10 Celebs Who Are On The Hollywood Blacklist (And 5 Who Could Be Next)

4. Winning An Oscar Didn’t Do Mo’nique Any Favors

Mo’nique claims that she was “blackballed” from Hollywood because they felt that her demands while filming Precious were out of line. The actress, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in the flick, said that she received a phone call from Academy Award-winning director Lee Daniels not long after the film’s release. “I got a phone call from Lee Daniels maybe six or seven months ago. And he said to me, ‘Mo’Nique, you’ve been blackballed.’ And I said, ‘I’ve been blackballed? Why have I been blackballed?’ And he said, “Because you didn’t play the game.’ And I said, ‘Well, what game is that?’ And he gave me no response,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. As a result, she’s only managed to pick up three movies over the last eight years.

5. Jim Caviezel’s Offers Dried Up After The Passion Of The Christ

Before Jim Caviezel took on the role of Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ he was a rising star, winning over the critics with calculated performances in movies like The Thin Red Line and The Count of Monte Cristo. And even though The Passion of the Christ was largely successful, it was controversial and he feels that this role caused him to be shunned by Hollywood. He says that Mel Gibson even warned him that it might happen. “The next day, he said, ‘I want you to be aware of what you are going to go through. You may never work again.’ Caviezel then responded to Gibson saying, ‘Mel, this is what I believe. We all have a cross to carry. I have to carry my own cross. If we don’t carry our crosses, we are going to be crushed under the weight of it. So let’s go and do it.'”​

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