What happened to......??

[rocker_oz33]

Craig David just walked away.

 

[vast]

Billy Zane remember him from The Phantom Movie and Titanic cant remember what else he was in though

 

[Registered User]

yeah, Billy Zane is nowhere near as visible as he was in the '80s and '90s, however, he's been very prolific, but mostly doing low-budget or indy films (and a few box office stinkers)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Zane#Film

 

[Registered User]

Ha. I never knew that Zane was in Back To The Future

 

[Registered User]

Ha. There are a few sites discussing what the hell happened to Billy Zane

http://lebeauleblog.com/2014/06/28/what-the-hell-happened-to-billy-zane/
"He gained popularity on one of the quirkiest TV shows of the 90s, and he played the least-loved character in what was at the time the highest-grossing movie ever. His list of credits include several popular films, but when the handsome actor tried to transition into leading man roles, something didn’t click. Zane has worked steadily since 1985, but somehow he never became a household name. So, what the hell happened?

Well, for starters, Zane was never really a star. In the early 90’s, everyone expected him to hit it big, but it just never happened. Zane’s career consisted largely of independent movies the average movie goer had never heard of. And when a movie he made did cross over to main stream audiences, he was usually playing a scumbag. Having a major role in the biggest movie of all time can take your career to the next level or it can make an entire generation of teenage girls hate you.

As Zane pointed out, his financial situation with his large alimony payments forced him to work steadily. He wasn’t in a position to be picky about what direction his career took. Sure, committing to a crappy horror movie pays the bills, but it also means you aren’t available if a better offer comes along. Zane was jumping from one project to the next, which rarely leads to good career choices.

When Titanic was rereleased in 3-D, Zane was asked if he was frustrated with the state of his career. He admitted that his career wasn’t where he wanted it to be, but claimed to be happy all the same:
“It’s an interesting thing. ‘Always the bridesmaid,’ as they say for the ladies. It’s always nice to be on the verge. If Titanic 3-D is a unique or curious reminder of that body of work, then wonderful. I’m someone who believes in pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps. It’s been interesting for me, and at times difficult. But I’ve never been in a better space.”

 

[lewigie]

Probably already mentioned, but gene Hackman? Has he officially retired from acting or something?

 

[Registered User]

Ha. There's a theory that Zane's popularity was hurt because millions of young girls, who watched Titanic over and over, grew up hating him coz he played the villain

 

[JUBJUB]

Probably already mentioned, but gene Hackman? Has he officially retired from acting or something?

Looks like he retired.Nothing since 2004.

 

[Registered User]

Yeah, I didn't know that about Hackman:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman

Retirement from acting
On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, in which Hackman announced that he had no future film projects lined up and believed his acting career was over. In 2008, while promoting his third novel, Hackman confirmed that he had retired from acting.[18] When asked during a GQ interview in 2011 if he would ever come out of retirement to do one more film, Hackman said he might consider it "...if I could do it in my own house, maybe, without them disturbing anything and just one or two people".

 

[vast]

Billy Zane challenging Dean Cain for being in the most unknown movies in the last 3 years

And how could I forget Dead Calm.

 

[vast]

I found it interesting going through his career, so thanks for bringing him up

Haha dont even know how I thought of him.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Yeah, I didn't know that about Hackman:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman

Retirement from acting
On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, in which Hackman announced that he had no future film projects lined up and believed his acting career was over. In 2008, while promoting his third novel, Hackman confirmed that he had retired from acting.[18] When asked during a GQ interview in 2011 if he would ever come out of retirement to do one more film, Hackman said he might consider it "...if I could do it in my own house, maybe, without them disturbing anything and just one or two people".

Christ Hackman was a campaigner.

Great actor, but a proper campaigner.

 

[RolandF1]

I'm going to say most of the LOTR cast. Apart from Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen, I haven't seen many others in recent films or anything. Elijah wood? He's gone missing, I know Sean Austin was a big hit growing up but has disappeared recently. The actor of Mary was in a few movies and TV shows. Vigo Mortensen has also fallen away, after the LOTR I saw him in 1 film which was Hidalgo.

