What actors/actresses make you immediately not want to make a movie/show?
For me it's The Rock and Chris Pratt.
Guardians of the Galaxy was great but I just wish he would stop playing starlord in every other role he's in!
Melissa McCarthy does that for me. It's getting better, but for the longest time I'd see an interview with her about some project and she's funny, charming, intelligent, and convinces me to check it out. Then I would watch the thing and it's like "Haha fat girl poopoo fart." .
The only two things I can say that I enjoy her in are Spy and Only Murders in the Building.
In both cases the rest of the movie/show carries her but she doesn't actively make them worse like she does with 90% of the stuff I've ever seen her in...
Glen Powell.
It's like he was designed by a committee to make the most generic movie star white man imaginable.
He makes me want to buy a rape alarm, and I'm a man.
I genuinely wouldn't be surprised at all if he was revealed to not actually exist, and is in fact 100% CGI.
Jon Hamm might have bodies hidden somewhere. That guy sets off so many red flags for me, but is beloved by everyone. I'm telling you, I'm pretty sure he might be evil.
I think just that the boring kind where you divorce your partner after becoming successful
Jude Law. He creeps me out so much I can't watch him. He's been in the news for domestic abuse which doesn't surprise me... I shudder watching him
Not a specific performer, but I avoid the It Girl stuff like the plague.
Sydney Sweeney, Jenna Ortega, Selina Gomez, those types where they're going to be super hot products for a few years while they're young and then they fall off once they age out of prime fuckability. I find it super disturbing, it's like a sword is hovering over them.
Anthony Mackie
He has zero charisma and was largely responsible for bringing down the quality of Altered Carbon S2 (though the writers did him no favours) and was the most boring part of The Falcon & Winter Soldier.
I couldn't bring myself to watch the new Captain America movie mainly because of him being in the lead role.
Whole heartedly agree.
His Black Mirror episode was also probably the most fucked up episode, and not in the fucked up way I want my Black Mirror episodes.
Gal gadot and Elisabeth Moss for me. Also not a fan of Jason Momoa/Chris Hemsworth type of guys. Anything with them in the lead and I generally nope out. It has to do with the plain, flat, repetitive characters and lack of depth, not the physique (for example I respect dave Bautista evolution).
I struggle with Elizabeth Moss, too. The whole "being in a cult while making a show warning people about cults" thing is wild to me. Only other place I saw her was Mad Men and I found her unlikable. But I hated that whole show, really.
After your and the other commenter's post I had to go check, I didn't know she was in Scientology. Wow, that makes it even worse. Personally it is just her facial expression range (that is, a very narrow one), that irrationally makes her unlikable to me. I thought it was a good character representation in the first season of Handmaid's tale, but then once I realized that it's how she plays every character, or in every situation...
Elizabeth I'm ok with except I keep wanting to scream "leave the cult!" at the screen. Gal is gorgeous but bland
Gal is a terrible actress.
Like, a whole island full of warrior women had to put on an Israeli accent because she can't do anything else.
Billy Bob Thornton. The prick.
Matthew Broderick.
He's an alright actor, but seeing him always reminds me of that time he got drunk (rumored) and killed two people with his car in Ireland but faced almost zero repercussions (he got a small fine).
Gawd I'd forgotten until I saw your comment. How is he not condemned for it?
This was mostly pre internet and he's just never addressed it making it a non story. He claimed he had amnesia and couldn't remember the accident which definitely at least feels like it adds evidence to the drunk driving claims... But, nothing ever came of it.
He was driving with Jennifer grey, she's talked about it a bit and is obviously still traumatized, but she still backs up the 'he was sober' story that they managed to sell at the time.
Will Ferrel, Jack Black... the rock is rapidly getting there. Jada Plinkett Smith.
The woman that played Cameron on "Halt and Catch Fire". Couldn't enjoy "Station 11" because she was in it.
