Celebs That Hollywood Just Won't Cast Anymore

Mel Gibson has been super successful as both an actor and a director throughout his career in Hollywood. Shortly before the premiere of his movie Apocalypto, he was caught driving under the influence which led him to utter anti-semitic slurs on camera. This led to people boycotting his movies and the actor in general. He has had scandal after scandal and many productions have a hard time giving him roles because of his poor reputation. Nowadays he tends to stay behind the camera, but looking at the bright side, he got nominated for an Oscar for directing the movie Hacksaw Ridge back in 2017.

Beautiful and hilarious Amanda Bynes is almost unrecognizable these days. She was on top of the world in the 1990s and 2000s with countless hit roles in films like Big Fat Liar, Hairspray, Easy A, and even her own series The Amanda Show. Unfortunately, Amanda could not handle the spotlight well and struggle with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

This led to multiple DUI's, even sideswiping a police car, and frequent erratic behavior. Because of this, she has not secured a role in 10 years. She has been working on herself and hopefully gets the help she needs.

Former Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl has learned the lesson "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." Her opportunities in Hollywood dried up almost overnight due to her own self-destructive mouth.

Katherine's biggest role was in Judd Apatow's comedy Knocked Up, and although the film reached great success Katherine spoke poorly about the film. In an interview with Vanity Fair Katherine said "It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I'm playing such a b****... It was hard for me to love the movie." Her castmates and co-stars felt blindsided by the statement especially considering Judd Apatow famously stars his wife Leslie Mann as leads in many of his films including female-driven ones.

On top of that when Heigl was nominated for an Emmy award for her performance on Grey's Anatomy, Heigl told The New York Times "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organization, I withdrew my name from contention." 

Now she has been put on the backburner of Hollywood and stars (or is featured) in flops or Blockbuster films like The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature, and Home Sweet Hell. She was most recently seen in the Netflix series, Firefly Lane... Let's see if that kick starts her career again!  

Stephen Collins' roles as "Eric Camden" in 7th Heaven won him major international success back in the day. Sadly, in October of 2014, a few recordings were released where Collins admits to sexually harassing teenage girls. Ever since the infamous scandal, the offers have drastically disappeared and for good reason.

72-year-old Collins now lives a private life in Iowa and recently married 32-year-old 7th Heaven superfan, Jenny Nagel.

Tobey Maguire was amazing in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, but unfortunately for the actor, he hasn't found many leading roles in box office hits since then... He did star in the modern Great Gatsby film but Hollywood is hesitant to cast him after earning a bad reputation in the underground world of poker. 

During the early '90s, Culkin was probably one of the most recognizable child actors of the decade. His role in Home Alone won the then 10-year-old millions upon millions of dollars. Sadly, the fame was too much for Macaulay to handle which led to no further success and a pretty nasty drug problem. For years he wasn't cast in major roles, but now he has settled into a happy life with his own comedy website and successful podcast!

Gary Busey was an Emmy Nominated actor before he had a terrible accident. Gary staunchly spoke against the need for helmets while riding motorcycles and had a motorcycle accident himself without a helmet, needing neurosurgery to get rid of his brain blood clots. After that, he struggled with a personality shift, drug addiction, and only worked in strange direct to video roles and cameo work.

Taylor Lautner found fame in The Twilight Saga, and hasn't seemed to be able to get any other significant roles to keep him in the spotlight.

Meg Ryan had her peak when she starred in movies like When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle. Since then, the typecast actress has really lost her place in the spotlight, which is a real shame!

Freddie Prinze Jr. got his big breakthrough in the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer. By sheer fate, the actor actually met the mother of his future children on the set of the movie (Sarah Michell Gellar). All we see of him nowadays is the occasional guest role on TV but he seems to be very happy and content with his life and family out of the public eye.