15 Actors Who Can’t Find Work (And Why Hollywood Isn’t Hiring Them)

3. Sarah Michelle Gellar Was Pigeonholed After Buffy

When was the last time Sarah Michelle Gellar (now Sarah Michelle Prinze) appeared in a movie? Try almost nine years ago!

Sarah found herself pigeonholed after the success of Buffy the Vampire Slayer so when she made her transition to the big screen she was relegated to horror movie flicks. While some of her films were moderately successful like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, and Cruel Intentions, after that her movies just seem to flop and even her attempt to return to TV with shows like Ringer and The Crazy Ones failed. But it hasn’t been all bad for her – she’s launched her own cooking and lifestyle brand, got regular voice acting gigs, and is still happily married to Freddie Prinze Jr.

2. John Cusack Is Now The Direct-To-Video King

Out of the 15 films that John Cusack has appeared in during the past four years, 8 of them were direct-to-video, which should tell you everything you need to know about his flailing career.

John became famous for his roles in various 80s comedies which included films like Sixteen Candles and Better Off Dead. He was still getting good work in the nineties and enjoyed success with movies like Grosse Pointe Blank, Con Air, Serendipity, Pushing Tin, Being John Malkovich, and High Fidelity but after the year 2000 audiences started to grow bored with him and although he’s still getting work, it’s nothing like the leading roles he once enjoyed. It seems these days he’s decided to go for low-budget films, so don’t expect to see him on the red carpet anytime soon.

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