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

Mike Vogel

Mike Vogel was a Levi's model before he ever worked in Hollywood. During a campaign, he caught the eye of talent scouts and was cast in the TV series Grounded for Life. He played smaller roles in a couple lowkey horror movies, but he never landed any box office hits.

The More You Know

During the filming of Star Trek (2009), Zachary Quinto could not manage to properly do the Vulcan salute. Eventually, J.J. Abrams had to glue his fingers together in order for Quinto to do it correctly.
Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.
Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.