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15 Times Actors And Actresses Giving Up Significant Roles And The Reasons Behind
Dan Stevens felt compelled to quit Downton Abbey because he had “creative itches left unscratched.”
1. Dan Stevens left Downton Abbey because he was tired of playing Matthew Crawley in period dramas and afraid that staying on the mega-popular program would prevent him from working on other projects.
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Dan shared with The Guardian in 2022 about his audition in 2009, “I’d done my fair share of period drama by that point. I considered not going up for it or not doing it when I got it. I felt I’d already done them.” Eventually, he took up the position, having no idea that the show would grow into an all-consuming phenomenon.
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After having spent 3 years with the project, he felt that he needed to quit right then. Dan clarified, “There were definitely creative itches left unscratched, genres I hadn’t worked in. Three years were up. That’s what we’d initially signed up for and the appetite to explore further was too great.”
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Matthew died in a car accident, which was made all the more heartbreaking because his family had recently welcomed their first kid. When asked about the public reaction to his character passing away, Stevens stated, “Some admire it, others think I was mad: that the part was the greatest thing that could ever happen to me.”
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But he decided that eliminating typecasting was worth the risk. Stevens continued, “But the question is what would satisfy you? A bit more money and the same thing for another decade, or the great unknown. The Wild West. An open playing field of potential.” He chose the Wild West and has since played a Russian pop artist in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, a mutant with godlike abilities in Legion, and a robot in I’m Your Man, together with other non-period parts.
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2. Andrew Lincoln told Entertainment Weekly Radio that he quit his Rick Grimes role in The Walking Dead since it became increasingly struggling for him to balance between spending a large amount of time filming in Georgia while his wife and kids remained in England, particularly when the kids grew older.
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Andrew shared, “I have two young children and I live in a different country and they become less portable as they get older. It was that simple. It was time for me to come home.”
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When asked about his last episodes as Rick, Lincoln stated, “Completing the show was like releasing air, finally.”
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3. Hanging up her bow and arrow, Crystal Reed left her part as Allison Argent in Teen Wolf, owing to the age gap between her and her adolescent counterpart.
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Reed spoke with Entertainment Weekly about her decision, after the death of Allison in the final episodes of the 3rd season of the series, “I love the art. And I felt like, creatively, there were things I wanted to do differently, and I wanted to explore other avenues of film and TV. I wanted to jump into different characters. You know, I’m 29. So I think the age difference was something I wanted to change as well because she’s 17.”
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During the first days of shooting Season 3, Reed notified showrunner Jeff Davis of her choice, and said that although the conversation sounded “nerve-racking,” Davis is “such a great guy and person.” Reed continued, “It’s not always that people will always let you leave the show. So I’m really, really grateful for that.”
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4. Seth Green bid farewell to his part as the monosyllabic werewolf Oz at the time the promised character growth on Buffy the Vampire Slayer didn’t materialize, making it increasingly difficult for him to turn down other opportunities.
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Green shared in an interview with the A.V. Club, “I felt like the character’s potential vs. what we actually were doing were in drastic opposition. And I was getting other opportunities so I asked to be let out, because I spent an entire season as a regular on the show, not doing or saying anything. They’d bound me to a series-regular contract yet the character didn’t really necessitate being in every episode and every scene, so I found myself forced into scenes contractually that I really had no place or role in.”
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He added, “So I’d spend 5 days a week, 12 to 14 hours a day, to be in a scene with 9 other people, and hopefully get to say, ‘I think Buffy’s right!’ I was like, ‘This isn’t what we talked about.'” When he asked for six episodes off to shoot a film, he and the creative team concluded that the gap would “cause too much turmoil,” so Oz was “gracefully” deleted from the show.
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5. Ross Butler quit Riverdale, where he portrayed Reggie Mantle, in order to devote his full attention to his role as Zach Dempsey in 13 Reason Why.
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Butler said to Vulture that before the renewal of 13 Reasons Why, he needed to “make the decision of whether I wanted to focus on one character or split two characters and have a smaller role on both shows.”
