# Actors who you wish weren't in the movie you want to watch. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202 "2010-04-24T13:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/1 "2010-04-24T13:55:34Z")
I hope I’m not the only one but there are actors that, for no particular reason, irritate me by their very presence in a movie. Perfectly adequate actors that for some visceral reason I can’t stand. For instance: Jay Mohr - off the top of my head _Pay It Forward_, _Jerry Maguire_ and _Go_; all of which I liked but would have enjoyed more if say Mark Wahlberg had played his role. And your pet hates are? ---
**Author:** ![AilsaH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@AilsaH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AilsaH)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/2 "2010-04-24T14:27:54Z")
Matthew McConaughey He just irritates me. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/3 "2010-04-24T14:33:31Z")
Ronald Reagan movies freak me out. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/4 "2010-04-24T14:53:10Z")
Vince Vaughn Abigail Breslin I hear about movies, find out either is in them, and my desire to see those movies evaporates. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/5 "2010-04-24T14:59:19Z")
Tom Cruise. Seems like once a year or so, I’ll hear about a movie and think, hey, that’s sounds great! Then I’ll find out they cast that no-talent pinhead in it and I’ll just have to cross it off my list…TRM ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/6 "2010-04-24T15:12:54Z")
Tracy Morgan. He was just in a movie with Bruce Willis. Now, Bruce usually can count on my attendance, but even he couldn’t get me to watch anything with Tracy Moran in. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/7 "2010-04-24T15:20:52Z")
Mel Gibson. Used to like him before he started talking and it became obvious what a douchebag he is. Last movie of his I saw was _ **Braveheart** _. I was unimpressed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/8 "2010-04-24T15:26:28Z")
Meryl Streep. I positively loathe her, despite her talent. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/9 "2010-04-24T15:39:40Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Vince Vaughn I fucking hate Vince Vaughn, with the way he doesn’t look people in the eye. I have only ever seen one film with Jason Schwartzman in it, and now I run the other way whenever he’s in anything. He’s a creepy little weirdo, and freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/10 "2010-04-24T15:48:00Z")
Julia Roberts. I haven’t seen _Michael Collins_ or _The Pelican Brief_ because of her. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/11 "2010-04-24T15:51:37Z")
David Fucking Spade. Dead to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/12 "2010-04-24T15:58:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Meryl Streep. I positively loathe her, despite her talent. I second this. I can’t stand her. ---
**Author:** ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/13 "2010-04-24T16:00:51Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Julia Roberts. I haven’t seen _Michael Collins_ or _The Pelican Brief_ because of her. I came in here to mention Ms. Roberts too. The last movie I saw her in was Pretty Woman when it came out. I tried to watch Erin Brockovich but I couldn’t concentrate on the plot due to Julia’s big horse teeth. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/14 "2010-04-24T16:11:18Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > David Fucking Spade.Dead to me. I love this. Not because I hate David Spade but because of the shorthand we use at work - all the assholes we deal with get **Fucking** inserted into their name, which is then turned into initials. So David Spade would be referred to as DFS. ---
**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/15 "2010-04-24T16:18:31Z")
Will Ferrell, an unfunny idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/16 "2010-04-24T16:35:26Z")
Philip Seymour Hoffman. He just icks me, with the wet, breathy way he talks. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/17 "2010-04-24T17:03:16Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Tom Cruise. Seems like once a year or so, I’ll hear about a movie and think, hey, that’s sounds great! Then I’ll find out they cast that no-talent pinhead in it and I’ll just have to cross it off my list…TRM My thoughts exactly about the upcoming \* Knight and Day\*. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/18 "2010-04-24T17:15:50Z")
Julia Roberts for me but Notting Hill. I didn’t think the character was all that likable but Julia Roberts just made her so cold and snotty. And even in the “warm” moments she never felt that nice. I never got why Hugh Grant’s character wanted her. The wheelchair bound character married to Tim McInnerny’s character–even though she was definitely minor, I found her a thousand times more warm and lovable. Also, Keanu Reeves. In movies other than Bill and Ted, I mean. Like Devil’s Advocate. I love the movie, but I just hate watching Keanu. He’s a waste of space. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/19 "2010-04-24T19:58:10Z")
I can’t stand watching Jack Nicholson. He doesn’t act, he’s just himself. He’s also brilliant and you need to have him show you this. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202/20 "2010-04-24T20:08:27Z")
Nicholas Cage. He just looks DUMB to me for some reason. Stupid reason, I know, but he just bugs me. I can’t watch any movies with him in it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-you-wish-werent-in-the-movie-you-want-to-watch/537202.md?page=2)