Yesterday there was an article on FilmTotaal about five actors who arehardly seen in Hollywood anymore, despite the fact that they were big stars inthe early 2000s. If you missed this list, you can still view it here. Below isthe second half.
Mary Bello Bello had her big break with the musical Coyote Ugly. From then on she hadthe roles for the taking and knew how to throw high eyes with The Cooler, AHistory of Violence and even tried out the blockbuster genre once with TheMummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
From 2010, however, it became less… Bello was offered few roles and went forsmaller roles in forgettable television series. Fortunately, there were alsosome gems in between, such as Prisoners. Bello also contributed to thescript of the highly acclaimed The Woman King. So we might see her less, butshe doesn’t sit still.
Renee Zellweger Zellweger broke through in the late 1990s with Jerry Maguire. From thatmoment on, just about everyone wanted to work with her. She stayed in thespotlight thanks to the Bridgette Jones movies as well Chicago and ColdMountain. She even won an Oscar for the latter.
Around 2010, however, it became eerily quiet. Zellweger was not even seen atall for six years. However, she made a big comeback. She returned as BridgetJones and even won her second Oscar in 2019 thanks to her star role in Judy.Now, however, she seems to have ‘disappeared’ again.
Catherine Zeta Jones Not only one of the best actresses of the 2000s, but also one of the mostbeautiful women on the planet at the time. Jones broke through The Mask ofZorro and was requested by just about every major director; Steven Soderberg,Steven Spielberg and the Coen brothers, just to name a few. In the late 2000s,she even won a Tony for her role in A Little Night Music.
Just like her Chicago colleague Zellweger suddenly got Zeta-Jones less to doand she was also not seen for a very long time. Yet she recently managed toget a major role again, namely in the series Wednesday on Netflix.
Aaron Eckhart Eckhart rose to fame when he faced Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich. Then heimpressed again Thank You For Smoking and played Harvey Dent/Two-Face in theiconic film The Dark Knight. Then he played again Rabbithole with yetanother famous actress, namely Nicole Kidman.
Unfortunately, Eckhart never really became a ‘leading actor’ and he mainly hadto settle for supporting roles. Still, he gave it a try I, Frankenstein ,but this turned out to be a big flop. Since then his career went downhill. Theactor appears more and more in B-movies, such as the Has Fallen franchise.
Hillary Swank Swank got off to a great start in the 2000s when she won an Oscar for BoysDon ‘t Cry. She continued this series with Million Dollar Baby , becauseshe was allowed to take home another of the coveted golden statuettes. Swankwas indispensable in Hollywood.
Yet this happened. Although she occasionally appeared in films, none could becalled a real success. Her father was also quite ill for years and she decidedto put her career on the back burner to help him. In 2022 she managed to getthe lead role again in Alaska Daily for which she was even nominated for aGolden Globe.