Why don't you like her? I'm not familiar with much of her work but literally stopped watching Black Mirror after the episode she was in because I knew it was going to get depressing again.
Its probably because her character in Halt and Catch Fire was probably the most unlikeable character. I'm aware that's a terrible reason to dislike an actor. I can't even say it's because how she played the character as I have no idea how much was her vs director or writer.
Jason Bateman. Used to be Jeremy Renner and Tim Robbins so I guess it’s an unconscious bias against little guys with too-big faces for their features.
Julia Stiles. Saw her in Save the Last Dance and some other movie and absolutely could not get on with the movie. It's like she's not acting or doesn't know how to act. She's kind of like in audition mode the entire time and I just don't get anything from her face or her actions. I sometimes get the same thing from Keanu but at least I like the movies he's in. With her I just rage quit 5 min in seeing her. She just ruins it for me. Also yes, also don't like The Rock. I'm sure we saw the same YouTube vid where the guy bashes on him for not knowing how to act as any other "character"... which when looking back, it's true. He's literally the same persona every god damn time.
Came here to say Julia Stiles but you totally beat me to it! I cannot stand any film she is in either. It's really hard to describe, but your description is spot-on. It's like an empty husk with makeup has been made to act.
Will Smith and Jared Leto for sure (including 2049, which was a disgrace compared to the masterpiece that is the original, despite me loving Arrival, Dune Part I and Sicario).
I also cannot stand anyone meant to appeal only to Americans, like Kevin Hart, Chevy Chase, Queen Latifah and all that stuff. Used to like Tom Hanks in the 1990s, but after that he became part of the latter group for me.
If you are ever going to try again watching a The Rock movie (I don't mind him at all, although not being calling me to watch a movie), please make it Hercules: that movie genuinely surprised me.
2049 is great. i think he's a cringey prick but if jared leto's screen presence can't kill fight club, american psycho, or requiem for a dream, he definitely can't kill blade runner.
i know lots of people prefer the original (and of course it's by far more influential) but you're the first i've seen call it a disgrace.
Ben Stiller
I just can’t. He makes me anxious just seeing him on screen. I so want to watch Meet the Fockers because DeNiro is one of my faves, I just can’t do it.
I'd be really curious to hear your thoughts after watching the secret life of Walter Mitty.
if it makes you feel better ben stiller just embarasses himself the whole movie
None. I dislike some actors, but so many other people pour part of themselves into these things and influence each other when developing them that it's impossible for me to not have at least some curiosity.
Adam Sandler
IMO, he has been playing the same over-grown man-child of a character in every movie for 20 years (with exceptions).
Also Happy Madison studios wrote Dana Carvey a blank check to make one of the worst movies ever made and that was the last nail in the coffin for his acting career.
it was the same for me about Sandler until I saw Uncut Gems, finally he showed that he can act.
Haven't seen that one. Might check it out.
The reason he's good in Uncut Gems (and Punch Drunk Love) is that there is something genuinely frightening in how unhinged he seems when he is acting.
He can act but that movie was beyond stupid. I'm convinced the only reason it did well with critics is exactly what you said - they were surprised he could actually act.
He just chooses not to. Not sure that's any better.
Good grief, another one I was going to mention that's already covered.
His movies are mostly bad, I think you and I might agree on that.
But the other aspect of it is that a lot of the people I knew who liked his early movies were just really shitty humans. So by association, I think that affected how I saw his movies. Just seemed like a magnet for terrible people and it was hard to separate those two things for me. Not to mention, the movies themselves were objectively somewhere between awful and just not that great, so I didn't feel like I was missing out much.
Oh, and I got "dragged" to that movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry IN THE THEATER. And that reasserted everything I already knew to be true about Adam Sandler movies.
Since the snow white disaster, rachel zegler.
Also, I can't really watch til schweiger movies. Or most german "comedy" movies.
