EW’s 25 Most Shameless Paycheck-Grabbing Roles in History
Entertainment Weekly #917 has more than a little fun in citing some pretty bad roles chosen by otherwise top notch talent. Most of them are genre films. Hmmm…are genre films big-money lanterns to money-seeking moths? Anyway, here’s the list. See the issue for the humorous writeups of each.
The 25 Most Shameless Paycheck-Grabbing Roles in History
- Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again
- Jason Alexander in Dunstan Checks In
- Bill Murray in Garfield
- Marlon Brando in Superman
- Matt Dillon in Herbie: Fully Loaded
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. in Chill Factor
- Elizabeth Taylor in The Flintstones
- Ben Affleck in Paycheck
- Buster Keaton in Beach Blanket Bingo
- Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich in Eragon
- Christopher Walken in Kangaroo Jack
- Richard Pryor in Superman III
- Faye Dunaway in Supergirl
- William Hurt in Lost in Space
- Laurence Olivier in Clash of the Titans
- Demi Moore in Striptease
- Michael Caine in Jaws: The Revenge
- Judi Dench in The Chronicles of Riddick
- Orson Welles in Transformers: The Movie
- Peter O’Toole in Club Paradise
- Dennis Hopper in Super Mario Bros.
- Tony Curtis in The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
- Sir Ben Kingsley in BloodRayne
- Richard Burton in Exorcist II: The Heretic
- Robert DeNiro in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
I might add to this list Jeremy Irons in The Time Machine remake. Can you think of others?
Jeremy Irons in Dungeons and Dragons.
How about Jeremy Irons in Dungeons and Dragons?
Damn. Read then post.
Wave off! Wave off! Richard Burton was in Exorcist II: The Heretic, not Exorcist III. Exorcist III should be better known as “William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist III” because he actually wrote and directed that screenplay. Exorcist III is a fantastic film and much maligned because II was such a wretched film. Please don’t perpetuate the mistaken association and do yourself a favor and see Exorcist III.
Hat trick for Jeremy Irons!
Thanks, Dean. I’ve corrected the typo.