example of this is that Liz Winstead pitched the idea for and created The Daily Show (http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/428996/original-daily-show). She eventually left (http://lizzland.tripod.com/the_decision.html) her own creation because she said she couldn't work with Kilborn (http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe90s/smf/1211836351.shtml) anymore.

Craig Kilborn (http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/happened-craig-kilborn.html) I wouldn't be surprised, got blackballed after he rather abruptly left his Late, Late Show hosting stint on CBS about 10 years ago (http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/08/where-has-craig-kilborn-been-hiding-for-the-last-decade/). He's supposedly a smug, smart assed, egomaniac who refuses to work with networks requests and refuses to negotiate reasonably. One key example of this is that Liz Winstead pitched the idea for and created The Daily Show (http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/428996/original-daily-show). She eventually left (http://lizzland.tripod.com/the_decision.html) her own creation because she said she couldn't work with Kilborn (http://www.inthe00s.com/archive/inthe90s/smf/1211836351.shtml) anymore.I cant stand craig killborn myself and I was not at all shocked when his comeback talk show flopped about 2 summers ago

My guess of the bat is Brett Butler. She went from headlining her own series on ABC, which was successful for several years, but her personal problems, addictions and attitude on the set caused her downfall fast.

Her show went off in 1998, had two acting credits until 2000, and then did not have another job for five years and then it was just a guest star role. She has even resorted to doing The Young and the Restless in 2012, a dying genre which to me is full of mostly minor league actors (lots of famous actors started on soaps and moved on, sort of like working at fast food and then finding a real job.)

Valarie Harper headlined her own show on NBC that was a hit and then she got greedy and wanted more money. She got canned, her character killed off, brought in Sandy Duncan. Val should have been happy to headline her own show and not be Rhoda Morgenstern.

Suzanne Somers. Sorry to be crude ladies, but Suzanne did have nice hooters. Like Val above, her stupid greed and ego got her completely canned. Not a big fan of Three's Company (liked the actors, did not like the show), but it was an ensamble show, and she was not the star. The show brought it Jenilee Harrison, who was not an actor but a very cute cheerleader from USC. Harrison gave a very good "PAC 10 effort" as an actress, but she was not a professional and she did just as well as Somers and was better looking!

Valarie Harper's show was on NBC but then moved to CBS. It was called originally Valarie's Family then later it was The Hogans after she was canned off the show when she demanded more money and replaced with Sandy Duncan.

Suzanne Somers' must have made amends with ABC because in the 90s they added her to the sitcom Step By Step with Patrick Duffy.

Brett Butler re-emerged on Fx's Anger Management with a supporting role. She works at the restaurant that the characters eat at. She is not on as much as she is not a central character.

Kirk Cameron quit a successful show he did on either UPN or WB in the late 90s. I never understood why. After that he seemed to detest TV and never went back to it. I do think his sister, Candace, is black-balled. She has only been doing TV movies.

Even though I like her (especially in the movie "Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?"), Tori Spelling pretty much blacklisted herself from anything that isn't reality TV.

Tori just tried a show, Mystery Girls, with her 90210 mate Jennie Garth and it was critically panned and quickly canned. I think Shannon Doherty has been black-listed. I also think Vanessa Marcil is having a tough time finding work. She did BH 90210 near its end and then did Vegas. But since then has had to return to her old soap or do tv movies for a lack of work.

Stacey Dash has been blackballed for her beliefs. But she had some issue on a VH-1 show that got her fired, before she came out as Republican. I also think Freddie Prize Jr and his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar are banned for being Christian. SMG was on the late Robin Williams' show but she has had a tough time getting projects.

Valarie Harper's show was on NBC but then moved to CBS. It was called originally Valarie's Family then later it was The Hogans after she was canned off the show when she demanded more money and replaced with Sandy Duncan.

It was called "Valerie" before it was called "Valerie's Family."

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-hogan-family/

Valarie Harper's show was on NBC but then moved to CBS. It was called originally Valarie's Family then later it was The Hogans after she was canned off the show when she demanded more money and replaced with Sandy Duncan.

Suzanne Somers' must have made amends with ABC because in the 90s they added her to the sitcom Step By Step with Patrick Duffy.

