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

Brandon Routh

Routh had a penitent for persistence and landed himself roles on Gilmore Girls and Chuck in the 2000s. He also played a supporting role in Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Superman Returns

Routh's biggest role was arguably in Bryan Singer's Superman Returns in 2006. Despite the buildup to the huge role, the film did poorly at the box offices. Looks like it takes a special actor to replace Christopher Reeve, and Routh wasn't it.

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The More You Know

Toto was paid $125 per week while filming The Wizard of Oz.
Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
Sean Connery wore a toupee in every "James Bond" movie.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.