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Actors who have squandered their opportunities? I'm thinking people like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. -- nm

Posted by Mop (222 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jul 28 '10, 08:13

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Responses:

Jennifer Aniston. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:23
Robert Downey Jr. nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:23 6
- He an Mickey Rourke should hang out. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:24 5
  - Hey guys, what's happening -- nm - Eric Roberts Jul 28, 08:27 4
    - PSA: These are three guys I would like to party with. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:28 3
      - Dude...you couldn't hang with these guys. nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:29 2
        
        Maybe we should ask the experts at Georgetown? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:30 1
        
        What do tacos have to do with anything? -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:34
negative on The Rock, he took the Kurt Russel path of stardom. Vin, heck yeah, though he still has a chance to turn it around. -- nm - Remlik Jul 28, 08:22
David Carradine -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 28, 08:21
Lohan, Katie Holmes - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:19
Mickey Rourke -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:19 5
- Now, or the inbetween? -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:22 4
  - Rourke lost 15-20 years of career .... even if he sustains this run....that's a huge waste of talent. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:25
  - Leaving acting to go box / get deformed. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:24 2
    - Yes and no. He truly hates Hollywood and seems pretty miserable with it, so getting out was a good thing for him (not his carer, but for him). -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:25 1
      - Perhaps, but the poll was about who squandered opportunities, and he certainly did. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:29
How do you see the Rock having squandered anything? - decline Jul 28, 08:17 31
- I'm surprised The Rock didn't become a much bigger Action star with all his talents but I agree with others that where he is isn't bad. - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:33
- the argument on TT/ST about whether The Rock will ever break through as the "next Schwarzenegger" goes back over ten years now - chuckles Jul 28, 08:26 15
  - I think if he wanted that he should have done it, but he went the Disney/Kurt Russell route and banked big money. Now he can still do it.... - Remlik Jul 28, 08:38
  - That's not the question here though. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:29 8
    - squandered. doing Disney shit compared to being a $20 million per picture heir to Cruise/Stallone/Arnie -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:30 7
      - He had the opportunities....most of us like the Rundown it seems...audiences didn't - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:34
      - I don't think he was getting the $20 million action star offers much, thus the kiddie films. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:32 5
        
        because he squandered the original opportunity from Scorpion King - chuckles Jul 28, 08:34
        
        it was all there for him to be that guy though. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:34 2
        
        It was, and I'm not clear why it didn't come together. But I don't think it was his lack of trying. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:34 1
        
        I don't think it was lack of effort either... - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:36
        
        Definitely not, given how much movies like The Rundown and Doom made at the BO. Even the Scorpion King only made $90M -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 08:34
  - Thank God! - decline Jul 28, 08:28
  - I doubt he wants to be the next Schwarzenegger, as Arnold really did not do that much. Dwayne has already surpassed him. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:28 3
    - "really did not do that much" = biggest box office action star in history -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:29 2
      - maybe not. - decline Jul 28, 08:36 1
        
        But the Rock wasn't the star of his two biggest movies -- nm - Roger More Jul 28, 08:39
- Agreed. He seems to genuinely be enjoying what he does, and that is worth everything. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:20 13
  - now if only he would do the Run Down 2 -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:21 4
    - He should do The Tooth Fairy 2 first. It will probably suck less than the Run Down. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 28, 08:25 3
      - that would be pretty tough -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 08:27
      - crazy talk. -- nm - decline Jul 28, 08:26
      - You sir, are nuts. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:25
  - Even as much as I don't like it per se, he's got the Disney saccharine market. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:20 7
    - Exactly. It also can work as a place to hone his craft, so who knows about down the road. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:21 6
      - I think this is a great trailer for his new film Faster.... -- (link) - Remlik Jul 28, 08:25 [youtube] 3
        
        Watching this and having just re-read The Running Man...I'm pretty sure Johnson should star in a remake... - Jim Jul 28, 08:29
        
        nicey nice -- nm - Jim Jul 28, 08:27
        
        Yup. pixie laughing shows how.... pixie he is. Dwayne is in a pretty great place. -- nm - Black Rabbit Jul 28, 08:27
      - Plus, he's done a few WTF things that showed he's open to expanding range - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:24
      - bwah - chuckles Jul 28, 08:23
Lindsey Lohan -- nm - Beaker Jul 28, 08:16 1
- winner. -- nm - ty97 Jul 28, 08:19

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