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Butler clarified, “I connected with Zach on a much more real level where I didn’t have to create so much of a character for him. Reggie’s more outspoken, like that jock archetype. Zach is too but Zach has more colors, at least from what I saw.”
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When Reggie was recast, he was left in a “strange floating area” because he committed to 13 Reasons Why before Season 2 was announced, but the renewal came through in the end. Butler later returned to Riverdale for “The Jughead Paradox,” the show’s 100th episode.
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6. Furthermore, Skeet Ulrich also made the decision to quit Riverdale since he believed his character’s artistic value was dwindling.
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Ulrich expressed his desire to leave the role of Jughead’s father FP in a 2020 Instagram Live as he “got bored creatively.” He continued, “How’s that? That’s the most honest answer.”
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7. Regé-Jean Page’s choice to leave Bridgerton and his star-making role as the Duke of Hastings surprised many, but Page’s answer was simple: he auditioned for a season, so he remained for a season.
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When Page was contacted about portraying the Duke, he told Variety that the fact that the show was marketed almost like a “limited series” persuaded him. He added, “It’s a one-season arc. It’s going to have a beginning, middle, end — give us a year. … I get to come in, I get to contribute my bit, and then the Bridgerton family rolls on.”
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Page continued, “One of the things that is different about this genre is that the audience knows the arc completes. They come in knowing that so you can tie people in emotional knots, because they have that reassurance that we’re going to come out and we’re going to have the marriage and the baby.”
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8. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness required Xochitl Gomez to leave The Baby-Sitters Club in order to play America Chavez.
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Gomez, who portrayed Dawn on the hit Netflix drama, opened up to Entertainment Tonight about playing America. She shared, “I can’t even explain how honored I am that I was able to receive such a role and that it was even out there. That, not only a Latina but just a girl, a young girl, a superhero, and it means so much. I’m just so happy I get to be the one who plays that character. I hope that a lot of people look up to America and me, hopefully.”
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Gomez was “really sad” to leave The Baby-Sitters Club, but explained that “because of COVID, I couldn’t be at one place and then another and then have to just switch all the time.” She went on to say that she and the actor who played Dawn 2.0, Kyndra Sanchez, “just clicked” when they met.
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9. Jon Stewart shared in a 2015 interview with The Guardian that he left his legendary position behind the desk at The Daily Show because it wasn’t as enjoyable as it used to be.
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After 16 years of hosting, Stewart revealed, “It’s not like I thought the show wasn’t working anymore or that I didn’t know how to do it. It was more, ‘Yup, it’s working. But I’m not getting the same satisfaction.’ These things are cyclical. You have moments of dissatisfaction and then you come out of it and it’s OK. But the cycles become longer and maybe more entrenched, and that’s when you realize, ‘OK, I’m on the back side of it now.'”
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Stewart had certain reservations about the show’s usefulness in the present American political context, in addition to his own creative objectives. He stated, “Honestly, it was a combination of the limitations of my brain and a format that is geared toward following an increasingly redundant process, which is our political process. I was just thinking, Are there other ways to skin this cat?” Another aspect of his decision, he explained, was being able to visit his children more frequently.
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He said that his successor Trevor Noah was “incredibly thoughtful, considerate, and funny.”
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10. Maia Mitchell stated on Instagram in March 2022 that she would be quitting Good Trouble, the successor series to The Fosters, due to homesickness for her homeland of Australia. She appeared in 156 episodes on both shows as Callie Foster (and found “a chosen family for life” along the way).
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Mitchell wrote, “While I have been so beyond fortunate to have this career and a job that I love, with not an iota of regret, for quite some time I have suppressed an undeniable gravitational pull to return home to Australia to be closer to my nearest and dearest.”
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She continued, “The past two years have been trying, for everyone. I fully recognize the privilege of being able to work and make our show during a global pandemic but it also meant being separated from my loved ones when we needed each other the most. Thus came the need to create the space to split my time between both countries. So with that, it is time to start a new chapter and bid farewell to Good Trouble.”