Yeah she just comes across as a pretentious little child who knows better than you. And I even agree with her on some things.
I will actively avoid anything of hers in the future.
Til Schweiger and Kristen Stewart, they each know exactly one facial expression.
Charlie Hunnam is not good, has a silly face, and cannot deliver lines.
I dunno, I enjoyed the hell out of his acting in Sons of Anarchy
It’s true he’s been awful since Queer as Folk, but if you’ve heard his normal speaking voice in The Gentlemen it’s kind of understandable that his character accents always sound a bit forced.
I think that's honestly why I think he's fun. His king Arthur movie is a hardcore guilty pleasure as someone who enjoys the actual king Arthur myths...
Why the fuck did they try to make him a superhero???
It's just blind stupid fun but they don't have an ego attached like the rocks movies do
Oof a lot of ppl like him
I’m surprised to see no Chris Pratt (or CP, as he likes to be called) in this thread.
But Chris Pratt for me.
Ooof he does know what cp stands for right
I know what it means, but isn't there a more accurate term (and acronym) that's being used more now?
Looked it up: CSAM - child sexual abuse material.
I absolutely loved him in Parks and Rec. He was always my favourite character. But that's probably because he was just playing himself.
Everything I've seen him in after parks and rec has been bad, and I agree he is not a good actor.
Full agree. He was amazing in Parks and Rec!
He's doing ads for some religion based mobile app. He even sucks in those.
Chris Pratt is one of my big ones... Can't stand the guy
Collin Farrel and Kristin Stewart.
They're just not good actors. They've been in a couple good movies, but those movies succeed despite, not because of them.
I disagree heavily with Collin Farrell! He sucks when he's in a big budget movie but he's fantastic when he does his little art films.
Check out In Bruges as a great example.
The rule I've always gone with is that if the average person knows the movie exists he probably sucks and otherwise he's fantastic.
I always had this impression that Colin Farrell was just a pretty boy with no acting talent. But then I saw him in Banshees of Inisherin and my mind was blown. He was amazing - his performance absolutely gutted me. If you're willing to give him a try, you should watch that movie.
Owen Wilson. Something about him just makes me queasy.
Adam Sandler, with the exception of punch drunk love, maybe. I wanted to like tough cut gems, but I have up or of serving hand cringe
waow
Yo, came here to say Owen Wilson! I can't stand him. It makes me sad that he's in all those Wes Anderson movies, because he's a good director otherwise.... :-/
The Owen Wilson co-written ones are the best by miles. I will fight over this.
Leonardo DiCaprio. I can never believe he is the character I always see an actor trying to portrait a character. Like with other actores I can believe I am seeing something that happened. With DiCaprio I'm always aware that I'm watching an actor doing a performance.
I don't know if that makes a lot of sense. But it's one of the few "good" actor that makes me feel this way.
Yep he's really not that great
Loved him in wolf of wallstreet, really buried into the character.
He did an incredible job in Django Unchained, but other than that I would agree with you. I don't believe it is his fault though, more a result of how he is always cast.
Agreed, but I still love Inception.
Nick Cage.
Man’s not a bad actor, but he’s often cast in roles he has no earthly business being in.
Honestly, 7/10 of his castings are way off.
You beat me to it. I like(d) him in his early career, then it got to the point where pretty much everything I saw that had him in it sucked, so if he was in a movie, it was a sign to me to skip it. I have had a bit of a change of heart in some of his latest stuff, I'll at least consider watching it if there's a modicum of evidence that there are redeeming qualities to the movie overall.
The other aspect of it is that I used to think he was good looking when he was young, and then sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s he just seemed to turn physically repulsive to me. Part of it is his hair. I think if he ever got a good hair cut or played a part that involved wearing a decent hair piece, it might not be so bad.
His acting is hammy, but he does that on purpose. His philosophy on acting is the method thing is good but it isn't an artistic performance. He puts his personality on the character.