Valerie Harper's situation is a bit more complex than that. Valerie was none too happy that the producers (the same that would go on to produce Full House, Perfect Strangers, Family Matters, and Step by Step for ABC) wanted to emphasize broad, slapstick type comedy and make her a supporting player to Jason Bateman (who was seen as the breakout star). Valerie basically wanted a more realistic, grounded type of family sitcom like say, Roseanne would subsequently become.

Stacey Dash has been blackballed for her beliefs. But she had some issue on a VH-1 show that got her fired, before she came out as Republican. I also think Freddie Prize Jr and his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar are banned for being Christian. SMG was on the late Robin Williams' show but she has had a tough time getting projects.

I don't entirely know for sure if Freddie Prinze, Jr. got "blackballed" per se. I think (right off the top of my head) once he had reached the point in which he was too old (and could no longer rely on being a doe-eyed, sensitive heartthrob) to do teenybopper type movies like She's All That, he simply wasn't talented enough of an actor to be taken seriously as mature leading man.

I think Stacey Dash's problem besides the rumors of her being difficult to work with, is that Hollywood perhaps didn't know what to do w/ her after Clueless. What I mean is that she may have been too old to plausibly play more teen roles (it didn't help that she continued to play her Clueless character in the TV spin-off for the next three years) but too youthful looking (if that makes sense) to do more mature roles (Lea Thompson had the same sort of problem). It's especially harder for a black actress.

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar are Christians? That's news to me. Buffy The Vampire Slayer isn't a show that I'd think a Christian would act in. And I say that as a Christian myself.

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Valerie Harper's situation is a bit more complex than that. Valerie was none too happy that the producers (the same that would go on to produce Full House, Perfect Strangers, Family Matters, and Step by Step for ABC) wanted to emphasize broad, slapstick type comedy and make her a supporting player to Jason Bateman (who was seen as the breakout star). Valerie basically wanted a more realistic, grounded type of family sitcom like say, Rosanne would subsequently become.


She also felt appropriately I would say that as the title star of "Valerie's Family" (being Valerie herself) that she should have more say in the creative content of the show, and since she was already a pretty big star she wanted her salary to reflect that. I don't think she was in the wrong for feeling this way, but unfortunately it didn't work out for her.

I don't entirely know for sure if Freddie Prinze, Jr. got "blackballed" per se. I think (right off the top of my head) once he had reached the point in which he was too old (and could no longer rely on being a doe-eyed, sensitive heartthrob) to do teenybopper type movies like She's All That, he simply wasn't talented enough of an actor to be taken seriously as mature leading man.

I think Stacey Dash's problem besides the rumors of her being difficult to work with, is that Hollywood perhaps didn't know what to do w/ her after [u]Clueless[/i]. What I mean is that she may have been too old to plausibly play more teen roles (it didn't help that she continued to play her Clueless character in the TV spin-off for the next three years) but too youthful looking (if that makes sense) to do more mature roles (Lea Thompson had the same sort of problem). It's especially harder for a black actress.


I have read reports of SMG and FPJ being republicans and even christian, but I've never heard reports that they were by any means evangelical or extreme in their views.

I think that they both just had a difficult time finding adult roles to play once they aged out of the teen roles they became famous for. It doesn't help that none of SMG's series post-Buffy have been very successful. However, they both still work if not regularly, than at least enough to call themselves working actors. If you look at their IMDB pages they both have continued to work steadily, even if they aren't the biggest stars anymore.

Tori just tried a show, Mystery Girls, with her 90210 mate Jennie Garth and it was critically panned and quickly canned. I think Shannon Doherty has been black-listed. I also think Vanessa Marcil is having a tough time finding work. She did BH 90210 near its end and then did Vegas. But since then has had to return to her old soap or do tv movies for a lack of work.


I'm not sure I believe any of these ladies were actually blackballed, I think what really happened is that the kind of roles they normally would get just don't exist anymore. TV has moved past the nighttime soaps that they tended to get cast on, and there are just fewer roles left of B or C level actresses like these. Also, the death of Aaron Spelling certainly created a void in the nighttime soap category. Networks also stopped producing made for TV movies that many of these ladies made their living on. Lifetime still has some, but they aren't nearly as often as they used to be.