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11. Emily VanCamp, who portrayed Nic Nevin on The Resident, made the decision to leave the show for the same reason Mitchell did: she wanted to be closer to her family.
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VanCamp shared in an interview with Deadline, “I loved doing The Resident so much for the four years I was on it. Oftentimes, you hear about someone exiting a show because something bad had happened or there was some bad blood. But in this case, it’s the exact opposite. There’s nothing but love and respect between all of us and this decision was not an easy one for anybody but it was the right one for me, personally.”
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She added, “I think there comes a moment in every woman’s life — in every person’s life — when it becomes less about work and more about family. And that’s what happened while I was making the show. Doing that many episodes in a different city, and then you add COVID to that, most of us couldn’t see our families for almost a year. It really solidified for me that family is where my heart is at the moment.”
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12. Peter Capaldi explained his decision to leave Doctor Who during an interview on The Graham Norton Show, saying that the British pop cultural institution, while a “great job,” is a “bit of a television factory.”
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Capaldi clarified, “You do 12 episodes a year and I just worry that I wouldn’t be able to continue doing my best work. Because, you know, I like to be able to learn my lines and do some preparation and come in and give it the vigor and fun… So I just thought, You know, while you’re enjoying it, leave.”
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13. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Sandra Oh shared that she quit Grey’s Anatomy after Season 10 because she anticipated that her character Cristina Yang “want[ed] to be let go.”
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Oh revealed, “Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all and I feel ready to let her go. It’s such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to be let go as well.” Oh said that a few decades from now, “when I’m lounging around in my muumuu with a martini,” she’ll be able to rewatch Grey’s Anatomy and “enjoy myself thoroughly and enjoy seeing all those moments and being able to see it with a new perspective.”
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Following her final day on set, Oh told the Hollywood Reporter that she gave out 250 gifts to everyone on site, consisting of “my stand-in, the grips, post, production, the writers.” She continued, “That is why I think the day was joyous. With each person, I was able to have a personal moment and tell them what I thought about them.”
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The gift, she said, “was this beautiful champagne in a box and on it is an anatomical heart and a ’10.’ It’s was like, ‘Here’s my heart in a box for a celebration. Please take it. This is my gift of thanks.'”
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Oh received a gift of her own as well: her first and last call sheets, dated 2004 and 2014, respectively.
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14. Mandy Patinkin left his main role on Criminal Minds as FBI behavioral analyst Jason Gideon due to his concerns about the show’s violent subject matter.
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Patinkin shared in an interview with New York Magazine in 2012, “The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do Criminal Minds in the first place. I thought it was something very different. I never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night, every day, week after week, year after year. It was very destructive to my soul and my personality. After that, I didn’t think I would get to work in television again.”
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Patinkin went on, “Audiences all over the world use this programming as their bedtime story. This isn’t what you need to be dreaming about.”
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15. In the end, gather your tissues, for it’s time to discuss that time, when Steve Burns, aka Blue’s Clues’ first host, returned in 2021 for an in-character video message to clarify where he’d gone after leaving the show.
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Burns stated in the video, which received 2 million likes after being shared on Nick Jr.’s Twitter, “You remember how when we were younger, we used to run around and hang out with Blue and find clues and talk to Mr. Salt and freak out about the mail and do all the fun stuff and then one day I was like, ‘Oh hey, guess what? Big news, I’m leaving. This is my brother Joe. He’s your new best friend,’ and then I got on a bus and I left? And we didn’t see each other for, like, a really long time? Can we just talk about that?”
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He continued, “Because I realize that was kind of abrupt. I just kinda got up and went to college. And that was really challenging by the way but great, because I got to use my mind and take a step at a time and now I literally am doing many of the things that I wanted to do. And then look at you and look at all you have done and all you have accomplished in all that time. And it’s just, it’s just so amazing, right?”
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Concluding the video, Burns noted that despite the passage of time and the truth that he and his initial audience are now dealing with “student loans and jobs and families,” he “never forgot” about them and is “super glad we’re still friends.” So that’s obscenely lovely.
