We all have that one actor whose name on a cast-list makes us roll our eyes and switch over. Whether the actor is constantly type-cast and you’re over the same old routine or they end up just playing themselves and you’re not a fan of whoever that may be, we get it.
An AskReddit thread discusses exactly that, with users sharing exactly who ruins a film for them, and it’s both shocking and relatable. One user defined these kinds of actors perfectly: “My wife and I have a name for this – a Stop Actor. An actor that is so bad, you stop watching no matter what the film is. “Oh look, it’s The Godfather part 4!” “Yeah, but Steven Segal’s in it.” Ah. Never mind. The opposite is a Go Actor, who is so watchable you’ll watch anything they’re in. Danny DeVito, Joan Cusack, Jesse Plemons, Lennie James, etc.”
1. “Ruby Rose makes me want shoot myself. She was in John Wick 2 and I hated it.”
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2. “John Travolta post 2000. As soon as i see him i know i’m in for a mediocre performance at best.”
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3. “Beyonce. Hollywood is determined to make her a leading lady but her acting is just awful.”
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4. “Katherine Heigl. I just don’t think she is a good actress. I literally had to stop watching Suits because she is such a disaster of an actress. Her “indignant” is the same as … basically everything else. Just, no.”
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5. “Michelle Rodriguez. She always gets typed cast as the most annoying “I’m not like all the other girls, I’m one of the guys” type character and it annoys the sh** out of me.”
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6. “She doesn’t ruin, but I audibly groan whenever she shows up. Gwyneth Paltrow.”
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7. “Johnny Depp. I used to enjoy his movies but now I hate seeing him in anything. I couldn’t even watch the latest Harry Potter universe movie because of him.”
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8. “Will Smith. He plays himself and ruins my suspension of disbelief. I don’t see his character, I see Will Smith.”
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9. “Vince f****n Vaughn. Yeah yeah, he’s “endearingly goofy,” but he nearly always has a grade SS douche mentality for over half his characters. Dude needs a new gimmick (why can’t he be just a tall derp like Jason Segel?)”
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10. “Jennifer Lawrence. I’m sure she’s a fine actress, but, I just can’t stand the half constipated look she always has on her face.”
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11. “Nicolas Cage. I’ve just associated his face with memes so much that any and every move he is in feels like a parody of an actual movie to me. I’m sure he’s a great actor and all, but I just can’t take him seriously after he has been meme’d to death.”
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12. “Rebel Wilson is pretty terrible in my opinion. I don’t find anything she does funny and I don’t typically think being obnoxious is funny.”