I have read reports of SMG and FPJ being republicans and even christian, but I've never heard reports that they were by any means evangelical or extreme in their views.

I think that they both just had a difficult time finding adult roles to play once they aged out of the teen roles they became famous for. It doesn't help that none of SMG's series post-Buffy have been very successful (http://www.hitfix.com/articles/ringer-what-went-wrong-with-sarah-michelle-gellars-tv-comeback). However, they both still work if not regularly, than at least enough to call themselves working actors. If you look at their IMDB pages they both have continued to work steadily, even if they aren't the biggest stars anymore. (http://whedonesque.com/comments/31889)

‘The Crazy Ones’ Raises An Important Question: What Happened To Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Career? (http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/09/26/2634541/crazy-sarah-michelle-gellar/)

I do not think SMG is a Christian. I remember hearing her say once that she doesn't believe in organized religion.

Sarah Michelle Gellar fell off the radar for about a decade after Scooby-Doo 2.
She had voice parts and acting parts in that decade, but did not make a come back until 2014 with her work in The Crazy Ones.

Thomas Gibson was fired from Criminal Minds (apparently) for assault and being a mean drunk. I don't know all the details.

I doubt he is blacklisted but I'm not sure. It seems like actors who cause all kinds of trouble are welcomed back. It is not fair that that is life.

Stacey Dash has been blackballed for her beliefs. But she had some issue on a VH-1 show that got her fired, before she came out as Republican. I also think Freddie Prize Jr and his wife Sarah Michelle Gellar are banned for being Christian. SMG was on the late Robin Williams' show but she has had a tough time getting projects.


SMG has worked steadily and constantly since the 90's, maybe not in projects that are as high profile as the ones she did in the 90's, but she still works on a regular basis. She just hasn't had a big hit in awhile. In fact she's had like two series in the last several years (Ringer, The Crazy Ones) and is currently attached to a third one; a reboot of the movie "Cruel Intentions" which NBC is still trying to find a place for.

I don't think her religion has had anything to do with her career as much as her aging out of her teen/young ingenue roles has. She just was never able to find an adult role that got her the same attention or success as her earlier roles.

Dick York may or may not have been blacklisted,but said after Bewitched,he could not even get a job in a high school play.


I just thought he didn't act much after Bewitched for he wasn't feeling all that well. He did leave Bewitched and was replaced for he had back problem. Who knows maybe he was tired of the industry.

I do not think SMG is a Christian. I remember hearing her say once that she doesn't believe in organized religion.
You can still be a Christian and not believe in organized religion.

I don't want this to get into a religion debate or anything. I'm just stating my own personal belief.

I don't know if either of these have been mentioned because I haven't read the entire thread.

Michael Richards who was Kramer on Seinfeld. He couldn't get work for a long time after the incident where he was heckled doing stand up comedy and he just went into a rage and said a whole lot of racist stuff. And it was caught on camera, (cellphone camera if I remember). Which he totally deserved. Then he was a cast member in that Kirstie Alley sitcom about 3 or 4 years ago (I think it was called Kirstie but I forget now even though I watched it LOL). But that only lasted 1 season and then it was cancelled. Other than Seinfeld reruns I haven't seen him on TV since.

Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens. He was arrested for a lewd act while watching a porno in a pornographic film theatre. His Saturday morning "kids" show Pee Wee's Playhouse was cancelled and he couldn't get work in movies or TV for several years. He also really deserved it. Then he got a recurring role on the lame sitcom Murphy Brown and some other work after that again. But I haven't heard anything about him in a long time either. But I always hated him. I was a teenager when Pee Wee's Playhouse was on TV and even then I always thought he was really creepy. Both the real life Paul Reubens and the character of Pee Wee Herman, take your pick. It turns out I was right. Why anybody would willingly work with him again I'll never understand.

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Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens. He was arrested for a lewd act while watching a porno in a pornographic film theatre. His Saturday morning "kids" show Pee Wee's Playhouse was cancelled and he couldn't get work in movies or TV for several years. He also really deserved it. Then he got a recurring role on the lame sitcom Murphy Brown and some other work after that again. But I haven't heard anything about him in a long time either. But I always hated him. I was a teenager when Pee Wee's Playhouse was on TV and even then I always thought he was really creepy. Both the real life Paul Reubens and the character of Pee Wee Herman, take your pick. It turns out I was right. Why anybody would willingly work with him again I'll never understand.