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10 Famous People Who Choose to Live Quiet and Humble Lives When They Leave the Spotlights
When people achieve a certain degree of success, you almost expect them to change. With so much money and attention, it’s easy to fall into the pitfalls of arrogance and obnoxiousness. However, while there are lots of stuck-up celebs, there are also those who haven’t let fame go to their heads.
“Wealth and success don’t make you happy,” Leonardo DiCaprio once said. Perhaps as a result of this way of thinking, many people who work in the entertainment industry maintain a low-key lifestyle after their workday is done.
These people have succeeded in remaining grounded in an industry that tries to force them otherwise. They really understand what is truly important in life, whether it be giving money to charity, spending time with fans, or just being a good person. Millions of people from all over the world now love and appreciate them as a result. Here are 10 famous people who, when not in the spotlight, choose to lead quiet, modest lives.
#1 Angelina Jolie
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Angelina Jolie is a famous actress, yet she understands the importance of being modest. Her daughters are supposed to be careful with money and to wear her gowns on the red carpet. You can see her doing normal things like grocery shopping with her kids occasionally.
#2 Cameron Diaz
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Cameron Diaz is an excellent example of a celebrity who is also a normal citizen. Her Instagram feed is filled with daily activities that we all do – cooking, socializing, and shopping. Nothing extravagant, just normal happy life.
#3 Halle Berry
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Halle Berry is another celebrity who loves to live a simple life. She’s occasionally seen doing grocery shopping sans makeup and looking like an ordinary person.
Halle practices self-care and fitness to live a healthy lifestyle and inspire other women to do the same: “I got diagnosed with diabetes and I quickly learned that I could control my diabetes and live a longer, healthier life if I exercised regularly, changed my diet, and did some things in my life that are called de-stressors.”
#4 Justin Bieber
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Justin Bieber chose to prioritize his family life over his career. “I am now very focused on repairing some of the deep-rooted issues that I have as most of us have so that I don’t fall apart so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be,” he wrote in an Instagram post. He tries to keep his promise and spends a lot of time with Hailey.
#5 Kate Middleton
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Kate Middleton can fit as a royal role model for many young girls. Despite her high status, she lives a normal life. Kate will even buy a dress from Zara and wear it several times. She was also found flying in economy class. For example, she and her children were seen coming off a £73 economy flight to Scotland.
#6 Leonardo DiCaprio
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From 2010 to 2016, Leonardo DiCaprio was on Forbes’ annual list of highest-paid actors. He seems to be able to buy gold toilets and a new mansion every month. Instead, he opts for a normal life. For example, he was seen giving instructions to a lost tourist on a rainy day in Manhattan.
Furthermore, DiCaprio understands the needs of the poor and gives his money to the world. His foundation will donate $3 million to Australia’s bushfire recovery efforts in 2020.
#7 Mariah Carey
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Commuting by subway is something that all of us who have to go to work or school do daily. But singer Mariah Carey thought there was no reason for her not to participate as well. She also took the subway since she wanted to be a part of this experience. But, of course, she did it her way, always looking dazzling and dressed as if she were preparing to perform. Yes, she took the subway in a gala gown in New York City, and she even captured the moment with a humorous story that she then posted on Instagram.
#8 Reese Witherspoon
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Despite her amazingly successful career, the lead actress of Legally Blonde (2001) may easily demonstrate that she is a normal caring mother. She used to take her children, Ava and Deacon, to the park and babysit them while they played on the playground, just like any other non-celebrity mom. They’d then have a picnic and a couple of delicious slices of pizza.
#9 Shailene Woodley
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Shailene Woodley is a famous actress, environmentalist, and climate advocate. Her mother and she co-founded a non-profit organization that teaches young people empathy, compassion, and responsibility.
Woodley stays grounded and unspoiled. “I go outside whether I’m in the city or backwoods of any state. I connect with the ground, the trees, just breathing fresh air while I go for a walk and I find myself living in my heart instead of in my mind,” she says. Woodley prefers natural products and makeup and tries to live a natural life.
