# Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 23, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077 "2024-08-23T01:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![GailForce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/141 "2024-08-25T18:05:04Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > > [@GailForce](#): > > > > Will Feral > > Best typo of the thread. Thanks but not really. I was making a weak pun on his name. After posting, I thought it would be funny if he married a woman surnamed “Katz” and they could bring up their kids as "Ferrell-Katz"es. If he gave one of them his first name, it would sound as if he were beginning a question like “Will Feral Katz take over the planet?” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/142 "2024-08-25T18:13:48Z")
Will Feral, Olivia Wilde and somebody named Tame(ara) would complete the trifecta. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/143 "2024-08-25T18:15:24Z")
Can’t believe I didn’t immediately post Dakota Johnson. Ugh. Her whole being comes across as vapid. Also, try a new hairstyle already. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/144 "2024-08-25T18:21:16Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Can’t believe I didn’t immediately post Dakota Johnson. Ugh. Her whole being comes across as vapid. I watched an interview with her. Vapid doesn’t even begin to describe it. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/145 "2024-08-25T18:23:54Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I think he has a lack of confidence (which isn’t incompatible with having a big ego) that shows in his acting. There’s a try-hard quality to it that prevents him from disappearing into a role like other, better actors. I thought it was really noticeable in Magnolia. I know some lauded him for how he did in that movie, but to me his performance screamed “Look at me, I’m _Acting_!” You described it better than I did. This is it exactly. He _is_ a try-hard. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/146 "2024-08-25T18:27:45Z")
I seem to be the first to mention Matthew McConaughey. Like Michael Douglas I don’t see any acting in their roles. They just play themselves. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/147 "2024-08-25T18:33:42Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Totally agree with you on that one, been avoiding him for at least three decades. A friend of mine used to describe his acting style as: “Starring Kevin Costner as Kevin Costner. “ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/148 "2024-08-25T19:18:55Z")
I guess I’m in the minority. It’s very hard for me to name anyone who would be an automatic no for me. Bill Cosby I guess. You would have to do something particularly heinous in your personal life to be put on any list of mine. Most if not all of those mentioned have done some things I’ve liked. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/149 "2024-08-25T19:41:06Z")
> [@K364](#): > > I seem to be the first to mention Matthew McConaughey. Like Michael Douglas I don’t see any acting in their roles. They just play themselves This was my impression (having only seen him in a few things) until I watched him in the first season of True Detective. He was simply mesmerizing. The guy can really act. Woody Harrelson wasn’t bad in it either, but McConaughey was a master class in acting. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/150 "2024-08-25T19:50:04Z")
> [@GailForce](#): > > I was making a weak pun on his name. Or, it could be Will Ferrule – because he is always getting twisted. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/151 "2024-08-25T20:25:31Z")
> [@GailForce](#): > > Thanks but not really. I was making a weak pun on his name. After posting, I thought it would be funny if he married a woman surnamed “Katz” and they could bring up their kids as "Ferrell-Katz"es. If he gave one of them his first name, it would sound as if he were beginning a question like “Will Feral Katz take over the planet?” Their other son could have gotten a job on _Car Talk_. “Our Rodent Exterminator is Manny Ferrell-Katz.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/152 "2024-08-25T20:27:49Z")
**Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie** Mostly just Sandra Bullock. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/153 "2024-08-25T20:31:59Z")
Ryan Reynolds Weird Al ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/154 "2024-08-25T20:38:59Z")
> [@K364](#): > > I seem to be the first to mention Matthew McConaughey. Like Michael Douglas I don’t see any acting in their roles. They just play themselves. But you have to admit, they play themselves very well. _Much_ better than most people play themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/155 "2024-08-25T20:53:05Z")
No big names, but there is a certain…hmmm…class of male actors that have always found off-putting in their young primes. It’s sorta like a combination of appearance and acting style and it’s oddly visceral. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned all of these names before, but across three generations: [Jan-Michael Vincent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Michael_Vincent) [C. Thomas Howell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Thomas_Howell) [Michael Pitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pitt) ETA: I also find [Klaus Kinski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Kinski) kinda viscerally repellent as well, but in that case I still find him fascinating to watch. Might be the talent mismatch vis-a-vis the others. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/156 "2024-08-25T22:59:27Z")
I agree with Kevin Costner. He reminds me of a hardware store clerk in someplace like Rhinelander, WI. Has no one mentioned OJ Simpson yet? A horrible actor in addition to being a complete asshole and multiple murderer. I wish they’d completely redo all of his scenes in the _ **Naked Gun** _ movies with a different actor. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/157 "2024-08-25T23:09:12Z")
Yeah, well, I saw a movie with Brian Bosworth in it. He was a football player who thought he was the bee’s knees, had a very short career, then tried to be an actor. The movie was so bad, I kept watching it to see if it could possibly get worse. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/158 "2024-08-25T23:27:30Z")
For some reason my brain decided to punish me by thinking of both Rebel Wilson and Matt Lucas. My first exposure to the Deadly Duo was in _Bridesmaids_. (Tho I might have seen images from _Little Britain_.) Egad, just awful. Clips and such have just increased the hard “No.” And speaking of Bridesmaids, yeah, Melissa McCarthy is really bad at almost everything. Almost. So not a complete pass on her but close. Rule of thumb: The more of her talentless husband, the worse it is. (In checking on _Little Britain_, Google seems to think it’s a drama. I guess even their AI didn’t think it was funny.) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/159 "2024-08-26T01:34:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Has no one mentioned OJ Simpson yet? A horrible actor in addition to being a complete asshole and multiple murderer. I wish they’d completely redo all of his scenes in the _ **Naked Gun** _ movies with a different actor. I hear Peter Lupus is available… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/160 "2024-08-26T04:09:08Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > And speaking of Bridesmaids, yeah, Melissa McCarthy is really bad at almost everything. Almost. I loved her in Gilmore Girls, but nothing since then. Admittedly, I’ve only seen her in a few movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077.md?page=9)