He recently did a new Netflix Pee-wee Herman movie.

He recently did a new Netflix Pee-wee Herman movie.

He also has more recent television roles on "The Blacklist" and "Gotham".

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Tinseltown is an extraordinary place…just make sure you don’t end up on its naughty list! From Megan Fox, to Kathy Griffin and OJ Simpson, we’re taking a look at more stars who lost their careers because of controversy. WatchMojo is counting down more of the stars who were blacklisted (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/who-is-blacklisted-in-hollywood-and-why-bring-the-tea.832224/) by Hollywood.

Missed our first list of the Top 10 Famous People Who Were Blacklisted (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/18083149-actor-actresses-that-were-truly-blackballed-) by Hollywood? Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCaiFmxfTlY

10. Josh Trank
9. Thora Birch
8. CeeLo Green
7. Michael Richards
6. Megan Fox
5. O. J. Simpson
4. Kathy Griffin
3, 2 & 1???

Linda Fiorentino (https://lebeauleblog.com/2014/01/04/what-the-hell-happened-to-linda-fiorentino/) - Difficult-to-work-with reputation.

Sean Young (https://lebeauleblog.com/2011/05/21/what-the-hell-happened-to-sean-young/) - Reputation as being mentally unbalanced, alcoholic.

Lorraine Bracco (https://www.looper.com/157090/why-hollywood-wont-cast-lorraine-bracco-anymore/) - Difficult-to-work-with reputation, personal issues, though has had spotty success here & there.

Dee Wallace (https://moviechat.org/tt0083866/ET-the-Extra-Terrestrial/5d74a5e2c2d39761890a7629/Did-Dee-Wallace-get-blackballed-after-this-movie) - Allegedly due to differences with Steven Spielberg on the set of E.T. (1982).

Vanessa Marquez (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=365037)

Tara Subkoff (https://www.fame10.com/entertainment/7-celebrities-who-have-been-blacklisted/)

Mira Sorvino (https://lebeauleblog.com/2011/08/07/thats-so-fetch-mira-sorvino/)

Ashley Judd (https://lebeauleblog.com/2013/08/23/what-the-hell-happened-to-ashley-judd/) (like Mira Sorvino and Tara Subkoff (https://variety.com/2017/film/news/tara-subkoff-accuser-harvey-weinstein-scandal-1202588924/), was a victim of Harvey Weinstein's wrath)

Brenda Dickson (https://www.thelist.com/155301/the-real-reason-you-dont-hear-from-these-soap-opera-stars-anymore/)

Until recently i'd say Katherine Heigl fits this bill. She's been developing a reputation of being exceedingly difficult to work with and for having a snotty attitude.

Yes. Shannen Doherty had a bad reputation, and it did prevent her from getting work at one point. I read a story once that she had booked a role on some UPN sitcom in the early 2000's but after filming the pilot she was fired because audience testing revealed that the audience hated her so much that she would drive viewers away from the series.


I wouldn't go as far as saying she's "blacklisted", but I've heard Cybill Shepherd is notoriously difficult to work with and is something of a diva. I've heard at the very least its cost her votes at the Emmy's as some in the industry so hated her they'd never vote for her.

Cybill Shepherd later said that her CBS sitcom got cancelled because she spurred Les Moonves' advances. Now that doesn't exactly absolve Cybill of any personal wrong doing of her own. But it still gives some food for thought how how many other careers were ruined by Moonves.

And a good call on Shannen Doherty (https://junkee.com/six-things-we-learned-from-jason-priestleys-brand-new-tell-all-memoir/33360). She managed to get herself fired by not one, but two hit network shows (Beverly Hills, 90210 and later Charmed) for feuding (https://www.cinemablend.com/pop/1558570/who-rose-mcgowan-blames-for-her-feud-with-shannen-doherty) with castmates. But if you ask Shannen, she'll tell you that she got blacklisted (http://www.gloriousa.com/trending/charity-financial-advisor) due to her cancer ordeal (https://www.nationalenquirer.com/photos/shannen-doherty-cancer-battle-masectomy-dr-oz/), not because of her reputation for being difficult to work with.