Sean Astin wrote a bizzare autobiography and would have burned a lot of bridges with it. Voices one of the Ninja Turles in the latest TV series.

Viggo Mortensen hasn't fallen away. He seems like the type of guy who doesn't feel the urge to release two films a year and cherrypicks his roles. Was great in The Road.

Karl Urban has done a lot of stuff, including Dredd and Star Trek.

John Rhys-Davies has always had a career full of b-grade films.

 

[Registered User]

Ed Furlong.
He was Terminator 2, American History X, Detroit Rock City and a few other films, but had big drug and booze problems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Furlong

 

[JUBJUB]

Joe Penny

Saw him in an old ep [2002] of Boomtown a couple of weeks ago and thought that's someone you don't see on TV or movies anymore.He was in 2 or 3 eps of Cold Case maybe 5-6 years ago.
He's best remembered from the 80's shows Riptide and Jake and The Fatman.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Sean Astin wrote a bizzare autobiography and would have burned a lot of bridges with it. Voices one of the Ninja Turles in the latest TV series.

Viggo Mortensen hasn't fallen away. He seems like the type of guy who doesn't feel the urge to release two films a year and cherrypicks his roles. Was great in The Road.

Karl Urban has done a lot of stuff, including Dredd and Star Trek.

John Rhys-Davies has always had a career full of b-grade films.

Even watching the appendicies you could just tell Astin was a real weird unit.

 

[RolandF1]

Even watching the appendicies you could just tell Astin was a real weird unit.

He's a very insecure individual with his head in the clouds. He got paid $250,000 US for the whole trilogy and bitched about how little money that was.

 

[ManWithNoName]

He's a very insecure individual with his head in the clouds. He got paid $250,000 US for the whole trilogy and bitched about how little money that was.

The interviews on the Appendicies he's talking about having to look after Elijah like Sam looked after Frodo, kept interrogating helicopter pilots about if they were safe and knew what they were doing and the like.

Real weird unit.

 

[KillaKanga]

You guys should be checking www.imdb.com

Even those crappy straight to TV movies will be on their filmography.

 

[Chris_6678]

In this thread we ask the question, what happened it *insert Celebrity*??

What happened to Craig David?? He was huge in the 90s and was going head to head with Usher! They were both equally good but Usher is still recognized these days but no one talks about Craig David!

haha Xanman

 

[jasonwilde]

Ed Norton & Michael Keaton have done f all for a few years.





(Nek Minnut they're coming at you like ironical cynicism in a Silent Alarm post)

 

[Registered User]

Jeanne Tripplehorn had a decent purple patch in the '90s, being in a handful of successful and big budget movies -- Basic Instinct, The Firm, Waterworld, Sliding Doors and Mickey Blues Eyes (a relative flop) -- but her film career really nose-dived after 1999.

 

[KillaKanga]

Jeanne Tripplehorn had a decent purple patch in the '90s, being in a handful of successful and big budget movies -- Basic Instinct, The Firm, Waterworld, Sliding Doors and Mickey Blues Eyes (a relative flop) -- but her film career really nose-dived after 1999.

She was good in the excellent 'Big Love' tv series but other than that you'll have to be watching tv at midday to see her.

 

[floodbuster]

Jeanne Tripplehorn had a decent purple patch in the '90s, being in a handful of successful and big budget movies -- Basic Instinct, The Firm, Waterworld, Sliding Doors and Mickey Blues Eyes (a relative flop) -- but her film career really nose-dived after 1999.

Replaced by a younger model.

 

[JUBJUB]

Jeanne Tripplehorn had a decent purple patch in the '90s, being in a handful of successful and big budget movies -- Basic Instinct, The Firm, Waterworld, Sliding Doors and Mickey Blues Eyes (a relative flop) -- but her film career really nose-dived after 1999.

She was in Criminal Minds for the last 2-3 years.She's now left and been replaced by Jennifer Love Hewitt.