Stars Who Fell From Grace
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Lindsay Lohan
1/10
Former child star Lindsay Lohan found adult fame harder to deal with. She brought her misfortune on herself due to bad behaviour and diva demands on set.
Mel Gibson
2/10
In 2010, in a series of leaked phone calls, Mel Gibson made some outrageous comments about his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. This incident, coupled with some racist comments when he was stopped by LA. police in his car, led to many Hollywood studios dropping the household name from their projects. He recently revived his career with roles in The Expendables series of movies.
Charlie Sheen
3/10
Charlie Sheen was one of the highest paid men on TV, reportedly earning $1 million per episode of sitcom Two and a Half Men. But after some highly publicized battles with drugs and making allegations against the producer of the show and denigrating the sitcom, Sheen was fired and is now struggling for acting roles.
Matthew Fox
4/10
After starring in hugely popular show Lost, in 2010 Matthew’s career crashed just like the plane in the hit series. He faced allegations of abuse and was arrested for driving while drunk in 2012. His career nosedived as a result.
Katherine Heigl
5/10
Katherine Heigl developed a reputation in Hollywood as being 'difficult'. Shonda Rhimes, the show creator of Grey’s Anatomy, ended up firing Katherine for being one of the most difficult people she has ever had to work with.
Macauley Culkin
6/10
Child star Macaulay Culkin’s career peaked during the iconic Home Alone franchise. He also starred in hit movie My Girl and again in Richie Rich making him the biggest child star of the 90s. But post 90s his career nosedived. Culkin cited his parents’ bitter custody dispute as a reason. He appeared in a London play in 2000 and also toured with his comedy rock band that parodies The Velvet Underground, The Pizza Underground.
Mischa Barton
7/10
Mischa Barton
Shia Laboeuf
8/10
Shia prides himself on being a method actor. But often the traits he adopts from his character are unpleasant. Brad Pitt spoke about Shia after filming with him on the movie Fury. Pitt said he was extremely disappointed with his behaviour. In 2014 Shia wore a paper bag over his head for the premiere of his movie Nymphomaniac. In 2015 he set up a live Twitter stream monitoring his heartbeat!
Chevy Chase
9/10
Comedy legend Chevy Chase walked off the set of his most recent sitcom Community after creative differences with the show's producer, Dan Harmon. He also walked off the set of Saturday Night Live in 2015 after reports that he'd been drinking.
Christian Bale
10/10
Christian Bale's career hasn't strictly nosedived. He still appears in big budget movies but he has a reputation of being difficult to work with. He was caught on tape during the filming of Terminator Salvation yelling at the director of photography 'You are trashing my scene. You do it one more time and I ain’t walking on this set if you’re still hired.' Ouch.
Lindsay Lohan
1/10
Former child star Lindsay Lohan found adult fame harder to deal with. She brought her misfortune on herself due to bad behaviour and diva demands on set.
Mel Gibson
2/10
In 2010, in a series of leaked phone calls, Mel Gibson made some outrageous comments about his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. This incident, coupled with some racist comments when he was stopped by LA. police in his car, led to many Hollywood studios dropping the household name from their projects. He recently revived his career with roles in The Expendables series of movies.
Charlie Sheen
3/10
Charlie Sheen was one of the highest paid men on TV, reportedly earning $1 million per episode of sitcom Two and a Half Men. But after some highly publicized battles with drugs and making allegations against the producer of the show and denigrating the sitcom, Sheen was fired and is now struggling for acting roles.
Matthew Fox
4/10
After starring in hugely popular show Lost, in 2010 Matthew’s career crashed just like the plane in the hit series. He faced allegations of abuse and was arrested for driving while drunk in 2012. His career nosedived as a result.
Katherine Heigl
5/10
Katherine Heigl developed a reputation in Hollywood as being 'difficult'. Shonda Rhimes, the show creator of Grey’s Anatomy, ended up firing Katherine for being one of the most difficult people she has ever had to work with.
Macauley Culkin
6/10
Child star Macaulay Culkin’s career peaked during the iconic Home Alone franchise. He also starred in hit movie My Girl and again in Richie Rich making him the biggest child star of the 90s. But post 90s his career nosedived. Culkin cited his parents’ bitter custody dispute as a reason. He appeared in a London play in 2000 and also toured with his comedy rock band that parodies The Velvet Underground, The Pizza Underground.
Mischa Barton
7/10
Mischa Barton
Shia Laboeuf
8/10
Shia prides himself on being a method actor. But often the traits he adopts from his character are unpleasant. Brad Pitt spoke about Shia after filming with him on the movie Fury. Pitt said he was extremely disappointed with his behaviour. In 2014 Shia wore a paper bag over his head for the premiere of his movie Nymphomaniac. In 2015 he set up a live Twitter stream monitoring his heartbeat!
Chevy Chase
9/10
Comedy legend Chevy Chase walked off the set of his most recent sitcom Community after creative differences with the show's producer, Dan Harmon. He also walked off the set of Saturday Night Live in 2015 after reports that he'd been drinking.
Christian Bale
10/10
Christian Bale's career hasn't strictly nosedived. He still appears in big budget movies but he has a reputation of being difficult to work with. He was caught on tape during the filming of Terminator Salvation yelling at the director of photography 'You are trashing my scene. You do it one more time and I ain’t walking on this set if you’re still hired.' Ouch.
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