#10 Tobey Maguire
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Tobey’s only acting role since 2014 was in 2017’s Boss Baby. He gave up his celebrity to pursue a career as a producer. He simply disappeared from Hollywood after Spider-Man. He prefers a quiet life with friends while raising his two children.
Dumb characters never fail to tickle our ribs. From their words to their body gestures, the silliness comes and makes everybody laugh till they drop on the floor. Something about idiots is unexplainably charming. Even their breaths only can be super funny. Who will say no to a comedy about stupidity for laughter?
There are plenty of features in this genre. Even though viewers can be tickled easily by acting dumb and ridiculous punch lines, only those written and produced excellently can last and become cult classics. Their characters might look bold and brainless on the screen, but everything else about them is amazing.
Those are comedies about foolishness from clever moviemakers that will definitely entertain you to your heart’s content. Here they are.
#1. Three Idiots
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Two friends are searching for their long-lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them “idiots”.
#2. White Chicks
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Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson sisters from a kidnapping plot. The film received negative comments from critics but was a big commercial success.
#3. Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
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A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. Sound funny, right?
#4. Hangover trilogy
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Doug and his three best men go to Las Vegas to celebrate his bachelor party. However, the three best men wake up the next day with a hangover and realize that Doug is missing.
#5. Zoolander
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At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Can you guess what might come next?
#6. Dumb And Dumber
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After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
#7. Tropic Thunder
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Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie is forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
#8. Idiocracy
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Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he’s easily the most intelligent person alive.
#9. They Came Together
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Molly owns a quaint little sweet shop. Joel works for a gigantic candy company threatening to shut her down. How they meet, fall in love, break up and get back together is hilariously recounted in this rom-com spoof.
#10. Addams Family Values
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The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie. They are bizarre but fabulous.
#11. The Death Of Dick Long
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Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
#12. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status. Now, he is desperate.
#13. Borat
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Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.
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We all are familiar with the live-action adaptation or CGI remakes of many Disney cartoons. Some notable names are Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, and the list goes on. Many animated films have regained the heat after the live-action or CGI versions hit theaters. Some mediocre cartoons even have a chance to reach the top rank if the remakes are successful. Of course, besides Disney productions, cartoons from other studios are also considered to be put on the big screen, and here are 8 of them.
Scroll down to see if your favorite one has its name on the list!
#1 The Last Unicorn (1982)
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Topcraft’s animation is the journey of the last eternal unicorn to find other members of her kind. The team of the unicorn, a bumbling magician, and a bandit’s wife sets off on a fascinating adventure and faces many dangers. On the way, the legendary creature learns many precious lessons about love and regret.
A weak point in the original version is the stiff and awkward character designs. However, it lays a strong foundation for a CGI mixed live-action remake.
#2 The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
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Will Vinton introduced the enthralling works of the father of American literature to children through this stop-motion animation. The audience would follow Tom Sawyer and his friend to discover Mark Twain’s airship. They explored the place while watching and listening to Twain’s stories before they realized the ship was heading into Halley’s Comet.
As stop-motion has many limits, the film’s CGI remake seems to promise a much better version. The lively animation associated with the famous writer’s absorbing stories will make it a top-notch movie.
#3 Perfect Blue (1997)
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Perfect Blue revolved around Mima Kirigoe, a J-pop idol-turned-actor. Mima intends to stick to her acting career, but a menace of a mysterious stalker and a series of peculiar murders around her mess up her plan.
This adult animated film could become a fascinating psychological thriller with an ideal cast as Mima and the right level of visual effects.
#4 We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
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With the time machine, a scientist decides to gift the children of the 20th century in New York City with sentimental dinosaurs brought from their natural habitats.
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story could be turned into a lovely live-action CGI hybrid film. Cinematic dinosaurs can’t be more real, and this lighthearted script will make dinosaurs’ images much better, at least compared to Jurassic Park. After all, people should be reminded that dinosaurs are more than monsters.
