# Actors you were sure would make it big, and they didn't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-sure-would-make-it-big-and-they-didnt/677194 "2013-12-26T03:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 127
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-sure-would-make-it-big-and-they-didnt/677194/127 "2013-12-30T05:26:23Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Lukas Haas. Seemed like a talented kid, figured he’d go places. But he’s a [funny looking adult](http://images.starpulse.com/pictures/2007/10/16/previews/Lukas%20Haas-PRN-008992.jpg), it has to be said, and not the handsome leading man type at all. Though, like his BFF DiCaprio, resistant to aging. In the opening scenes of \* Lincoln\* he’s playing a farmboy turned soldier even though he’'s in his mid 30s. Re: Judge Reinhold: he also has a reputation for being very difficult to work with/very obnoxious, which is probably all the more damaging since he can’t open a film. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-were-sure-would-make-it-big-and-they-didnt/677194)._