Hollywood is n’t the easiest spot to navigate – just ask these star ! They all seemed to have really call calling at one point ; however , they have all ended up on Hollywood ’s blacklist for a assortment of different reasons . Some of them were by all odds deserving of this dishonour , but not all of them . Sometimes , bighearted wig in the industriousness just like to go after the small hombre because they can . Many of the more deserving celebrities really do n’t interpret what pass to their careers , but we think we might have a clue as to what went wrong . Here are some celebrities who have been blacklisted by Hollywood !
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15. Mel Gibson
After his 2006 arrest where he eruct anti - semantic input at the law officers arresting him , Mel Gibson ’s has been a persona non - grata in Hollywood . Between 2006 and 2010 , he only had one film role inEdge of Darkness . Then , in 2010 , when he was catch on tape going on a antiblack fustian and make dying threats against his ex , Oksana Grigorieva , any comeback for him became even less likely as the talent government agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment , which represented him , dropped him as a client . It ’s only been in the last couple of years that Hollywood has begun to forgive him . His film , Hacksaw Ridge , received critical acclaim , as well as six Academy Award nominations , including one for Best Director for Gibson .
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14. Tara Subkoff
Tara Subkoff was an up and come actress in the ‘ ninety who had roles in movies likeAs Good as It obtain , All Over Me , andThe Last Days of Disco . She was up for a part in one of Harvey Weinstein ’s film when he offer her the role at a premiere after party – and then hit on her . According to her , after she refuse his advances , she found herself on Hollywood ’s shitlist . She was the subject of false comment and she was tag “ too unmanageable to work with . ” “ It became out of the question for me to get employment as an actress after this , so I then had to start a novel career path and started Imitation of Christ , a way and artistic creation recording label , ” she told Variety .
13. Mira Sorvino
Harvey Weinstein reportedly had Mira Sorvino ’s career derailed after she rejected his intimate advances . She told Ronan Farrow that she had rejected him on several occasions and had even cover his harassment to a female employee at Miramax and had then noticed that her career was suffering . “ There may have been other cistron , but I definitely felt frost out and that my rejection of Harvey had something to do with it , ” she said . In December 2017 , music director Peter Jackson come forward and hold that Weinstein had badmouthed Sorvino to him , recite him that she was a “ nightmare ” to work with and “ should avoid [ her ] at all costs . ”
12. Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen was once one of the gamy paid TV actors in Hollywood , but he has n’t worked steadily since 2014 when he was the adept of the sitcom , Anger Management . Recently , he exact that he has been blacklisted from Hollywood . This was revealed when he file a request to reduce his child reinforcement payments to his ex - married woman , Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller . In the courtyard documents , he alleged that he ’s been ineffective to stop up steady work and has “ been blacklisted from many prospect of the entertainment industriousness . ” While he did n’t go into any point about this , it could possibly be due to the fickle behavior he was expose in 2011 when he was fired fromTwo and a Half Men .
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11. Stacey Dash
Stacey Dash was noted for her use as Dionne inClueless ; however , in recent years she ’s become more famous for her conservative views , which she ’s claimed have gotten her blacklisted in Hollywood . “ My represent opportunities have ceased because of my political beliefs . I ’m being persecute in Hollywood . I ’ve been blacklist . My agents have set down me . I have n’t auditioned in over a year because of my notion and what I stand for . But I be intimate that this is what God desire me to do . And so with that I will stand and I will do it , because I make love that what God wants for me no man will keep from me , ” she told CNSNews.com .
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10. Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd found herself blacklisted in Hollywood after she refused Harvey Weinstein ’s sexual advances . In December 2017 , director Peter Jackson confirmed that Weinstein had Judd blacklisted . He had been severalise by Weinstein when he was casting for theLord of the Ringstrilogy that she was a “ nightmare ” to work with and should be invalidate “ at all cost , ” so Jackson removed her name from the cast leaning . In May 2018 , Judd filed a defamation suit against Weinstein , saying that he damage her calling by spreading lies about her in Hollywood . A trial is set for 2020 .
9. Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser claimed that he was blacklist from Hollywood after he was sexually assaulted by former Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) president Phillip Berk . consort to Fraser , th violation take place when he offer to shake hands with Berk . “ His left hand reach around , grabs my ass cheek , and one of his fingers extend to me in the taint , ” he told GQ . “ And he start up moving it around … I felt ominous . I finger like a picayune kid . I feel like there was a ball in my throat . I think I was going to cry . ” The encounter made him withdraw from the spotlight but , at incisively the same time , offer for major roles suddenly stopped being extend to him .
8. Rose McGowan
Rose McGowan – who is best bed for her function on the WB dramaCharmed – has claimed that Harvey Weinstein had her blacklist from Hollywood . In the belated ‘ 90s , he reportedly raped her and , although she did n’t public press complaint , she did reach a settlement with him for $ 100,000 . Since then , she ’s found herself on the blacklist . Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez support this . He seek to get her off the blacklist by put up a part in his movieGrindhouse(which he was working on for a division of Weinstein Company ) . Even though the plastic film invite great reviews from critics , it ended up tanking at the box bureau after Weinstein had it “ buried . ”
7. Thora Birch
A decade ago , Thora Birch was a hopeful vernal actress with a calling on the rise . She take in glow brushup for her operation in the Academy Award - appoint filmAmerican Beautyand she had received a Golden Globe nominating speech for her role inGhost World . Nowadays , that once - predict career has completely vanished . She ’s no longer on the A - leaning – or even the C - list for that issue . She thinks that she ’s been kick out of Hollywood because of her difficult behavior . “ I pissed a great deal of people off over a tenacious menstruation of clock time and they find out a way to upset me , hope that upset would fetch a alteration in my demeanour . Like a distancing … But I ’m done , I ’m done . the great unwashed require me to be not okay . A lot of it was bullsh - t , ” she say . It has n’t help that her father was her director for many years . He was the grounds that she was can from the off - Broadway revival ofDracula . He reportedly physically jeopardize one of her co - stars .