#5 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
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Little Nemo is upset since his parents are too busy to take him to the circus. That night, he meets members of the circus in his dream, and they introduce him to King Morpheus, ruler of Slumberland. When Nemo sees the king, he was offered an opportunity to rule the kingdom and protect it from the Nightmare King.
A dreamland like Slumberland is a perfect place for creativity, and innovative animators know how to make the best use of it. Looking at similar movies like Inside Out and Soul will make you certain about the success of this film’s CGI remake.
#6 Animal Farm (1954)
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The animated movie Animal Farm was adapted from George Orwell’s famous novel of the same name. The story is about an animal farm that represents the rise of the Soviet Union. Under the Old Major the boar’s leadership, the animals of Manor Farm chase away the farmer to gain independence. However, the utopia turns out a nightmare for the animals under the dominance of Major’s successors.
Andy Serkis is the director of the latest animated adaptation of the story. His talent combined with the assistance of CGI technology will likely guarantee a first-rate adaptation movie.
#7 Wizards (1977)
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Written by Ralph Bakshi, the movie feature the fight between two wizard brothers over the governance of a post-apocalyptic Earth. The malicious brother, Blackwolf, uses a projector with Nazi propaganda to provoke his troop. To stop his evil plan, Avatar, his brother, with some weird companions decide to confront him.
The action flick doesn’t leave much impression on the viewers due to its old-fashioned and cheap-looking animation. The battle could be more exciting and absorbing with more detailed character designs in the CGI remake.
#8 Cats Don’t Dance (1997)
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The young cat Danny is ambitious about becoming a renowned Hollywood actor. However, he gradually realized that animal actors only play cameo roles while humans take charge of all the main parts. Instead of giving up, he and his fellow actors are determined to prove their capability and get what they deserve.
Though the animation Cats Don’t Dance failed hard, the meaningful premise should be brought back to the screen. Having been successful with Space Jam: A New Legacy, Warner Brothers can definitely handle a new version with CGI models of Cats Don’t Dance.
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There’s no denying that movies are more costly than ever. It’s not rare for a production company to invest hundreds of millions ( even billions) in filmmaking. As long as you have the right actor, director, or intellectual property, you may be able to recoup your huge investment. But what about ambitious directors who can’t afford to make a film about your favorite superhero or cast any big-name actors? The independent market is for directors with a limited budget. Low investment, low return.
However, there are certain exceptions: when a low-budget film outperforms expectations. This unusual event can launch unknown actors to stardom and first-time directors to legends. You may be familiar with some breakout independent films, but you’d be shocked how many of your favorite films had a far lower budget than you expected.
To clarify, this list isn’t rated only by the lowest budget, but rather by how successful the films were given the budget they had to deal with. So, without further ado, here are 12 low-budget films that went on to become box office hits.
#1 A Nightmare on Elm Street
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- Budget: $1,800,000
- Box Office: $57,000,000
Before New Line Cinema agreed to produce the story of Freddy Krueger, which was rejected by many businesses. However, the studio had financial difficulties throughout filming. The cast and crew worked for two weeks without pay. The company was successful in attracting investors and achieving its first commercial success.
#2 Blue Valentine
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- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box Office: $16,600,000
Many years passed between the time the script was written and the film’s release. The director wanted to shoot the characters at different ages, but due to financial limitations, this was not possible. He also waived his fees to help finance the film. But it all paid off when the film became a smashing blockbuster.
#3 Boyhood
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- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box Office: $57,300,000
It took 12 years to complete this film. The director updated the script every year, and the actors based their characters on real-life examples. The crew met 1-2 times every year for 3-4 days of filming. Despite the risks, the producers supported the extended production, which resulted in some extremely cool effects.
#4 Dirty Dancing
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- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box Office: $214,600,000
It took a lot of effort to make this film. Companies turned down the script one by one, the budget was twice as low as average, and the film’s main actors all had conflicts. Even after the film was completed, no one liked it. Despite this, it became a film classic, grossing more than $200 million.
