"Never work with children or animals," a wise actor once said. The reason is simple. Once you've dipped your toe into the murky waters of the kid movie ghetto, you may never be able to escape. Getting a reputation as the kind of thespian who will caper for cheap amusement for an audience of little idiots, who don't know comedy from Backyardigans, is the kiss of death. In this feature, we'll spotlight eleven actors who killed their own career in the kid movie ghetto.
Actors Stuck In The Kid Movie Ghetto
Family movies have a place in the Hollywood ecosystem, true, but they're not good for actors. It's way too easy to find yourself in the kid movie ghetto with no means of escape. Here are eleven actors and actresses who are trapped forever making fart jokes for pre-tweens.
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By K. Thor Jensen March 5, 2012 |
Credit: AP
John Cleese |
One of the minds behind the most influential English comedy troupe of all time has slid down the slope of total irrelevance into the kid movie ghetto in recent years. The last adult movie John Cleese made was 2008's The Day The Earth Stood Still. Everything else has been Shrek and Happy Feet and George of the Jungle and more. Literally, if somebody's making a cartoon and they need a British dude, John Cleese gets the call. All those silly walks wasted, my friends.
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