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5. Jim Caviezel
Jim Caviezel think that Hollywood blacklisted him after he took the lead role inThe Passion of the Christ . Before he took the role , he was a rising star ; however , after star in the controversial film , he has been shunned by the film diligence . Mel Gibson even warned him about this . “ The next day , he say , ‘ I require you to be aware of what you are going to go through . You may never sour again . ’ He said that several time publicly . I told him , ‘ Mel , this is what I consider . We all have a cross to transport . I have to carry my own cross . If we do n’t carry our crosses , we are going to be crushed under the weight of it . So let ’s go and do it . ’ And we began with the film , ” he recalled . Gibson proved to be right – the motion-picture show was thrash for being anti - Semitic . Since then , roles for Caviezel have been hard to number by ; however , he has no regrets . “ Jesus is as controversial now as he has ever been . Not much has changed in 2,000 years , ” he said .
4. Katherine Heigl
Several years ago , Katherine Heigl was a seek - after actress , but not anymore . Word on the street is that she is really difficult on solidification and people in Hollywood talk . Insiders on the set ofLife As We Know Itdescribed her as a pain . “ She can be you time every single day of shooting , ” the source said . “ Wardrobe issues , not getting out of the trailer , questioning the handwriting every single 24-hour interval . ” Her mother , who is also her manager , makes things even bad . “ I have never have anything like Nancy Heigl , ” the source continue . “ It ’s about the mouthpiece . ‘ Fk you . You are a fking liar . ’ Whatever you ’d say , you were an half-wit . The call would be , ‘ This is the bad cunning overhaul we ’ve ever had ! ’ ” To top it all off , she also has large movie star demands – she desire the best of everything . Her reputation is so defective that many people in Hollywood wo n’t even consider her for roles – she ’s just not deserving it . It still remains to be seen if she can in reality repair all of the bridges that she combust .
3. Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren was Alfred Hitchcock ’s most iconic leading lady . Under his direction , she belong from being a mannequin to a well-thought-of actress . Unfortunately , he wanted a little more than to just direct her on - screen . He was reportedly quite possessed with her and made a turn of sexual advance , which she turn down . “ He stared at me and plainly pronounce , as if it was the most natural thing in the world , that from this time on , he expected me to make myself sexually available and accessible to him – however and whenever and wherever he want , ” she say . When Hedren tried to get out of her contract with Hitchcock , he threatened to destroy her career and then follow through with his terror . Because he had her under contract , he was able to keep her on the payroll without actually employing her . He made sure to turn down any film offers that came in from other studio apartment . Looking back , she has a pretty good attitude about the situation . “ He ruined my career , but he did n’t ruin my sprightliness . That time of my spirit was over . I still look up to the humanity for who he was , ” she said .
2. Sondra Locke
After Clint Eastwood dump Sondra Locke back in 1989 , she found herself blacklisted by all of Hollywood ’s major studios . This lasted for a decade . Before the separation , she had quite the calling . She had an Oscar nomination under her belt , had starred in six of his films and she was a bud director . Her detachment with the fabled director was pretty mussy . She arrived home one day to discover that he had changed the locks on their share plate and had put her stuff in storage . In response , she file away a palimony suit against him . In 1990 , they strive an agreement . Eastwood set up a developing / directing pact for her at Warner Bros. in exchange for her dropping the suit . Five years afterward , they were back in court . She alleged that he had compensated Warner Bros. to keep her out of work because they had rejected all of the 30 labor that she had proposed and did n’t give her any of their in - house projects . When he realized that the jury was go away to side with Locke , he settle with her for an undisclosed amount . Her life history was n’t magically raise ; however , it sent a content out in Hollywood that powerful people ca n’t abuse their power .
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1. Mo’nique
Mo’nique claims that she was “ blackball ” from Hollywood after she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her carrying out inPrecious . “ I got a phone call from Lee Daniels possibly six or seven calendar month ago . And he said to me , ‘ Mo’Nique , you ’ve been blackballed . ’ And I say , ‘ I ’ve been negative ? Why have I been blackballed ? ’ And he aver , “ Because you did n’t play the game . ’ And I said , ‘ Well , what game is that ? ’ And he render me no reply , ” she told The Hollywood newsman . While she has been offer part since her large win , she ’s been unable to hold any of them . Daniels confirmed that Mo’Nique has been blacklisted . “ Mo’Nique is a creative forcefulness to be reckoned with . Her demand through Precious were not always in stock with the crusade . This soured her relationship with the Hollywood residential district . I consider her a friend . I have and will always imagine of her for her role that we can collaborate on . However , the consensus among the originative team and powers thus far were to go another agency with these role , ” he said .