#5 Insidious
Source: © Insidious / Blumhouse Productions
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box Office: $99,500,000
The creators of the Saw film franchise made this film. Again, a minimal budget did not prevent the crew from making a picture in three weeks and recouping expenses up to 66 times over, since the film grossed almost $100 million.
#6 Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Source: © Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels / Sony Pictures Releasing
- Budget: $1,350,000
- Box Office: $28,100,000
This was Guy Ritchie’s debut full-length film, and it pushed him to global fame. The world also met Jason Statham and Vinnie Jones, who made their film debuts. Despite its low budget, the film received numerous honors and won the hearts of audiences.
#7 Moonlight
Source: © Moonlight / A24
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box Office: $65,300,000
According to several sources, the film’s budget was $4 million. However, the director says that it was closer to 1.5 million. The shoot lasted 25 days, and none of the three actors who played the main character, Chiron, interacted with any other on set.
#8 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Source: © One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest / United Artists
- Budget: $4,400,000
- Box Office: $163,250,000
Producers were skeptical about this sensational film’s theme. They declined to produce the film. Kirk Douglas, who owned the story’s rights, eventually sold them to his son, Michael. He was then able to find a producer and fund the production himself.
#9 Pulp Fiction
Source: © Pulp Fiction / Miramax Films
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box Office: $213,900,000
At first, the film’s budget was significantly smaller. However, the participation of Bruce Willis in the cast helped drive the budget to $8 million. However, $5 million went to actor fees, leaving only $3 million for filming.
#10 Rocky
Source: © Rocky / United Artists
- Budget: $960,000
- Box Office: $225,000,000
Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for the film in only 3.5 days. Due to a lack of funds for filming, the actor’s family members played minor roles. His sibling sang while his father rang the bell in the ring.
#11 Saw
Source: © Saw / Lions Gate Films
- Budget: $1,200,000
- Box Office: $103,096,345
Nobody could predict the amazing Saw franchise to be so successful. The majority of the actors were unknown, and the film was classified as independent. The bathroom was the only set built for the film, which was shot in only 18 days.
#12 The Terminator
Source: © The Terminator / Orion Pictures
- Budget: $6,400,000
- Box Office: $78,300,000
Director James Cameron got the inspiration for the Terminator character from a dream he had while sick. When the script was written, financing was limited. And Cameron was forced to sell it for $1 on the condition that he become the director. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger did not believe in the film’s success, and happily, he was wrong.
An excellent poster can draw many more audiences to the theater, the live show, or any event displayed on it. A handful of fans reveal that sometimes, they are not interested in a movie but are amused and hypnotized by its poster, so they go to the cinema to watch it and fall for it forever. Posters can be considered the first faces of features and pull attention effectively.
Designing a movie poster is never a piece of cake. Poster designers don’t always have ideas to create and improvise. Hence, an internet designer and illustrator, Doaly, offers other options for those fans who don’t like their favorite flicks’ posters. His incredible skill and magical digital drawing technique are inarguably mesmerizing.
We have picked thirty re-designed movie posters from Disney cartoons to thrillers shared on Doaly’s Instagram account. Don’t miss them if you are so into art!
#1. A Spider-Verse for your feed
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#2. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2
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#3. Smile
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#4. Ant-Man
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#5. Black Panther
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#6. Deadpool
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#7. Prey
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#8. Dare Devil
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#9. Thor
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#10. Dr. Strange
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#11. Batman
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#12. Doom Patrol
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#13. Sonic The Hedgehog
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#14. Loki
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#15. Shang Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
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#16. Lord Of The Rings trilogy
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#17. Frozen
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#18. Jaws
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#19. Jurassic Park
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#20. Onward
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#21. Star Wars: Rise Of The Skywalker
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#22. Bruce Lee
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#23. Toy Story
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#24. Mary Poppins Returns
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#25. Dumbo
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#26. Cuphead
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#27. Dug Days
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#28. Top Gun Maverick
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#29. Follow
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#30. Significant Other
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