@notgivingmynametoamachine Come on. "Valley Girl" was a classic 😎 Fer sure Fer sure.
Til Schweiger and Matthias Schweighöfer. I hope none of you have ever heard of them. They are just bad at acting and the movies where one of them is the director are just horrible... and still they are in sooo many german movies.
I enjoy them, they're easy to watch, I don't need much
Tom Cruise I just don't like anything about him
Will Smith, because he's annoyed me in every role after Prince of Bel Air
I'm not a fan of Tom Cruise either, but I love Edge of Tomorrow. That might be my only exception
I am no fan of Tom Cruise, but his performance in Tropic Thunder is a god damned masterpeice
I enjoyed watching Tom Cruise die over and over and over and over and over.
Minority report was pretty damn solid too. Knght and day wasn't bad for guilty pleasure
I liked Tom a lot in Collateral. Such a great movie.
That and Magnolia.
Hate the person, love the actor. He's made loads of good movies, so I can't complain
I mean there's a list of actors that have ruined their shows for me:
So it's not really what you asked because these are ones that I used to love and no longer do.
For the dumbest reasons, I can't enjoy Gal Gadot. Her acting is repellent to me for some reason. Yes, she's absolutely gorgeous but the acting ain't great. I also didn't enjoy Heather Graham's acting but then I watched her in Scrubs and the role was just perfect. I hated The Rock's acting as well, but my ex had a crush on him so we watched so many of his movies. Almost all of them shite.
What's the deal with Sorbo?
Oh, he went right-wing religious. I think he was a Jan 6th denier/supporter saying it was antifa. His views on atheists was weird. Like, when he did the Gods Not Dead movie and he was playing an "atheist" he was like, I had to get into the mind of an atheist and be the most despicable person or something.
He's been a bit looney on Twitter for a while now.
Although I haven't checked in for a while. I haven't checked since awkward Hitler took over.
Kevin Spacey has been great or straight up magnificent consistently, lol, is it the moral aspect that disturbs you? I firmly believe (and evidence keeps piling up!) that most Hollywood actresses were couch casted, many boys were touched and the cycle repeats. The entire entertainment industry is compromised and has been for years (check out who taught Diddy his tricks). Nvm the "Hollywood accounting" too, money laundering and all of that.
Basically, if you're enjoying American media, odds are it was made by someone who's gonna go straight to Hell, no "Go" no 200 bucks, and bigger odds than whoever is making money out of your purchase/rental is going to an even lower circle, lol. Just pirate it and you take away your contribution to amorality, right?
A lot of actors are terrible people but Kevin Spacey specifically seems to play it up irl for some reason?
After he got booted for the whole thing he started making videos on his YouTube channel telling the world that he would come for them and that they would regret hurting him while in character as a villain from projects he's worked in in the past.
He's the only actor I know of that knows exactly why people don't want to see him and continues to play into that specifically for some reason...
Gadot being pro genocide is a good reason not to support her
I had an internal laugh to myself in the Wonder Woman movie when the Amazons had an Israeli accent. I guess it was easier to train everyone else to mimic her accent than it was for her to not let it slip.
Which Rock movies aren't shite? I recall enjoying the Rundown, but that was also well before reaching the current saturation point
Moana
lol dude, I watched Baywatch, San Andreas, Rampage, SkyScraper, Jumanji and Central Intelligence from what I remember with my ex. I swear to God those movies get blurred in my mind due to his "samey" character/acting.
I think some of the movies you could argue that aren't shite of the Rock's are Rundown, Jumanji, Moana, and maybe some of the Fast and Furious movies. Although, I never really watched those (I've only see the first) but other people seem to enjoy them.
Mel Gibson.
I renamed my cat because of this guy. I don't really like to change animals names from what it was at the shelter in case they're used to it, and I have a cat named Mel, who I suspect was named for him because there was another nearby cat in the shelter he came from named "Gibson".