I don't think Roseanne has been blacklisted. I think she has simply chosen not to work. I know she's had a couple sitcoms in development with NBC in the last couple of years, I think she just hasn't felt the need to work.

This post was 2015 but I think it’s safe to say that nobody wants to work with her because of how she treats her cast and because of her extreme political views and shocking commentary. They took a huge risk when they brought her back for the reboot. Obviously we all know what happened and why she was fired from it, and now she has been completely blacklisted.

Either she has a really good agent or a few people in Hollywood are left who really like her.

Soap star Victoria Rowell is another. She had a successful run on The Young and the Restless as Drucilla Winters and also was Diagnosis: Murder, another CBS show. A few years after leaving Y&R, she accused the powers-that-be of racism, claimed another co-star, Michelle Stafford, had spit in her face, and apparently didn't get on with the actress who played her stepdaughter, accusing the show of deliberately casting a light-skinned actress who wasn't black. (Ironic considering Rowell's ex-husband, the father of her daughter, is white). Last week it was announced she was suing Young and the Restless. Ever since Diagnosis Murder ended, I haven't seen her anywhere, except making bizarre rants on social media.

Ironically, Victoria Rowell is biracial.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Rowell

This post was 2015 but I think it’s safe to say that nobody wants to work with her because of how she treats her cast and because of her extreme political views and shocking commentary. They took a huge risk when they brought her back for the reboot. Obviously we all know what happened and why she was fired from it, and now she has been completely blacklisted.


Yes at this point Roseanne will likely never work again in mainstream media.

ones i can think of is 2000 tobey maguire spider-man!! i think he didn't play many movies!! of course he did the spider-man squeals!! he was in seabiscuit!! & pleasantville!! i heard cause he never aged!! he looked the same in spider-man!! i also heard that keanu reeves got black listed!! thats why you never saw him in any movies in the 1990s!! another one i can think of is Chevy Chase!! i heard he was hard to get along with!! & thats why you don't see him in many movies!! what happened to jim carry? you don't see him in lot of movies!! not liked back in the 1990s!! he is playing bad guy dr robotnik in the sonico the hedgehog movie!!

ones i can think of is 2000 tobey maguire spider-man!! i think he didn't play many movies!! of course he did the spider-man squeals!! he was in seabiscuit!! & pleasantville!! i heard cause he never aged!! he looked the same in spider-man!! i also heard that keanu reeves got black listed!! thats why you never saw him in any movies in the 1990s!! another one i can think of is Chevy Chase!! i heard he was hard to get along with!! & thats why you don't see him in many movies!! what happened to jim carry? you don't see him in lot of movies!! not liked back in the 1990s!! he is playing bad guy dr robotnik in the sonico the hedgehog movie!!

I can see Tobey Maguire (https://lebeauleblog.com/2015/07/15/what-the-hell-happened-to-tobey-maguire/) getting blackballed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmEFv7Mfh60). There have been numerous stories (https://www.looper.com/10857/hollywood-wont-cast-tobey-maguire-anymore/) swirling in recent years about how big of a jerk he is and how difficult he is to work with. The same with Chevy Chase, but much older.

Keanu Reeves recently claimed that 20th Century Fox blacklisted (https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/16/keanu-reeves-blacklisted-fox-movies-14-years-turning-speed-2-9219479/) him for over a decade in retaliation for turning down (http://www.darkhorizons.com/speed-2-saw-keanu-reeves-blacklisted/) the Speed sequel.

I think the first actress blacklisted from television may have been Hazel Scott. Her 1950 TV series, The Hazel Scott Show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hazel_Scott_Show), was cancelled because of unfounded fears, fanned by McCarthyism, that she was a Communist. She could not find work in the US after that, and moved to France where she could still find work.

Kirk Cameron quit a successful show he did on either UPN or WB in the late 90s. I never understood why. After that he seemed to detest TV and never went back to it. I do think his sister, Candace, is black-balled. She has only been doing TV movies.

