Actors Who Were Supposed To Be The Next Big Thing But Fizzled Out

Teenage Sellout

Unfortunately, Lautner went from teenage sex symbol to teenage sellout, unable to book many gigs after the Twilight movies. He'd apparently peaked as a werewolf, and Hollywood wasn't invested in his career as it was in Robert Pattinson's. Now, he dates a normal college girl and lives a low-profile life.

The More You Know

In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they’re called “trailers.”
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first American film to have a soundtrack.
Darth Vader only has 12 minutes of screen time in the original Star Wars.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.