So I've renamed him after Mel Brooks.
Its common for shelters to name the pets themselves, as they don't always come with one. They might have just been going down common famous names with no real intent behind it. My cat was originally named Miami, and her brothers and sisters all had american city names too.
I just can’t believe he asked Winona Ryder if she was an “oven dodger.” Wtf
I’m sad that I like a film of him, 'We were soldiers'.
But I like the film because my dad took me to the cinema to see it, not because of the film itself.
Childhood’s trauma stuff and shits, that’s how it is and too bad it’s a Mel Gibson movie 🤷🏻♂️
I loved that film as it was a good film. Even Mel's baggage can't wreck it. Sam Elliott's character was brilliant especially.
This is the first one I agree with. Everybody else, they've had good ones, and they've had bad ones, but their name alone doesn't ruin anything for me.
I've heard there's some weird stuff around Leto, so that might be worth avoiding him, but I never really paid attention, and I don't think about that guy at all.
Boss Level looked interesting. When I found out he was in it...nope.
Absolutely. Take your bigoted self and go away Mel.
Jared Leto
Saw him in real life once... he yelled "shut your mouths" to his fans chanting for him to come outside. His whole appearance that day and how he treated those around him has forever made me dislike him.
Oh another Tron movie! Oh it’s Jared Leto…
My exact thoughts. Sigh.
NiN doing the soundtrack though. Tempting
I think he nailed the character in Bladerunner 2049, but maybe it suited him so it worked.
All credit goes to the director, as Denis gets top notch performances from every single person in his films.
It probably helped that he had a relatively minor role in it too. The face of his faction of characters in the film was Luv
Kevin Hart- doesn't act, plays himself but doesn't lean into that like Ryan Reynolds does. Will Smith- more of the above in recent years Jonah Hill- something inside me screams asshole every time I look at him Tom Cruise- he can take his propaganda elsewhere.
Jonah hill isn't a shitty person for not wanting to be referred to as the fat comedian. People only saw him in his personal life in shitty interviews and thats why people think hes an asshole.
Check out the Edgar wright interview, they were very aware of it even when superbad was just coming out. FYI that interview is a bit.
Hey now on SNL, bill Hader is awesome especially after Barry. And Phil Hartman
Ha! I was going to pipe up just to mention Bill Hader! He's apparently quite anxious about improv but he's also just so good.
Phil Hartman has honestly been gone for so long now I've forgotten him. But yeah, you are correct.
As for Bill Hader. He's the best of a bad bunch, and he's okay, but being one of the better SNL alums is a very very low bar to cross.
And I mean, yeah...I should definitely clarify that I'm not talking about classic SNL (Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, etc...) That generation made great films after their careers at SNL ended.
Kevin Hart
Ryan Reynolds (other than Deadpool)
Will Smith, after that slapping Chris Rock nonsense
Oh and (am Asian and tried to give her a chance but) Akwafina makes me cringe
Honorable mention: Adam Sandler makes me very wary. I get that he likes making movies with friends, but goddang his lows are low. Although recently I thought Uncut Gems was good
Seriously with Will Smith. How am I supposed to see him in some emotional role with depth when all I see is a fragile man who can't manage his own ego.
Agree with the Awkwafina sentiment, I think for me it's that she got famous for her music/comedy (not sure which had the most impact in her career) then slipped into acting like Kevin Hart and other comedians tend to do.
Not that it shouldn't be done, but I feel like she hasn't really proven herself on screen. Also, the Awkwafina moniker is a bit detrimental if being taken seriously on stage is her goal.
Uncut Gems was a damn masterpiece, pure stress and anxiety from start to finish. He deserved an Oscar nom for that at the least.
Awkwafina is good in the new black mirror.
I +1 that Will Smith sentiment.
I feel like a hypocrite somewhat, since I'm aware of other actors who did far worse things and yet I'm not as put off in a similar manner. I guess it's easier to separate the art from the artist in some people more than others...