I know that I've brought him up before, but now I'm convinced that Kirk Cameron was blackballed (https://www.goliath.com/movies/12-actors-and-actresses-who-have-been-blacklisted-by-hollywood/) due to is extreme religious views (which I won't go into deep detail). His inability to compromise and his rigid behavior on the set of Growing Pains during the later years, also gave people (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kirk-cameron-doesnt-care-some-876783) the perception of him being somewhat of a diva (https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-most-difficult-actors-to-work-with-in-hollywood.html/). It pretty much guaranteed that he would never be involved in "mainstream", secular work (and yes, I am aware that he briefly had a sitcom on The WB called Kirk) by the turn of the millennium.

Kevin Sorbo (https://www.looper.com/63708/whatever-happened-kevin-sorbo/) is another person who may have gotten blackballed (https://www.dailysignal.com/2014/03/28/sam-kevin-sorbo-blacklisted-liberal-hollywood-beliefs/) due to not only his decidedly extreme religious (https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Kevin-Sorbo-was-blacklisted-from-entertainment-over-his-religion) and political (https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/17/comiccon-bans-actor-kevin-sorbo-hes-conservative/) views, but for him being difficult to work with. There are numerous stories out there about how he pretty much ruined Andromeda, by forcing the showrunner out, and turning it into a cheap Star Trek knockoff that always revolved around his character.

Shelley Long.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I seriously believe that Shelley Long's career decline (https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/09/15/what-the-hell-happened-to-shelley-long/) (if you want to call it that) is because she may be mentally ill. There been various stories about her apparent mood swings and difficulty to work (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_djUlyQ8q54) with on the set of Cheers (http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-thoughts-on-gq-cheers-article.html). And she did attempt suicide (http://www.suicide.org/shelley-long-attempts-suicide.html) back in 2004, which would lend credence to the notion that she has serious emotional baggage/issues.

I don't think Roseanne has been blacklisted. I think she has simply chosen not to work. I know she's had a couple sitcoms in development with NBC in the last couple of years, I think she just hasn't felt the need to work.

Well let's put it this way, after tweet-storm that ended in her being fired from her eponymous sitcom, it's pretty easy to suspect that Rosanne Barr has found herself to be a pariah (https://www.quora.com/How-hard-would-it-be-for-Roseanne-Barr-to-resurrect-her-image-and-rebuild-her-career). She pretty much angered and embarrassed Disney (the company that owns the ABC (https://www.quora.com/Did-ABC-do-the-right-thing-in-canceling-Roseanne-after-her-attack-on-Valerie-Jarrett) Network which fired her). At this point, it’s pretty unlikely (https://www.quora.com/Did-Roseanne-Barr-s-recent-behavior-permanently-tarnish-her-career) that she’ll ever be hired for a role that is not self-produced again.

I know that I've brought him up before, but now I'mconvinced that Kirk Cameron was blackballed (https://www.goliath.com/movies/12-actors-and-actresses-who-have-been-blacklisted-by-hollywood/) due to is extreme religious views (which I won't go into deep detail). His inability to compromise and his rigid behavior on the set of Growing Pains during the later years, also gave people (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kirk-cameron-doesnt-care-some-876783) the perception of him being somewhat of a diva (https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-most-difficult-actors-to-work-with-in-hollywood.html/). It pretty much guaranteed that he would never be involved in "mainstream", secular work (and yes, I am aware that he briefly had a sitcom on The WB called Kirk) by the turn of the millennium.

Kevin Sorbo (https://www.looper.com/63708/whatever-happened-kevin-sorbo/) is another person who may have gotten blackballed (https://www.dailysignal.com/2014/03/28/sam-kevin-sorbo-blacklisted-liberal-hollywood-beliefs/) due to not only his decidedly extreme religious (https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Kevin-Sorbo-was-blacklisted-from-entertainment-over-his-religion) and political (https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/17/comiccon-bans-actor-kevin-sorbo-hes-conservative/) views, but for him being difficult to work with. There are numerous stories out there about how he pretty much ruined Andromeda, by forcing the showrunner out, and turning it into a cheap Star Trek knockoff that always revolved around his character.

To the best of my knowledge, Kirk and his sister Candace are content with their lives. He has six children and she has three. They are 40-somethings who have been married to their respective spouses since the 1990s. The primary differences between them is that Kirk is primarily interested in evangelizing, while Candace is still busy as an actress. Also, Kirk comes across as more harsh in his religious beliefs than Candace.