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

Hayden Christensen

Hayden Christensen is best known for his role as Anakin Skywalker in several of the early Star Wars films. He won a Best Actor and the Cannes Film Festival Revelation Award for the role. Despite the high profile saga, his chemistry with Natalie Portman's character was deemed "awkward" and kept him from getting other big jobs.

The More You Know

Peter Ostrum, Charlie from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never acted in another movie after that and is now a veterinarian.
Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.
Pixar’s, UP was the first ever animated film and 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.