He was great in action/comedy big blockbuster flicks but that Oscar slap made him super insecure and uncool. Like he lost his swag. Will Smith doesn’t sell that he’s That Guy anymore
Holy shit idk how I forgot to mention Kevin Hart!
Seth Rogan
Will Farrell's later stuff
Vince Vaughn
Rogan's ok in something that's written for him, otherwise he stick out like a seth rogan sized dogs bollock
Vince Vaughn was perfectly cast for Bad Monkey, IMO. He fit the role well, so he worked well for it.
He's solid (in my opinion) in Brawl in Cell Block 99 also, as one of his non-comedy roles.
Tom Cruise
This. I'm sure Mission Impossible series are entertaining action movies, but I really can't stand looking at his smug face.
Will Ferrell. He gives me the creeps and he isn't funny.
He plays an immature man-child in almost every single role. I didn't find it funny the first time and I haven't found it funny the 50th.
Shia LeBeouf, though he's mostly gone away at this point.
He's awesome in Fury, as everyone is in that movie
The Rock is definitely overused, but he f****** killed it in the Rundown with Sean William Scott. I love Sean Williams Scott
I’m surprised nobody’s said Ezra Miller yet.
Also Noah Centineo, Shailene Woodley, and - she seems like a sweet person but - Kristen Stewart.
Plus any Disney/Nickelodeon kids who never grew up past that phase; like Debby Ryan or Bella Thorne (though I don’t think she’s done much lately).
ETA: Lacey Chabert, as she’s exclusively in Hallmark-type slop now. It’s concerning.
Tom Hanks. I'm not sure why, as he seems like a perfectly nice person, and even a good actor. But I just find him incredibly irritating for some reason.
He needs to start subverting peoples expectations of him. Do a horror film and be the murderer or be a shitty corporate CEO or something.
I don't know the man but somehow Tom Hanks gives me the "very freaky but very good at hiding it" vibes. 🤷
Yes, exactly! There's a darkness there. Probably.
Jonah hill
Hugh Grant. I'm sure he's both a wonderful person and a great actor, but... he seems to have gotten typecast into a certain type of movie that I just cannot stand. He's become a litmus test for movies I should just not bother watching.
Try Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. I love Hugh in that movie and I’m not really a Hugh Grant guy either.
Yeah, I never really liked him before, but I'm down with his recent villain arc.
Amber Heard, Will Ferrell, Rodney Dangerfield, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Poor guy can't get no respect
Maybe he could have tried being funny.
I don’t switch anything off faster than when Danny McBride shows up
Two things I can stand him in: tropic thunder and this is the end.
This is the end just isn't a very good movie IMO. Tropic thunder is fantastic though.
For me, it was American Ultra. Couldn’t get past the first 10 minutes.
I used to think he was just a crass asshole but after watching and then loving Righteous Gemstones, he grew on me. Gemstones is such a crazy, hilarious, and satisfying show and the fact that he created/showran it changed my mind about him
Eastbound and down is pretty wild too. His sense of humor is always one step ahead of me for some reason and it works.
Henry Cavill. I've got nothing against him, I just can't stand his face.
I CANT STAND THAT I DONT GET TO TOUCH HIS FACE
I have that face thing with Patrick Swayze and Meryl Streep. And the girl from Dirty Dancing. I am working on getting over Jennifer Lawrence's face. All these people are surely somewhat good actors but there is something about their faces that I cannot stand and it makes it impossible for me to focus on the plot. I just made it through Silver Linings Playbook today, finally, it was hard but I am glad I managed, Lawrence did a good job and I forgot about her face for almost 30% of the time. One day I will manage to watch more than 15 minutes of Dirty Dancing.
Fuck cavill wolverine i want devito
Jenna Ortega. For awhile I only saw her name in poor bastardizations of my favourite childhood media and it has soured me on her work entirely.